Someone Like You

Chapter 26

We are almost in Regina. Butterflies race around my stomach, and I take a couple of deep breaths. This will be fine. I will be fine.

My gaze sweeps around the bus as I try to find something else to focus on. There aren't a lot of people on this bus with my friends and I, so there is a lot of empty space.

First my eyes pass over Keiran who is in the seat across the aisle. He is listening to music while staring out the window beside him. I smile despite myself. I want so bad to hate him, and his gorgeous face and his gorgeous hair, but I can't.

I sigh quietly and try to ignore the painful beating of my heart. Keiran lifts a hand and runs it through his hair, before returning to his previous position. How can a guy be so perfect?

Next my eyes glide over to Brady and Daxter, who are sitting a couple of rows in front of Keiran. They are furiously whispering back and forth, probably arguing over their Mario Kart game again.

They have been fighting over their Mario Kart championship the whole way here. They were really loud at first, but got quieter after getting yelled at by some random person trying to sleep.

Sitting in front of them are Kylie and Alex. They are watching an episode of Teen Wolf on Kylie's phone. She insisted that they watch and episode. Alex agreed, mostly because he can't say no to her.

They have a bag pretzels between them that they have been snacking on pretzels the whole time. They have already now on through 2 bags of them. I don't know where all the pretzels are coming from.

A couple rows in front of me sits Jay and Ava. I smile widely. After the football game, which the boys won, Jay and Ava officially became a couple. They have been inseparable since.

Jay admitted that he has been crazy about Ava for a while, but was too chicken to act on his feelings. After Corinne showed up, though, he couldn't hold it in anymore.

Now they are acting all lovey dovey. Jay has Ava tucked away safely under his arm and he plays with her hair. The two of them have been talking non-stop since we left.

The two are really into each other. I am so happy for them, but at the same time I'm jealous. Why does it feel like everyone else around me is happy? Why can't I be happy too?

I drop my head down and stop staring. I reach into my bag, which is occupying the seat beside me. I pull out my notebook and a pencil with the intention of getting some math homework done.

However, that doesn't happen. I stare down at my notebook and watch as the numbers dance around the page, taunting me. I groan and throw my notebook back in my bag.

Suddenly a paper ball hits the side of my head. I pick it up and open it up.

You okay over there?

I pop up my head and look for the culprit. Keiran is looking at me with concern on his face. I force out a smile and nod my head at him. He rolls his eyes before mouthing liar to me.

I chuckle at him and I shake my head. Really quick, Keiran pops up from his seat and darts across the aisle to where I'm sitting. He moves my bag onto the ground so he can sit in the seat beside me.

"What's bothering you?" his quiet, husky voice asks me. I shrug my shoulders and lean back into my seat.

"Nothing. I don't know what you're talking about."

He too leans back in his seat. "Don't lie to me, Green. I can see tight through your pathetic lies. Now seriously, what's got you looking like you want to kill your notebook?" I am about to answer math when he adds " and don't say math, because I happen to know that you like math."