Uncanny Boy

Chapter 11: I What? Cuz of Who?

Jace’s POV:

@7 a.m., Test Day 2:

I woke up in the morning at 7 a.m. but it was deathly silent. I kept yelling Alvaro’s name until I remembered that he left on his trip.

I wanted to go back to bed but I realized it was a school day, and more importantly, a test day. I went to the bathroom, took a long bath to destress, and put on my uniform.

I went down to the living room to see if maybe he made or did something. Nothing was on the table, so I went to the fridge where I saw a frozen plate filled with pancakes and eggs, also with a note that said, “Hey, Jace, by the time you get this, I’d have left. I made a little something for you for your big test. Bye!”. Immediately, I heated it up in the microwave and ate it immediately.

Then, I saw a little wad of cash by the table with another note that said, “For you till Sunday.”

This guy, he thought of everything. Syd and Nikki’s dream man. I was laughing at the thought of even Nikki falling for Alvaro as I picked up my bag and my keys, locked the door and called a taxi.

20 mins later:

I arrived at the school gate to see Syd waiting at the door as if she had been expecting my arrival.

“Hey, Syd. What are you doing?”

“Huh. Alvaro didn’t drive you in today?”

“He told you; he is going on a trip.”

“But I thought he would first drop you off.”

“No, he had already left as at 6 a.m.”

“Hey, where are the rest?”

“They are all inside. P.S., Nikki is busy editing my vlogs from Wednesday, yesterday and today.”, she said giggling.

“Today?”

“Yeah, I shot a vlog at home.”

“About?”

“Just my morning makeup routine.”

We finally got to the others. Nikki was too busy typing away at Syd’s laptop to notice me enter the room while the guys just said what’s up.

“Oh, God!”

“Nikki, what happened?”, Chase asked but we all seemed concerned.

“I was just editing the vlog Syd shot with Alvaro and this is torture. You know I had a freaky dream about this?”, Nikki said with mixed emotions.

“How would we know that?”, asked Cam.

“And let me guess, the dream was Syd got married to Al in your place and you got there too late so you were crying at the door?”, Chase asked.

“Or was it he was about to kiss you but then, he turned into a vampire and bit you? AAAAGGGHHH.”, Syd teased and made a bite sound.

“No, but that would have been so hot!”, Nikki said.

“I know, right? And here you were two days ago saying you doubt if he’s hot.”, Syd said.

“I was wrong, okay? Well, I’m paying for it now.”, Nikki said. “This is torture.”

“You mean…”

“I feel like a third wheel.”, Nikki said.

“In a relationship that never even existed?”, I asked.

“Sorry, excuse me while I barf.”, Chase teased.

Just then, the bell rang for the final subject we were being tested on. Literature. I came prepared thanks to Cam who sent me the texts for the test and I went into the classroom.