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I was finishing my homeworks when I heard the doorbell rang. I sprinted down the stairs and opened the door to be faced with a breathless Arabella.

"I. Talked. To. Dan." She said in between breaths, trying to recover herself from the running.

"Well, what did he say?" I asked, open the door wider. She passed through then fell down on the couch.

"Ugh. I don't know Brooke. Dan is kind of unpredictable, I guess?" She got the remote and started flicking through the channels. "He might have the best intentions, but his ego and need for a good reputation and popularity distorts his choices."  She stuck with MTV.

"Oh, I understand." I say, suddenly sad and Arabella noticed.

"Don't even dare to spill one tear for him, Brooks. Even though he is my friend he does NOT deserve a single drop of it." She said, hugging me sideways.

~*~

The next day, I woke up confident with myself but I knew as soon as I stepped on school property, an avalanche of mixed feelings would rush through my veins.

So that's what happened.

This whole week I have been avoiding Luke in pure fear. I didn't want to hurt him or myself more. But I would ditch the class I had with him because of this childish feeling that is insecurity and guilt. I hadn't give him a response yet but even though my brain says I should accept it, my heart says waiting a little bit more for Dan's invite wouldn't hurt.

When I reached the class, the blonde haired boy was sitting right beside my chair and there was nothing I could do to make this sudden encounter less uncomfortable for both of us.

I sat on my usual chair and started to scroll through my tumblr dashboard. I felt a gaze on me, but was too afraid to confront it.

~*~

When the bell finally rang, I sprintes out of the class and into my next one.

And that went on until lunch time.

When that came, I entered the cafeteria and sat on my usual table with a loud sigh.

Then the unusual happened. Dan sat beside me and threw his arm over my shoulder. wELL OKAY THEN.

He then started talking to his friends and all I could hear was the vibrations his chest did and pray for that moment never to end.

That, of course, didn't happen.

When he pulled away, I was left with an awful feeling.

~*~

For the rest of the day, Dan would try to talk to me privately but wouldn't succeed since there were too many distractions among us. A high five, the bell, a chick, somebody falling. Everything that couldn't happen, did happen and that bugged me until last period.

I watched the clock as the class went by and when the familiar sound played, showing we were dismissed, I ran to my locker and grabbed my stuff, determined to go to the place we had talked and wait for him to come.

2 minutes.

5 minutes.

10 minutes.

20 minutes.

40 minutes.

I decided to go home, he might have forgotten after all.

~*~*~

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