No one knows what love is (#1)

13. The start of an experience - Jordan

Apparently I get to skip school today for an outing that both Hunter’s Mom and my Mom had secretly arranged. I know that Hunter’s leaving tomorrow, but the fact is just too painful to recall. I am sitting on the couch, when my Mom walked into the living room. “Jordan, mind looking at the time?” She asked. I lifted my head upward and looked at the clock. “11.45”. Upon seeing the time, I ran up to my bedroom and started looking for ‘good’ clothes, and by ‘good’ clothes, I mean clothes which I feel I will be comfortable in. Who am I kidding? I was just looking for clothes which I think I will look good in. This isn’t good, I SHOULD have started earlier. I thought to myself. What was I doing earlier? I had no idea.

I looked at myself in the mirror, and tried to mix-n-match my clothes with my body. I was never a girl interested in fashion, I was never picky about my clothes, even for special occasions. This time, I felt like there was a need to wear something I guess presentable, good, nice looking. It was down to a pair of long dark blue denim jeans coupled with a blue-grey plaid shirt. I haven’t actually worn the two pieces of clothing for a long time. I changed myself into the shirt and the jeans and walked in front of the mirror.

I can’t believe I look so… Knock Knock! “Hunter’s here!” Mom shouted from the first floor.

“Coming!” I replied. I sprayed a little perfume on myself, and ran down. Each step I took felt like a leap of faith, I feel like I am jumping above the clouds, across the sea. Hunter and his Mom is waiting outside the house for us. Wait… Is that Hunter? I could feel my cheeks turning red. Not good, I pretended to forget something, and I ran back into the house. Jordan… Get out. I forced myself to walk out of the door. Once I am out, my Mom locked the house. My heart is pumping hard, and my heart is starting to sweat on the inside.

Hunter waved at me and I followed suit while walking towards him. By then, our Moms have started to mingle and have left us all alone. There was a 10 second silence between us as we stood next to each other. Should I make the first move? “Hi.” We both said in unison. I bet he’s feeling the same way that I do now. We both laughed and looked in different directions. I bit my lip, and put my hands into the pockets in my pants and turned my head back to face him. Just when I thought we had to start another conversation, my Mom interrupted us.

“Kids, in the car. Let’s go!” Mom said. She continued talking to Hunter’s Mom, they seem to be getting along well, very well in fact. Mom rarely uses her car, so it always smells like how a newly bought car should smell like. The two mothers took the front seats while we took the back. Once their seatbelts has been fastened, the drive is on. First stop, the movies. While our Moms are talking among themselves at the front, Hunter and I just looked at the passing scenery. We were sitting across each other. Who can blame us? We are in front of our mothers, not to forget that I have an extremely good-looking young… Hunter beside me. Our Moms don’t seem to notice anything wrong, that’s until we arrive at our destination.

“Hey, you kids are exceptionally quiet today.” My Mom gave me her widest smile, once we all got out of the car. I looked away, face red hot. Hunter just let out a chuckle and we proceeded into the mall.