Two weeks.
Jonah has successfully skipped two whole weeks of school. He skipped two weeks of any communication with me. Worst of all, he skipped two weeks of working on our school project.
Classic bad boy.
Now, we are two weeks behind everyone. I thought we were ok. He told me he wasn't mad at me.
"Are we cool? I miss hanging out with you, you were like my first friend, but now you just disappeared from the neighborhood." I rambled letting out a shaky sigh. "And, I'm not sure what it is I or anyone else did to make you mad but I'm sorry." I said, my voice cracking.
"Please don't cry, I'm not worth crying over." He mumbled into his pillow as I saw him try to sit up fixing his hair a bit. He finally looked at me for the first time in what felt like ages. My nose was red as well as my eyes. I could see his eyes widen as they landed on his hoodie around my body.
"Jonah, I just miss you!" I exclaims breaking out into tears, sobbing. Wiping tears over and over again.
His arms slowly wrap around me and bring me close to him. Missing his touch, I jumped into his arms as he tightened his grip around me and he fell on his back onto the bed and I lay on top of him. Before I knew it, I hear him, whispering 'I miss you too'.
We stayed in that position for a while, I cried and he comforted me.
"So your not mad?" I asked. I looked up slowly to as he moved my hair away from my face. He shook his head before finally answering.
"No."
The thought plays over and over in my head before I get snapped back to reality. The bells goes off and I start to pack up. I get ready to head to FAC class.
Yay, another unproductive class.
As soon I walk into class, I see him.
Jonah.
He looks very tired but he's good at concealing it. He has the infamous smirk taped to his face as he chats with girls around him. He catches my eye and I quickly look away as I make my way to the back of the class, away from him.
When class starts, I try my best to work on our project but I keep getting distracted by Maddie's flirting with Jonah. This is strange, usually he would push her away immediately, but today, he keeps it going. He leans in to whisper something in her ear and his eyes quickly take a look my way before he pulls away. She bites her lip as she slowly nods. They both turn to face the front, not doing anything for the rest of class.
Me: opal! jonah is here today :/
Opal: really! Has anything happened ??
Me: if ignoring me counts as anything then yeah
Opal: did you try to talk to him?
Me: no....
Opal: then it doesn't count as ignoring hahaha. Sorry the
teacher is about to take my phone love you
I let out a sigh as I place my phone face down. I'm unable to focus. Why did it hurt me to see Jonah flirt with Maddie?
I decide to text him. Even though he is sitting right in front of me, I'm not getting up to speak to him.
I take a deep breath before I start to type.
Me: are we just not going to work on our project anymore ?
Jonah: ?
Me: you know what i mean. You haven't been here for to weeks and the day you come back, we don't work on our project. What is it jonah? Are you upset i broke you bad boy heart?
What came next was unexpected. He stood up, took Maddie's hand and they walked out of the room. I felt my eyes well up for a reason I didn't quite understand.
***
I sat alone at lunch not eating anything because I wasn't very hungry. Opal had to make up a test she missed. Throughout lunch, my mind is fogged. Maddie and Jonah have been gone for almost an hour. The first thing that came to my mind was sex. He told me he had unmeaningful sex with many girls to get things off his mind but, what was on his mind?
Whatever.
I pack my stuff up and walk out of the cafeteria as I bump into Opal.
"Hey, how was the test?" I ask putting on a fake smile.
"Easy, freshman stuff. What's wrong?" She asked me.
I let out a sigh before I answer. "It's Jonah." I say as we swing open the doors of the school.
"Nat, you said you didn't like him so just get him out of your mind." Opal says trying to comfort me. She opens the doors to her car and we get in.
"If I was hurt that he was talking to Maddie, it doesn't mean I like him right?" I spoke lowly, really not wanting to hear an answer from Opal.
She starts the car and lets out a sigh. "I'm not gonna say I told you so, but I did tell you so." She laughs. I laugh along with her.
***
We hung out in my room for the last hours talking about almost everything. Soon, my phone buzzes.
"Who is it?" She asks peering over my shoulder.
"Daniel." I whisper. I almost forgot all about him. I check the messages as Opal asks questions.
Daniel: hey love, sorry i didnt text u at all today i
have a small fever so i stayed home :(
Me: its fine feel better :)
"Why did you whisper?" She asks me as I put my phone back down.
"My brother doesn't like him." I sigh.
"Neither do I." She mutters which I just roll my eyes at.
"But the worst part is, Corbyn is the one who told him not to like Daniel." I say as both our eyes divert to my window. We hear Jonah's car pull up. "Speak of the devil." I mutter under my breath. I gasp as I see a cigarette between his lips. "Do you see that?"
"That he's smoking? Yeah." She said laughing.
"That's so bad for you. And it's disgusting." I sigh shaking my head. "Anyways, who are you going to homecoming with?" I asked nudging her shoulder.
"Nathan, one of Jonah's friends." She said blushing.
"Really!" I squeal. "When did he ask you?"
"Last weekend, we ran into each other at the fair." She replied.
"Aw, that's so cute." I said, happily for her.
We talked about homecoming for another while until we realised what time it was. "Shit, it's late." I said laughing at the time.
"Yeah, I should get going." She sighs. "I'll text you later though, if I don't fall asleep." She says as she walks out of my room.
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Romansa"What's your name?" he asked sitting down beside me. "Natalia," I said shoving my phone into my back pocket. All of a sudden he started lighting a cigarette, which made me leap out of my seat and to stand in front of him. I hate the smell of smoke...
