The Switch (GirlxGirl)

Chapter 16: A First for Everything

Song: What You Know - Two Door Cinema Club

I've been avoiding Ethan all day but I can't anymore. Lunch is one of the only times I see him all day so it's now or never. Walking to the front of the school from my locker, I see Ethan hanging out and joking around with some of his jock friends. All of them disgust me, I can't believe I thought they were cute at one point. I guess I was so blind to the option of liking girls that I didn't realise there was anything to be other than straight.

Ignoring him, I walk outside and greet Kali and Avalon at our regular spot. I smile at them as I sit down with them and pull out a bag of chips to eat.

"Ms Clarke came out here just a few minutes ago looking for you but I told her you'd see her after class." Avalon mentions with a bit of food still in her mouth that mumbles her voice. I look over at Kali to see her reaction and if she agrees that it actually happened. She nods, confirming the story and I sigh.

"I'm tired of being single, ladies." I say with a pout on my lips. Kali raises her eyebrows in disbelief. Whelp, no going back now.

"What happened to the I'm over high school boys Xena that we had?" Kali asks, feeling my forehead as if I'm ill. I chuckle and pull her hand away from my head.

"All I'm saying is being single is boring. I want adventure." I say but smile a bit due to the fact that I'm on a huge adventure in dating Elizabeth. Maybe I did want an adventure, y'know before I met Elizabeth and that's why I was so willing to be with her despite all the things that could go wrong.

"I understand but you don't need a man to have an adventure." Kali says with what sounds somewhat like desperation. She's right. Elizabeth is one of the biggest adventures I will probably ever have in my life. I can't imagine anything else happening in my life as crazy as this even if Elizabeth and I end up on different paths in life.

"I disagree. Every boy is adventure all in his own uniqueness." Ugh Avalon's words annoy me. To me, every boy is the same. If you've dated one, you've dated them all. Of course there are a few boys who stand out from the crowd but they're especially hard to find in high school. The need to fit in is so prominent in high school, I suppose that's a major contributor to the lack of differences between these boys.

Speaking of nondescript boys, here comes Ethan the one and only. Shit, I wish I had more time to prepare myself. It's now or never with him. If I don't do it now, I may never bring myself to do it again.

"Hey Ethan. Can we talk?" I stand which gains me a smack on my leg from Kali. I look down at her and she angrily mouths out a pleading don't but my response is a dismissing wave of my hand. I laugh a little as the colour drains from Avalon's face. She's normally quite tanned but at the moment, she's totally pale. She could probably get the part of Snow White in the live action film.

"Sure, what's up?" He asks as I whisk him away to privacy, completely oblivious to Kali's protests. We walk inside and I see Elizabeth at the pizza line out of the corner of my eye. She winks at me as I give her one last pleading look to stop us. She only smiles and makes a hand motion for me to catch up with Ethan and continue my plans.

"So I was wondering if you still like me?" I start off once we find ourselves alone in a somewhat secluded hallway. I look down at my hands which are drawn together out of nervousness. When I look back up at his face, he's eyeing me as if not believing what I'm asking him. "I mean I don't want to assume but it just seems like you did for a period of time and-" his finger on my lips makes me stop what I'm saying and it takes everything in my being to keep myself from physically cringing at his touch.