Freshman

Chapter 14: The Her

I met this girl from the fine fourth section, 7D. Let's call her Z Salmons, or simply- Z. She was always accompanied by a friend of hers named, Dental.

[Z, from class 7D. A tomboyish character. She's really fun to hang out with. Maybe we were in the same height. She had long hair that she always kept tucked away in a low ponytail. She knew how to play the guitar, and as well as play basketball.]

[Dental, from class 7D. He was tall, tan, and very lanky. He sounded like a gay, maybe because of the way he talks. He was very civilized and had more random facts plastered on his mind than Yoogle and Almanac combined.]

So yeah, I met Z and Dental through my friend, Loreigne.

[Loreigne, from class 7B. Best friend since fourth grade, creative poet, nice friend, taller than me, and likes to read John Green books.]

Loreigne and I were going home when Z and Denzel came with us, since we had to take the same jeep. Loreigne, Z, and Dental were in the same section, it didn't surprise me why they went along so well. So yeah, with that single jeep ride Z, Dental, and I became friends. Real close friends, I can assure you that.

I took a break from going to places with Mavie and going home with either Loreigne or Hasha. I even took a break of clinging unto Jen too much.

I went home with Z and Dental. They were fun to be with and I guess you could say I enjoyed their company. Z and I started talking in Messenging. She was real sweet and kind. You could say we were more than close.

One day in school, it was break time when I went to the 7D classroom. I went ther for only one specific reason- to see Dental and Z. She surprised me by putting her arm on my shoulder in a bro-ish way, and greeted me with a "sup."

"So what's been going on, Aria." She gripped me tighter.

"Nothing much," I answered. "How about you."

"Same old, same old." She shrugged. "By the way.... Why'd you go all the way here for? You know your section's in the next building."

"To see you, dummy." I huffed. "You don't want me here? Fine, I'll leave."

"No! No! No!" She pulled me back. "Pft, Aria. You can't take a joke? I was just kidding! I'd love nothing more than your company."

We promenaded on the halls leisurely and fooled around like loose monkeys. Suddenly, we took a halt and stopped in the middle of the hallway. I turned to her in confusion when she suddenly keaned in closer and gave me a light peck on the cheek. It was fast and quick, but very surprising I admit.

My eyes widened, I only thought of it as a friendly kiss on the cheek but little did I know that she thought otherwise. I only smiled back and thought of it like nothing. She didn't get offended or anything, thankfully.

"What was that for?" I innocently asked.

"Oh nothing," she shrugged. "Just a little something from me, m'kay?"

"Okay...."

I returned to my classroom when suddenly Jen puts his arm 'round my shoulders.

"Oh," I turned to him. "It's you."

"Yeah," he smiled. "It's me. Want a walk to your classroom."

"I don't know, would you?"

"Sure, anything at all."

He walked me to my classroom when he suddenly kissed me on the cheek, the opposite side of where Z kissed me.

"W-wha-" I flushed. "I need to go."

At that moment, my face heated. I immediately ran to my classroom without a moment's notice, leaving him in the corridor. I was flustered, I laid my head down on my desk. I hid myself from the world and tried to think about everything.

Z kissed me, but I only thought of it as a friendly kiss, nonetheless I never felt being kissed on the cheek by a girl before. I knew she meant that kiss. A legitimate one. Her "I love you's" and "I miss you's" weren't friendly at all! They meant completely and utterly something else....

Jen kissed me, but it was only a fast one. Nothing serious, lifeless like there was no feeling at all. It hurt me, but then again I was used to it. Jen did some of the most random things that he never took seriously anyway.

From that day on, I never knew what I had gotten myself into with Z. I only found out that I was in a homosexual relationship with Z when September came.

Somewhere in September, she caught some news about Jen and I being a couple. I never realized what she felt about it when she suddenly cleared our nicknames, cleared the chat colors, and everything on our private messaging chag. I asked her what had happened and she only replied with "I don't want this anymore. Seems like your happier with Jen."

Say what? Why was she so affected? Why does the pain cling to her that much? Why is it such a big deal that Jen and I were a couple?

Then, and only then did I realize that we were somewhat a couple without me knowing. I just knew that once she broke the whole thing. That was truly embarrassing on my part.

Honest! I only thought of her affectionate actions and loving glances as somewhat friendly. I never even knew she had already thought of us as a couple.

I tried to apologize to her as sincerely as I could, but I could never guarantee those apologies as so much as authentic. Sad to say, I never felt the remorse that I was supposed to feel. I never saw us that way.... We were only friends..... How did our friendship take such an awful turn?

We were only acquainted from that day on, not best friends, not close friends. I guess, just schoolmates who knew each other's names.