Records, Burgers, & Love

Jackie

Saying good-bye to all your lies... I write into my journal. Catherine is taking a shower now, so I decide to work on my songs.

"Hey, uhh, what are you writing over there?" Sylvain says. I can see the silhouette of his body in the dim light. Silhouette would be a good word for a song! I quickly scribble it down, so I don't forget it.

"Uh, nothing!" I say. I slam my journal shut in a hurry.

"Nothing? Let me see!" Sylvain says as he walks over. He grabs my book, and we have a battle of yes and no. At the very last yes-no battle, his face is literally inches from my own face! I can feel his warm breath on my cheeks! Eeee!!!! My heart is pumping faster than a race horse!

He flips through the journal and reads some of my songs. "Whoa, these are really good!"

"Thanks! They're unfinished, and I'm still working on them," I say. The words spill out of my mouth.

"You need to finish them because they are so good!" He hands back my journal, and I nervously take it back.

"Thanks! I don't write songs that often, unless it's my free time."

"Oh... you're so cute!"

"What?"

"Goodnight!" He turns around in a rush. The smile that is plastered on my face makes my cheeks hurt.

"Goodnight! Sweet dreams!"

"You too!" He leaves my room, and a few minutes later, I hear his car pull out of my driveway. I sigh with happiness, and I think about him as I wait for Catherine to get out of the shower.

***

Catherine and I are both sitting in bed watching "Shaun of the Dead". Tomorrow is Saturday, so I don't have work. She doesn't usually have work on Saturday either.

I finally explode and tell her everything that happened earlier. "Oh my gosh, Sylvain and I almost kissed! I could have screamed!" I exclaim.

"Wait, what happened? Exactly?" Catherine says.

"So, like, I was writing songs in my journal because you know I like to do that. Then he wanted to see it, but I didn't want him to. Then he tried to grab it, and his face was so close to mine! I couldn't breathe!" I say. I can barely contain myself!

"That is awesome!" Catherine says. She is so supportive!

"I know!" We quietly squeal. "So what about you and Carl?"

She chuckles and says, "He asked me about my glasses, and he fist bumped me."

I cannot hold back my laughter! "He's such a dingbat!"

"I know! Just go for it!"

"He has problems." We are both snorting and giggling.

"And he told me the story behind his man bun!" We both die of laughter. My sides are cramping! She tells me the story, and I can't stop laughing!

"Oh my goodness, he is such a weirdo." We fall asleep almost right after I say that.

***

Squish, squish, squish. I hear noisy chewing coming from my left. I open my eyes, and see Catherine eating burritos on my bed.

"Why are you eating burritos?" I say sluggishly.

"I'm hungry!" she says with her mouth full of beans.

"You are mental! Food obsessed!" I say rubbing my eyes of sleep.

"Calling me obsessed?" She tears into the burrito, and beans fly everywhere. Typical Catherine.