A Series Of Emotions

Ch 4: What Is It?

Leo and Alexander both fell back into their usual patterns. Leo skipped school from Thursday to the next Thursday, simply to avoid any confrontation with Alexander. You might say it was fear, that he'd brag and tell everyone she sounded like a little kid, but you can also count on Leo to deny it whole-heartedly. Even if it wasn't the truth. That wasn't up for discussion and she didn't want to hear it at all from anyone. Not again.
Alexander was present everyday. He expected change to their current stance, but he couldn't be proven right or wrong since Leo wasn't there. He didn't believe that she just happened to wake up with the harsh cold on Thursday and be sick for an entire week. It didn't make sense unless Leo, who is never sick, was actually sick and refusing medicine. She wouldn't though, and about everyone in yearbook knows this.
It was a shock to Alexander when Leo was present in yearbook on February 23rd 2018. She wasn't on campus during 1st period to 3rd period, and he knew this because he might have accidentally worked his daily path between classes to pass by Leo's. With today being the only day they had their full schedule, Alex was truly lost. 11:34am with the tardy bell class being rung through the speakers, sat the small and fragile Eliana Zandigo in a solid olive green hoodie two sizes too big for her and a pair of black leggings and tennis shoes.
Alexander sat in his usual seat, pretending as if things were completely the same since the 13th. As if the 14th didn't happen, and Leo wasn't gone since. It all just happened to trickle down to a few seconds of serenity before Alexander cracked.

New Message Alert.
11:34am.

yosoyalex: hey, I finished the word part
yosoyalex: of the girls basketball spread...
yosoyalex: I'll do the boys if you're ready to trade?

xo.eliana: no.
xo.eliana: not ready.

yosoyalex: uh...okay..
yosoyalex: are you upset with me?

xo.eliana: have no reason to be.
xo.eliana: do I?

yosoyalex: alright.

And for a moment, it was like time stopped for the pair. Leo was definitely mad at Alexander. It began to point out the silence from the younger. He wasn't talking all period. He was acting like post-valentines rejection 2017. It didn't make sense to Leo, but at the same time it did. The problem she had with him was the lack of contact? The lack of explanation? The lack of acknowledgement?

New Message Alert
11:43am.

yosoyalex: I know I did something wrong.
xo.eliana: what spread?

yosoyalex: not a specific spread.
yosoyalex: let me finish.
yosoyalex: well, anyways. I know I did something wrong but don't be so harsh. Help me out, Leo.
yosoyalex: please tell me what's got you so standoffish to me.
yosoyalex: people are gonna notice you pouting.

xo.eliana: I am not pouting.

And Leo began to type away into a word document, so Alexander couldn't have the satisfaction of seeing her attempt to write a response. Incase she gave in and told him how she felt. She didn't know how she felt though, so that was adding to the mix of problems she held in her bowl. She didn't need him to know how much she's thought about it, despite everyone slightly intrigued by whatever she was typing, because she was actually typing instead of clicking away all period.

New Message Alert.
12:15pm.

xo.eliana: Well, Alexander... Want to know what's the problem? My problem is I don't know where we stand currently. Did I create something here? Did I destroy something here? The last time I saw you it has left me unable to process my feelings towards the entire situation. Towards you maybe even. Things do not make sense anymore. Things taste different. Smell different. It's due to you I thinK. And maybe, I don't know, it's all a fluke of emotions. Or maybe I have grown fond of the taste that comes with your name on the tip of my tongue. That meeting with you... I dare not call it a date, but a meeting. It has left me feeling what you might call the color gray. A dark hazy feeling that's rather enticing. Somewhat like the song Robbers by The 1975 if you ignore the words.
xo.eliana: maybe I'm trying to say you have me confused.
xo.eliana: I'm mad you didn't try and talk to me after that meeting, but is there anything to talk about?
xo.eliana: did I one-sidedly interpret that was a date?

Alexander didn't open the messages, he just typed away til class ended and they were let out for lunch. Leo decided she didn't feel good. She faked some vomit with a bit of blended soup and signed herself out to go home during lunch.
Alexander read the messages as he sat in his car with his friends after school. Uninterested in finishing the rest of his day, he called in sick to work. And as the pair went home, they both processed the information.

New Message Alert.
11:37pm.

yosoyalex: it was a date.
yosoyalex: And I didn't text you after because I didn't think you considered that as a date.
yosoyalex: I'm sorry Leo.
yosoyalex: let me make it up to you?