The jock and the nerd. Or not

Day 37 (Thursday)

"Hey Rose," said Julian.

We were in P. E. Oliver wasn't here, because he had rugby practice. I was missing him.

"Hey Julian," I answered.

Julian and I started playing around. I threw a small pebble at him.

"Hey! What was that for?" he asked.
"I'm throwing rocks at you!" I exclaimed, grinning.
"Oh, okay, we can do that!"

We started throwing pebbles at each other, without hurting each other of course. It was fun.

"Um, Rose, can I talk to you for a second?" questioned Liv, one of my classmates.
"Sure," I said. "Be right back," I told Julian.
"Do you like Julian?" she asked, straight up.
"No, of course not!"
"Well, it sure looks like you do, and it looks like he likes you too."
"Really? You think he likes me?" I asked.
"Definitely."
"Huh."

It sure felt nice and flattering to know that someone had feelings for me, even though I didn't like him back.

I thought about what I would do if Julian asked me out. He's pretty nice. But physically, he isn't my type of guy. On the other side, Oliver was hot, but he was a jerk.

Well, I thought, it's not like anyone is asking me to choose... For now.