Science of Owls

Only one

Chapter 48 

I wanted to believe that I was the only girl he talked to.

I held this unreasonable belief for a good while, maybe 6 weeks, or until the last week of school.

SO here's the story.

We were sitting on the bus, the usual. We had started to get closer again. He was sitting next to me. We were laughing and I was having fun. He was also in a great mood. I didn't know why.

" so when can I see your sketches?" he asked .

" you're not" I smiled.

" come on, I've waited forever! Please, I know you have the book in your bag!"

" ahhh no, when I'm high you can see it" I joked.

" mmm drugs have never sounded so good" he smiles.

" please don't do drug's just for this" I said.

" I wouldn't" he smiled.

His phone burlped.

He pulled it out of his pocket and was pleasantly surprised.

" it's Amelia... She's texting me again?" he said, his grin was telling me he was overjoyed at his fortune.

" is she!?" I said, maybe a little too disappointed. What a bitch !

Then his phone burlped again.

" oh... this is from Eve..." he said slowly , looking at me .

" Eve?" I said, this time purely shocked.

" yeah, she's been texting me a little nowadays" he said, he seemed a little proud of this fact.

" has she..." I said quietly. She hadn't mentioned any of this... why was she texting him?

" so do you have long skype calls with her , like you do with me?" I asked boldly, I wanted to know this. I stayed up latish talking to him, all the time. Until I got my laptop taken away! Which unfortunately was like 9:30... or 12 on a good night.

I guess that could leave a window open for her to talk to him too. Not to mention other means of media...

" not as long as you" he said quietly.

And then it smacked me in the face.

I wasn't special.

At all.

" oh... right" I mumbled, I began to play with my fringe.

The bus was pretty quiet after this... until I managed to ask a dumb question that had been nagging at my thoughts for ages.

" Noodle do you like Eve?" I asked , tugging at his hair gently.

" what!?" he smiled, removing my hand from his hair.

" you do!" I said, poking is soft face. His facial hair was beginning to get more visible.

" I never said that!" he said, pursing his lips.

" you don't have to say it , but I know it! Girls know what's happening even if you don't say it" I said, I was beginning to feel angry that neither party had bothered to inform me of these changes in social patterns.

I felt let down by Eve, and not really that surprised by Noodle not telling me. There was just something about him, something so secretive and annoying that I felt like I had to break through it.

" shut up, you and your female intelligence!" he joked, " and what if I do?"

" then... I don't know?" I said.

I will rip through your skull and go down your wind pies and fish out your insides , one organ at a time. Then I'd eat them in front of your burning house.. I'm not angry...

Then something else hit me. " do you still like Amelia?!"

" yeah" he said slowly.

" wait what!? Can you like two people at once!?" , I suddenly felt like I should have slapped him like there was a bug on his face .

His cheeks flushed a little from their pale white.

" I guess you can, I mean I feel like that anyway" he said, he didn't turn to look at me, he stared straight ahead.

" right..." I mumbled.

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I'm having the biggest mental block so far ... so just give me a break ok