How Pizza Saved My Love Life

8."When does the sass ever stop?"

"Okay wait. Listen," I start when we're in front of the door of the diner.

"What?" Jordan snaps.

"I just...nothing. Let's go." I wave him off. I need to do this, not for him but for myself. I need to know that I can socialize normally.

"Fine." He opens the door and goes inside without holding it so my face gets smashed in the glass door.

Gentle.

"Asshole." I mumble beside him.

"You are the reason why we're doing this now shut the fuck up and look for them with me." He swears at me and starts to look around for the couple.

"I don't know how they look like dumbass."

"Do you not go to the same school I go to?" He asks sarcastically.

"I do but I don't give a shit about the people that go there and that includes you by the way." I respond with a bitchy tone.

"When does the sass ever stop?" He rolls his eyes and then looks at me, impatient with my behavior I suppose.

"It doesn't. Deal with it." I end the conversation there.

After almost two minutes of looking around for his so called 'friends' I give up and sit down on the booth next to me, waiting for him to find them by himself. I was already getting hungry so I started flipping through the pages of the menu until I hear Jordan's voice greeting someone.

Jordan ushers them to the table I'm sitting on and they both start saying hi to me at the same time. I awkwardly wave my hand at them after saying hi too but in a small voice. They both sit down in front of me and Jordan takes a seat right next to me. Aaron says something into his girlfriend's ear that makes her laugh. He kisses her on the lips and I couldn't be more uncomfortable. One, because I am not all about PDA. Two, because Jordan was right next to me and we had to act like we're actually interested in each other.

"So you're Aubrey." Aaron starts.

Well, no shit.

"Uh, yeah. And you're Aaron." Fuck what am I even saying? He chuckles and I scratch my nose nervously.

I hope this doesn't turn out as awkward as I think it will be.

******

It was almost nine now and I have come to realize that Kimberly and Aaron were quite nice and funny. All my plans to embarrass Jordan were thrown out the window and all I could focus on right now was the conversation I was having about The Hunger Games with the couple. Jordan, however, was quiet, almost like he was only listening but not saying anything. The expression on his face was unreadable. I couldn't decipher if he was having fun or if he was bored. I brushed these thoughts off and continued my conversation.

"But have you read the books?" I ask after putting down my drink.

"I don't have to. The movies were already awesome." Aaron replies and Kimberly, whom I've come to learn that they call her Kim, agrees giving him a high five.

"Are you kidding? The books were a hundred times better. So much more detail." I justify fueled by the debate.

"Why would I spend three weeks reading a book when I can watch a two-hour movie?" Kim argues and I throw my hands in the air desperation.

"Because it's more enjoyable, and less boring." Aaron speaks for his girlfriend. Are they ignorant or something? Can they not read? Obviously the books were so much better than the movies but who reads nowadays? People are always taking the easy way out.