Hers but not His

Chapter 7

Everyone wants to be the sun
to brighten up someone's life
but
why not be the moon
to shine on someone's darkest hour?

Jason Walker? Is he related to Late Paul Walker??
He had such accentuated features. His light brown hair reminded me of Late Paul in Fast and Furious. His eyes glimmered in the sun rays but boy, he was snatched. His complexion was no joke, by the way!

He looked at Jen who was captivated by his ethereal looks. And seeing that she wasn't gonna talk any sooner, he turned to my side.

"Oh hello Jason. I'm Aria and that's Jenna, my best friend. We're from the Department of Literature. Nice to meet you." And I smiled at him not sure if he'd be one friendly chap.

"Ohhh.. Literature!" He gazed at the sky and looked in silence. He looked uncanny!

On my extreme right, I could see Jen so mesmerized by Jason the new guy, who took a place beside us.

Not that she's a flirt but she loves to admire rare beauty.

"That's such a beautiful subject to Major on!" Jason suddenly continued.

Literature? Beautiful? What?

"Did you just say Beautiful?" Jen inquired.

"Why yes! Don't you agree? The art of words, the wits to play with words, those classics and puns." And Jason shut his eyes.

Weird!!

I still have no idea how he knows Aaron in the first place.

I doubted if I should ask him again or not.

"You called Aaron a numbskull. Might if I ask why?" Jen just popped.

Jason inhaled a deep breath, a wee bit annoyed but spoke up!

"Well, I mentioned Chestella School. So yeah!" Jason replied and folded his arms.

"Yeah. And?"

I looked at him curiously.

He cleared his throat like he was about to say something awful.

"I am also an alumna of Chestella. Sort to say, we were typically schoolmates."

"Oh. Is that so? Now that makes more sense." I nodded with understanding.

That's how Jason knows Aaron.

"I heard what you girl were talking about. I didn't mean to eavesdrop but, can I ask what he did again?"

"Wait, hang on a sec!" Jen got up, pushed herself below me and Jason on the ground and sat. " You said 'again'. There's something you know eh? Tell us before we say what happened!"

"Woah.. Someone's got herself right under me." Jason whispered to me as though Jen couldn't hear him.

"I'm right here you know."

I giggled a little. Jen and Jason also laughed out loud as though we knew each other long time back.

That moment, I realised that I had forgotten what went down before. All those crazy shits I was crying for. The heaviness I felt before.

The crush of words. The pinch. The wound.

The company I felt with Jason and Jen was as if we clicked together in one snap of a finger!

Proverbs say, "you know it when it's them you can lean on!" And now, I know it's THEM.

"Honestly, you girls are something else. Let me share something to you both and this will remain just with us three."

Jen and I both leaned in to hear what he had to say.

Seems like he's opening up!

"I am actually Gay!"

"WHAT! You? Gay? No kidding." Jen jumped.

"Please tell me this is a lie. You're just trying to keep us from falling for you right?" I interrupted.

"I swear it!" Jason looked at us seriously, without losing eye contact with us both.

"Holy cheesecakes! You were a fine catch alright." Jen confessed.

"But why are you telling us this side of yours?" I became curious.

"I have no idea too. I felt like I just had to." Answered Jason.

"But back to Aaron. Back in my grade school, I had a friend Paula Gere. She was my best friend. We did everything, anything together. Schoolmates even mistook us as couples because we were together 24/7. But we never took in what they say. We just were the ultimate guy and girl best buddies. Honestly speaking, Paula was a very beautiful girl. Her appearance was so captivating and she was courted by many guys back at Chestella. But she never went out with anyone. She'd share every single thing about the guys who asked her out and what nots. We'd talked about silly things, serious things all together and stuffs which best friends talk about. It was the season of Prom and we were all so excited about it. The night before the Prom, Paula called me up and said that someone called Aaron slipped into her DMs and asked her to be his date. Of course I was so happy for her. We have noticed Aaron since day one he joined our school as a transfer. He was one heck of a guy. So handsome and cool! He was the "IT" boy of the school. Paula was so excited and asked me if she should agree. I wanted her to have a great night plus, I already found a date for myself so, I told her she should do what her heart says."

Jason paused for a moment. I could sense some tension in the next revelation. He seemed hesitant at first but continued.

"Prom night arrived. Paula rang me up minutes before take out. She sounded so elated for once with a guy because she never accepted any one of her gentleman callers. Aaron said that he'll pick her up at 7 and she was ready hours before. She said that she would have fun to the fullest and we wished each other and hung up. I didn't want to be superstitious but I got a tiny cut from my tux when I was talking to her. People say that it's a bad omen when we get small wounds from something that cannot seem to harm us. I didn't take it seriously. Deep down,  I smelled something fishy when Aaron suddenly popped up into Paula's life. But I didn't wanted to come to a conclusion so quickly."

Jason's eyes somewhat started to glimmer with tears, but he remained composed. He didn't let it get to him. It seems that this was something that haunts him till date. A bad high school part perhaps.

He paused for a while and went on.

"Prom night was on full swing. I didn't even call up Paula to check up in her because, I wanted her time to be hundred percent HER NIGHT! I didn't want to ruin it for her. In addition to that, I myself was having a great night. Minutes before the Prom King and Queen announcement, a guy and Ruby, the school's slut caught my attention at a dim corner. They were making out like crazy, as an animal hungrily devouring its prey. I brushed myself to ignore the whole scene, but hell no. I couldn't! As much as I wanted to, I couldn't. You know why??????? Because that very guy who was making out with that bitch was none other than Aaron that asshole."

Jason rose his voice so loud, he was on rage. His nerves grew and I could feel his blood boiling with fury. He gripped his hands so hard it turned pale.

Aaron? Did what?

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