The Relationship Status (1)

Donnie

The next day, I couldn't stop smiling! I kissed Stephanie and it felt good. I wanted to tell Jordan so bad, but I knew we were kinda in the middle of an episode now.

I was so excited to see her at school that I wasn't sure what to do with myself! Well, I might've tried to dress out a little. I wore my favorite (and only) pair of Adidas with my biker jacket, my favorite pair of washed out ripped jeans, and right before I left, I looked at myself in the mirror for a good couple of minutes. I actually felt self conscious about how my hair looked. I didn't want to do my swoop that day. Since I kicked the rest of my outfit up a notch, I figured I should've done the same with my hair. I shook it up to emphasize my bed head from that morning the way Stephanie did with my hair at Gina's since I knew she liked it that way.

I walked in our first academic class with adrenaline rushing through me and that's when I froze. Stephanie was looking extra fine today. So fine, that I was hoping I wasn't standing there too long, looking like an idiot. She kinda wore a mini skirt and her hair had an extra wave in it. Good thing she didn't notice me checking her out, 'cause it didn't take me long to realize I was just standing there.

I shook myself out of it and actually spoke to her, "Hey, Steph! You look gorgeous!" My face warmed up.

"Thanks! You look really cool! I love your jacket! And - Hey! You did that thing to your hair!" She smiled while running her fingers through it again. I got jolts of electricity when she did so.

"So uh, I wanted to know if you'd like to come over again after school." I scratched the back of my head, trying to forget the fact that my face was feeling hotter by the minute.

She beamed, "Oh! I'd love - "

"Pardon this interruption students, but can Donnie Edmond Wahlberg come up to the front office? Not Mark Wahlberg. His brother, Donnie Edmond Wahlberg! If Mr. Edmond Wahlberg could come up to the front office, that'd be great! Again, that is Donnie Edmond Wahlberg! Thank you!" Jennifer. Beasley. She did not just frickin' do that.

"I'll be right back." I gritted my teeth toward Steph, and then stormed toward the front office. How could she humiliate me like that on the intercom? I never told her about my middle name! The only person who would really know is - Jordan Knight.

I slammed open the principal's office's door and there were the three of them; Jennifer, Jordan, and Mark.

"Mark?! You were in on this, too? You don't even know my middle name!" I fumed.

"What can I say? They said they'd pay me twenty bucks if I showed them your birth certificate to show it was legit! Money's money." He sat on the desk like the big douche bag he was.

"And Jordan. I expected better from you. I really did. I trusted you with keeping my middle name confidential, and now the entire school knows it! Including Stephanie..." I mumbled that last part.

Jordan tried but Jennifer cut him off, "I - "

"It was for your own good, Donnie! I mean, Joey still has a black eye from when Jordan beat him up because of how furious he was! You deserve it!"

I looked at the floor and anger built up inside me, once again. "Oh yeah? Well, if he thinks he's so tough, how about he joins me in a fight! YEAH YOU HEARD ME! THAT'S THE LAST STRAW, KNIGHT! I'M FED UP WITH THIS! WE'RE SETTLING THIS TOMORROW IN THE HALLWAY RIGHT WHEN THE LAST BELL RINGS, YOU HEAR ME? I'M DONE!" And I ran off from the situation before I got a lump in my throat.