Butterfly

22. Take A Moment.

Chapter Twenty-Two: Take A Moment.

♡ Jessica Washington ♡

The next morning, I wake up early and head downstairs to make breakfast, since I have time for once. My dad is sat at the table reading the newspaper, and I assume that my mum is still in bed.

"Good morning," I say to my dad who smiles.

"Good morning," my dad replies, smiling. He seems to be in a good mood, something I haven't seen in a while.

"Do you want a cup of tea?" I ask, and my dad shakes his head.

"No, I'm fine. By the way, we're going to visit your auntie tonight, so don't hang about too long after school," my dad tells me, and I nod, putting in some toast.

"Okay," I reply, excited. I haven't seen my Auntie Jasmine since her wedding, so I'm excited to see them again tonight. My dad goes back to his reading, while I make myself a slice of toast. I eat it quickly then gather up my things to go to school.

Once I arrive at school, I go straight to my first lesson, which is English Literature. River smiles when I sit down beside him, and takes out our project so far. We've been working quite hard on it during the lessons, and I think that we've nearly finished it, which is good. It's due in in twenty days, as it's the first of November today.

"You seem to be in a good mood," River comments at my enthusiastic mood. I smile brightly as I take out a pen to continue the work.

"I'm seeing my Auntie tonight," I explain the reason of my good mood, opening the Macbeth book to find where we got to. We're doing a summary of each scene so far, and we're currently on Act Four, so we're over halfway now.

"Have fun," River replies, before we get started on the literature project, exchanging small talk. It feels awkward to sit in silence, so we talk about the our moods and what we are doing in the weekend, trying to keep a conversation.

I'd like to speak to River, just to put it out there that I do like him as more than a friend, but I'm just not daring enough. I wish I was, I wish I could just walk up to him and just tell him straightforwardly that I like him, but I can't, because I can't face rejection. I swear I can't just be friends with a guy, I'd end up fancying them. Just because a boy likes me as a friend, doesn't mean that they want to be more than that. Unfortunately I don't seem to understand that. That can be my goal by the end of the year, to either tell River how I feel or get over it, or maybe both, who knows.

Lunch time arrives a few hours after the lesson, and I sit down at a table where Tyler is the only one sat. Everyone else must still be getting lunch, or maybe they were kept behind in a lesson, who knows.

"Hello," I say to Tyler politely as I sit down. It still don't know what to say to him, really. It's weird, do I speak to him as a friend now or do I just speak to him as like an acquaintance, as I don't really know what we are right now.

"Hi, how are you?" Tyler asks, smiling brightly at me as I sit down. A few people glance in our direction, noticing the unusual friendliness between Tyler and I. People in this school are like hawks I swear, they know exactly when something is happening.

"Yeah, I'm good, yourself?" I reply, taking out my sandwich and starting to eat.

"I'm good," Tyler replies, before River and Olivia join us, sitting down. Olivia sits on my right and River sits to my left, and soon later, Marcus and Tom join us too. There's apparently a party happening tonight, but I don't know who would want to throw a party on a Wednesday.