Me And You

Luke

Emma hasn't talked to me since she confided. I didn't talk to her too, assuming that it would feel awkward. But a slight part of me wished to speak to her and patch things up.

"Hey,"

"Hey,"

"What's up?"

"Nothing much, what about you?"

"Meh. You wanna talk about it?"

"About what?"

"About your confession,"

"Nah. I know you. You will think about it more than anything,"

"Hmmm. We agreed to not date anymore, but umm... if you wanna, I'm ready,"

"No. No need. Let's just be friends. Promise me that you'll never talk about this to anyone. Not even me,"

"Sure. I promise."

It was a tough one to keep. But I managed it for one day. Zoey came up to me interrupting my reading.

"Hey, Adrian. I'll ask you something. But you shouldn't feel awkward about it,"

"Yeah, sure. What's up?"

"What do you think of Luke?"

"The new kid? What about him?"

"He seems nice, doesn't he?"

"Yeah, I guess. Why? You wanna date him?"

"No. Was asking for a friend,"

"Why did you ask me?"

"Simply,"

"Zoey. Tell me. Why did you specifically ask me?" I asked suspiciously.

"Nothing. Just asked,"

"Okay," She took off, and I continued to read. I still had my suspicions. Why did she ask me about Luke? I had my spy bring me the info I needed. And by the spy, I meant my best friend Jake. It turns out, Zoey asked me about Luke because Emma asked her about him. So after a while, I went over to Emma and asked her.

"Hey,"

"Hey,"

"Heard you were interested in Luke,"

"Yeah. He's a charming fellow, right?"

"Yeah. Sure,"

"You don't have a problem with that, right?" she asked.

"No. No problem. I'll support you no matter what,"

"Thanks. And if you don't mind, would you talk nice about me to him or near him,"

"No. I won't do that. Make him interested in you by yourself,"

"Come on. Please?"

"No,"

"Please,"

"Ok fine. I'll do it,"

I went to Luke during recess. A fascinating fellow. He liked to sit alone. I didn't know what to talk to him as I barely knew him.

"Hi,"

"Hi" Luke smiled.

"So... Why are you sitting alone?" I found the words to talk about.

"Sometimes loneliness is better than a big company"

"Wow. Philosophy,"

"No. Just a thought in my mind,"

"May I sit?" I asked.

"Sure,"

I smiled and sat beside him. We talked for a long time. He was not bad. For Emma, he was... Perfect. If there were a competition between Luke and me for Emma, he would win hands down. Both of them had many things in common. We talked about relationships. I spoke of Emma to him. He seemed interested. The more I talked about her, the more he was impressed.

"She sounds like my type," he said, in between. That caught me off guard. I screamed... inside my head. He developed feelings for Emma.

"Hmmm. Listen, I would love to chat, but I gotta go, okay?" I said, trying to leave this conversation.

"Sure,"

I have found my competition.