Lost in the Wind

Chapter 3

Noah looks surprised and for a second I hope he's going to push her away again, but then he buries his hands in her hair and pulls her closer. It kind of stabs in my chest but that doesn't make sense so I ignore it. I'm in love with Chase so I don't care anyway. I should be happy for Noah that he has such a nice girlfriend like Jasmin. She's smart and kind and I like her. We get along alright, so my friendship, if you can call it that, with Noah shouldn't be endangered. But how do they know eachother? I thought he just moved here? I focus again in the couple next to me. Noah pulls away slightly and looks at her. "Jasmin! What are you doing here?! I thought you lived in New York?" "I DO. This town belongs to New York City, dork. The bigger question is, what are you doing here?" She laughs, looking at him the whole time as if he were frickin superman or something. "Oh ... well I just moved here because of my fathers job. I told you I would move." He smiles with his Noah smile that I already know as his signature gesture, and again a jolt of pain jabs through my chest, but again I push it aside. The two of them are now looking at eachother as if there was nobody else on the whole entire planet. Even though I hate to break up this romantic meeting I do need to get to my seat so I clear my throat. Noah looks up and suddenly seems to remember I'm here and be quickly turns towards me. "Oh, Rose...uh... this is Jasmin,my girlfriend." Jasmin is blushing, since she's noticed that everyone witnessed their romantic greeting. "We know eachother from summer camp, two years ago. Since then, we've had a long distance relationship." She explains even though I didn't ask, but my facial expression must have been pretty clear. I find my voice again. "Oh, ok. How nice for you guys to meet after such a long time of distance." I say, smiling at Jasmin and it's a real smile because I do feel happy for them. Just, after the thing with Chase I kinda thought Noah and I... oh well never mind that."It is isn't it?!", Jasmin answers positively beaming up at Noah. He gently smiles back. And takes her hand. And smiles even more. Ok, too mich sweetness for me. „Umm.. I need to get to my seat do if you could..." „Oh, of course!" Jasmin quickly jumps to tje side and ,of course purely by accident, trips into Noahs arms. I hear them laugh and I concentrate on getting out my stuff. Our teacher comes in but I still hear them whisper and giggle the whole lesson. As soon as the bell rings they disappear out of the door hand in hand. I feel kind of lonely walking back to my locker without anybody with me. At my locker I see Keira waiting for me. I sigh. But we need to talk some time anyway, so why not now. I go to her and look at her mistrustfully. "So? What do you want? If you want to make an apology or an excuse it had better be a good one." I state flatly,looking at her with steely eyes. She blushes and looks at her hands. "Well, theres really no excuse for what I did.",she starts. "I mean I was drunk and my father told me he broke up with my mother that night. But still that doesn't justify me kissing him. And..." She keeps looking at her hands that are playing with the hem of her shirt. "Theres nothing between us. If it helps. It was just a kiss and honestly, I don't even think he remembers it. He was way too drunk." I look at her trying to keep my steely gaze but I can't help feeling sorry for her. Her family situation has always been rough and my heart bleeds for the hard situation she has to go through. She needs me. And, to be honest, I need her pretty badly too. I take a deep breath. "Ok." i say quietly. For the first time she looks up. "Ok? You mean okay ok? You mean as in everything is ok?" She looks at me, her caramel eyes wide with amazement. I have to laugh. "Yes, okay ok." Suddenly she pulls me into a bone crushing hug. Man, I missed this. I hug her back and after a minute we pull away. Just as I want to say something, Chase comes around the corner. Oh gosh. He looks absolutely gorgeous, as always. But he doesn't walk by as I expected. I mean he greets me sometimes but you know what I mean. Not really registering you.
Instead, he walks directly towards me and leans against the locker in front of me. "Hey Rose. It is Rose right not Rosie or something?" I manage to nod."Yeah its just Rose." "Soo... I know you're really good in English right? And you're really bad at math." He smiles letting his perfect, perfect teeth show. "Yeah, I really suck at math."I hear myself laugh. Hey, this conversation isn't going so bad. But.. how does he know that about me? Did he actually care about me enough to pay attention to what subjects I'm good in? He continues talking. „Well, I'm really bad at English, but, on the other hand, Math is my favorite subject. And I figured we could help eachother. Do you have time tonight? We could practice together for the upcoming tests." I can't believe he's actually saying this to me. „Mhm! I mean sure! I'd love too." Great. Make it even more clear you're into him. „Cool! See ya then."He winks at me and saunters away. I lean against my locker. Oh gosh. OMG. Help. Keira shakes me. „Rose!!! He did not just ask you out?!" She squeals. „No, he asked me to help him with English. And he wants to help me with Math. That's something completely different." „But he obviously wants to tell you or do something tonight. He would never just ask you without another meaning." Her brown eyes are sparkling with joy for me and I could hug her again here and now. „You think?" I look after his retreating figure and winder what on earth he's going to do tonight.
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Sorry guys for the long pause. The person in the banner is Chase. I casted him as Cody Christian. So if you liked my story don't forget to vote. Love,
Josi