Au Revoir

6

As the boring day was finally coming to an end I walk into French class, and make my way to my seat. I accidentally set my books on the desk loudly while plopping in my desk. When I turn to talk to Alex I see he isn't there, but his stuff is. Probably just using the bathroom.

As I slowly turn forwards again my name is called by Mme. Swanson.

"Miss Elette that's a very lovely costume. Very detailed." She gave me a thumbs-up, and I smiled back and nodded.

"Thank you Madame."

I look at the door, and see Alex walk in at the same time. We made eye contact for a second, but he looked down right away. When he sat down I open my mouth to ask him if something is wrong, but the bell rang for class to start.

I'll just ask after.

"Alright class let's get to it. Right before Christmas break you will be assigned a project that will be due two weeks after you come back. Now I'm sure you are wondering why I am telling you this so far in advance. It is because this is the biggest project you will have all year. You will be partnering up, and reenacting an entire scene from a movie in French.  Any questions?" As Mme. Swanson passes out the rubrics she answers questions.

"Yes Mikey?" She called.

"Um yeah, so do we have to like make costumes and stuff?" He asked. I have never realized how deep his voice is. Like damn.

"You do need costumes for your scene. The school will not supply them, and they have to be school appropriate. Yeah Julie?" She quickly moved on.

Right as Julie was responding a noise interrupted her. More specifically a fart noise... and it was loud. Everyone was just silent for a moment before some kid in the back screeched.

"It wasn't me!" It was obviously a guy, but he made his voice go extremely high.

Me being an immature five year old I choked on my spit and started coughing. The whole class was laughing their asses off, and I would be to if I wasn't literally dying. I could have sworn that Mme. Swanson was close to laughing too from her facial expression.

"Alright class calm down. It's over now. Are you okay Jessie?" Her face was normal again, and I cleared my throat before responding yes.

There were a few more questions after Julie, and they were all answered without any more disruptions. Then we worked on our usual daily lesson until five minutes before class ended. Everyone started talking, and I turned around to ask Alex if he was all good. What I saw when I turned around made me feel bad. He had his head on his crossed arms that were on the desk, his foot was tapping really fast, and I could tell his breathing was not under control from the way his back rose and fell in a uneven pattern.

I immediately went to his side, and squatted by his desk. Right away my hand went to his back to rub circles on it.

"Hey, Alex. You okay?" My eyes were taking in every movement he made. Suddenly his leg stopped tapping. He slowly lifted his head to look at me. His face looked completely drained. Especially his eyes; they were so dull.

"Oh hi Jess. I'm fine. Just tired." Alex gave me a slight smile, but then his smile dropped when he looked at my lips. He put his head down again.

"Okay then. If you say so. The bell is gonna ring in a minute." I wasn't convinced that he was okay, but it's not like he would tell me in the middle of class.

The bell rang, and everyone got up pushing to get out of the room like usual. I stood up to get my stuff from my desk. I faced Alex again and we walked out together. I was surprised when he didn't stop to go to his locker, but I didn't mind it.

He never really looked up unless he almost bumped into someone.

"So what did you think of that scene in French class?" I ask with a chuckle to try to make him laugh.

"Well I think the best part was when you were choking from being immature." He smiled probably from rethinking about the incident.

"Oh shut up you are just as bad." I jokingly slap his shoulder.

"That's true." Alex started to chuckle, but it was more bubbly than that. Almost a giggle. I've never heard him laugh like that before and it was adorable. I looked away before he saw me have a minor stroke. After that it was silent between us for a second. Then Alex spoke up again.

"Hey, so I overheard something earlier from this really... unique girl. I think her name was Blaire? No... Becca... no." He started thinking, but I knew who it was.

"Becky?" I ask grabbing my backpack.

"Yeah! That's it. She was saying that, um. You were uh... dating Lilith?" Alex scratched the back of his neck, and looked me in the eyes.

"Um yeah.. we just started dating last night."

When I told him that, it became pretty awkward. He said he better go get his stuff and go home before his dad freaks out. I walked out of the school I looked up and saw Becky. She made eye contact with me and waved with a huge smile. I waved back, then she turned around and shook her body. I stopped in my tracks confused. Then she whipped her head around and started shouting.

"What the fuck is up Kyle. No what did you say dude, what the fuck dude. Step the fuck up Kyle." She did the hand gestures and everything. I smirk. Two can play it that way.

"What the fuck Richard?" I say. She looks a little surprised, but goes along with it. We go back and forth reciting vines.

"... Adam." She softly speaks.

"You can't kill me I'm a bad bitch!"

"Stop, I could've dropped my croissant." I got a good idea that would make me look like an idiot.

I walked over to a nearby bench and started singing, dancing, stomping my feet, and clapping.

"These hoes ain't loyal, Oh! These hoes ain't loyal, ohh oh ohh!" Everyone by the school was watching. I looked back at Becky who was laughing her ass off. I hopped off the bench, and walked to her also laughing.

"I can't believe you did that Jessie! Oh my god that was amazing." She wiped some tears by her eyes.

"Me neither to be honest." We calmed down, and started to talk about ourselves.

"You should come to my party tonight at 8 o'clock. Keep your costume on and invite others. I've got to go now, but see you later." She waved. Well I guess I have plans for tonight now.

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It was 7:45.

I just finished touching up my makeup. I needed to pick up Alex and Lilith for the party. My mom was working late, so I just left a note for her when she comes home.

Phone? Check.

Money? Check.

Keys? Check.

Social skills?  Nope.

While walking out I shut off the lights and locked the door.

First I drove to Alex's house then Lilith's. At exactly eight fifteen I pulled up to Becky's address. We all piled out of the car. Alex and Lilith walked in right away, but I stuck behind to look at this place. It was a normal sized house that looked really nice. Now, as I looked at the people I got worried. Either this was a rowdy bunch or there was alcohol here. Whatever it was would make tonight eventful.

Oh boy... let's do this.