The Dilemma

Shut Up, Shut Up, Shut Up!

The thing about our high school is that it's small, at the most 150 students per class. We're not a small  town or anything, it's mostly because the board picks the smartest kids for the school that have better test scores, we're widely known as the "nerd school".

First and second period were completely uneventful if you don't count me almost falling asleep 1st period math and 2nd period english. The only thing good about the mind numbing classes was that my brain stayed away from thinking about 'The Dilemma", it helped that I didn't have Jonah, Alaska or Abel in those classes as well. Everything was going rather smoothly actually until lunch time rolled around.

I walked out of my reading class portable (that is a another thing about our school, most classes are in portables and lead directly to the outside "hallways") into the chill air thrusting my hands into the pockets of my jacket thinking about the essay we were just assigned, something about groups. I was almost to the office/foyer where I knew my friends were when I heard someone call my name.

Oh please no, I just want to go inside, maybe if I act like no one is calling me they'll go away, I was about to continue walking when the person yanked on my jacket sleeve, "Yo bro! I was calling you Johnny, what the fuck?" To my relief it was just my stoner of a friend, Isai. After apologizing to him I opened the door to find that most of our friends were already there, as well as Alaska and her group of friends. It was far too cold outside for them to be sitting on the benches.

Other than Jonah, none of my other friends knew about the Abel situation so when I walked up Nate and Josh just waved hello as if nothing was wrong, because to them nothing really was. I sat in the chair next to Jonah and was about to sink into a melancholic stupor when I noticed from the corner of my eye a mane of curly hair walking into the foyer. 

"Hey! Grace!" It was Abel. At the sound of her last name Alaska turned her head at an angle to look  away from Cindy, Maddie, and her other main lunch partners to look at Abel "Hey Baxter! What's Gucci?" Alaska flashed the 'west side' sign with her right hand and immediately began to laugh at herself. 

Abel was laughing too. Damn, she looked even more beautiful when she laughed and smiled, like from a book I read that said 'That smile could end wars and cure cancer.' As she walked up wiping a tear of laughter from her eye she rolled her eyes and said "You're such a dumbass, Alaska." 

She then turned her attention to me, "Hey Johnny," she said with a wave. I was nervous but I tried to ignore my shaking hands to smile and say "Hey, my bitch."  We had been calling each other this since freshman year so it she took no offense so she flipped me off laughing instead. 

Alaska then jumped a bit which made the rest of us turn to her, "What's wrong?" Jonah asked her looking a tad bit worried. "What did you guys need to talk to me about this morning?" She asked. I could feel my heart begin to beat as Abel looked between the three of us. Shut up. No don't mention this now. Any other time but now. Please shut up shut up shut up!  Jonah turned to face her and  shook his head microscopically, her dark green eyes widened and she nodded her head in understanding.

Abel gave her a look to which Alaska just grinned and said, "One of them has erectile dysfunction baby, nothing to worry about," she topped the cheeky answer off with a cheeky wink. I have to admit nice save for being the one to almost fuck it all up.