The Pastor's Son

New Experiences and Lunch Arrangements

Jayden gave Noah a look, making it obvious that he wants to talk alone with Noah. "We'll be right back," Noah states and follows Jayden a couple feet away from Isaiah who was still sitting on the floor.

Jayden sighs, "Why are you talking to Isaiah?"

Noah shrugs. He didn't see it as a big deal like Jayden. "It's not like it's the first time. We both say hi to one another."

"But why?"

"Well, I was sad. Isaiah noticed and came over to his locker, then asked me if I was okay. That led us to talking a bit. He was just trying to comfort me," Noah explains. "No entiendo por qué esto es un gran problema (I don't get why this a big deal)," Jayden understood him. Noah tends to speak Spanish when he was confused or frustrated. He knew Spanish as he is Hispanic and his family taught it to him at a young age.

"It's a big deal because you know I dislike him!"

Noah rolls his gray eyes, "¡Estas siendo demasiado ruidoso (You are being too loud)!"

Jayden listens and quiets down, "I'm sorry. It's just, you know how I feel about him."

Noah starts speaking English again, as he has calmed down, "Give him a chance, Jayden. He's actually a nice guy."

Jayden nods and follows Noah back over to Isaiah. However, he's not sitting on the floor anymore, he's having a conversation with Leah.

"Oh, hi Jayden!" Leah has a nice smile on her face, turning to look at Jayden.

Noah was confused, once again. He didn't know Leah, "How do you three know each other?"

"Isaiah is my best friend," Leah looks at Isaiah, who nods, feeling forced to smile. It wasn't because of Leah. It was simply because he didn't want them going on a date, but he can't stop them. "And I met Jayden at church, I don't know how they know each other, though."

Noah nods, "It's fine. I know," She nods again.

Leah looks back at Jayden, "When should we go on a date?"

Jayden replies, glad she asked, "How about this Saturday night, 6 pm?"

"Works for me," Leah smiles. "See you later, Isaiah!"

She hugs Isaiah. Leah was always the bubbly and cuddly type.

Jayden didn't like her hugging Isaiah. He assumed it was because he didn't want Isaiah to try and take her from him. But, that didn't feel right.

It was almost 7:40, and Isaiah couldn't be around Jayden any longer. It hurt to think that the guy he was crushing on hated him. His cold blue eyes practically stared into his soul through angry, slitted eyes. "I should be heading to class," Isaiah starts to walk away.

Jayden's thoughts fill with 'Give him a chance. Hang around with Isaiah. He's actually a nice guy.'

Jayden grabs Isaiah by the arm, stopping him. "Huh?" Isaiah has this cute, surprised look on his face. Jayden avoids looking at him.

Jayden says what he thought he would never say, "You can join us during lunch if you want to."

Isaiah smiles, "I would love to."

Isaiah proceeds to walk to his class. Jayden is stuck in time, is what it seems.

"What did I tell you? He's a nice guy," Noah laughs, but it still sounded like he had a broken heart. Jayden brushed Noah's comment off.

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Classes went by slowly. Jayden kept questioning what Noah found so funny about what Isaiah and him said to each other.

'He's still upset about Sam. I can't blame him. He's been crushing on her since we were all in elementary school. Maybe he's trying to find anything funny just to feel better,' That's what Jayden kept forcing himself to believe. He didn't realize that Noah was better at love than he believed.

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When it was lunch time, Jayden was relieved. He was tired of sitting at his desk.

He rushes into the cafeteria, and struggles to find his friends and Isaiah, until he feels someone tap on his shoulder. It is Isaiah.

"We're over this way," He explains. Jayden was expecting Noah or Sam, maybe even Leah to tell him where they were at. He tries to deny that he was happy it was Isaiah.

"Oh, okay."

Isaiah leads him over to a table where Noah, Sam, Leah, even Lance, are seated. He could see the disdain on Noah's face due to Lance sitting with them. Isaiah takes a seat and Jayden does to. Jayden was sat in between Isaiah and Noah. Leah, Sam, and Lance were all on the other side of the table. It was nice in a way. Although, he wanted to, he didn't mind Isaiah's presence.