Don't Forget Our Promise

Chapter 3

Joseph's POV

" Hey, why do you always pat my head?" I ask Kevin, " It's because my cute little best friend looks so adorable, I can't help it. I actually want to squish you but then I dont want you to be hurt. Why, Do you hate it?" He asks. Ugh, this is making me a bit embarrassed so I avoid eye contact so that he won't see, "Its not like I hate it, it's just really weird." "Oh good, I thought you hated it and I've been enjoying it ever since we were kids😊." I looked back at him and he was smiling, I guess I should tell him about Lily, "Hey Kevin," he answered,"What?" "Do you know about the transfer student?" ,"Oh, no. Do you know?" Of course I knew, she was my classmate. "Yes, she's my classmate," "Okay, so... Why are you talking about this? You don't usually talk about new students and new classmates unless they interest you- no way! You have a crush on the transfer student?!" WHAT, why would he think that, I then remember falling on top of her. Uuuugh, the embarrassment, my cheeks are heating up, but, why the heck did I think of THAT incident. "Noooo, my best friend has a crush a- but wait, how about our promise? You won't be by my side anymore 😢" I bonked his head and said,"Hey, don't make it sound weird, that's what I'm gonna talk about right now. She's the new transfer student." A surprised look was shown on his face,"You're talking about HER?" I nodded. "But this is unrealistic, how could she know where we are and it's not like she could've remembe- oh I know who knew," I looked at him and with that smile he showed, I knew who he was talking about, we said in unison, "Her father." That's the only thing I could think of since he used to call us when we were in middle school and we've been in the same school ever since, but sadly, not all of us are here, only the 3 of us are in this school, the other one went back to America when he was in middle school. Another sad thing is that the other person in this school has already given up on her, that's why it's only us who still believe that she'll come back, and here she is. "Hey, she doesn't remember us?" He said with a kinda sad tone. "She almost remembered, she just said that I looked familiar so there might still be a chance." And now Kevin looked at me and suddenly smiled, "Hey, you should befriend her now to help her remember us since she's your classmate then make her join us." That's not a bad idea but it's also not that good since I'm really not social and I unconsciously blurt out embarrassing or harsh things. "Fine, I'll try." then he nodded and after that, the school bell rang and we rushed to our classrooms.

Okay, now I have to talk with her, though I think it's gonna be difficu- "Hey Joseph, I'm really not familiar with this place so can you please tour me around the school during our lunch break? That would reeeaaally help me because when it was recess, I didn't know where the canteen was until the bell already rang so I don't wanna starve during lunch, okay?" Oh that wasn't so hard, since she's the one that started it. Okay let's do this. What is the most simple thing to ask that could make me gain her friendship, hmmm...okay, let's try this,"Hey, can I call you Lily?" " Huh? Oh, sure, then I'll call yoouuu... Ah! Joe, since that's shorter than Joseph and the letters j-o- and e are found in your name, so I shall now call you Joe ☺️" doesn't she know that what she's doing right now is making my heart beat like crazy? Of course she doesn't, but really, her smile looks so sweet that it's killing me and that nickname... was the same as before. "Hey, why Joe?" "Because, it's shorter than Jose-" no, "No, I mean is there any meaning to it?" She first thought and said, "I really don't know, it just felt... right?" Oh no, my heart's beating so fast, what does she mean by it feels right? Okay, don't assume things and don't hope, you might end up getting disappointed in the end.

~Time skip to lunch break~🕖🕙🕛

*riiiiiiing*

Time for lunch, it's time to show her what I've got, my knowledge 😜

I then show her around school, the names of the places, and their purposes...

"Joe, you really know about this place really well, even the history of this school, I've never met someone this knowledgeable before." Then she suddenly smiles wickedly. What's with that smile... I've got a feeling that she's planning something weird... I don't remember her being this...oh wait, she was like this before, she's the competitive type. So that's what she's planning, trying to beat me in academics, ha! She won't stand a chance against me, she didn't even listen to the previous subject, she only slept during class and I don't even know why she hasn't been called by the teacher yet. It's probably because of her father's connections.* Riiiiiing*
The bell rang and we rushed back to our classroom.