The Wrong Guy

Chapter 43 The Boyfriend

                Winter break was almost over, and I still wasn’t ready to go to school yet. The third semester was going to start at the 3rd of January, so I felt like I was running out of free time. But in a way, it was relieving because I wanted to see Alex, too. School wasn’t that bad anymore because of him. He was actually the only motivation I got. With Sharon’s memorial and all, I didn’t have much free time. Of course, Winter break had to come to an end sooner or later.

                There we were, back to school. January 3rd of the new year was a Monday, and I had different classes. I still had a lot of hopes that I prayed for. I wanted to be in the same class as Alex, but unfortunately, even when I went to every class in time just to see if we were going to be classmates, he wasn’t in any of my classes. I checked the other dates, too, but he wasn’t going to be in any. It was such a lonely way to start the semester. I lost time to spend with Alex; hence, I lost my motivation to even go to school. But Alex and I were close in a way, so I still wasn’t going to give up.

                Days and days passed. All I wanted was to see Alex. Everything was normal. Laura was flirting with Harvey, as usual. I haven’t really talked to Nick, but I see him around campus a few times. That didn’t really matter. I kept looking for Alex, but I haven’t seen him. It was a big school, so I could’ve missed him in any way. Every time I’d have free period, I looked for him, and I ended up in a failure. I didn’t know if he wasn’t going to school or if I was just missing him a lot.

                One day around the second week of the semester, I was walking by the cafeteria to buy some water when I saw Alex and Winnie in line on the counter. They were buying some food for their lunch with their trays. It seemed as if they were close. They were talking a lot and seemed to be having so much fun with each other. My hands clenched, and I felt jealous again. I didn’t want to lose Alex to anyone especially to Winnie. I hid from their sight and waited for them to finish eating. It took like forty five minutes to finish eating since Winnie was really talkative, and Alex was being entertained by her.

                Oh, damn it!

                I was sitting on a different table, pretending to read, but the truth was I was watching them. When they finished eating, they started bring their stuff and walked out. I followed them to the school halls. I sneaked at them as they walked. They stopped walking when they arrived at some random room. I didn’t know what it was. It seemed like they had a class there. I pretended to be lying on the lockers so they wouldn’t notice me as they continued to talk.

                “This is my class.” Winnie said as she opened the door to the classroom. “I’ll see you later, okay?”

                “Okay.” He chuckled. “I’ll see you later.”

                Oh shit! I want to hit that whore on the face!

                Winnie went in the room, doing her mini-claps again. I hated every time she did that. She was so trying hard to be cute when she wasn’t… or maybe I was just too jealous. When Alex and Winnie parted, I rushed quickly to Alex before he walked too far away.

                “Alex!” I caught up with him.

                “Hey.” He turned to see me as he continued to walk. “Liyah! How’s it going?”

                “It’s been a while.” I walked next to him. “I haven’t seen you since the Sharon’s memorial.”

                “Yeah. I’ve been away with Winnie.”

                “Winnie?” I asked and stopped walking. Somehow, that made him stop, too. “What do you mean you’ve been away with Winnie?”

                “Well, I actually spent Christmas and the rest of the holidays with Winnie’s family since her family was generous enough to accept me as a guest for a few weeks.” He explained. I couldn’t help but feel angry and jealous. How could she outrank me like that?

                “Don’t you spend Christmas with your family?”

                “To tell you the truth, Liyah, I haven’t been with my family for several years now.” He said, and I was still feeling really down. “I’m sorry if it sounds selfish, but I just didn’t want to be lonely during the vacation, and Winnie offered, so…”

                “But don’t you realize what she’s trying to do?” I wasn’t convinced enough. I felt like I needed more answers. I wanted him to say what he told me when he was drunk. I wanted him to tell me it was true. “She’s trying to get you to be her boyfriend, remember?”

                “Liyah.” He calmed me down because I sounded quite angry. “I don’t really see what’s wrong with it anymore. Anyway, I owe Winnie and her family.”

                “So, you’re here boyfriend, now?” I really sounded like I was objecting that decision. Well, I was, but that wasn’t part of the plan. “Are you having sex now?”

                “Liyah.” He calmed me down again. “What’s wrong with you today? And I’m not her boyfriend yet, and no, I’m not having sex with her.”

                “You shouldn’t! You said you didn’t like her!”

                “I like her.” He said. “I just said I didn’t want to be her boyfriend. Why are you even so against it?”

                “No.” I got nervous. I started sweating. “I’m not against it. I was just fighting for what you told me before. You told me you weren’t planning to be her boyfriend.”

                “I’m not.” He chuckled. “Quit worrying. You sound like you’re jealous or something.”

                “What?” I panicked and suddenly turned red again. I felt my stomach go warm again. “I am not jealous 100%! I’m just looking out for you.”

                “Okay.” He chuckled again. “Thank you, Liyah. I appreciate your concern, but I can handle things from here.”

                “But you’ve got to promise me.” I didn’t know why I said that, but I said it, “You’re not becoming her boyfriend.”

                “Okay, okay.” He laughed at my concerned look. “Now, I really think you’re jealous.”

                “I told you I’m not!” I felt even more nervous. I was turning even more red. “I just….”

                “Okay. Okay.” He said when I couldn’t finish my sentence out of the nervousness. “I get your point, but now isn’t the time to settle this. I’ve got class. So, we’ll get to that when we do, okay?”

                “Okay. Sorry to have bothered you.” I said.

                “It’s okay.” He started walking again. I just stayed. “See ‘ya!”

                “Okay!” I paused and watched him. He walked too far away, but I still shouted. “See ‘ya!”

                I stared at his back as he walked further away. I hated myself for letting Winnie get him like that. I didn’t want to lose. I didn’t want Alex to be Winnie’s boyfriend even if I had to kiss him right in front of her. I didn’t want to lose, so it was a game on!

                Bring it on, Winnie! I’m not about to lose!