Chapter 17

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"You know where he lives?!" I nodded.

"And he lives close?!" I nodded.

"Like really fucking close?! Next door close?!" I nodded- or wait no, I froze mid nod.

"I mean he's not my neighbour but-"

"You know what the fuck I mean!" I flinched at Luke who accidentally got some spit on me. Sheesh, calm down. I wiped the saliva off of my cheek. Gross.

Or I can't say much since my leg was bobbing up and down so much I was hitting the table.

"This coincidence is so surreal. I mean of all the people in the whole world..." Evan mumbled to himself as he swung on his chair legs. 

After googling Max's address farther I realised that we live like ten minutes away from each other. I can WALK to his house. It's insane. 

But I don't know what the fuck he looks like. Or what his name is. Or how he is in real life. Is he the same as when we chat? But he can't place any periods and he can't do any emojis in real life unless he actually winks at me - oh, God I don't think I can handle that kind of humane communication.

What if we go to the same school?

No, no. Coincidences only go so far. If we go to the same school it would be a miracle.

Is Max even blonde? Why am I even thinking about that?

I stared at my two friends. Evan and Luke, they really are saving me here. If I was alone I would be freaking out in my room and probably make a hole in the floor by all my pacing around. I already made a hole in my lips, the blood had dried up now though.

What if I meet Max with a bloody lip? The humiliation! I have to look perfect. Jesus.

Why do I wanna look nice in front of Max though? He's just a friend. I don't care how I look when I'm with Luke, Evan or Kevin. So why do I care when it's with Max? Maybe it's because we haven't met before and I'm nervous? Yeah. That's it.

My phone vibrated in my pocket. Oh, dear. In a nanosecond Luke and Evan flew over the table in the café and buried their faces in my phone. They're way to interested in this. How did they know that it's Max by the way?

"Move. I can't see." I shoved them away but they only got so far. They were silent as we read Max's message. Or actually no.

I leaned away and put the phone right up my face so they couldn't see. What if he wrote something private. I know how closed of he is (kind of).

"Let us see!"

"Show me! We had our diapers changed together!" I rolled my eyes at them. Especially Evan's comment. No we didn't by the way.

"Hey, sorry about yesterday I hope I didn't freak you out." I rested my wrists on the table in front of me as I saw that the message was showable to my curious buddies.

"Say that it's fine and you want to meet and smooch."

"Shut the fuck up, Luke. We're just friends." Luke gave me a look that said he didn't believe a single syllable that I just said. I stuck my tongue out at him. Very mature, I know.

"its ok" I sent away first. I took a breath and then told him our situation. I was so freaked out yesterday that I never got it out.

"also the thing is... we live a lot closer than we thought" Luke tapped the screen eagerly and looked back at me.

"Send him your address. He must feel all vulnerable with only you knowing where he lives and him not knowing your address." That makes sense.

I went into google maps, typed in my own address and then took a screenshot. I ignored Luke's and Evan's chants of 'just do it, just do it'. I'm fucking on it okay?

I went back to the app message and saw that he had written a message while I took the picture.

"Isn't that a good thing?" Of course it is, Jesus Christ. Isn't he supposed to be all confident and stuff? What happened with all the winking smileys? Maybe he's feeling more vulnerable than I thought.

"yeah 'course" I wrote before sending the picture. Evan 'ooh'ed' when those three dots appeared after the image was sent.

"ARE YOU SERIOUS"

"im always serious"

"Oh, my gooooood!!!! :DDDD My grandma lives close to there." Seeing him freak out made me super happy. I grinned down at my phone and for two seconds I forgot that I had two oafs looking as well.

"This is the cutest thing ever." Luke stated. I might've kicked him on the leg. He groaned in pain but didn't say anything.

"I don't even know your name." Uh oh. He ain't saying it while these two idiots are watching.

"Tell us! Tell us your name!" They chanted into the phone. Like that's going to work.

"My name's Dominic." I guess it did work.

Shit.

"GUYS STOP LOOKING!" They just giggled. How old are they? They're acting like five year old girls.

"His name's Dominic! That's so unique, I love it!" Luke said with his hands clasped together. Evan nodded in agreement with a slight smirk on his face. I hate these two so much.

"If you meet him, don't breath a word about the fact that you watched our conversation. Got it?" I gave them a stone cold glare. They didn't seem to care much though.

"Yeah, yeah." Ugh. These two. I swear.

"Fuck you guys. I'm going home." They laughed in the background and did a sucky attempt of stopping me. I didn't care much though as I exited the building and headed towards my bike.

Then, in the corner of my eyes I notice that sleepy boy. The one who's rude. My eyes just kind of got stuck on him as I watched him look down on his phone with flushed cheeks. I raise my brows at him, impressed. 

It's probably a girl. I'm surprised he's got the ladies. Good for him.

Also, he looks pretty good with that long black coat but that's not really important.

I swooshed past him with my bicycle. He didn't even spare me a glance. Thanks, buddy. I'm going to act like you don't exist too.

When I arrived at my house I threw my bike aside and jogged inside and up the stairs. I wanted to reply to Max- I mean Dominic as quickly as possible and tell him my own name. I threw myself on my bed beside Scouter. I giggled like a little school girl as I mumbled his name out loud.

"Dominic..." I've never met someone with that name before. Or technically I have.

I take out my phone and write out my own name. A grin was permanent on my face.

"Spencer, Dominics is cool btw"

"Thanks. Spencer. I like it, the name I mean haha." He's just as awkward as I feel.

I curled my toes as I felt my chest tighten in excitement. If someone told me I would be meeting this guy face to face four weeks ago I would've laughed in their face, yet here we are.

It's funny how life turns out sometimes.



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