It Was Always You

Chapter Twenty Four

"Just another three weeks and Christmas break will be here!" Selena states excitedly during their lunch break at school as they walk the grounds.

It had been three weeks since the date happened and during that time Mila and Evan went out a couple of more times. But Mila still hadn't considered on being his girlfriend and making it official. She felt that something was holding her back as if she was afraid to be officially with him. He had asked to come over to his place after school today, somewhere she had never been to before since he was always at the Cooper's residence.

She figured that maybe it was time to finally give him her answer. Even though she felt uneasy about it, she was actually going to be his girlfriend. She smiles to herself. For the first time she was going to have a boyfriend that Jared couldn't object too because Evan wasn't afraid to stand up to him like all the other boys had been over the years.

She didn't hear the person come up behind her and when he did he grabs her sides and tickles her like crazy. Jumping with a startled scream she quickly turns out of his hands facing him head on to see who would do something like that just to find Jared laughing his ass off.

"You should have seen your face right now." He chuckles, face going a bit red with tears shinning in his eyes.

Chelsea was beside him laughing as well but not as hard. They seemed to always be together now, and it seemed Jared had changed within the last three weeks since the date too. No more were the scowls, no more were the arguments, no more of him always constantly on her about the advancements of men and how she was acting like a so called "Skeezer".

He was nice now, more playful. He smiled a lot and laughed a lot. Which was weird to see coming from him. But as he laughed he looked younger, more happy, more like a kid that he should be. And she hated it. Hated it because Chelsea was the one bringing that side out of him. They could actually hold a conversation without either of them getting angry.

"So, what's going on?" He asks walking in step beside his sister.

"Nothing much really." Selena shrugs, not fazed by her brother's newfound attitude towards life. In fact she quite liked it and hopes that he continues to be this way.

The one thing that Mila will admit that she did like is she could talk to him about Evan. At first, it was awkward, and she thought maybe it was a bad idea considering how he normally was with her and other boys. She tried to go to Selena, her own best friend, about it and all she got from her was,

"You know what? You should go to Jared. He knows him better than anybody."

Disbelief overwhelmed her hearing that from the sister of the man who did anything he could to sabotage anything she tries to do with the opposite sex. So, disregarding that idea she went to Chelsea instead, hoping for a better outcome. Even though she didn't really want to talk to her and be all buddies with her she asked for her opinion anyways just to find the same result.

"Have you talked to Jared? No? You should."

And that was that. So, she felt like she had no choice but to turn to him for his advice on his best friend. But surprisingly, it turned out completely opposite of what she was expecting. Where she assumed she was going to get some sass and judgmental feedback she was thrown off when his reaction was,

"You guys haven't made it official yet?" He looked a bit confused, yet no boiling irritation present whatsoever.

When she brought up the subject with him they were walking to their science class. "Well, no. I haven't given him an answer yet."