Worth the Wait

The incident

"Kenzie!" Jack yelled. I turned my head, heart pounding out of my chest. He waved me over, he was across the hall. My legs stopped working, Linaya had to push me in his direction, fortunately my legs regained strength, they just needed a little push. I was curious and anxious as I walked toward him.

"Hold my hand" he smiled at me. "W-what?" "c'mon, don't be shy" he said as he reached for my hand. I grabbed his rough hand, my knuckles turned white, I was mortified. Was I really holding hands with Jack Hamaker? With my free hand I pinched myself, surely I must be dreaming, I thought. I anticipated waking up, but it never happened. This was real life. I was so nervous, I hoped he wouldn't notice, we approached the classroom and he pulled me into a hug. "What's going on?" I thought, "why is he suddenly taking notice of me?". I lingered in his hug a little longer than I should have, I felt a sense of protection in his arms. I looked up at him, he seemed distracted, I looked over to see what had his attention, Emilia Blaylock.

I quickly pulled my arms away from him, I pushed him into the wall and walked away. "Kenzie, wait!" he yelled at me. I swiftly turned around, "what Jack, what?" "I-I don't know". He knew that I knew what he was doing. I rolled my eyes and continued down the hallway. I felt so stupid, here I was, ecstatic, that my crush, probably the biggest I had ever had, was paying me attention, just to find out he was using me. He was using me to make Emilia jealous, they had broken up the day before, Sunday, January 9, it was a day that gave me hope. I couldn't stop thinking about how embarrassed I was feeling and soon, the angry tears started down my face.

Linaya was still at her locker, trying to jam another binder into her crowded back pack. She looked at me, and I could tell she was concerned, "Kenzie, what's up, are you okay?" "Yeah, I'm fine" I aggressively replied as I wiped the tears from my face, "just allergies"

"So how did it go with Jack?" she inquired enthusiastically. "Can we talk about something else besides Jack?" I angrily said. She seemed startled, "if that's what you want, I just assumed, I mean, you're always talking about him" she said, in a jumble of words. Linaya was never the best at speaking, she was quite awkward. I was so annoyed, I felt the anger, the confusion, boiling inside me, so I left, I just walked away. After I had been walking for a while, I turned my head back, to see Linaya, she was just standing there, taken aback, she seemed so confused. She may be my best friend, but I didn't want anything to do with her at the moment, in fact, I didn't want anything to do with anyone, so I headed for the bathrooms.