"what, Jonah texted you back?" Jack teased.
"what?" i quit my daydreaming and looked up. "uh, no. just my dad." i lied.
"okayy." he said. i rolled my eyes. then my phone was vibrating, and he was calling me. i declined the call and thought of an excuse to call him.
"i'll be right back. gotta go to the bathroom." i got up from the bench and went outside t the front of the school. i called Jonah back.
"hey, why were you calling me?" i asked.
"so were you late in the morning?"
"yep. i told everyone why."
"sadie?"
"yeah?"
"i have to tell you something i've been meaning to for a while now."
"oh," he's confessing i bet. "so?"
"oh, it's more of something i'd tell you in person. come tomorrow?"
"can't. we have that final test? remember?"
"yeah, shoot. at least i'm missing it." he laughed.
that laugh. it makes me miss him even more.
"yeah, well you're gonna have to do it when you're back."
"i'll tell them my arm is still hurting and i can't write! there!"
"okay," i giggled. "so you're either gonna have to tell me over the phone, or wait 'till the weekend."
"screw this hospital, i don't know why the visiting hours are so unreasonable. people are usually sleeping during those hours anyways, so why not make them until 6pm, or 12 to 6?"
"yeah, you have a point." i agreed. "so? what's it gonna be?"
"not sure. i'll decide and tell you tomorrow."
"sure. bye Jojo!"
"bye, um, uh, Sadie-who-i-don't-have-a-nickname-for."
i laughed and hung up. i turned around but then my smile went away when Jack and Emma were standing in my sight with their arms crossed.
"ssshiit!" i whispered.
"so, you remembered to wash your hands, right?" Jack asked.
"how much did you hear?" i asked.
"um, like, half." Emma said.
"Jonah?"
"yep."
"ohmygod what'd he say?!?" Emma asked, putting her arm around my neck and walking with me, Jack beside her.
"i think he wants to tell me he likes me."
"you better act surprised." Jack pointed at me.
"i'll try, but who's gonna tell him i already know?"
"we're responsible for telling you. so we'll do it." he said.
"just, you don't have to keep secrets from us. we know you two like each other, so you can tell us everything. we're all bestfriends here, so don't worry." Emma informed me.
"aw, thanks, Em."
"okay, stop. you guys will never beat Jachary."
"oo, who are you jealous of?" i teased.
when we got back to the table, everyone was staring at me funny.
"we all know you were talking to Jonah."
"you weren't in the bathroom!"
"bathroom, huh?"
"so, let me guess. Jonah?"
"okay, okay, too many people speaking." i said.
"IS HE GONNA TELL YOU?!?" everyone yelled at the same time.
i just nodded.
"aaaand before you ask, we're telling him she already knows." Jack told the boys, putting his arms out.
"ok,"
"sure."
"just like we planned."
"but he's gonna tell me this week, when he gets a good chance." i said.
"ooooo guys it's going to happen soon!" Corbyn said.
"what is?" Zach asked, confused.
"Jadie? what else? we all know that Jachary is long started. now it's Jadie's turn to be in the spotlight." Maddie said.
i continued eating my lunch when i saw Jack's Vans right in front of it.
"move." Jack said, standing up on the table.
"okay, rude." i put my lunch beside me on the bench.
"bro, what are you doing?" Daniel asked. Jack didn't say anything, he just put his index finger up, telling him to wait.
"i'm not surprised, he's do-"
"AHEM!" he yelled. the cafeteria went silent. everyone stopped talking and turned their heads to look at the loud curly haired boy who was standing on the top of our lunch table.
"so! if you can't tell! our heartthrob baseball boy, Jonah Marais Roth Frantzich, is about to start a relationship with our Sadie whatever-her-middle-name-is Foster." everyone gasped. the loudest one came from miss Assilon. oops, i mean Alison.
"what the f- Jack!"
"wait, not done yet."
everyone looked at me. the hardest stare from Assilon.
i groaned and hid my face in my hoodie.
"all those in favor of- hold on, guys whats the ship name again?" he whispered to us.
"don't." i mouthed to Zach, who was obviously gonna say it. he mouthed a "sorry" to me. "Jadie." he whispered to Jack. i grunted.
"right. Jadie. all those in favor of Jadie? raise your hand." i heard mutters and whispers all around the cafeteria. then hands started going up. there were 4, then 10, then 20, then 30, then 50, then more hands went up, and almost the entire school was raising it's hand.
"whooooo! go Jadie!" Emma cheered.
i looked at her and shook my head. and i looked over to Alison, who was shaking her head at me.
"Jadie! Jadie! Jadie!" Zach started chanting. there were 4 people chanting, then more and more, until the principal came to shut the random ship pep rally down.
i sighed with relief. i looked at Jack and waited for him to look back so i could flip him off.
"uh, you're welcome!" he sat back down and everyone started clapping.
"this school is frickin' crazy." i said, finishing my lunch. this was probably the longest lunch hour of my life.
