My meaning of "FOREVER"

Chapter 2: It's just the beginning, but is my FOREVER already ruined?

A/N: I. AM. BACK yo! This chap is a little on the... negative side? It has sweet moments but also not so sweet ones. Just read if you like. And don't worry. The next one will be positive. I hope. Anyways, enjoy!

~KhazumiShintori

"Jonathan Greyson, nice to meet you...again, Noelle." He took my hand and shook it. By the way I looked and the feeling of heat rising on my face, I kinda knew.

 I probably was... You know. Well, anyway it's embarrassing to say, but...

"Oh? Ohohoho? What's this? Something stuck in your throat there Noelle?" I hear Joel say as Julie just snickers beside me.

"H-hi. HI! N-nice to... meet you too." I say in a really soft voice. Naks! Nakakahiya naman!

"Late reaction much?" Arisa laughs along with everyone at my expense. I try to throw a pout at them but they remain unfazed.

The whole entirety of our meal was spent throwing jokes around the table, most of them directed at me, a few introductions and facts about everyone. Of course it goes without saying that their was a lot of teasing involved as well.

"Guys, stop teasing her already." I hear Jonathan say after one particular embarrassing revelation from Julie about me accidentally walking into the males' bathroom . "You shouldn't be mean to our new friend, right?" He offers a smile to me and I try- note the word being 'TRY'- to give him one back, resulting in an utter failure of a smile.

"Y-yeah. Friends." I mutter, somehow oddly bothered by that word. "I thought you guys were my friends." I say in a quiet voice.

"W-we are! Are you mad? Did we go too far? Are you going to cry?" Joel, being the first one to react, noticed my mood and panicked. "We're sorry! Please forgive us now... right? Yeah? Okay. Here have my brownie." I perk up at the word.

"You have a brownie?!" I tell him as I hold him by the shoulders.

"Y-yeah. Want it?" He asks me warily as I eye the sweet dessert he holds out to me. I nod my head until it feels like it's about to come off. 

"Yes please." I never told you this, but I am an EXTREME sweets lover. My sweet tooth is like... super sweet tooth. I eat a lot of sweets and I can never seem to get enough. Ang tanging hiling ko lang ay... Sana hindi ako tataba.

"Do you love sweets, Noelle?" I hear Jonathan ask from beside me. 

"A-ah. Yeah." My blush grows thicker as I realize how much I acted like a child in front of my new friends. "I really enjoy them."

"Really? Do you want to try some of my baking then?" He asks me and to be honest, I'm kind of surprised.

"You bake?" I look at him in disbelief.

"Yeah, he does. His cookies and cakes are divine!" Arisa tells me with a dreamy look on her face. "It's one of the reasons why he is so popular with the girls." She sends me a wink and I ignore it to the best of my abilities.

"Guys." Enrique grabs our attention. We all turn to him, wondering what he wants. "To tell you the truth-" We listen intently trying to decipher what he wants to tell us. "-The last bell already rang." It took a second or so before the statement settled in and after that one second, chaos broke loose.

"WHAT?! Why didn't you tell us sooner?!" Lyera practically yells at him as she shakes him back and forth. "Our next class is Social studies! You know I strongly dislike that subject! Yet!" She looks down sadly as if she's about to cry. "I have to pass it." She says as she grabs her bag and pulls Enrique and Pierre along with her. "Come on Arisa, Jonathan!"