Hurricane

8: Do I Have a Crush on Him?

I went to school the next way, only to get bombarded with bunch of questions by my friends.

         "Abbbbyy! I see you making the moves already, you grew up so fast." Stevie dramatically swipes her eyes wiping invisible tears.

         "What are you saying?" I laugh as we walk to class with her arms around my shoulders.
          "You asked the new guy for your number." Stevie said.
          "No- it was about the project." I sit down on my desk and she sits next to me.
          "Hmm... you sure?" Ruby suddenly says behind us. Where did she come from?
           "I swear you're like a little fly" I say as she just flips her hair.
           "So are you going to tell us the deed?" Ruby winks. Should I tell them? I mean, not the trying out part or fake part but just tell them...
            "We are dating now" I hear myself say. We all end up gasping.
            "OMG!"
            "No way sis! You really did grow up so fast!" Stevie says just when Hayden shows up in front of her. We gasp again. Is all day going to be like this?
            "Hiiiii." We all say awkwardly. Hayden just puts his eyes on me, and smirks.
             "You're in my seat." He points to Stevie but he's still staring at me. What?!
             "You-your seat?" Ruby stutters but Stevie doesn't argue and gets up to sit next to Ruby behind us. Hayden then, sits next to me.
              "What are you doing?" I whisper.
              "Just ya know, seating with my partner. We are dating, right?" Hayden lays back on his seat as we wait for the teacher to show up in the art class.

Come on, Abby! Be natural!

       "Of course we are! I am so glad You're seating with me!" I grit out as I bat my eyelashes at him mockingly. Hayden just continues to stare at me with a glint in his eyes.

                              * * *
Ethan isn't at the cafeteria. Again. Usually, I go to Lunar if he's not here. But, today, I wanted to be with Hayden.

What am I doing with my life? Do I have a crush on him? Maybe?

Why do I feel like one of those girls in a love triangle? God forbid.

I was sitting next to Hayden in the Cafeteria. Stevie and Ruby are sitting across us with wide eyes. Looking like they just saw a bunch of gods come down from heaven.

I look at Hayden sitting beside me. His long lashes looking down at his untouched plate next to his phone. He seems to be daydreaming.

        "Hayden, what's wrong?" I ask him.

He snaps out, and looks at me for a second before saying, "I'm fine." He forcibly smiles. Couple minutes ago, he was just fine. What happened to him now?

I just shake my head. Maybe I'm just thinking too much.

         "Want to go to Lunar's today again?" I lean toward him. He doesn't look at me this time. He just looks ahead, and nods slowly.

I stand up and get out of the table and then take Hayden's hand to lead him out.

         "Y'all are just gonna leave us?" Ruby and Stevie looks at me with puppy eyes.
         "Um...yes?" I say dragging Hayden with me. Hayden just seems very confused at what is happening right now.

Ruby and Stevie just gasp. Stevie starts to fake cry and sniff with tissue while Ruby just starts digging into our untouched food.

I didn't realize that many people in the cafeteria were looking at us until I heard an increase in people's whisperings and whistling when we left.

                    ~~*~~*~~*~~*~~

The two of us just stare at each other. Nothing to say suddenly. We came to- no, actually, I dragged him to Lunar. Now, I don't know what to say.