A Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Chapter 5

That lunch break I could barely stay awake.

I found myself snoozing on a bench in the cafeteria, my head plopped on my sleepy hand – BUT I suddenly jumped when I felt someone nudge me from the side.

My head slammed onto the table and I could hear all my friends laugh at me, as I slowly fluttered open my eyes and yawned, glaring back at them for disrupting my rest.

"You okay there, Minnesota?" Val asked me and I shook my head suddenly, like a dog shaking water off itself, before I finally looked back her way and nodded with a tired smile.

"Yeah, of course, I-I mean, why wouldn't I be?"

"Cool," Val said back and then turned back to our other friends again.

~x~

"She's a good friend," Joy said once again and all the other emotions all nodded in agreement.

~x~

"Oh!" Val then suddenly continued, nudging me on my arm again eagerly, "I invited someone to join us for lunch!"

"Ah cool," The other girls cooed and for some reason my heart jumped in a panic.

She didn't! She wouldn't have?!

~x~

Love looked at the screen so insanely tensely, that the other emotions kept silent behind him, afraid of this dead silence he was in himself.

~x~

"Bradley!?" I yelped when I saw him suddenly wave our way in the distance.

Those TWO annoying basketball girls were WITH HIM AGAIN! And I felt such a huge hurting twinge of jealousy as the three of them joined us at the table. With limited seating.

So the two girls pulled over some more chairs to join.

Of course, they did.

~x~

"I hate them, I HATE THEM, I HATE THEM!" Envy only roared at the screen as the three joined Riley and her friends.

~x~

I swear, my eyes were nearly bright green from rage and envy.

"Hey, all," Bradley said to my gang with a simple wave of his hand. All the girls waved back and he sat beside me.

My cheeks flushed so red it actually hurt me and I don't know if it was by accident or anything, but his hand gently grazed against mine.

But then he quickly removed his touch and my heart only ached for his contact again.

~x~

Disgust was fanning herself from the hot and heavy feelings she was experiencing.

Love was scarily still in his stance, but a big smile was starting to rise up each corner of his face.

~x~

"So, Louise and Veronica convinced me to try out for the basketball team,"

When Bradley said this, I swear my heart literally nearly stopped.

"W-wha?" I said back, not able to form my words.

"But I told them," He continued, winking at me and my heart sped up so fast I had to grab the corners of my seat to keep steady from exploding in anxiety.

~x~

"WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM?!" Disgust and Anxiety screamed, and everyone watched Bradley's face to try to break open his head and know where he was bloody getting at!