Hey, do you like me? - True Crush story

Hey, do you like me? - Part 15

I remember falling asleep last night, feeling super guilty and regretful of texting Reina that I was going to the dance with Megan. I was very regretful of telling her that I was going with Megan, but mostly because I texted her very rudely, and I just wanted to erase that this ever happened. I could've said 'Nice!' or 'Enjoy your time with Josh', instead, but it was too late since it read that she had already seen my text. I was so stupid. We just made up a few days ago, but I've ruined our relationship again. To be honest, I didn't really know anymore, if she liked me as a friend, a lover, or maybe she even hated me. I wouldn't mind her thinking of me as a friend, but I definitely didn't want her to hate me. That was the last thing I wanted. She didn't text me back after that, so I wasn't sure what she was thinking, was she mad? Happy for me? Or was she sad?

It's Monday now and I was heading to school. I met up with Kian and we rode the train together to school. Kian asked me how it was going with Megan and I just shrugged. Usually, he would ask me about Reina, but unusually he didn't. For the rest of the ride, he just stared outside the train windows. 

When we got to school, my first priority was to talk to Reina and try to solve things out. I wasn't sure how, but I had to, somehow. I couldn't find Reina in the morning, but I spotted Rachel, who just glared at me as soon as she saw me. I felt very uncomfortable, why was she glaring at me? The rest of the morning, I just got a bunch of "Hey, how is it going with Megan?"'s, which I just rolled my eyes to or shrugged to. I just wanted the school to forget about me and Megan.

It was time for English class, and I waited for Reina to appear and when she did she just sat down and smiled at me. Everything was normal. I felt relieved, so she wasn't mad at me, at least. We just talked like we normally do, I was able to throw in a few jokes, that made her giggle. Her dimples showed and I couldn't help it, but smile at her. She was so cute. A few times, I saw Kian, who was in our English class, stare at us. His eyebrows sagged, he just stared at us. I waved my hand at him to get his attention, and he will always respond with a pitied smile and would look away. 

During lunch, I walked past where Rachel and Reina sat at the cafeteria and I waved at them. Reina was about to wave back, but Rachel just grabbed her hand coldly and shook her head. Why was Rachel acting like this? I sat down next to Kian and was about to bite into my sandwich when he asked me shyly, 

"Um, what's going on with Reina and you? Y'know, have you told her that you were going with Megan or not?" I was a little surprised since he wasn't like his usual self, he would usually ask questions about me and Reina, but in more of a care-free way, today he sounded more concerned and seemed to actually care. 

"Y-ya, I actually did tell her," I replied back looking down at my sandwich and feeling ashamed once again. 

"O-oh, ok! Do you know if she is going with someone?" he asked, there was a little more hope in his voice, it sounded like happiness, it was very unlike him, having happiness in his voice when talking about Reina. He was usually not interested in Reina.

"Ya, she's going with Josh," I answered, feeling even sadder. Kian's nose crinkled and he looked down at his lap. 

"Josh, huh?" he said. Kian knew Josh, they were both in the same robotics club. I would say they were good friends. Kian was silent for the rest of lunch, he looked a little down. There was definitely something wrong with Kian. 

The rest of the day, was just boring Science and Social Studies class, I don't have Spanish class on Mondays, so I wasn't able to sit next to Reina another time, but I did come across her in the hallways a few times. One time, she tripped over someone's foot in the middle of the crowded hallways and dropped her pencil case. Before she could pick it up, I swiped it up for her and plopped it on her pile of books. She looked up at me thankfully and smiled. My heart literally burst, as she smiled. I felt my ears grow hot, so I just smiled a little and walked off, so that she wouldn't realize my reddened ears. 

It was the end of the day when Rachel came up to me. I was packing up when she called for me and I turned around. She looked a little raged but calm. 

"You are a horrible person, Michael," she said with confidence. 

"Um, excuse me?" I asked, a little confused. What was she saying? 

"I saw your text to Reina, y'know the one where you told her that you were going to the dance with Megan," she replied back. Oh, that... she was definitely angry.

 "Y-ya, wait how did you see it?" I asked, a little concerned. Had Reina sent her a screenshot because she was so upset and wanted comforting from her friend?

"I was at Reina's last night and was going through her texts when she was gone for a while. Then I came across your very rude text," Rachel said. I was a little relieved since it wasn't Reina who showed her the text.

"Wh-what was Reina's reaction? I-I mean, was she upset?" I asked, fidgeting a piece of gum wrap in my pocket. I really needed to know, I would do anything to know what Reina's feelings were/are. 

"She didn't see the text. I deleted it before she could see it. So she doesn't know about the text," Rachel answered back, looking at me all judgemental. I sighed with relief, a burst of happiness spread through me, I was so glad that Reina hadn't seen the text. I was actually really thankful for Rachel. "Why do you look so relieved?" Rachel asked, with a raised eyebrow.

"N-nothing. Why did you delete the text?" I asked, suspiciously. 

"Uh, any good friend will, especially when it's such a mean text!" she said. I shrugged, point taken. 

"I'm sorry, I really am. Please forgive me on behave of Reina!" I said, trying not to sound too desperate. After a few seconds of hesitation, Rachel accepted my apology. Phew, everything is fixed! There were a few seconds of an awkward pause between us, then Rachel asked,

"So, you're going with Megan, huh?" I stared down at my feet.

"Y-ya," I replied. That's all I was able to say. I was kind of embarrassed. 

"M'kay," Rachel said, and walked away. I kept my glance down at my feet for a while, as I tried to process things in my brain. I was relieved that Reina didn't read my mean text, but now how was I supposed to tell her that I was going with Megan?

Kian and I were on the train again, going back home. We were quiet for the first few minutes we got onto the train. Kian was just staring out the train window again and I just looked down at my phone glancing up to see Kian a few times, hoping he would talk to me. It wasn't the Kian I knew.  I couldn't take the weirdness any longer. As I was about to ask him what was up, he fixed his glance on me and took a deep breath. Then he said, with a serious and steady voice,

"Michael, I gotta tell you something."