You & I

Chapter 20

Chapter 20

"Yeah, he does make me kinda of nervous. He makes my hands sweaty.. That's why I don't want him to hold my hand." 

Avery's Point Of View

"Happy birthday, Avery!" Jordan, Sam and Zach sang in unison, loudly in the soccer field where there's only us. 

"Aw thanks guys," I smiled. The bell ring for the first class, "can't be late for class." We all rush back into the school, getting into our classes. 

I got into my class, and quickly got into my seat. "Hello class," our math teacher came in. 

"Today, we have Avery. Who is 18 today!" She says, smiling at me. I smiled, "happy birthday, Avery." Erwin says, turning to me. 

"Aw thanks, Erwin." I smiled at him, "happy birthday, Avery!" My friends from the other side of the room shouted. 

;

Lunch came by and Eugene rushed in. 

"Sorry, I woke up late." He says. He messaged me at midnight, just to say happy birthday. That's very sweet of him but then he woke up late for school. 

"Happy birthday, Avery." He kiss my cheek, "guys, can you not kiss just for like one minute?" Zach says, feeling disgusted. 

;

"Happy birthday, Fatty. Don't eat too much cake or you will over weigh." One of Chloe's friend say it to me when we were changing for gym class. 

Chloe didn't came to school today, which is a good sign. 

I think. 

We got out to the gym, everyone is already gathered around. "Today, we have a special guests from the Air Force to wish our star athlete a happy 18th birthday." Coach Carter says. 

I raise my eyebrows as I watch two guys in Air Force unifroms walk in. "Oh steaks." My vision become blurry, "Happy birthday, Avery! Hope you like our presence!" Andre exclaims. "See what I did there?" Andre chuckles nervously. 

"Happy birthday to you," they all begin singing in unison. I hug my oldest brother, Aaron. 

; 

"Look at you, you lost so much weight in 4 years." Andre pinch my cheeks, "Andre, stop that." I say, slapping his hand away. 

"So when are you going back?" I asks, putting my things aside. "Dude, we just got here and you're rushing us off?" Aaron raises his eyebrows at me. 

"We're not going back." Andre stated, "really?" I look at them. "Yeah, really." Aaron says, walking into the kitchen. 

"By the way, I invited some of your good friends later on." Aaron says, "and tell me your relationship with Eugene." Aaron added, passing a bottle of coke to Andre.

"Eugene?" I raise my eyebrows, my heartbeat begins to beat very fast. "Erm.. We're best friends." I say, sitting down. 

"Best friends?" Andre repeats what I said, "yeah, best friends."  I mumbled. 

"Best friends kiss each other on the lips..? Ohh, that's such a interesting theory, enlighten me more, Avery Evans." Aaron says. 

I shot him a look, "hahaha, good one." Andre says, and click their drinks together. 

; 

"Hey Avery," my soccer teammates walk in, "your boyfriend is always late." Erwin says. "Erwin, he's not my boyfriend." 

"Besides, he lives with you." I added. "He was back for a while but then he left, thought he would be here though." He says.

Oh. 

"Hey Avery!" Jordan steps in a floral dress, "hey Jordan." I smile at her. "Erm, this is my soccer mates, this is my good friend, Jordan. And erm, this is Sam who is in the basketball team with Eugene." I introduced them to my family. 

"Nice to meet you guys, Avery rarely have birthday parties or friends over." Dad says, sipping on his soda. 

"Where's Lydia?" Andre asks, looking around. 

"She committed suicide.." I muttered, "oh!" His eyes widen. "I am sorry, I.. Didn't know." He whispers. 

"It's fine." I mumbled, "I am here." Eugene rushes in. 

"And that's Eugene, he is from the basketball team." I say, "AKA Avery's boyfriend." Aaron says to Dad. 

"Avery's boyfriend?" Dad raises his eyebrows. "Dad, we-" 

"Er yeah, nice to meet you, sir." Eugene says, cutting me off. 

; 

After the birthday cake, my two brothers make grill steak and other meat. We stayed outside at the backyard, we were playing a little bit of soccer and Jordan is complaining because of the small patch of mud on her skirt. 

Finally the day was over, and it was 8pm. My Dad got a late night shift and left, my two brothers went to Walmart to get more food. 

People left their gifts behind, usually I got nothing for my birthday. My Dad just gave me a small chocolate cupcake, and then left for work after that. 

I still have no idea what his work is about, every time i asked, he always ignore it and change the subject. 

Eugene stayed back and opened the gifts with me. "Look, Jordan bought you a dress." Eugene says, taking it out. 

"Maybe you can wear it to the dance or something." He says. 

"Probably." I say, shrugging. 

"But I don't usually wear dresses." I pointed out, "but you should." He says. "I mean, which girls doesn't look good in dresses?" He asks. 

"Me?" 

"Yeah.. You will look fantastic." He kisses my cheek, I smiled. My chest tightened, I am so freaking nervous right now. 

"This is from the soccer team, it's big." He says, as he took out of the bag. A letter fall out and I pick it up. 

"Hi Avery. Happy 18th birthday! We saw how old your soccer shoes are, and thought you need a new one. So we all chipped in, including Coach Anderson and Coach Carter. Hope you have a great birthday! Love, your buddies :)" 

I read out loud. "Oh my steaks, they got me new pair of cleats." I say, "it's beautiful." I say, smiling like an idiot. 

"Okay, now it's mine." Eugene says, picking it up from the floor. "I didn't know you got me something." I mumbled, "well, I did." He took out a box. 

"What is it..?" I mumbled, I open the box. 

When I first saw you, you were on the floor. 

Your knees were bleeding. 

But I thought you were gorgeous. 

And then, I found out. 

And i still like you. 

I became your best friend, and I love you. 

And I really do love you.

Do you get what I mean? 

Avery, 

be my girlfriend.