The flirtation project

Part 2 - Chapter 9

monday 7am

"hey jenny, whats alice's favourite color?" carlos asked as he poured me some coffee.
"green, why?"
"perfect, im buying her an engagement ring and im going to propose to her tonight, im going to surprise her after school.dont tell her."
"calos wait no!"
"what?"
"you see, shes, shes-"
"no time ive gotta go to the jewlers, bye, tell me later!" her ran out the door.
"shit shit shit Shit Shit SHIT!!!"

i quickly dialed alices number on my phone.

"SHIT GURL!!"
"what? what?!?!"
"oh crap!!"
"what?"
"i said i wouldnt tell. shit shit shit. tell carlos today, when you guys have art together."
"what? why? tomorrow!"
"do it or i will."
"fine!"
"gotta go."

shit shit shit shit sht shit shit shit. ok ok. calm. calm. breathe in. breathe out. ok what do i do. Q suddenly appeared behind me. placing his hands on my shoulders.

"whats up?"
"what what whywouldanythingbeup i didntsayanythingisup." i smiled, crap i just spoke way to fast.
"i dont know. the speed talking. or maybe the constant flow of the word 'shit' that i woke up to."
"oh, right."

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"ok class turn to page 35, section B." mr horot spoke. i tapped my fingers against the desk incredibly fast and loudly. Q leaned in next to my ear and whispeed.

"calm down. your gonna attract attention. whats up. tell me after class."
"yeahyeahyeah ok okokooook" he rested back on his chair with a big sigh.

the class finished and i made a bee-line for the cafeteria. Q however caught up and grbbed my forearm and pulled me back.

"oi, tell me now. whats wrong."
"nothing!"
"there clearly is! now fess up!"
"ugh i cant! i promis-"
"what."
"no, no i didnt. i promised not to tell eachother!"
"what are you going on about?"
"tell you in a sec right now i have to talk to someone."
"o-ok" he said as i slipped my hand out of his grip and ran to the bathroom.

i quickly texted alice
' hey, can i tell Q? you only said i cant tell carlos.'
'huh? NO!!'
'why?'
'he'll tell carlos!'
'your telling carlos in less than half an hour, you have art after lunch!'
'oh, right. whatever.'

i then texted carlos
'hey can i tell Q?'
'yeah sure, just make sure he doesnt tell her :) '
'yeah, sure :P '

i brushed my long brown hiar and went back to the cafeteria, Q was sitting at a table waitign for me. he waved and i walked towrards him and smiled. he smiled back. i saat down next to him and out my bags down.

"so, now can you tell me?"
"oh, yeah."
"sooooo?"
"..., ok. you see, you know how alice got fired?"
"yeah."
"you know why?"
"noo."
"ok, so do you know why she wanted too work there in the first place?"
"no."
"ok, lets start with that., she wanted to work there becuase there was a guy working there that she found very attractive, his name is ben."
"what?!"
"yes, and when she started working there they became good friends."
"and..?"
"and he ended up kissing her one day."
"what?! what did she do? hit? kick? punch?"
"no, she kissed him back."
"your kidding?!"
"no, i threatened to tell carlos and she made me promise not to, so i said she had one week to tell him herself or i would. today is the last day."
"ok, whats so bad about that? a kiss."
"well. you know on friday when she had a late shift?"
"yeah..."
"she didnt, she went to bens house and they had sex."
"WHAT?!?! BUT SHE PROMISED!! SHE PROMISED MY BEST FRIEND!"
"yeah, i know. i narly slapped her. thats what happened when i yelled at her."
"ok, so shes cheating on carlos, wjat does this have to do with work."
"the boss caugth them kissing and she was 'disrupting him' so she got fired."
"your kidding. wow thast the worst thing i have ever heard, wait. thats what you were talking about the other night."
"yes, she doesnt like carlos anymore."
"so is that why you were nervous this moring?"
"no"
"then why."
"becuase this morning carlos asked me what her favourite color was."
"so?"
"so, he could get her an engagement ring, hes proposing right after school."
"WHAT?!?!" did you tell him?!"
"i tried. but he didnt listen."
"ill tell him!"
"NO DONT!!" 
"why?" 
"becuase alice is telling him in ten minutes, in art class."
"fine. i have lots so much repect for her now."
"oh come on, its not that bad!"
"really?!?! how would you feel is i was doing that to you?!?!"
"i-i-you wouldnt."
"but what if i was?"
"then i wouldnt know."
"but what if alice had to tell you. what would you do!"
"i dont know, why are you getting so angry?!"
"becasue carlos is my bestfriend, and i dont want him to get hurt!"
"YEAH WLL HES MY FRIEND TO! AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHATS ITS LIKE TO BE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS!!  I DONT WANT ANYONE TO GET HURT, IVE ALRADY GIOT HURT BECUASE OF IT AND I DONT NEED ANYONE ELSE TO! YOU THINK I DONT CARE DONT YOU! WHAT IS WITH PEOPLE! THEY ALL JUST ASSUME I DONT HAVE FEELINGS. WHY?!?! WHAT AM I TO YOU?!?! JUST ANOTHER BITCH YOU SLEEP WITH?!?! WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WIHT YOU PEOPLE!!!" i got up and stormed off, my vision was blurry becuase i was sobbing so hard. 

i went to my car and drove home. fuck school. all i have today is history and i couldnt care less about it. i stormed to my bedroom and curled up on the bed. trent was home and walked into my room.

"whats wrong?"
"go away." i yelled into my pillow.
"alright. if you need to talk im here yeah."

i lay in my bed for a few hours, then my phone vibrated in my pocket, it was a text. from carlos.
'about to propose :) ' shit crap fuck. i ran out the door to my car and drove immediately to the uni. as soon as i arrived i saw alice out the front and carlos on one knee in front of her, her lips moved, he lowered his arms.

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hey guys!! sorry for not updating yesterday!!! i was busy :/ cliffhanger!!