my best friend: a tyrus fanfiction

chapter 14

I'm so sorry I haven't posted in a while or at least, it feels like a while lol. The new episodes are so good and I'm sad that there are only 3 left now. This is going to be one of the last chapters because I have work next week and then I'm going away next weekend so I don't really have a lot of time. Also, I am participating in the Andi Mack Big Bang on Tumblr and I am super excited for that and I have been working on that story.  

"Hey Cyrus," I greeted as I walked up to our art table.

"Hi," he said failing to look up from what he was doing.

"Are you okay?" I asked concerned.

"Hmm?" he looked up at me, "Yea, I'm good."

"Uh okay," I sat down.

"So how's E-" he was cut off by the sound of Mrs.Barnello's voice.

I knew what he was going to say to me. I don't like Emily, I like him and I don't know how he doesn't see that. I looked around the room not focusing on what the teacher was saying. The rest of the class neither of us brought the topic back up. An awkward silence filled the air between us for the rest of class.

I flung the door open and stepped inside.

"Dad!" I yelled as I walked into the house.

"Yes?" he asked confused by the sudden yelling.

"I need to go see Amber."

"Alright in-" he started.

"Can we go now?" I asked in a smaller voice than before.

"Yes, I'll meet you in the car," he gave in.

I nervously tapped my foot on the floor of the car as my dad drove. I watched out the window as we passed people on the street. As we drove my eyes landed on a group of kids I recognized. They were standing on the sidewalk talking in a group of 4. It was like fireworks went off in my brain, that's Cyrus and his friends. I tore my eyes away from the group as we passed them. He's mad at me.

"Hey Teej," Amber said confused as she looked up at the door as I came in.

"Hi. Can I talk to you alone?" I asked stepping closer to her.

"Yea, sure," she said as she gave both of our parents a look.

I sat down in the chair next to the bed. She looked better than the day before. I knew at some point she be herself again.

"I told you that I like Cyrus right?" I said racking my brain for the conversation. She nodded.

"Um, okay. Yea, I remember that now. He thinks I'm dating Emily. I mean I'm not...obviously. But he doesn't know that. And I feel like if I tell him that I don't like her then I might as well tell him that I like him. But I'm scared. What if he likes girls and doesn't want to be friends with me anymore because he thinks that's weird. And-"

"TJ relax. I don't remember everything you told me while I was in a coma but I remember some things. And those things make me think that he definitely does like you. And let's say he does like girls I don't think he's the kind of person who would just leave you. I mean he's a nice kid and I think you will be okay. Okay?"

"Yea," I took a deep breath, "I'm going to do it but not today."

"You're going to be okay. Honestly screw anyone who isn't nice about it. They don't matter," she explained.

"Yea," I sighed, "Thank you."

"For what?" she furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.

"For listening. And for helping me," I stood up from the seat, "I have a lot of homework though so I have to get back home to do that."

"Bye, Teej. Good luck," she flashed me a smile before I turned to the door and waved. I placed my hand on the door handle but someone on the other side beat me to open it.

"Andi?" I asked stunned.

"Hey, Andi! I missed you!"Amber called from her bed.

"Hey sorry," Andi said as she stood in the open doorway.

"It's no problem. I'll see you tomorrow," I answered.

"Yea," I could tell she was still in shock from seeing me standing in the doorway.

I took a deep breath as I walked down the hallway towards the stairs. My parents were waiting in the lobby when I got there. At home, I sat staring at all the work I had to do. I had a list of all my work written on notebook paper and I felt as if I had never been so overwhelmed. Even though I got most of my work emailed to me I was still hit with a boatload when I got back. I'll start with math because that's the worst part, right? Or maybe I start with English. I pulled my phone out of my sweatshirt pocket to ask Cyrus but stopped myself when I remembered that days interaction.

"Bio it is," I sighed as I pulled out my bio notebook.

It was now 5 o'clock and I felt like I had been doing work forever. I had been able to check a few things off my list but not much. If I didn't start my math now I would cause myself more pain later.

The math problems that filled my worksheets did not want to sympathize with me. I had successfully done 6 problems out of the 30. My mind focused anywhere except the math problems who didn't want to do their own work. I tried to center myself for the next half hour but nothing worked. I turned on music, I tried to read a book then go back, I went on social media, and I stared at Cyrus's contact.

"I have to do it at some point. I also need to do my math homework so, just do it TJ," I told myself.

Me: Hi Cyrus. I want to talk. If it's possible could we meet up within the next hour because I have a lot more homework to do and I can not focus? Thanks :)