i miss you ;; joshler

Part 11

tyler
Mel and I worked shit out. Stuff like that happens between me and her all the time. So this morning she arrived at my house to walk me to school because apparently I'm a four year old child.

"Sooooo, I saw Josh's car at yours again yesterday" mel said. She only lives a few houses down from me so it wouldn't have been that hard for her to notice his shining black jeep.
"You saw right" I say "but i don't want to even think about him now" I sigh to her
"What happened" she said, scuffing her glossy white shoes even more along the pavement.
"He doesn't want to be seen with me at school"
I say. Mel just scoffs.
"Ty I've told you countless times that he's just going to make you miserable" she says, skipping slightly ahead of me.
"And you're right, but there's just something about him mel. I think I might love him" I say, stopping in the middle of the path to think about what I just said
"Wow, I don't even love Dallon and we've been dating for three months now" Mel says. She lets me stand there for a few more seconds before she becomes impatient.
"Come ty, we gotta get there before first period! We've been late too many time this week" she says grabbing my hand and dragging me towards school.

Josh
I'm an ass. I finally had tyler in the palm of my hand and then I just let him slip through my fingers like sand.
"Yo, dude. What's up? You're really out of it" says Pete
"I-uh- sorry I'm just really tired" I say trying not to blow my cover
"Right....well I've got English. I'll see you later" he pats me on the back and walks away.

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It was fifth period and I had biology....with Tyler. Usually Tyler just sits with Brendon and Patrick who are his kind of friends. He pretty much just sits with them in every class Melanie isn't in.

"Okay everyone. This term your assignment is a team project, therefore meaning you will have a partner. So chose wisely, you'll be stuck with your partner for the whole term." I look around the room. Patrick and Brendon go together and the two kids next to me go together, leaving me and Tyler partner-less.

I turn around to Tyler's desk. He's writing or maybe he's drawing something in his book.
"Tyler" I say. He snaps his book shut so fast that I big gush of wind hits me in the face.
"Uh-yeah" he says still recovering from the startlement I cause him
"Do you want to be my partner?"
"I thought you said you didn't want to be seen with m-" I cut him off
"You know what, if it means that much to you I'll fucking be seen with you okay!"
I couldn't quite determine the expression tyler had on his face or whether it was a good thing or bad thing.

Tyler grabbed his things and rose from his seat. He left the classroom and I was left just sitting there wondering what the hell I did wrong?