My Goofball Girl

Part 1: Emma Woods

Goofball has meaning to a naive, silly, or stupid person. And I guess the nickname says it all.

I, with, all my respect, introduce you guys to my -hopefully- the last girlfriend. Emma Woods.

The most Goofball girls in our university. She's from chemistry faculty, and I wonder how a girl likes her suit to that major.

By the way, it's 11.15 and I bet she will be around for searching for me.

"Tobias!" I heard someone yelled. Don't need to see who it was, because, I already know who

"Hi, Emy," I greet her in an unexcited tone.

A big bright smile never leaves her face since she uninvited sitting down in front of me. I don't know why she is always giggling and smiling every time she meets me.

"So," I started our conversation as usual before she begins to bubbling about how her 'awesome' day going on

"So, I have a hella big news for you!" She started, she cut our distance as her face come towards me. I bet she was never being taught to not too close with the opposite gender.

I continue to eat my burger ignoring how excited she was or how made me nervous and had to hold myself in front of a crowd to not kiss her right now.

She, on the other hand, don't care about my feeling. She would continue to talk even though I didn't pay attention to her

"I got the scholarship, Tobias! Mr. Edward says that I'll go to England for student exchange next month! That's really cool, right?"

I froze. Next month was like two weeks from now. She made me completely stop eating my burger. "Are you serious?"

"I'm deadly serious Tobias!!" She said and suddenly she stands up and holds my both hands, then jumping like a 12-year-old little girl who just gets a lollipop

I can't describe my feeling right now. It's just... Fantastic! I'm free! Wait, What day is today? Is it Friday? Bless me!

I stop her jumping action, even though she was already gaining so much attention from the beginning. I hug her. Since the last time I've ever remembered, we're never being so much intimate as the usual couple does.

Because, I don't know, she just so awkward with any skin contact. And maybe because she never dating before.

And I don't know why does she want to be my girlfriend instead. The reasonable reason is she just needs me to hear all the good things that happened in her life.

That's it. So we've never hugged each other, rarely hold hands, and kissing? No hope. That would happen once in a blue moon.

"Tobias, what are you doing?" Ema girly voice knocks my sense, and I automatically release my arms.

I saw something weird in her eyes, something like sparkling and happy maybe? I don't know, I'm not good at this part

She just stood there and look at me without saying anything, it makes an awkward atmosphere around us. So, my instinct does their work

"What about to celebrate it and go to the book store?" I said a little bit of shame.

Like I said before, we were rarely going out. When we are first dating, I was surprised when she doesn't want to go to walk in the park or watch a movie. We ended spending time at the museum, antique market, or even a library. But mostly we ended at a bookstore

Anyway, when she heard the name of the place that she loves, she immediately grabs her bag and just turns away and go.

I inhale all of the oxygen that I could have before running to equalize her step.

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TBC
16 sept 2018
12:50 pm