Next Door Lovers

Act 3

After another riveting class of geometry (we learned about sines, cosines, and tangents, in case you were curious), I went to another boring class, history with Mr. Washington. He went on and on about the Industrial Revolution. Since I already knew about most of this stuff (since it's on the internet), I almost fell asleep. Then, the bell rang and it was finally time for gym.

Don't get me wrong, I hate gym, but there's one salvageable thing about it. Joe was in it.

Having Joe in gym is a blast because he usually includes me in his team whenever we could make teams. Fortunately, today we did teams for basketball. I suck at basketball, but I could at least pass and dribble. That's about all I could expect.

After a clutch victory made by Joe (of course), the bell rang. We got changed back into our normal clothes, and Joe and I started walking to our next class, English with Mrs. Reeds. We started to talk about our classes, and then I got the thought in my head to finally confess my feelings to Joe.

"Hey, Joe? There's something I'd like to talk to you about," I said nervously.

"Huh? What's up?" he said with a smile.

Oh geez, what do I say next?

My palms started sweating, I started getting really hot, my knees almost buckled, and I couldn't bring myself to look at him.

He's expecting me to say something, so I should just say it, right? Well, no, because he might reject me. Oh, stars, what do I do??

"uhhhhhh....."

At that moment, Joe started to get suspicious.

Oh no, he's looking at me weird! Oh shoot, oh flip!

At that point, I just decided to chicken out.

"Never mind! It was nothing."

"Ok," he said suspiciously.

We walked quietly for the rest of the way. Occasionally he would stare back at me and I would just awkwardly stare back at the ground.

If you haven't already noticed, yes, I do have a deep crush on Joe. I'd say it started a while back, maybe 2 months ago. I already knew that I loved Joe as a person and seeing his body was just a plus. I even wondered at night what it would be like if we were together. It would honestly be a bit weird at first, and our parents would definitely have to get used to it... but it would be great! I wonder what kissing him would be like; maybe he tastes like bubblegum! I would get to hug him a lot more, we would get to hold hands, and we would be able to go on romantic dates with each other. He might even be great in the sheets, you never know. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

Back to reality. We finally reached the classroom after much silence. We both awkwardly took our seats, and the bell rang. It was time for English.

We were currently reading The Divine Comedy, and sometimes I would casually look at Joe. Occasionally, he would look back and I would just look away. It was very uncomfortable, to say the least. It went on like this for a while until we had to work on a worksheet. Then I just quietly sat and did my work.

The bell rang, and I quickly rushed out of there. Since Joe and I sat at different lunch tables at lunch, I was finally able to breathe (metaphorically, of course) and talk to someone else for a change. Someone I know that has dealt with these kinds of things.

I'm of course talking about my other friend Oliver.

I remember meeting Oliver. He was a new kid and it was my job to make him feel welcome. I didn't know what to talk about with this kid since I didn't really know him at all, but when we had to do a project together, I got see who he is. Turns out he is actually a really great and nice guy. I mean, I wouldn't want to date him, but he definitely is a good friend.