limerence [justin foley]

chapter 4

juliette's pov

first period english went by pretty quickly and it wasn't all too dreadful. i share the class with zach and jeff so when i risk falling asleep i know i'll have them there to wake me up, unless, of course, they're asleep too.

not gonna lie, from all of my brother's jock friends, i tolerate and enjoy zach's presence the most. he genuinely is a great guy and always has been, which i highly appreciate. plus, his face isn't the worst thing to see first thing in the morning.

i eventually reach my 3rd period destination, office assistant, which i gladly happen to share with hannah. i open the door to find her already there printing something with her back facing me. i walk on over to her and find her printing somebody's schedule. justin's.

"so you and justin, huh?" i ask aloud, my mouth speaking before my mind can even process the words. she slightly jumps up in surprise once she takes in my presence, immediately folding up the schedule she had printed.

"um, it's- uh, nothing." she stutters, tucking a strand of hair behind her ear. i purse my lips and raise a brow at her causing her to chuckle lightly.

"he invited me to eisenhower park tonight, but i'm not sure if i'm gonna go or not." she informs me. i feel a slight pang in my chest at her words but i choose to brush it off, not even knowing its cause.

"why aren't you sure?" i take a seat at a large desk beside the filing cabinet, beginning to file some of the papers on the desk while i conversed with hannah.

"i don't know, i guess i'm just kinda nervous." she replies, taking a seat in front of me and helping out with the papers. "oh, by the way," she begins.

"not to be too straightforward or anything, i just want to make sure we're totally cool before i do anything," she says, my attention immediately being drawn away from the papers and onto her. "this morning in homeroom when justin brought up the whole eisenhower park thing, i kinda noticed your face drop a little so i was just wondering if you guys ever had anything or if you had any unresolved feelings or something? i consider you a friend now and i wouldn't wanna ruin that over a guy." she concludes, staring at me intently. my eyes widen a bit at her words. whatever the hell it is justin and i once had obviously meant nothing to him, so it meant nothing to me. i have no unresolved feelings for him whatsoever. the feelings i once had are gone and it's going to stay that way now and forever. i don't like him. not romantically or in general.

"no, gosh no. justin and i don't have or have ever had anything, you don't have to worry about that." i clearly address and earn a relieved smile from her in response. i consider hannah a friend too and i refuse to let any troubled past stand in the way of her possibly enjoying any sort of happiness in her time here.

"alright, good. so you think i should go on this, dare i say, date?" she giggles nervously. for some reason, a selfishly huge part of me wants to straight up say 'no, don't waste your time', but seeing her eyes light up at this whole fiasco stops me from doing so. "do you like him?" i ask instead. she bites her lip, seeming deep in thought on her answer before she smiles and nods.