I slowly pace around my room, waiting for my friend Joe to knock on my door. I couldn't tell if I was pacing around because I'm bored, or because I'm nervous. Why would I be nervous you may ask? That's because recently I've realised my feelings towards Joe. Which really sucks because I know he doesn't feel the same way about me. He likes Ryoko or whatever. I mean she's nice but I can't help but hate her for being so close to Joe. I guess I'm probably just jealous. I checked my phone to see the time, realising how late he is.
'Of course he's late, when is he ever early on a Tuesday?' I murmured to myself.
Finally I hear a knock at the door.
'IT'S OPEN,' I yelled.
I bolt down the stairs immediately and trip. To which Joe saw and bursted out laughing at me whilst my face turns a dark shade of crimson.
'AHAHAHAHAHAHA'
'S-shut up' I muttered hiding my face in my hands.
Once he calmed down, finally regaining his breath, he held out his hand to me to help me up. His hand felt soft and warm, which made my face heat up again.
'Are you okay? Your face has gone red again,' he stated.
'I'm fine!!'
'Okay dokey!'
Timeskip to arriving at school
After what seemed like a few minutes, I arrived at school with Joe, and quite late too I should probably add. We both practically bolted to our classroom as we heard the second bell ring, causing a feeling of dread to linger in the air. Once we finally made it to our class, the both of us sat in our seats, awaiting our punishments for arriving late.
'Joe, Y/n, I'm expecting the both of you to stack the chairs for today.'
Joe quickly apologised whilst I grumbled in agreement, knowing that if I went against the teachers wishes then the punishment will develop into a more severe one. Then the lesson went on as usual, which involved me spacing out and being unaware of my surroundings. That of course was interrupted by a bubbly brown headed boy coming into my eye-line. He was taking to my other friend, Sara. Sara was always very motherly towards me, despite me being slightly older than her. She was always the mature one out of the three of us, making sure Joe doesn't do anything drastically stupid and that I don't do anything that I'll most probably regret later.
Joe was talking to Sara, seeming embarrassed about whatever he was saying as his face flared a bright magenta colour whilst she chuckled at him. He then put his hand in his pocket, pulling out a small animal keychain and placing it in her hands. She gave a small, yet grateful smile in his direction before pulling him into a small hug.
I couldn't help but feel hurt by this. I know this probably meant nothing, yet it still pained me to see it happen. Why couldn't he get flustered around me, just like he did around Sara? Am I not good enough for you Joe? My eyes felt as if they had turnt green, my vision becoming one of jealously. I quickly snapped out of it as the bell rang, signalling break to begin.
Me, Joe and Sara together walked out of the dull classroom to go to our hangout spot, which is up on the rooftop of the school. And before you think...
'is that not dangerous?'
No, it's not. There are metal railings all round the rooftop to prevent people from leaning over the edge of it. That may or may not have been put there from that time I almost fell off the edge after attempting to rescue a pigeon that I thought was stuck... but we don't talk about that.
After what seemed like forever, we finally got from the bottom floor to the rooftop of the school where we spend all of our breaks. Sara let out a small sigh of relief when we reached the roof, unlike Joe who was bent over and practically wheezing for breath like he was suffocating.
