Something Like Normal. {Book I} EDITING

Something Like Normal. XI

JOCELYN

I saw the last thing I wanted to see when I walked into school today. Yuri was talking to Lauren who was giggling. Yuri back was facing me so I didn't even know what he was doing. Was he annoyed? Bored? Smiling back? So many questions as I slowly walked over.

I forced a smile on my face as I appeared in front of them back, “Hey.”

“Oh, hey.” Yuri said as Lauren forced me a smile, clearly mad that I interrupted their conversation.

“What were you two talking about?”, I asked, my hands coming together and laying in front of me. Yuri knew me well enough if I start waving my hands around or mess with them as I talk that I was nervous.

“Lauren was telling me about the time when she was in a beauty pageant in year nine and she almost slipped.” Yuri said.

“All the judges thought it was adorable and sweet how I put on a brave face.” Lauren said and I shuddered at the beauty pageant since my mom forced me into that also. Not my best year. Thanks to curvy bottom my butt was kinda of big and my mom had shrunk my dress when she put it in the washer when the tag said dry clean only. “Jocelyn was in it to.” she said and my eyes widen.

No! No! No!

“Really?” Yuri asked and I forced a nervous laugh.

“Oh, it's was so long ago.” I said and gave Lauren a hard look, telling her with my eyes to shut up.

“Don't be embarrassed, Jocelyn.” Lauren said. “It could have happen to anyone.”

“What happened?” Yuri asked.

“Nothing.” I said a little to quickly.

“Jocelyn dress rip on the bottom as she tried to pull it down since it was riding up.” Lauren said and I only strangled her. My face burned as Yuri looked at me amused and I just wanted to go hide. “She had the cutest pair of panda bear undies on but poor thing also gotten her period.” she added to finish hitting the nail in the wall because she had said it pretty loudly.

My mouth opened as I looked around when the people closest enough to hear turned their heads and looked at me, chuckling. I tried to come up with a quick comeback to that but I was to embarrassed so I turned and ran.

“Wait! Jocelyn!” Yuri cried out behind me but I pushed myself through the crowd of people and down the flight of steps. I went into hallway near the gym that no one coming and I sat down on a bench and pressed my back against the window. I brought my knees up to my chest and covered my face.

Lauren wanted to embarrass me, she wasn't being as cute as she thought. She may have sounded innocent as she talked, but she wasn't. She knew what she was doing and so did I. I knew she was jealous of my friendship with Yuri.

“Jocelyn,” I heard Yuri and my hands balled into a fist. “You never care what people say about you.”

“Go back to flirting with Lauren.” I said coldly. I was only embarrassed because she had said in it front of Yuri. I never want him to know anything embarrassing about me because well—it's embarrassing! It's one thing to tell him stuff as my friend, but stuff to make me look like an idiot? No, I never would tell him. That day was one of the most embarrassing moments in my life and it was talk of the town until Camille Hinton got pregnant three week after. “I never want to be in that stupid pageant, my mom only guilt trip me into doing it.”

I felt Yuri sit down next to me because his leg brushed against mine, “Jocelyn, it's okay.”

“No it's not, Yuri. Go away.” I said and he scoffed.