Two Sides Of Tova.

Twelve

    The bell just rang for break and I dashed out of the class in order to avoid meeting Jack. Ever since what happened yesterday, I have been embarrassed to see him in order not to make things awkward between us. Ara-ñat has been bugging me all morning to go and see him and that's not encouraging.

  As I was shutting my locker to head to the library, my phone rang.

Ring, Ring.

  I picked it up and answered.
"Hello". I said.

"Well hello to you too, some best friend you are asking about how I've not been in for the first week of school". My best friend, Anna yelled at me through the phone.

  Due to the intensity of her loud voice,I had to pull the phone away from my ear for a moment to save my hearing. After a while I placed the phone back to my ear to speak.

"Anna its not like that".I reasoned. 

"Then its like what!?". She accused.

"I've been so busy with school work that I forgot to call you. How would I forget my bestest friend in the whole wide world". I jested trying to woo her.

"Hmm as if. So how's school any new stuff going on?". She asked intrusively.

"Um nothing, we just have a new student and Linda is gone".

"Really I never thought she would leave yet. So how are you?". She asked through the phone.

   I entered into the library and swiped my card.

"Yeah, why do you ask?".

"Well after last semester I thought you'd be kinda bummed and sad".

"I'm fine don't worry about it. I'm handling it just fine". I smirked to myself then I felt Ara-ñat as she huffed through our bond. "I'm okay thanks for asking and I miss you". I said endearingly.

  I sat on my favourite spot at the back of the shelf in the mystic section.
"And I you, I'll be in school next week. I gotta go bye, love you". She said before hanging up the phone.

"Bye love you too". I said putting the phone down. I brought out the novel Inferno,that I've been reading for some time now. I opened the book mark and started to read.

  Somewhere between a chapter my phone chimed showing that I have a new message. It was from Jack.

'Where are you?!'

'Somewhere in the school'.

'Tova please tell me where you are'

'Is it serious?'

'Yeah I want to see you'.

   I became unsettled, how will he react when he sees me. Has he forgotten about yesterday.?'.

  'I'm at the library'. I replied uneasily.

  I've never really felt this way for a boy before not even when I had a crush on Jonas. I prayed silently that there wouldn't be any awkwardness between us.

"Tova".

  I screamed and jumped in fright only to turn and see Jack behind me laughing at my startled state.

"It was funny when you just jumped whoopee!! up in the air". He said between laughs.

   I was down that he laughed at me after scaring me like that so I punched him hard in the arm only to have it backfired at me as I felt pain shoot through my wrist.

"Oww. Tova i didn't know that you could punch this hard". He said rubbing his arm until he turned and saw me clutching my wrist in pain.

  He immediately rushed to my side and he held my waist with his left hand and he used his right to hold my hand.

"Are you okay?". He asked softly.

"NO I'M NOT!!!". I yelled angrily taking him aback. "What kind of body do you have that gets me hurt". I queried.

  He smiled then held my hand gently in his and began to massage it slowly. He blew little puffs of air to soothe the pain. He lifted his head and gazed at me deeply.

  I realized that there wasn't much space between us.

"Does it hurt much". He asked lowly concerned.

I frowned and rolled my eyes.
"Well obviously it does hurt". I answered.

  He ran his thumb over mine and said.
"Let's go to the nurse's office and check it out".

  "Sure let me grab my bag". I nodded affirmatively.

  As I bent to pick my bag, he took it up instead and carried it over his shoulders with his.

"Jack what are you doing?". I asked uncertainly.

  He gazed upon me and said,
"You're hurt because of me, I can't let you strain yourself because of me at least let me carry your bag its the least I can do for you". He begged.

"Okay". I sighed.

   I looked up at the shelf before I left and saw a book called 'The Merging'. I stared at it before I left and made a note to look at it later.

    We entered the nurse's office with Jack holding my other hand leading me away from the murmurings and  prying eyes of female students in the hallway.

  The nurse led me to a bed and began to examine my wrist.

"Okay I'm going to apply a little pressure to check how far its gone, after that you're going to be fine". She spoke assuringly.

  She pressed my hand gently and examined it closely.

"Your wrist is okay you just sprained it when you punched him hard with your thumbs in your fist and your lack of training". She assessed. " You didn't break anything just an ice pack is what you need and after some time you'll be fine and don't stress that hand". She said before letting me go.

"Is it okay if she takes the rest if the day off from school". Jack asked the nurse out of the blue.

"Umm sure I guess, here's a card". She handed as we left her office.

   We walked through the hallway and Jack showed the secretary the nurse's card and he told her he was helping me get home. He opened his car door for me and shut it as I entered. He started his car and drive off to my house.