Moving on

5. Yeah, A Date

Come lunch time, I walked to my usual table where Kenny already was. I placed my tray down, apparently harder than usual because Kenny decided to comment on it.

"Wow there Skye. Angry much?"

"M'fine Kenny." I reply with a bitter frown. All that was on my mind for the past two hours was stupid  Jayce. With his stupid skateboard, stupid anger management issues, and stupid controlling personality. Oh, and don't forget that he's a stupid coward. He's so stupid, he's...Stupid. God he makes me angry as fuck.

"Uh, Skye? You want to talk about it? Glare at that pizza any longer and I think it might seriously start melting." Kenny says, breaking me out of my anger for a second. I can't help but flash a small smile at that. Was I seriously this mad at Jayce? A guy I knew for what? Maybe three days?

"Skylar." I correct. "And ah, it's nothing." I say, waving it away. "But where's Darrin?" I ask, looking around.

"Oh he didn't tell you? He switched from regular studio art to AP so his schedule gave him A lunch instead of B." he explains.

"What?! That is crucial information that he didn't bother to tell me! Does he not care about me? Does anyone?" I ask, unware of how much of my anger toward Jayce I was projecting.

"Skye, it's just a schedule change. I'm sure he just forgot to mention it. Plus this is good. Now Melanie has someone else to sit with other than Paul and Katy." Kenny says, giving me a weird look.

"It's Skylar damnit." I growl and then blink. Man I need to calm down.

"Sorry Skylar. But seriously, I'm getting concerned. Is there something I should know?" He asks caringly.

See I actually had to contemplate this. Is it something he should know? I mean, I'm aware of his crush on me, so I don't want to seem like a bitch by bringing up some other guy, but I want to talk to somebody about it and Melanie doesn't have this lunch and Darrin decided to pick today to bail out on me and it's just something I need to get off my chest and wow now I'm rambling in my head. I'm insane.

"Skylar?"

"Skylar, hey?!"

"Skye!"

"It's Skylar." I say grumpily, coming back to reality.

"Really? You heard that but nothing else? You are zoning out way too much lately." Kenny says, looking irritated.

"S-sorry Kenny. What'd you say?" I ask, rubbing my forehead in an attempt to rub the anger away. In case you were wondering, it didn't work.

"I said you can talk to me. I may not be Piper, but I'm here for you." he says with loving eyes. I feel my heart sink. I don't feel the same way he does but I know how much that hurts. Three years ago I had a crush on Darrin, but he didn't feel the same way. In fact, I think our group had crushes all around. Yeah, that's right. Darrin rejected me because he liked Melanie, who liked Kenny, who likes me. The order was reversed and topsy-turvy at some points. Only difference is that Kenny hasn't told me he likes me.

I think both of them liked Piper at one point and I was kind of jealous, but I got over it because 1. She didn't like either of them because she had a steady relationship with Ethan and 2. It totally made sense. Piper was gorgeous. I mean, I'm just saying that if I was a guy, I'd hit that. With her wavy ginger hair, emerald green eyes, and subtle freckles, she was literally woman crush Wednesday. Okay, I'm done.

"Thanks Kenny, but you don't wanna hear about my problems. They're boring and filled with unnecessary drama." I say, playing it safe. "Why don't you just tell me a joke or something instead? I could use a laugh." I say with a sigh. His face lit up like a Christmas tree and his adorable goofy grin took over his face, causing his dimples to show. He just reminded me of a little kid about to go to Disneyland.

"Thought you'd never ask. Why did the banana go to the hospital?" he asks, stifling laughter.

"It banana split?" I guess. He shakes his head.

"Because it wasn't PEELING well. Ha, get it?" He asks, bursting into laughter. I laughed too, but not because the joke was funny-because it wasn't-, but Kenny's laughter is contagious. Miranda and Smith, the other two at our table start laughing involuntarily too. I was serious in saying Kenny's laugh is contagious. It's so obnoxiously loud and I could already feel people staring at us. In fact, someone was staring so hard, I felt them right next to me. I stopped laughing to see stupid Jayce. He didn't look happy, but I didn't care because he was stupid. Damn I sound like a three year old, using the same stupi-er, unintelligent insult. Great, more mind rambling.

"So I get angry at you and you're already 'moving on'? Now who's the damn coward?" He asks in angry sarcasm. I feel anger coursing at a steady rate through me and I glare fiercely.

"We were never together so there's nothing to move on from! And why do you even care?!" I ask.

"Because I like you damnit! I thought it was kind of obvious!" he says, raising his voice.

"You cancelled on ME." I remind him, frustration taking over the anger.

"Yeah, because you were causing an unnecessary argument. And I got a fucking tardy because of you." He says, gritting his teeth.

"Unnecessary?! You were trying to control me! You had no right! You deserved that tardy!" I say, raising my voice too and clenching my fists. He looks like he's about to blow his top, but all of a sudden, it's gone. All the anger, frustration, scowling, and glaring. It scares me and I wait in anticipation as he sighs, rubbing his forehead.

Seconds passed and it started to feel kind of awkward. I was about to turn around to finish my lunch, but he grabbed my shoulder, releasing it immediately when he saw the look on my face. Like I said, I don't like being touched spontaneously and he's the last person I want doing it.

"Well I'm sorry." He says finally, looking at me with a hopeful expression. I cock my head to the side and wait for something else, but that's it. I don't know what to think. I mean, two seconds ago, he could've ripped my head off from his rage, but now he's apologizing and looking all cute again.

"I-it's okay?" I say, regretting how it came out as more of a question than acceptance.

"If you're still up for it, that offer for Friday stands." He says sheepishly. "I totally understand if you say no. My last girlfriend called it off because she said I was hot headed, so I get if you're not up to dealing with that." he adds, running a hand through his hair and giving me a nice shy smile. And honestly, who could say no to that?

"You won't try to make decisions for me again will you?" I ask warningly. He crosses a hand over his heart and nods.

"And you won't mention your ex-girlfriends because that's like an unspoken rule and there are only a few exceptions in which you're allowed to." I add.

"You won't hear of them unless you ask." He promises, sounding somewhat sincere and I guess that was good enough for me because-

"Then I would love to go out with you on Friday." I say, smiling back. He looks pleased and nods once more. I feel someone tense behind me and face palm myself because I forgot Kenny was here and it must've hurt to see this happening in front of him.

"Great. See you around Skye." He waves, walking off. I'm about to correct him when I realize it's actually kind of cute when he calls me- wait who the hell am I kidding.

"It's SKYLAR!" I yell as he saunters back to his table, all eyes on me as I shouted. My cheeks suddenly felt a bit warm and I just silently sat down, acting as if nothing happened.