Chances & Kisses

2. My Best Friend's Sister

Jose's Perspective

I got to first period English, greeted by James. As I sat down and got settled I saw someone. I hadn't seen her before. As she sat down, James went over there and talked to her. He waved me to come over, when I did he said "Jose, meet my sister, Annabelle. Remember, I told you she was moving here" "Holy Sh*t" I thought. I had only one other class with her at the end of the day but I couldn't stop thinking about her.

Speaking of that one other class, that was science. When I sat down I noticed she was right beside me, I ignored it. Or I tried to. After a long lesson about stuff I already understood, we had a group project. I wasn't paying attention until Annabella came to my desk and stared at me. "Hi", she said softly. "Huh? Hi" I said, realising she was there.

"Do you understand this?" she asked. "Uh, yeah I guess" I replied. "Good", she said. We're paired for a group project, and I have no fucking clue what this is." she said while sitting down next to me. "Oh, um okay, sure," I managed to say. God she's so close!

I thought to myself,"She seemed like she didn't even notice. "She's just a classmate, nothing more. Nothing more. NOTHING MORE!" I continued thinking to myself. "If I would like her, that would ruin my friendship with James. Both I and James wouldn't really like that, I. Do. Not. Like. Her. That. Way. Sure, she IS pretty but that's all, nothing more than a classmate and a friend's sister. Yeah! Yeah. Yeah... Just.. a friend's sister and a classmate... Yeah... YEAH!!"

I kept thinking to myself, not noticing that she was talking and that I was staring at her. I hear a voice saying "Jose, right?" ... "Jose?" hmm... That sounds familiar... "Jose???" Wait.. I know that voice... "Jose!" It's-... "Jose!!!" I snap back to reality, jumping at the loud sound. "W-what..?," I ask, still not fully aware of my current surroundings. "Are you okay? You weren't paying any attention to me."

I could see she was about to continue but after she said that I realized I was staring at her the whole time, I could feel my cheeks burning from the embarrassment. "Y-yeah.. I-I'm totally fine!" I tried to reassure her, but I could see she was NOT convinced clearly from her reaction. "Jose.. you're CLEARLY not okay, your cheeks are bright pink. Does THAT sound okay to you?!" she asked.

When the bell rang I quickly shuffled out the door. "Um, bye?" she said " I guess I'll clean up??".