Waiting on the Inside

Jaydon

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I woke up to someone lying next to me. I smiled, but then remembered. Wait. Im not married, Im not dating anyone, I don't even have a dog! My eyes jolted open and I turned to come nose to nose with an awake Jaydon. "Hello!", he yelled. I screamed and fell off the bed. "Ouch. Thats gotta hurt." I rubbed my head and looked up at him. "W-W-.....please get out...." He laughed and nodded. "Okay! Okay! It was just a joke! Anywho, we got breakfest!" I started pushing him out the door while he named every single possible item there was. "Bacon, sausage, eggs, turkey bacon, oh we even have-" *slam* I sighed and fell down onto the wooden floor. I could feel my heart pumping faster and faster. I shook off the thoughts and started to dress into a pair of ripped boyfriend jeans, a thick gray sweater, paired with a thick woven maroon cardigan. I sighed and braced myself for what was beyond that door. It slowly creaked open as I peeked through to see Jaydon sitting near the barstools, talking to some girl on the phone "It cant be his sister, ooo maybe girlfriend?" I whispered to myself while I bit the ends of my cardigan. I pushed my ear out of the door a little further. "Janet yeah I know......no its not-.....Janet.....its not some other girl I-....fine you dont wanna talk? Fine!" He slammed the phone down onto the marble tabletop so hard I lost my balence and plummeted face first into the living room. "Ow!" Hopefully he didnt notice. I slowly opened my eyes and looked up, Jaydon was just starring at me. "H-H-Hello...." I quickly brushed off and shuffled over to the door. "I-I-Ill g-go eat o-out b-b-by myself..." I quickly opened the door, but to have it shut back closed. "Sit," he said in the strictest tone I have ever heard him say in the past few days I knew him. I nodded and rushed to the sofa to sit. He sat across from me, his expression as hard as a rock. "What did you hear?" "I-I-I....n-nothing..." "You know how rude it is to be caught eyes-dropping on someones phonecalls?!" "I-I-I-I was j-just-" "I mean I know youre shy and all and you have a stuttering problem but like I never caught you as the rude type!" I could feel the tears forming from being lectured, by someone of the same age! "I-I i-it was-" "And to think, I thought you were-" I slammed my hands onto the coffee table and screamed with tears streaming down my cheek, "I was what huh?! Some invisible girl that needed to be taken care of!? Im not! Im the same age as you, the same I.Q., and I have feelings! I didnt mean to snoop but I am shy okay? I thought I would disturb an important phone call and in fact, I do not have a stuttering problem! Im just plain damn shy!" I stood there, breathing heavily and I think I took him by surprise. He starred at me, his eyes widen with shock. And nodded. I gulped and murmured, "Okay.."

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We sat there in silence for I dont know how long. "Well," he said while getting up, "Ill go put the food in the fridge. You can do whatever you want." I stood up and started to tug on my sleeves, wanting to say something. Without stuttering. "I-...I j-just...I just wanted to say that..-" He stopped walking and turned around and smiled with a light glow, "If you were about to say sorry, then there must be some kind of mix-up. Cause Im the one saying sorry here. You had your reasons, and Im the one that said to come out and eat. Sorry, but eh. Wanna go out to eat after Im done cleaning this up?" My mouth was about to spill out a yes, but what if someone saw me. Dressed so, like me and him acting like prince charming. Everybody would think of me as some poor girl he is helping! Which he kinda is actually....ugh. "Y....Yes, i-i-if I choose the place..." He nodded and quickly cleaned up. As we walked down the street, many people starred and pointed. I just buried myself underneath my black scarf, dying to be invisible again. I think Jaydon noticed because he quickly wrapped his arms around me, making me turn bright red and further more wanting to die of the feeling of attention. "Its okay! Come on! Lets go!' I couldnt move though. My feet were glued to the cement. "Uh....uh..." *BEEP BEEP* I looked down at my bag, my phone ringing? "Hold on a second...." I looked at the screen and didnt realize the number.

"H-H-Hello?"

No answer.

"H-Hello?"

"Kaitlyn?"

"Who-who i-is this?"

"Darren...from school..?"

School? Nobody knows me from school, at least thats what I thought. Jaydon kept leaning in, trying to listen in. Darren? I started to think back to all of my classes. No Darren in math, history, science, or- wait.

"D-D-Darren Karev?"

"Yeah. Well I was wondering if you wanted to go out, ya know? I know we dont talk, but like I like you. Youre nice, you dont bother anybody, and youre really pretty, so what do ya say?"

"I-I-I"

Ive never been asked out before, well in highschool at least. I looked to Jaydon for some guidence, but all he kept doing was dancing around and mouthing the word yes while giving me a thumbsup.

"U-U-Uhmmm sure..."

"Great! Lets meet at my place! 7 pm tomorrow night! Ill text you the address!"

I hung up and looked over at Jaydon, who was grinning ear to ear. "Yes! You are going on a date! An actual social event! That will boast your system." I rolled my eyes and wondered if this was going to be worth it. I dont even know the guy! Oh Kaitlyn what were you thinking?! Maybe if you had a brain youd stick up for yourself! Oh! How does a date even go by? DO I NEED tO SHAVE? Oh no, I am not prepared for this. I started to bite my nails, a nasty habit of mine I would do everytime I was nervous.

"W-What do I d-d-do?!" I whispered