My EX Next Door

《Chapter 5》

"OMG OMG OMG!" Jessica kept on tapping the table loudly while we were having lunch the next time we saw each other. Of course,with Andre. While she was saying the words hardly,she added, "Who was that handsome guy you're with 3 days ago?" Andre nudged her with his elbow and let off a jealous eyes. "Sorry." She said quickly but then went with "So who was that?" again.

"Calm down,Jess. Calm down. Everyone here in the cafeteria's looking at you. You can stop it,okay?" I calmed her down and so she did. "Firstly,he's not handsome.--"

"What? He's f*cking handsome,okay?" Jessica argued. Golly,she's really overwhelmed by Bernard's handsomeness.

"Jess,stop." Andre held her arms. "You don't need to curse just because he's 'handsome'. Let Krystal finish her explanation. I'm getting angry at you,right now." She suddenly looked sorry so she stopped. "Okay,good. Now continue."

"Okay,I'm now admitting it that he's handsome." Jessica looked contented. "Secondly,he's someone special to me."

"Your new boyfriend?" Jessica's eyes sparkled as if a miracle happened to me.

"That was the third thing." I raised my three fingers up and said, "Third,he's my childhood bestfriend since birth,I guess." And then I told them everything until the day he left me and the things he's doing for me these past few days.

"Oh,that's amazing." Andre reacted,sounding like he's interested even though I know he's not.

"You know,I think he likes you." Jessica suggested. A girl's instinct,indeed.

"Maybe not. As I told you he's just---" I don't have a chance to finish my sentence since the bell rang. "Can't believe we finished our break time just by talking about it."

"I know right!" Jessica laughed. "Bye,Krystal." I did the same to the both of them and headed to my next class.

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"Did they gave you your report card already?" Dad asked as I reached the house. Of course there's Bernard behind me while holding my backpack. He gave it to me and greeted my parents.

"Not yet." I answered after kissing him on the cheek. I swung both of my hands and said, "I just finished my exam last Friday,remember? Oh,and they said that the recognition will be next week. I'll be practicing for 4 days."

"Then,what are you going to do this week?" I spotted Mom as she came out of my room,holding my trashes. I smiled and kissed her.

"Tomorrow until Thursday,we'll be cleaning up and signing of clearance." I kept on talking while changing my clothes and made my voice loud enough for them to hear. "Then Friday,Saturday,Monday and Tuesday,will be the practice. Are we cool with that?" Then I went outside,sat on the couch,facing Dad.

"So,the recognition's on Wednesday?" He asked me. He's cute because he's confused with a lot of things that it made me smile.

"Nah." I answered casually while lowering my voice. "It's on Thursday while they said that they will give the report card by Friday. Get it?" Both of them nodded. I walked to the kitched and drank a glass of water because I did a lot of talking.

I sat on my bed and thought about nothing. It made me feel bad that I don't have something or someone to think about. The sound of the television made me stood up. I checked it and saw that Dad's watching while Mom is resting her head on his right shoulder. Running to them,I placed my head to Dad's left shoulder. For sure other teens my age will look at me disgustingly just because I'm very affectionate with my parents while they are busy doing some addictions and distractions.

Mom suddenly talked and said, "Kris,is Bernard courting you?" She sat up straight and I did the same. I looked at her,confused.

"Oh yeah,that's right. I want to ask the same thing,though." Dad said. I giggled.

"What does that action mean?" Mom said,looking at me with those homemade Japanese eyes.

"You know we're just friends." I said to them. "I'll make it clear. He's doing that just because he left me without saying anything and he just want to replace everything that happened when he's away." I explained and panted because I made a lot of explanations to them this day. It's just so tiring that it made my throat dry.

"Ahh..." Both of them said.

"Just be sure,okay?" Mom said. "I don't want a crying baby again by the summer."

"Mom~!" She just laughed.