The Valentine Dance

Chapter 5

When I could feel the hand slide off of my head, I shot out of the cake, gasping. What the heck!!

"You piece of overgrown mold! Get out of here, before I call the principle!" I looked through the cake in my eyes to see Aaron with a triumphant smirk, with his guilty looking sidekick, Mason. November was pushing at Aaron, yelling at him to go away. Then he looked over at me and laughed, grabbing November by the arm, pulling her close, and locking lips with her. Silence rained down on our group. The tension was heavy. She's enjoying it. Oh My GOD!! She's enjoying this!

I ran to the restroom, knowing that I was covered in cake. Why me?!

I started to wash the cake off, when I hear November calling my name. I won't answer, after what I saw.

Then I heard Aaron. He sounded... upset. Almost regretful. Huh. Weird. I listened to what he was saying...

"I'm sorry November---------- you said---- I was just--- Phase 2--- I thought... okay. I was just following orders." I heard him walking away. Curious. Very curious.

(BTW curious means strange. I heard it in Harry Potter)

"Oliver? He apologized. Can you believe it?! He actually had the nerve to kiss me. Stupid Jock."

I came out of the bathroom, determined to get some answers. Specifically Phase 2 answers.

"What's Phase 2 November. Don't lie."

She looked at me with a mix of emotions. Hope, fear, pain, need, and most of all, guilt. Guilt for what? She shook her head, giving me a look of desperation.

"Can we not talk about that? I need to forget that. Thanks." She said quietly.

"Aaron knows about this Phase 2. Why don't I?"

" Because... Phase 2 is about you. And I would rather not tell right now."

We walked back to the table, to my messed up cake ( that my friends were digging into) , and my head was reeling. I was Phase 2? What was this?

As soon as we got back to the table, November sat next to Tristan and Zoe, who was with Lauren. Maria and Jaeger were gone. Okay. Even weirder.

"Tristan, we're moving to Phase 4" She said. Wat?

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I was reeling. I'm Phase 2? What the heck? After all this time. Welp, I guess I better pack it up. Ill tell my Mom that I just smooshed on the bus. She'll understand.

After I got home, Mother decided to tease me.

"So... You ask her out yet? It is your birthday. She could hardly say 'no' on your birthday."

"Mom, it doesn't work like that. You of all people know that. And could you just not please. I had my face shoved into cake today, so I'm not in the mood for casual banter this time." I said as I walked up the stairs to my room. The room where me and November slept last time she was over. Gosh. I know it sounds so weird, but I keep a bottle of her perfume and I sometimes spray my room, so I could smell her scent all day. I'M NOT A STALKER, I SWEAR!!

I plopped on my bed, and heard my phone go 'ding' meaning I got a text. From November (I have a different ringtone for her text so I know it's her.).