My Life Sucks

Chapter 9

Sera's POV

I really did not want to ask Mahdi. I already feel really awkward around him since we became friends. Like he doesn't like me, or know that I like him. I'm pretty sure he likes Lucia. Almost all the guys liked Lucia. Except for my brother and Yazeed. I have no idea who he likes and why he's single. But I have to do what he told me to do because he could tell Mahdi and I would be embarrassed. So I had to do what my annoying little brother told me to do. Yes, shockingly, Desiderio, the "hot", "popular" boy, was my younger brother. Sadly. But because I feel younger and shorter than him, and because he has power over me because of the threat, I do what he says. So I asked Mahdi. But he refused to answer me, so I resorted to Lucia's tactics, seducing. By making him uncomfortable, I would be able to get him to talk. It worked. He told me that he and Astrid were having a sleepover. When I heard that, I felt really sad. I never knew that Mahdi liked Astrid. I always thought he was a neutral person. I decided to tell Astrid my feelings towards Mahdi, just to let her know. I didn't care if I was embarrassed, I just wanted to make my feelings clear to Astrid. I didn't want to tell her to back off because that would be b*tchy. So I confronted her in the hallway on the way to third period.

Ring! Ring! The bell signaled the end of 5th period.

"Hey, Astrid? Can I tell you something?" I asked her as she was grabbing books from her locker. She turned to look at me. I could see why Mahdi liked her. She had straight, white blond hair that looked amazing on her. 

"Yeah, sure," said Astrid, looking confused, "What did you want to tell me?"

"IreallylikeMahdi!" I said in a rush. She looked even more confused.

"I'm sorry, say that again?"

I took a deep breath and repeated calmly and slowly, "I...really...like...Mahdi."

She looked shocked for a moment, until my words sunk in. Then, she started smiling like crazy. Like really crazy. Her smile was so big, I could literally see all 32 teeth in her mouth. I thought she was finally losing it. (She was always crazy, but never like this.) I asked, "Are you okay?" She started laughing again. Like seriously laughing. Like full-out crying-on-the-floor-hugging-her-textbooks- curled- up laughing. She did not look okay. There was only 3 minutes before the second bell rang, and I did not want to be late.

"Get up, Astrid! I don't want to be late for class!" I practically yelled at her.

She stopped laughing and realized that I was serious. She gathered her books and started heading to class. I could tell she was silently laughing the entire way we walked to class. It really triggered me. Like really.