Tj woke up to his obnoxious alarm clock beeping over and over again. He got up and shut it off. It was 6:45am and school started in about an hour. He hopped in the shower and got ready for the day. As he was gelling his hair, he heard his phone ringing from the other room. He immediately stopped what he was doing and ran to his phone. Incoming FaceTime call from Cyrus
Tj quickly clicked answer and watched as Cyrus' face appeared on the screen. "Good morning Tj! Howdja sleep?" Tj smirked and set up his phone on the sink so he could finish his hair while still talking to Cyrus. "Fine," he laughed,"still exhausted though." Cyrus gasped, "And whose fault is that? You're the one who called me sooooo.." "Wow Cy, you really are impossible, aren't you?" Tj joked. "Cyrus the Impossible Goodman. I could see it. But anyway, I FaceTimed you because I was wondering if you wanted to go to The Spoon with me after school? You don't have to if you don't want to." Cyrus asked, nervously. "Yeah, of course. Are we meeting there or are we heading there together?" "Together. I'll see you at school, byeeeee!!!" Before Tj could say anything, Cyrus hung up the call. Tj smiled as Cyrus saying goodbye replayed in his head. After Tj ate breakfast, he began walking to school.
As Cyrus arrived at school, all he could think about was going to The Spoon later that day. Especially with Tj Kippen. He still couldn't believe he was friends with the most popular kid in school. Cyrus started walking to his locker when someone called out from behind him. "Cyrus!" He whipped his head around only to see Reed jogging towards him, out of breath. Cyrus looked at him confused. "I have a question," Reed began, inhaling and exhaling heavily. "How do you know if you like someone?" "W-what do you mean- why are you asking me this?" Cyrus asked, still confused. "I can't talk to any of my friends about it because they're stupid and will make fun of me and I don't really know you well and you just seem trustworthy and easy to talk to and I don't think you'll make fun of me." Reed was talking super fast and Cyrus was having trouble comprehending what he was saying. "Well, you want to know how you know if you like someone?" Reed nodded. "Well...I guess when you like someone, you can't stop thinking of them, they're always just- there, yunno? You think of them more than you think of other things. You always want to spend as much time as you can with them. When you're with them, your heart might beat super fast and you might get a weird feeling in your stomach." Reed's mouth was agape as he was taking in all of this information Cyrus was putting in front of him. "Have you ever liked anyone before?" Reed questioned. Cyrus looked at him and paused. Reed smiled and nodded. "Well, you don't have to tell me but from what I just heard, you've definitely felt something towards someone before. See ya tomorrow for tutoring." Reed turned on his heels and walked away, leaving Cyrus in the middle of the hallway. He stood there thinking. He has felt these feelings before. Recently, actually. As much as he didn't want to admit it, he thought of Tj.
As Tj approached the double doors of Jefferson, he saw Buffy and smiled at her. She noticed and thought it was weird, considering they hate each other. She walked over to him. "What's got you all smiley?" Buffy said, nudging Tj's shoulder. He looked over at her with scrunched eyebrows, "I'm not smiley. What do you want, Buffy?" Tj hissed at her. "Well, when you were walking in, you made direct eye contact and smiled at me so obviously somethings up." Buffy nudged him again. "Whatever, see you at practice." With that being said, Tj walked away from a very confused Buffy. As he was walking towards his locker, he saw Cyrus. "Cy!" Tj yelled. Cyrus quickly turned around, startled. "Oh, hey Tj! Excited for The Spoon today? I can't wait for baby taters!" Tj smiled at the sight of Cyrus being so excited about tater tots. "Sure, I'm excited. I gotta get to class, see ya Cy." Tj patted the back of Cyrus and walked off. The bell rang and everyone sat down in their seats. The morning announcements came on over the loud speaker. Tj was exhausted, he got 8 hours of sleep but he still struggled to keep himself awake.
Lunch time
The bell for lunch rang and everyone shoved each other to get to the lunch line. Cyrus sat down at his table with Andi, Buffy, and Jonah aka, the Good Hair Crew. By the time he got there, they were already having a conversation about the spring formal. "So Buffy, do you think Marty's going to ask you? I mean, you obviously want him to since you turned down Walker, right?" Andi beamed. Buffy rolled her eyes at the thought of walker. "I haven't spoken to Marty in so long. If anything, I'd have to make the first move." Buffy said, mixing her apples in caramel. Andi nodded and proceeded to eat her pb&j sandwich. The four of them sat in silence until Jonah spoke up. "So, Cyrus, since Andi and me are going to the formal and Buffy may be going with Marty, who are you going with?" Cyrus looked up at his friends then back down at his chocolate chocolate chip muffin. "I don't think I'm gonna go." Andi gasped and Buffy looked up at him. "You have to go Cyrus! It's our first spring formal!" Andi practically yelled. "That is so but I don't have a date and nobody would want to go with me anywa-" Buffy interrupted, "What do you mean nobody wants to go with you? Your boyfriend, Tj probably does." She said, annoyed. "Boyfriend?" Jonah and Andi said in unison. "She's joking, he's not my boyfriend, that would be weird." Cyrus said, ignoring all of the thoughts going through his brain about his earlier conversation with Reed.
After school
The bell rang and Cyrus headed towards his locker in a hurry, remembering his plans with Tj. Just as he shut his locker, Tj approached him, clutching his fists. He does not look happy at all. Cyrus thought to himself.
