Friendzoned

Chapter 4

Rae

            “What are you doing?!” I cried. He started stuttering, but I cut him off before he could even finish. I was so shocked, I ran off without letting him talk. When I got home, my mom asked me how the party was and I told her it was fine and then ran up to my room and slammed the door shut. A few minutes later I heard a knock on my door. It was my brother. He was asking me if I was ok.

            “I mean, I might love the guy, but it doesn’t give him the right to kiss me!!” I yelled.

            “What are you talking about Rae? Who tried to kiss you? I didn’t even know you liked boys yet…” Jack answered sounding all confused. I never answered. After hearing him sway back and forth and sighing every now and then for a while, he finally walked away. I was glad. I needed some alone time without my brother standing outside my door.

            When mom called for dinner, I wasn’t hungry so I just told her that I would get something later. I thought that the best way to solve my problem was to write a letter to Jessica. Jessica is my pen pal. She lives like five states away and is a deaf kid. She is homeschooled so she doesn’t have many friends. We met through a pen pal program that my mom suggested for me. I write her letters every once in a while when my fifth grade drama gets bad. She always writes me back really fast. I like having a pen pal! It’s always nice when I have something that I need to tell someone. I am never afraid that she will tell anyone else my secrets.

            A few weeks have passed and Ryder hasn’t talked to me since the kiss. I really hope this wears off soon because I don’t know how much longer I can take it! I have heard all these rumors about how Ryder has become a big player. People keep saying how he tries to kiss almost every girl in fifth grade. Maybe I should just stay away from him. After all, I don’t want to end up being just another one of the girls he asks to kiss him. I miss the old him. I also noticed that he hasn’t had on the bracelet that I gave him since his birthday.