Only Time Will Tell

Devastation Reigns

After school, Jake usually hangs out with friends on campus to complete homework, study for an upcoming test, or just chat. I sometimes join them but my mom declines most of the time when I ask since we both know I get my homework done a lot quicker when I'm alone. Jake is so predictable sometimes, he always sits at the same green table at the same seat too.
Jake has many friends so I always expect him to be found in a group. His closest friend is probably me or Jasper. Jasper is a nice kid, and I'm not surprised that he's also at the top of the food chain at Granite. He has nice looks like Jake and he is the biggest extrovert I have ever known. He can say hi to twenty teens in the hallway and act cool about it. I think he has a crush on Mia, but he's the kind of kid who can crush hard and no one could know. The only evidence I have is when I caught him staring at Mia for an awfully long time in Bio.
When I turned the corner and saw Jasper, I wasn't surprised. I was caught off guard when I saw Emily with the group as well. How close did they grow in that closet? I asked myself. Afterall, it was only seven minutes so they couldn't have done much, right? Emily was sitting in the seat next to Jake, and Jasper was sitting right across from them. Sure enough, Mia was sitting next to Jasper, so was Tyler and Kendra. I was about to call Jake over when I saw something terrible. Once I saw it, it was like my whole life crumbled in front of my eyes. Jake wrapped his arm around Emily and they kissed.

I had no idea what to say, what to do, what to think! I just bolted down the hallway towards the exit. I don't think Jake saw me if he did he would chase after me right? Or maybe he would be so into Emily he wouldn't even get up and yell my name. I ran out of the school and almost ran all of the ways home, I was so mad at myself, and at Jake, but I was mostly mad at Emily. She was definitely going on my hate list on my phone. When I arrived home I threw my backpack on the floor and ran into my bedroom. I closed the door and stared up at the ceiling, trying to believe what I just saw. I just wanted Jake to come in and comfort me and confess that his true feelings were for me, but that would never happen, not in a million years.

My mom hadn't come home from work yet so I was all alone, and today I felt even more alone than normal. With the way things were working out, I may stay alone for the rest of the school year, and Jake would forever be entangled with Emily. Only in my dreams would he kiss me.