aurora
The rest of the week went by surprisingly quick. tuesday soon ended and so did the days that followed and they were normal. normal in a way where david still uttered the three words that were mixed with vexatious and false emotions, where vivian still gazed at ethan in a way where i never have seen her done before. where jack and madeline bickered in a way that made you giggle but mostly where grayson still continued to be the different boy from the place on last friday.
it was after school and i sat in my brother's car. the passenger seat having the sun kiss my skin and i made sure to close my eyes and get every feeling of its warmth. my dad forced me to drive with my brother due to when i miss the meeting secretly when i drove on my own.
but the silence in the car every time could kill. until this one moment. "how was school?" he asked glancing over to me once before looking back on the road.
"boring. it was school." i respond.
"c'mon aurora. for real. don't you remember when you use to tell me everything that happened to you during school?" he questions and i can tell he is really trying but i don't want to.
"yeah, in middle school. i'm a senior now, jude." i announce and he sighs gripping the steering wheel even tighter.
"fine, but you can't say i didn't try." he mumbled only for me to hear and it's mostly for himself when he says it. and it was inaudible once again until i turned my neck to stare at the fast picture of the outside when he drove.
"madeline, this time told my calc teacher that her goldfish ate her homework when she actually has a dog." i suddenly say and he starts to laugh causing me to gape at him again and smile.
"you should've seen his face, he was absolutely confused and i couldn't help but piss myself laughing at how red her face was." i explain and he nods still chuckling.
"and don't get me started on viv, she's all caught up on this guy and i actually really like them together but it's just weird because you know viv, jude." i indirect my words for him to answer.
"yeah she like hates everything." he says and i giggle softly at what he chose to say.
"exactly and to see her all smiley and infatuated is just not normal so i need to get use to that." i conclude and i can't see the front of his face but i know he understands.
"what about art?" jude asks. and i close my eyes for a quick moment thinking off to myself.
"i just finished a project actually."
"that's good." he says then pauses, "what about david?"
"what about him?" i question now loosing my emotion of happiness that followed with the conversation.
"like how is he? how are you guys?"
"david's okay and we are fine." i say in a monotoned voice not wanting to continue the topic anymore.
"okay got it, touchy subject huh?" he says now parked in the parking lot of the building where everything i despise is held in. the discussions of stupid feelings and actions.
"really jude?"
"what? i mean you go from smiling when you talk about your best friends and i bring up the boyfriend and you get annoyed with me." he says defensively.
"this was so stupid." i reply laughing to myself softly, "bye jude, i'll text you when you should pick me up." i leave without hearing anything he has to say and slam the door when he is talking to me. i walk away without looking back and open the door to four people already sitting in the circle made with olden metal chairs.
