Inertia

3

Mack's pov

"She did what!" Peter exclaimed as if he hadn't heard me.

"Just like I said, she totally threw herself at me" I explained to him for the second time.

"Doesn't she have a boyfriend or something like that?" Josh questioned.

"Yeah the mysterious boyfriend" Lucas air quoted with his fingers then added "No one has even seen this guy, she probably made him up thinking you'd get jealous or something"

"I feel so violated" I shuddered when I remembered the horrible morning I had because of one person, Meela Opal.

If there is one person in the entire school that can successfully spoil a day for you it has to be Meela, that girl has crossed so many lines, and she is the perfect example of a person without any morals, she has no respect for herself, it's sad really but that's how she is and with the way things are right now, it doesn't seem like she'll change.

"Coincidence running into you here" she batted her eyelashes at me.

"Well seeing that this is my locker, and this is a school, it's not really a coincidence" I replied dryly.

"You're too cute for your own good" she laughed and touched my arm, smiling at me like I was a piece of cake.

"Thank you but I have to get to class" I lied and pried her hand off my arm.

"Come on Mackenzie, you can't ignore me forever, don't you get it, you and I are meant to be together, the King and his Queen" she ran her finger down my arm.

"And when will you get it that there will never be anything between you and I, I don't want to be rude or anything but you need to get a clue, I've told you more than once that we will never be together, and anyways didn't you say you had a boyfriend, why are you constantly on my case?" I asked rather irritated by her stubbornness.

"Fine Mackenzie Keach, for your information my boyfriend is transferring school's today and once you see him you'll regret not wanting to be with me, this isn't the end" she kissed me before angrily stomping off.

"If your boyfriend is coming then why are you on my case?" I thought out loud since she had already disappeared from my eyesight. I wiped her scent off my face.

And that brings me here, second period in Mrs Celeste's class, not really paying attention as always, she wrote our homework down on the board but since we were going to be here for two whole periods, I'd probably check it out in the next period.

"That girl has no boundaries" Josh shook his head.

"Wait her boyfriend is coming here" Lucas spoke up,

"Yeah she said he was transferring schools but who would do that in the middle of the year" I shook my head not believing a thing she had said.

"I think that's enough talk about that girl" Josh said reading my mind.

"Agreed" we all said in unison

The bell rang signalling that our first period of mathematics was over, one more to go, then after that Physics then lunch, mmmmm lunch. . . I could already taste the sandwich nanna made for me, and it's not wrong for a sixteen year old going seventeen to have his lunch made by his nanna, I'm not spoiled.

"So how are things with Taylor?" I directed my question to Josh, changing the subject.

"They're good" he replied seeming to be suddenly interested in the blank book that sat idle on his desk.

"Just good, you guys have been going out for months, if you're 'just good' then I don't have very good news for you" I teased.

"We're great okay" He replied brushing it off.

"Just great really" I shook my head at him "Shouldn't you be on cloud nine or something" I couldn't stop, Josh was always such a talker but the moment you mentioned Taylor he would go into reserved mode, it was cute how shy he would get.

"Things are fine, Taylor is perfect, we are perfect, I'm happy" he spoke fast "Why are we talking about my relationship anyway?"

"He's whipped" Lucas announced causing the whole group to break out into laughter.

"You're the only one with a girlfriend so us being your only friends have to ask how your love life is doing" I explained.

"How does it feel?" Peter asked out of nowhere looking deep in thought.

We all turned our attention towards him in confusion.

"How does it feel to what?" Josh asked, just as confused as us.

"To only want one person, to not want every girl you see" He confessed shaking his head.

"You man, have got some real problems" I shook his hair while laughing.

"Stop that" he swatted my hand away "I'm serious, is it like a feeling you get when you're with them that kind of makes you not want anyone else"

I would've taken him seriously if he wasn't smiling the whole time.

"You just know, it's just that feeling you get when you see the other person, I really can't explain it but Taylor showed me what love really is, it's not physical, it's a whole dimension filled with trust and the truth, it's just –"

"Whoa Romeo, I think we get the picture" Peter interrupted "Love is beautiful shit"

I laughed to myself at the use of beautiful and shit in one sentence, but I couldn't help but feel a bit of truth in Peter's words, even though I had never been in love myself, there was a side of me that believed that love was beautiful shit.

With my experience of watching failed relationships, I can safely say that love is shit. It's just a whole mess of crying; screaming, not feeling worth it and not to mention heartbreak which takes months to get over, but I can also say that . . .

Love is beautiful.

Having someone who's always going to be there, a partner to vent to, to seek comfort in, a person to tell your worst of secrets and have them still love you, a person to hold, to kiss, and most important to have as a friend.

Love is truly beautiful shit.

Would I like to fall in love?

I don't know. Maybe I've fallen in love with the idea of love, maybe I'm not ready for it but who knows what could happen.

What if I was never fit for love, maybe cupid had waved his arrow in my face and I was just too oblivious to notice his efforts.

Where did this topic come from anyways, oh yeah Peter.

"Look who's the love expert" I teased him.

"I'm no expert, it was just an opinion" He answered shrugging, not meeting my eyes.

"Cool" I replied not believing him at all, if there was something underneath his words then I'd find out later, maybe I'll ask when the other guys aren't around.

"I think we should start with our homework, Celeste over there just gave us an extra activity to do" Josh pointed at the board.

We all groaned, but still turned our seats back to their original positions and opened our textbooks; I guess we all had to pass the eleventh grade somehow.

-----

-Monalisi💜💜