What's In Your Mind? (Krii7y) ✔️

Chapter 19

(John's pov)

"Hey uh...can we talk?"

He raised a questioning eyebrow, "What about..?"

"About what happened at Craig's..." he stopped all his motion.

"No."

"Please?" I gave him my best puppy dog eyes.

He hesitated for a moment, "N-No."

"Pleeeeease?" I asked, holding out the 'e'.

"John, for the last time, no."

"Fine then, but I'll bug you about it until you tell me." I say with an 'all matter if fact' tone of voice.

He rolled his eyes, "Yea, you do that."

"Oh don't you worry, I will."

"Don't waste your time trying."

"I bet you $10 you'll tell me by the end of the week." I smirk, holding out my hand.

Jaren shakes his hand with mine, "Deal."

Just then, the bell rings, signaling for lunch to be over. We all part out separate ways and head to our own classes.

I share chemistry with Swagger, which so happens to be my next class. If I annoy him enough, he might help me get something out of Jaren. (Literally me when I want anything from a friend.)

At my table group of four sits Scotty, some random ass girl, myself, and you guessed it, Swagger.

As class starts, I tap Eric on the sholder and hand him a note.

'I made a bet with Jaren, and I need your help.' - it read.

He scans over the note, and writes something underneath it before passing It back to me.

'What was the bet?'

'I bet him that I would get him to tell me what happened at Craig's by the end of the week. I was super confident about it then, but I think I might need help.' I passed the note back to him.

'Well, I don't think there's much I can do about that, but for starters, here's his number - (xxx-xxx-xxxx)' (imagine some number cus I'm too lazy to make a fake one.)

I wrote the number down in a page of my notebook and mouthed a quick thanks to Swagger before actually paying attention to the lesson.

(Time skip brought to you by the Gay Baby Cooperation)

I got on the bus to leave school and search for Craig until I see a head of bleached blonde hair and head in that direction. Seeing as the seat next to him was empty, I sit down and make myself right at home.

"Hey." I say, pulling off his headphones, startling him a bit.

"Oh hi, (oh hi mark...I'll stop) I didn't see you there.

I chuckle and nod.

"Oh, seeing as you're here, I have a question for you." He says.

"Shoot."

"Did you say something to Jaren? Ever since Lunch he's been acting...distant."

I frowned, "Oh, well...I might've said something."

Craig stared at me for a second, expecting more. "What did you say?"

"We made a bet."

He looked confused, "That's it? Surly there's more to it."

"I don't think I can tell you the rest, sorry. Only for Jaren's privacy." I looked to the ground, feeling a bit guilty.

"Oh ok." He looked a little disappointed, "As long as you fix whatever you did, I'm fine with it."

I looked out the window and saw my house. Craig and I mumbled goodbyes to each other I and hurried inside. I pulled out my notebook and turned to the page that had Jaren's number on it.

'Contact added: Jaren'

I stared at the contact for a while before deciding to text him.

John- hey

He didn't answer back for what felt like years but around 30 minutes later, my screen lit up.

Jaren- who is this?

John- guess ;)

Jaren- John?

John- ding ding ding

Jaren- how did you get my #

John- a magician never tells his secrets

Jaren- well ok then. How about this: why do you have my #?

John- so I can bug you when we're not at school

Jaren- of course

I hear the front door open and my mom walks in.

"Hey hun, whatcha doing?" She says while unloading groceries from a bag.

"Texting a friend." I reply.

"Well ok, I'm making Chicken Alfredo for dinner." (Chicken Alfredo is the best Italian food. Change my mind)

I go back to my phone and quickly text Jaren.

John- hey I need to help my mom with dinner cya

Jaren- k bye

A/N- hey! This chapter is short, sorry! I'm going camping and my ex/best friend is going with me, so I've been real busy preparing stuff. Next chapter will be longer, I promise. Anyways, hope you enjoyed this chapter! Bye!