Love Is a Losing Game // Joel Pimentel

19 | Whipped

Chapter Nineteen

Joel's POV

"Hey."

"Hello."

Blu rubs her tired eyes under her glasses and tugs on the sleeves of her long sleeve after. "What did you want to tell me?" she asks softly.

I take a breath and smile, "I just wanted to clear up some things that feel like they're in the air because you know, life." She chuckles and nods, "Understandable."

We were in our PJ's on the roof of my penthouse and I wanted to make sure that she left my home without a doubt in her mind that I liked her. She deserved honest words unlike the games that I knew Yoandri was trying to play with her.

"Hey, Blu?" I ask.

"What's up?"

"I don't know when it happened or how, but I really like you and I want you to know I'm willing to put up a fight for whoever is trying to court you as well," I say firmly.

She hums in reply and turns her head, smiling at me gently. "Aw, he has feelings," she teases. I roll my eyes and turn my head to stop her from seeing my blush. "Whatever," I mumble.

Blu laughs and after that silence settles around us. She leans on my shoulder and slides her arm in between my body and my forearm. I slip our hands together and try to not freak out at how hard my heart is beating.

"Hey, Joel?" she yawns.

I look down as she closes her eyes and rests her body against my own. "Yeah?" I breathe out. She smiles softly in her hazy slumber. "I really like you too," she whispers before her breathing slows and her face relaxes.

I'm so whipped.

***

I wake up to Blu's gentle fingers on my face and her mumbling something in my ear. "Huh?" I say softly. "You gotta wake up! We have two hours before school!" she whisper shouts.

My eyes snap open and I see her face before my own, a panicked expression on her face. I smirk and close my eyes again, "You're so cute."

I hear some shuffling and then she hums in content, "I'm stealing one of your cars, see you at school." I wave her off as I fall back into my slumber for another five minutes.

It's only when I hear the sound of my baby Rebecca being turned on that I fully grasp her words. "I know she did not just-I'm gonna kill her," I grumble as the sky begins to change colors.

***

"You know the drill," our English teacher sighs as he dismisses us for the rest of the period. I slide my laptop out and start finishing up some of my work for the project.

"Hey what do you think about the assigned reading?" I ask Blu next to me. I see her shrug as I continue typing and she elaborates on her answer, "I like it. I mean Oryx and Crake is up my lane so it's not too different from what I would normally read."

I smile at her and nod, "I see. I like it too. It's really showing about the human condition." She returns my smile and we continue to work in silence.

"Wait, I have to bring your car back which by the way, thanks for letting me borrow," she grins at me. I shake my head at her words and say, "You can borrow it for the time being, I have too many. But if I see so much as a scratch—"

"There are my two favorite people," Yoandri smirks as he swings an arm around Blu and I. I inwardly groan at the annoying gesture and watch as he kisses the top of Blu's head, making her blush just slightly.

"What are you guys doing Friday night?" he asks as he pulls up a chair in between us.

"Probably catching up on some homework, why?" Blu responds as she flips a page in her book. Yoandri smiles at her in a way I haven't seen him do in a while and shrugs, "I'm having a small get together in case you wanted to come."

Blu looks to him and a smile tugs at her lips, "Is this part of your plan to change my mind?"

He smiles and leans forward into her without noticing he's doing so, "Yeah."

She bites her lip to keep from grinning and nods, "I'll ask my parents, I'll text you with a response?" He chuckles, "Sounds good."

I don't notice I'm glaring at him till she asks a question that catches me off guard, "Can I bring my best friend? His name is Joaquín. Also are you going?"

Her eyes switch to me and I clear my throat before answering, "Only if you go." Yoandri shakes his head and glances at me before returning his attention to Blu. "Yeah, bring whoever you want, beautiful," he replies.

"What's the worst that can happen?" he finishes.

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a/n

CAN WE JUST TAKE A SECOND to appreciate God and school and education. okay carry on :*