Chaos | A Ninjago High School AU

Chapter 11

*3 days later*

Jay's POV

I sit at the dinner table with my parents. Even though I already finished my food, I'm chose to wait for them to finish to leave. However, the two of them are very slow eaters, so I have to sit here and wait for them to finish.

"You seem less jittery than usual," my mom notes, a soft small on her face.

As a whole, my anxiety has gone down a bit. My tension headaches are moderate now with only high stress situations being the catalyst for the extreme migraines that used to consume me. My shaking has also gone down. Instead of a constant major shake, it's a slight shake, primarily in my hands. Most of everything else has lessened as well: my sore throat, my darty eyes, all of it.

However, I can rarely ever shake the feeling of dread that sits in my stomach. The tightness in my chest is still there, ready to crush me at any second. Only one person helps with that.

Nya

Everything about her calms me. Her touch is warm and soft. When she looks at me, her eyes switch from a rock hard glare to a sweet gaze. When she's with me, the pit in my stomach transforms into something much better: butterflies.

Sometimes, it feels like we're more than best friends. Last Saturday night, Kai came home drunk, and she texted me and asked if I could pick her up. We went to the park and looked at the stars. She brought a blanket, and we looked up at the stars. I had my arms around her as she pointed out the different constellations. She looked so beautiful, so free. That was the first time I wanted to kiss her.

I haven't kissed her though. She's still messed up from Cole. I would never rush into anything with her. Plus, I'm terrified of losing her. She's the only friend I have.

Sometimes, I catch her staring at me. One day in speech class, I saw her looking at me out of the corner of my eye. I was jotting some notes down, and she just sat there, watching me. When we were stargazing, I caught her looking at me with a cute little smile on her face.

"I'm going to ask Nya to homecoming," I announce to my parents. Both of them get huge smiles on their faces.

"That's so great, dear. When do we get to meet her?" my mom smiles at me.

"I can bring her over if she says yes."

"When are you planning on asking her?"

"Tomorrow if I don't chicken out."

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Nya and I sit in my car during lunch. I haven't been able to eat anything. I'm way too nervous. My foot keeps tapping against the floor of my car, as if it's a reflex.

"Are you okay Jay? You've been off all day," Nya observes my face, eyebrows furrowed. Of course she'd notice that something is up. She's the most observant person I know.

My mouth rests slightly agape. Nothing comes out of my mouth. I'm frozen. 

"Did Cole or Kai mess with you? If they did tell me, and I'll..." she starts to get riled up.

"Th-they didn't do anything," I respond quickly, my stutter slipping back in.

Nya looks over my face again, and a look of realization crosses her face,"It's homecoming."

When those words come out of her mouth, everything seems to freeze. My chest tightens, and it becomes exponentially harder to breath. I just hope she won't reject me.

"I told you if you were stressed organizing the whole dance by yourself, I would help you," she places a hand on my shoulder.

I let out a long sigh of relief that she didn't catch on,"Thank you."