Man I think I love her! (Jared Kleinman x Reader)

The Play (part one of I don't know)

Y/n's Pov

I sat at our usual meeting place for lunch and patiently waited for everyone else to get here. I tapped my finger against the table trying to rid myself of the overwhelming nervousness building up inside. As always I layered a chart of possible outcomes to the situation I was about to indulge myself in, trying to not think of all the negative possibilities. I was deep in thought when I felt a small tap on my shoulder. I turned around hastily not knowing it was just Jared. 

"Hey N/n!" He sat down next to me and poked my shoulder once again. I greeted him with a simple hello which seemed to catch him by surprise. "Are you okay Y/n? If somebody was making fun of you again I swear to god I will punch that motherfu-"

"Jared everything is fine, I was just...deep in thought," I started to fidget around with my hands again which didn't go unnoticed by him. Before he could ask me anything else, however, I quickly replied with a "You'll see when everyone else gets here," Being the impatient guy he was, he rolled his eyes and let out an exasperated huff.  

A few minutes later everyone eventually came over to the table and sat down. Like always Evan was the last one. I felt my body quiver a little but I pushed that feeling aside and cleared my throat to get everyone's attention. They didn't. "Guys?" I said trying to get their attention. That didn't work either.

"Uh guys I think Y/n wants to say something," I turned and smiled at Jared who just shrugged it off. As their voices lowered, one by one they all turned their head towards me. My throat tightened as I stood up. "Thanks Jared," I whispered. 

  Not knowing how to start I asked,"So have you guys heard what's going on in 4 weeks?" All of them shook their heads. "W-Well according to Mr. Ramos their will be some sort of musical competiton. He hasn't planned everything out but it'd basically be like a Talent Show but with musicals." Jared gave me a knowing look which meant he obviously knew where this was headed. "And so I was thinking of performing Dear Ben Platt but in order for me to do that I would have to have a cast..."

"So you want to know If we wanted to perform with you?" I nodded my head. Everyone was quiet for a moment . Jared (surprisingly) was the first to reply. "You already know my answer Y/n," He pulled me down back to my seat and gave me a high five. Me and him looked at our friends faces to see if they would join us. Connor was the next to speak. 

"Y/n it's our last year in this hellhole, so fuck it I'm in." I at first was shocked by Connors decision but decided that it was best not to question him. One by one all of our friends hands went up in the air, telling us that they wanted to join. Michael, Jeremy, Zoe and even Alana. We all turned to Evan since he hasn't said anything at all yet. His head was down and he seemed to be mumbling some incoherent nonsense under his breath.

"I'll be apart of it," Evan whispered. "I Mean it is my favorite musicals after all," I squelled excitedly as I started to clap my hands at an inhumanly rate. For the rest of lunch we all planned out what 2 scenes we might want to act, who'll play who and etc. 

"I'll create a list tonight of the cast and all the other equipment we need and I will show it to you guys in the morning, okay?" They nodded their heads in agreement. The lunch bell than rang, signalling us to get back to class. Everyone groaned and packed up their stuff. Just as I was about to leave, I felt a small tug on my sweater. I turned around to a nervous Evan fumbling with both his words and thumbs. 

"Uh Y/n about the play, I wanted to ask you something," 

"What is it Evan?" I replied. It took him a minute but he finally asked, "I-I was wondering if I could play the leading role as Ben Platt," He stuttered. I was taken aback by the sudden question. Evan wanting to play Ben, the Leading Role? That is so PECULIAR (haha more puns ) and out of nature for him. I looked back at Evan and I noticed that there was something different about him. It was his eyes. It was hard to notice but behind all of that anxiety and nervousness was- well I don't know how to describe it. Something along the lines of want or perhaps even need. Something about his eyes told me that he really wanted this role and would be heart broken if he didn't get it. 

"Of course you can Evan!" I responded. I started back to class beaming, knowing deep down that I did that right thing. 

HEY GUYS!!!! Man it feels good to be back! The reason this chapter took so long was because of me having a temporary writing block and me not knowing how to convey what was happening. So sorry for that.... Anyways I worked really hard to finish this chapter by tonight and so I truly hope that you guys like it!! I'm not sure when the next chapter will come out but I promise it will be soon!! Additionally I promised my One friend (she knows who she is) that I will add one of her characters, Elizabeth, in this book so look forward to that I guess!!! 

                                                                                                              Happy late Thanksgiving! =D