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WHAT I HAD SAID in the car left me and jeno on a somewhat bitter note. we had ended up arguing, me finally telling him he's being a little too friendly to the freshmen, and him telling me i'm overthinking and being jealous for no reason.
he was so quick to tell me not to worry about her that night in the car. but something deep inside of me couldn't not.
probably because of my intuition of him doing something unforgivable was up and running.
he dropped me off at home, and i didn't speak to him after, simply shutting the door and walking into my house. there was no: 'i'm home' text from him like i'd usually get either. we were distant.
the new trimester, where we didn't have lunch or any classes together, didn't help either. i'd barely see him during the day, and i was riding the bus at that moment, since he was my ride and we were kind of having a 'not talking because we're mad at each other' thing. safe to say our interactions for that first week were at zero to none, all because we were both petty like that.
it was during the end of the week when he had came to my house to apologize. we forgave each other, finally, but i was honestly still on edge with him.
"excuse me, i don't mean to be rude, but aren't you jeno's girlfriend?" suddenly came the voice of a girl one day while i was sitting in class. it was before the first bell rang so it was pretty much empty.
i looked around, then pointed to myself. she nodded, and then i did. "well, i don't mean to sound nosy... but who is that girl that he sits with at lunch? is she like his sister... or what?" she asked, getting in a little closer to me to whisper it.
my heart sank to my stomach because i knew exactly who she was talking about. "red hair? freckles?" i asked, just in case. and she immediately nodded, making me swallow harshly and grip the edge of the table.
my reaction seemed to be all she needed to know. "i'm sorry, that was so rude of me to just put my nose in your business like that!" she panicked, face contorted into one of embarrassment.
"no, it's okay. i guess i needed to know that..." i spoke. "you have 'b' lunch?" i asked her, and she nodded again. it seemed like that was her thing.
"so you peep how they act around each other?"
that's how i met shu hua, my eyes and ears on jeno and roslin, and also just a nice person my age to talk to, besides brianna of course. she would report to me what went on with the two, who obviously tried their best to act like friends in front of others.
she'd tell me how i deserved better and how she could "get away with murder". she reminded me so much of brianna in a good way, and it's probably what made me get comfortable with her so fast.
