✤ SOLO

Chapter twenty-two

 

Jenny parks her car in front of my house and I smile gratefully, "thanks." I say and unbuckle my seatbelt.

"No problem," she answers.

"Bye Riley." I say getting out of the car.

"Bye Maria!" She shouts and I walk to my front porch and stop when Jenny called me, I turn around and she approaches me.

"What do you think about Sebastian?" She asks suddenly.

"Sebastian?" I ask, "as in the Sebastian from art class?." She nods shyly. "I don't know, I think he's a cool guy." I say truthfully.

"Why?" I ask and her face turns red, my eyes widen in realization, "it was him you were with earlier right?" She nods, "you bi...." She put her hand over my mouth.

"Shh.....you're shouting." She whispers taking her hand away from my mouth.

"You like Sebastian?" I ask.

"Yes," she admits.

"Since when?"

"Since the competition started." That soon?!

"So are you guys together or....." She shakes her head sadly. "Why?"

"I don't know. I mean I was in class today and everyone got out leaving the both of us and we talked, so one thing led to another and we kissed"

"What happened after that?" I ask with interest.

"We stopped and he said see you later and walked out of the class."

"See you later?" I scoff in disbelief, "why would he say that?."

"I think he was in shock, just like I was." She explains and I nod.

"Do you want to come in?" I ask, I feel like we should discuss this while sitting down.

"I'm sorry, I can't. Riley has to get to work and I'm her ride." She says and I nod in understanding.

"It's okay, I'll see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah." She says and walks back to her car waving at me before driving off.

"I'm home!" I shout when I walk into my house.

"Hey!" Tiana says turning away from the TV and facing me. I stop abruptly when I see that she isn't alone, beside her seated is Michael, the next door cutie.

"Hi?" I say furrowing my eyebrows trying to take in the sight.

"Hey Maria," Michael greets giving me a dimpled smile.

"Hi Michael, what are you doing here?" I ask as i sit on the couch opposite them.

"Maria!" Tiana scolds.

"What?" I ask innocently, "it's not normal that he's here.

"it's okay, Tia," he chuckles and turns to me, "we finished classes early today, so Tia invited me over to watch a movie." I nod in understanding, but what is going through my mind is, when don't they always have early class?. How  am I sure she's even going to school.

I glance at the TV and see what they're watching, "the fault in our stars? Seriously?" I raise my eyebrow at him. I didn't peg him to be the mushy kind of guy.

He chuckles again, "your sister picked the movie, since she was the one that invited me over, so I couldn't argue with her." He explains and I can breathe properly.

"I like him already," I tell Tiana and she blushes.

Looks like somebody has a crush.

"Okay," I say and get up from the couch, "as much as I would love to sit with you and watch sappy movies," Michael laughs, "I have to go to my room to finish my homework and do what teenagers like me do." I head for the stairs.