I fell in love with a jock

chapter 4

I couldn't describe the feeling. All the encounters I've had with Brandon, him making an effort to talk to me at the coffee shop, trying to keep me warm after the football game yesterday. The wink sold me.

I went into the empty unlocked art room, and thought about what I was feeling for a second. I knew right then and there that I had a had a crush on him but I didn't want to admit it. Not even to myself.

I'm in high school I don't need a relationship. plus he's way out of my league. 

I shake Brandon loose from my mind and grab what I need. I open some drawers and take out some extra rolls of tape. I go to the corner of the room and pick up some sheets of blue and white tissue paper. I'm sure we can use this for something else.

I grab what I need in both my hands, trying not to spill anything and walk out of the room to go back to the homecoming decorated classroom.

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"You already decorated the classroom?" Andrew asked, waiting outside my class for me. We spent most of the class doing just nothing else. 

"Oh You know it." I laugh and look back at the blue and white room with gators around the room and desks, and 'GO GATORS' written in dry erase marker on the white board.

"Well you all did great." He smiles and we walk over to our next class, Study hall. The class is called study hall but the last thing people do in there is study.

People are already in the classroom when we get there. The class is very large so we sit away from everyone in the corner where the teacher has some throw pillows and I lay down on my back, by head layed against the pillow and take out my phone.

"You tired?" Andrew asks still sitting up.

"No just wanna lay down." I check my notifications for a few things.

"Okay hold on i'll be right back i'm going to pick up my Laptop from 1st period. I left it in there charging." He stands up and kicks my leg lightly before leaving.

I just nod an okay and stay on the floor. The door opens and Andrew leaves the room. I pull out my headphones and put both of them in just as a visual warning of  'I have both headphones in because I don't want people to talk to me'

I put my music on loud enough to where I cant hear the kid across the class snoring and check my email.

i'm checking an email that says I have 40% off my next purchase at some store when Andrew lays down next to me on my left  on the same pillow i'm laying on.

I don't look over at him and just tilt my head towards him so our heads are leaning against each other on the  pillow.

I'm in the middle of one of my songs when my left earbud is taken out of my ear.

"You know your music is really loud?"

That's not Andrew.

 I throw down my phone on the pillows, sit up, and look over to see Brandon laying next to me with a smirk on his face.

"I -I thought you were someone else. What are you doing here?" I don't lay back down, i'm fully sitting up now looking down at Brandon next to me.

He was laying next to me and I didn't even notice.

I make a mental note to take in my surroundings and and not be so drawn to my phone.

"Who else would I be?" He asks not making a effort to sit up.

"My friend Andrew, And you didn't answer my question about you being here." I take out my earbud that was still in and wrap it around my phone.

"My classes got switched around so I could fit in my athletics class in the afternoon so this is my class now for the rest of the semester. But next semester I should have my normal schedule back." He pats the same pillow I was laying on as if to tell me to lay back down. I do lay down just not on the same pillow he was on.

"Oh okay well welcome to second period study hall." I say making a big lame gesture to the room. I pick my phone back up and go back to what I was doing. 

He laughs and peers over to see what i'm doing on my phone.

"Nosy much?" I say and put my phone down against my chest.

"Very. Just when i'm bored, or curious." He lays back down  so I pick up my phone again and check the last of my email.

"Oh she looks cute." Brandon now says as I click on a Victoria secret ad for a special they're having.

"Anyone looks cute in just bra and panties." I say and delete the email and put my phone away.

"Emilyyy."

Since i don't have my phone to distract me I actually look up and Andrew has his Laptop in his hand and he is standing over me and Brandon.

"Andrewww." I drag out his name the way he did to me and look up to him.

"Hey." Brandon tells Andrew.

"Hey." Andrew says in a blunt rude tone. " Emily You didn't answer my texts." He sits down on the right of me  So now I have Brandon laying next to me on my left and Andrew on my right.

"Sorry I put my phone away and didn't see." I sit up a little so my back is against the wall next to Andrew who opens his laptop and goes to his movies.

Brandon doesn't say anything else to Andrew or me right away. Since I moved up to sit against the wall, Brandon's head is now near my knee.

He scoots up so his head lays on my thigh and takes out his own phone to do whatever he does.

Andrew is browsing through his movies but stops for a second when Brandon's head moved. He looked to me and Brandon and raised his eyebrow before going back to browsing.

The rest of the class me and Andrew share earphones and watch a movie on his Laptop. Occasionally Brandon will get up to peak on what we're doing and watch the movie for a few minutes before laying back down on my leg. He gets so bored that when he looks to see the movie he stays there watching it even though he cant hear it because we have headphones in.

I grab the laptop off Andrews lap and unplug the earphones so we can all listen to it. And put it on my lap since i'm in the middle. We get halfway through the movie before the class is over.

I give Andrew back his laptop and all three of us stand up. I stretch my legs out and grab my backpack, ready to leave the class and awkward atmosphere that is here.

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