Why you?

Chapter 3

   Jade

Weeks after that horrible eye-to-eye contact, it was already time to decide that class officers.

It was the same process so no need to get on that part.

  All I got was that Ayla was the president, I voted for her of course. I forgot who the others were, I still hadn't memorized their names. Max didn't even get the chance to be nominated. Which I considered acceptable because he wasn't the leader type.

   As for me, I did get nominated, but I didn't want to draw attention to myself. I didn't want anyone looking up to me, and expecting great things. I didn't want people to expect me to behave like I should just because they expect it. I didn't want anyone to give me a task because they know I could to great. I wanted to be normal. I wanted to be me.

   As I looked at the board, I daydreamed. By accident. I suddenly remembered Max. I don't know why. But I don't want to get involved with him anymore. I didn't know what to expect from him. All I know is, it hurt.

  "Everyone, after lunch, you'll be starting to know some of your teachers and they'll give you the flow of this year." Ms. Woodwork said as she entered the room. She was petite and quite chubby. But she was pretty, which she had going for her which was nice.

  We all said yes and she let us have our lunch. I was alone. I didn't exactly have friends. Real ones. Ayla and Genesis were my friends, but not to the point where we would always hang out. I had a few acquaintances and got to know some of my seat mates. But other than that, nadda.

   While I was eating my lunch at my chair in the classroom with a few other people. Two teachers ran to our classroom panicking with sweat on their faces. Their eyes were alert.

"What are you doing?! Don't you hear the bell?! Go! Go now!"

   We were all looking at each other with confusion. What happened? Where were we going? We all ran as quickly as we could, I almost fell down the stairs but a girl (my classmate) was able to prevent me from falling. I remembered her name was Jane. I immediately said thank you and we both rushed of. When we got to the field of the school, one of my classmates, Jason, shouted their location. I recognized him cause he was the 'healthiest' one.

   They were all forming a circle near the bush. I could see a few more groups of students who were doing the same thing. I saw Ayla, and it seemed she was doing a head count. It was really hot outside, all of us were parched. We didn't know what happened. Just that all the teachers panicked.

   When someone finally told us that we were allowed to go back to our classrooms, I ran as fast as I could, I caught a few others behind me doing the same things. I couldn't stand it. When I got back, I reached for my water bottle and drank all of it. The others did the same thing. I spotted the few people who were with me in the classroom eating lunch a while back.

   "Seems like we were really hungry to not hear the bell." I said with just only them hearing. They all laughed and we started forming a circle to share what we were feeling while that happened. We laughed and we laughed because one of them, Rafael, actually carried his container of food while he was going down the stairs. He panicked and forgot to drop it off. He told us that when he got to the field, he just kept on eating because of how hungry he was. This other girl, Therese, kept on having this really funny laugh, which we laughed about. I know. It's pretty weird. But after that, I could tell that we all agreed that we were friends.

Max

I myself panicked when I hear the alarm. I was hungry, so I ate. But of course, I'm a man, men don't show they're true feelings. They need to hide it so that they would be tough. But I'm broken. I don't know why I'm saying this. But maybe it's because I saw Jade. 

I love her, I still do. But I don't know how to get to her, ever since I--

No, I don't wanna remember it. It's to painful. I saw her, looking at me. I miss her. I miss how she makes me laugh. The smell of hair. But most specially, I miss our memories. We're so perfect for each other. I don't admit it. But I know in my heart that's true. I never told her how I really felt. Now it's too late.

I guess you could say I'm a smart guy. But being smart is useless when it comes to love. Specially when I'm loving Jade. There's no one else, there hasn't been anyone other than her in my lfie. I don't know if she still wants me back. But I need to have a plan. It needs to be perfect. It might take some time. But I want her to be mine again. I will do anything.

Anything.