Oblivious To Him

Chapter 26 - Thursday

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To: Mr.GneissGuy

From: Goofball360

Sent: 7:09 a.m

ONE MORE DAY!

I only have to wait one more day until we finally get to meet! I am so excited to find out who you are I can't contain myself. I hope you know that you don't actually have to have candy and flowers with you tomorrow night. I think I can spot my best friend from anywhere, and besides, you will probably be the only nerd standing in the center of the field.

Can you give me a hint as to what we will be doing after the game? I wasn't kidding when I said I wanted to buy a new outfit for this very special occasion. It if it has to be a surprise that's fine but at least tell me if we will be inside or outside. Give a girl a fighting chance to dress as cute as I can while also staying warm.

Anyway, I can't wait to officially meet you tomorrow night. This has been dragged out for 7 years and I don't want to wait anymore.

My hint for today is that my house is one of the ones on Cheyenne mountain!

Here are my feet as per usual:)

See you soon!

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I got back from my run a half hour later and looked at my phone, excited to see if Guy responded to my email.

I refreshed my inbox one more time before I had to resign to the fact that he hasn't answered me yet.

An hour later, I was getting ready to drive to school and still, there was nothing. I thought that it was strange but maybe he has a busy morning? I thought about blasting his inbox with memes but I will save that trick for later. I got onto my Vespa and drove off to school.

I sat down in the theater and refreshed my phone again while I waited for class to start. I knew that Austin would be at practice today but I still had hope that he was going to show up.

I looked around and saw Drew was sitting by himself and I decided that I should just bite the bullet and go talk to him. If he was Austin's best friend then I should start to get to know him a little. If he knew about the emails then I think he is going to be relieved to find out that I am the one that has been receiving them.

I waited for Mrs. Dervis to break us up into groups for exercises and beelined it towards him. I made my way across the auditorium and was thankful that he was too scary to approach for most people or else he might not be alone right now.

He looked up at me for a moment before sighing and shaking his head.

I sat down next to him and took a deep breath before breaking the ice but he beat me to it, "Have a nice time last night?" he asked sarcastically.

"Yes I did, thank you for asking," I replied smoothly.

He rolled his eyes and muttered something under his breath but I couldn't hear him. I tried to hand him the assignment but he ignored me so I just put it on his lap. "Do you want to start or should I?" I asked, looking over the short script that we were supposed to run through.

He looked over the paper and sighed, "You should stay away from him."

"So I've heard," I said sarcastically.

Drew took a deep breath and pinched the bridge of his nose like he had a headache, "I just don't understand why you don't understand that he isn't going to be interested in you. Ever." He looked at me as if that would help make his point, "There's someone else. You have to at least understand what that means right?"

"How do you know that someone isn't me?" I asked.

"Trust me, you're not her," he eyed me over once. "Austin would never date a girl like you unless there was a motive behind it."

"Do you know what that motive might be then? Why he would keep asking me out?"

"I don't" he sighed, "but I can't shake the feeling that whatever it is, it won't end well."

I felt my stomach clench as I processed Drew's words.

"You don't deserve what he's doing to you and I was just trying to help," Drew picked up his bag and left the auditorium without another word.

A few seconds later the bell rang and I sat for a moment while the room cleared out. I had finally gotten to talk to Drew but the conversation did not go how I thought it would. He has been warning me this entire time that I should stay away from Austin and maybe I should've listened to him.

I picked up my bag and slung it over my shoulder as I headed towards the hallway.

I was about to leave the school when I spotted Mia at her locker. I took a deep breath and headed towards her. I needed her to understand what was going on. I wanted her to be my friend and I just hoped that it wasn't too late.

I tapped her on her shoulder and she turned around with a smile on her face until she realized it was me.

She immediately turned back around to face her locker she asked, "what do you want?"

"I want to talk to you," I pleaded.

She slammed her locker shut and glared at me, "well what if I don't want to talk to you."

"I can explain," I tried reaching out to her but she jerked her arm away from me.

"Explain what? Why you lied to me? Why you chose that asshole even when we all warned you why you should stay away from him? Just leave me alone. What you did sucked and I'm not sure if I will be able to forgive you just yet," she demanded.

Mia turned and walked away without looking back and I suddenly felt like an idiot.

Maybe I could talk to Oscar and try and explain what was happening. He was level headed and would probably at least give me the chance to actually talk. I headed back towards the gym but I stopped in my tracks when I saw that Mia was with him.

I watched as they walked away, talking about something that made Oscar look upset. I knew that if I tried to approach him now with Mia next to him, I wouldn't be able to get a word in.

I decided that tomorrow, I would try and catch him during his gym class so that Mia won't be there. I loved Mia and her friends and I hated that this whole situation has just messed everything up.

If I could just talk to Oscar then maybe I'll have a chance at rebuilding that bridge.

I took another deep breath and left the school.

Tomorrow was a big day for me and I should be excited about it but now I'm not so sure.