The two hours weren't as painful as I imagined. Still I just wanted to go home. Soon as the pastor says amen I head to the exit only to wait for like 3 hours for my mom to finish talking. Okay so it wasn't exactly 3 hours but it definitely felt like it . Standing there I saw the girl from on stage. She's not as pretty as I thought plus I know exactly where I know her from we went to the same middle school. But it couldn't hurt to add another girl to the list . Just when I'm about to approach her-
"Jayvonte come here"
Crap man. I was just about to make my move . I turn my head and walk toward the direction of my mom she's in the middle of a conversation and I already know where this is going .
"He can be a little shy at times but he's a sweet boy, oh here he his introduce yourself pooh"
I look the lady up and down , she's pretty and I recognize she's the one who was directing the youth choir today .
"Hi I'm Jayvonte" I say, shaking her hand.
"I'm Mrs.RoRo, the choir director and the youth pastor, I was just telling your mom about how we were taking a trip to the ice skating rink if you wanted to come "
My eyes slide over to the girl from the stage . "Will she be there too ?" Trying to hide the excitement in my voice
"Yes she will all the teens are going we're leaving In about 30 minutes if you wanted to grab some clothes to change into "
"Mom can I go ?" Knowing she'll probably say no after all I am still grounded ..
"We'll take care of him Selena" Mrs.RORo says.
My mom shoots me that you better behave look that I get way to often . "Fine boy come on let's go get you some clothes "
We make it to my house and I change into my black fitted pants , my speed turfs and my gray and black famous hoodie. I look in the mirror for a few more seconds and me and my mom head to the car. The car ride is silent so I put in my head phones listening to the old Bow wow albums one of my favorites . We get to the church in no time and before I know it we're loading up the bus. I try to sit by the light skin girl from earlier but she ends up a row behind me . I squeeze in the back and answer all the questions from mrs.Roro as we ride.
"15"
"Yes mam"
"Jacksonville"
"Yes Mam"
"No mam , I have sisters and brothers "
"Yes mam"
"You going to ask for his social security number too auntie"? The voice comes from a girl I didn't really notice . I recognize her from on stage though she's part of the youth choir . She has braces and glasses. She's kinda pretty actually . She looks back at me for a moment and looks as if she's seen me before or somewhere . I try not to stare back then shake my head . Gotta get focus back to the original target i say to myself . Looking at the light skin girl a row ahead of me. We arrive at the skating rink, and boy I'm trying everything to impress her. Her name is Alexis and she's 14 a year younger than me. Ice skating becomes pretty simple too me and I'm skating around going faster and faster trying to show off my speed . Didn't even notice that when I turned the corner I made someone one fall. I immediately stopped and looked back to see it was the girl from the bus ride with that look in her eyes. I skate back to see if she was ok..
"Hey you okay ? I'm so so sorry I was going to fast and didn't see you there "
"I'm fine " she manages to get out in between her laughs. She looks really pretty when she laughs , for some reason my eyes focus on the little things about her laugh . Her eyebrows go up as she laughs and her glasses hang half way off her face.
"I'm fine I promise , you don't have to worry about it " she says still laughing
" if you say so , I really am sorry though " I shoot her a smile and skate off. Not too long after that , Mrs.roro says it's almost time to go and everybody is rushing toward the little concession standing.
"Anybody want to buy me a cookie?" I yell out
"Anybody at all want to me buy me a cookie ? I mean sharing is caring "
"What kind of cookie do you want ?" I recognize the voice almost instantly . Yup it's braces girl again. Damn why does she keep popping up.
"You really going to buy me a cookie?"
"That's what I said isn't it ? Now pick one before I change my mind ." She's feisty I like that.
" can I get an oat meal and the one with the little white things in it ?"
"Macadamia nuts ?" She asked while laughing at me. Gosh she laughs a lot.. But I don't mind .. It's nice seeing her laugh
"hey don't judge me okay !" I say slightly pushing her jokingly.
"No judge zone here , here take your cookie"
I reach for my cookie and she smiles and my hand slightly touches her. I don't believe in love at first sight . I don't believe in love at all but I do believe that there's a click or a spark.. That you meet someone and everything about them becomes familiar to you . Maybe you loved them in another lifetime or another world . But it's this feeling you get when you meet that person , like you remembered something that you didn't even know you forgot it's a feeling that says "hey this is familiar , this feels like home "
"What did you say your name was again ?" I ask her nervously
"Kaiona , with a K "
"My name is Jayvonte but you can call me or Vonte or te , or jay or derron that's my middle name , it was my dad's middle name too and my mom wanted me to have it , but you can call me whatever you want to it's up to you whatever you're comfortable with , gosh I'm talking a lot I'm sorry " I say all this in like 10 seconds. Why am I so nervous ? Get it together Jayvonte. She's just some girl plus you were here for alex, no that's not right aly? Alexis that's who it was .
Kaiona looks at me and she's just crying of laughter "That was so cute , i like your name it's different"
" I like yours too " Not noticing how bad I was smiling .. Alexis who ?
" I like your glasses where'd you get them from?" She ask me as we head towards the church van.
"My mom ordered them " I look at her while we get in the van. She turns and smiles at me. I say her name in my head "Kaiona " and There it is again . That feeling, that click. I like it ."Kaiona."
