JAY [COMPLETED]

Chapter 4

I cried bitterly when my best friend Kyle had to leave town to go to college. Every evening, I would come home from school to an empty house with no Kyle time to look forward to.

One day, I sat on the bean bag by the couch on the porch, where Kyle and I always hung out, sensing how empty it was without him and in came Jay and sat on Kyle's favourite couch.

'Want some chips?' he asked stretching out a bag of chips that he had been eating.

As my eyes widened to see this new version of not-so-socially awkward Jay, my heart was ready to accept to his invitation of friendship.

It was hard at the beginning. He played Nintendo and I didn't even know what that was.

But he taught me to play and soon I beat him at his own game.

We would go for bike rides together. We loved adventure and would sneak out at nights to go to my favourite coffee shop.

To say that Jay had changed would be an understatement. He had transformed from being a socially awkward kid to a social butterfly. He became a popular kid at school in such a short notice.

He was always surrounded by kids at recess and at lunch. He was a clever student which earned him a good reputation among the teachers too.

At times, I would see him with girls of my own class who would be trying their best to flirt with him.

Jay would always shun away their advances. But, it stinged me to see him laughing and having a good time with some other girls, other than me.

That's when I started asking myself. How much do I like Jay? Is it possible that I love him?

***

After a light chinese takeway that I got on my way here, I jumped onto the bed and dived into the warm covers.

I told myself that I would delete his contact. But even after so many years, I didn't have the heart to do it.

Taking out my phone, I composed a simple text to him.

Hi J, I am home.