the text // j.a

3.4 | oh god.

"hello, arden, do you know why you're here?" the doctor says as i open my eyes, was he just standing there watching over me? hopefully not, cause that's awkward. i know for a fact i sleep with my mouth open.

"um, a wasp stung me?" i ask, knowing the answer already. "yep, so do you have any plans for the day?" he says flipping over pages.

"uh, yes, i think corbyn knows?"

"let me go and check." he says then leaves the room.

i look at my wrist and wow, my it doesn't look bad. i turn my wrist over and WOW its huge.
it's like a bulb, if you get what i mean.

suddenly the door opens up and corbyn and jonah walk in, "are you okay? how are you? the other boys are coming."

"the other boys? what? ow it hurts." i reply, "we got told that you can't do the schedule, so that's sad." the two boys say, obvious guilt on their faces.

"oh." i say quietly, "so no date?" "no. you'll still get your date. jack is actually crazy about you so he'll change the whole date up, if it meant hanging out with you for even a second."

corbyn hits jonah, "you weren't supposed to tell her!" "sorry." jonah shrugs.

"really?" i ask, wincing in pain.

"yep."

soon after, there is a knock at the door. "we have a zach herron, jack avery and daniel seavey wanting to see you." the doctor says.

"yes, please let them in." i say.

a few seconds later the three boys walk in, smiling and happy. "aww." they all whisper at the same time. i laugh, "what?"

"how did you even do all this?" daniel laughs while gesturing to my swollen wrist. "i don't even know, it's been a long day." i say with a soft smile, thinking back to the whole day.

"so, i guess we should talk about tomorrow..." jack murmurs, "what? why? what's tomorrow?" i ask panicking slightly.

"we're leaving tomorrow." zach sighs. "oh." i say quietly, "but we can still text!" daniel replies, trying to lift the mood. failing, but i think everyone is still hopeful.

"yeah. back to the way it all started."

"yeah."

the last word hangs in the air for a moment too short, as it gets interrupted by a phone ringing.
we all jump, everyone searching their pockets to see if they can leave the awkward moment.

luckily it's mine. i put it on speaker phone.

"hello?"

"ARDEN, MY BABY ARE YOU OKAY?"

it was my mom.

"yes, i'm okay."

"HONEY BE CAREFUL. WHY DID YOU EVEN GET STUNG, BY A WASP? YOUR BIGGEST ALLERGY."

"well, i don't know, but i did. haha."

"i gotta go, i have to go to the toilet. bye baby, love you."

"bye mom, love you too."

then she hung up.

"wow, your mom is so cool." zach says.

we all laugh, jack keeps sneaking glances at me.

once he even winked at me.

i hope i'm not blushing, oh god i can feel myself blushing.

"ooh our little girl, ards is blushing! who are you thinking about?" dans said in a high pitched voice.

"i think i know." i hear jack mumble.

oh god.