I Love You Ms. J!

Chapter 15: Aiko's Stubbornness 1

           

The next week I kept getting cold looks from Aiko during class, but I noticed that the gossip girls stopped staring at me. I wondered what she said to them to get them to stop.

It confused me, because I would have thought after all the information she dragged out of Bella and myself, the girls would be more curious. But they on the most part returned to normal. It was only Aiko that acted distant.

Bella, on the other-hand, had gotten bolder and took every opportunity to lock arms or hold hands with me in public.

The campus seemed to be ripe for this sort of thing, unlike some of the other public area we went too. Bella, also got into a hobby of playing dress up with me when we were alone. She told me that the girl me was for her, and the boy look was for the world. It made her happy, so I did it. It felt odd doing girly things.

After three weeks our relationship was really blossoming, though we still hadn't worked out way to actually doing it yet. I think both of us are too shy to make the first move. Other than us changing in front of each other, that was as naked as either of us got.

There was still over-the-clothes petting, maybe a bit of under, but nothing more than that. Part of me wanted to be bold and do more, and I could tell she was the same, but at the same time we didn't want to mess up what we already had.

One morning Monday morning Bella texted me and told me she wasn't going to university that day because she was feeling under the weather.

Sadly I hadn't seen her that Sunday due a family emergency so I didn't know how she got sick. It was the first time in three weeks that I hadn't seen her in over two days. I couldn't believe how much I missed her.

At lunch, I took our usual bench outside. It seemed far too lonely. But I would have taken the loneliness over Aiko awkwardly joining me with her own Lunch box.

"Nice day to eat outdoors." She commented to me, as if we were friends.

"Yeah." I gave her a dry response, hoping she'd take the hint and go.

"Where's your girlfriend?"

"She's not feeling well today." I tried to ignore Aiko as I ate my own lunch.

"Too bad. It's rare to see you alone these days."

I glanced at her, then bit hard into my croquette. What the hell did she want anyway?

As if she could read my mind she gave a huge sigh and pushed her Lunch box box away from her. "Why won't you talk to me anymore?"

I gave her a look, not sure where she was going with this. We didn't really talk all that much before, other than idol classroom chatting, and even then I scared she'd find me out so I couldn't enjoy myself. "You called my girlfriend a loser." I finally told her.

"So what." Aiko glared at me. "Didn't I get those other girls off your back?"

"I guess so." I had suspected that was the case but now it was official. "Why did you?"

"Just because."

Great reasoning there. I thought to myself. I really didn't know what to add, other than something rude, so I didn't say anything else.

"How is everything going with Bella... you know, with all of that...?"

"Fine."

"C'mon give me more than that." Aiko rolled her eyes.

"I don't know what you want to hear." I told her truthfully. "You want to know if we fight. Or do you want to know how far we've gotten? Either one is too personal to tell you anyway, so what do you want me to say?"

"Don't be such a prude. I'm just curious that's all? I've never met a lesbian before."

"Well I hope I'm entertaining for you." I seethed.