just one touch

Seven.

Previously:

"BOK Center here we come." Within seconds, my notifications are swarming with retweets. I lock my phone and lean back, ready to catch some sleep.

Etta:

"C'mon James, you're gonna be-" I'm practically yelling up the stairs when he pops out of his room and runs down the stairs. "Ready! Let's go, I don't wanna miss seeing Marla." With that we are out the door and piling into my car.

"Can you put some music on? I don't care what it is." James asks from the back.

I turn the radio on and hear Night Changes starting. I turn it up and start singing along. I still can't believe that I'm going to be seeing them soon. Wait a second. Their concert is on the 13th. Today's the 10th. That's in three days.

Oh my gosh I'm about to meet One Direction in three days! The rest of the car ride is spent dying on the inside.

"Have fun Jamie, be good." I call to him from the window. He gives me a thumbs up and starts talking to his friends. I drive to school and pull up into my usual parking spot, seeing David's car right next to mine. Unlike my beat up car, David drives a 2015 Jeep. His family is seriously rich.

David sees me and gets out of his car. "Hey." He's got this easy, lopsided smile that will do wonders to the females of this high school. He strolls towards me dressed in expensive jeans and a fitted flannel. I look down and it's not nearly as glamorous as what I'm wearing.

I put on a comfy sweater and some old pair of skinnies. Tossed my converse hi tops on, grabbed one of my dads jackets and I called it a day. I didn't want to have to deal with my bed head so I left it. "Hiya. How are you?" We soon fall into step together like always.

"Same old same old. Mom and dad are still fighting." He gives me this sad smile. I can only imagine how hard that must be, hearing your parents yell constantly at each other. Luckily, my parents never fought, she just left.

Before we go our different ways, I give him a big hug, sending positive vibes towards him. He seems taken aback because I hear his little gasp and then he's pulling me closer towards him.
"You know, you're pretty much the best friend anyone could ever ask for," He whispers in my ear.

I step back and give him a smile. He looks at me and smiles, then walks away to be immediately flanked by his other friends. School seems to go on forever. By third hour I'm already checked out and on Instagram. I follow Niall and see that he's standing in front of the Waite Phillips building.

Holy guacamole, he's here. In a city I've been to a million times. I like the picture then get off Insta to see if he's posted anything on Twitter.

"Here we come BOK !!!" Posted 29 minutes ago. 169 thousand retweets. Wow. I screenshot the picture and send it to David. Almost immediately he texts back. I laugh at what he said and turn my phone off, at least attempting to listen to mi maestra de español.

Lunch rolls around and I meet David in the main building. I see him before he sees me but before I can call his name out, Darla gets in my face. "Are you going to ask him to Sadie's? If not I'm going to." With a flip of her hair, she smacks her gum and waits.

"I haven't even thought about it yet, but I might." How would I even ask him? "What day is it?"

"It's next Friday. Gotta go." She hurries off, probably to see if her hair flipped the wrong way. David walks up to me with a questioning look. "Your Sadie date wanted to know if I asked you yet." I give a little shrug. Should I ask him?

"I'd much rather it be you than Darla." He gets this look again, the one he gave me after I hugged him. What does that mean? Maybe I'm just making something out of nothing. "So what do you want to do for lunch?" he asks.

"I brought my lunch so I was thinking of just eating in the stacks. You?"

"I'll meet you there then, between fiction and non-fiction?" I nod my head and start to walk away. "Etta, I'm serious. I'd rather go to Sadie's with you than Darla." he gives me this freaked out face and I giggle. "I'll think about it. I've got to think about the concert which, you are also going to." He laughs and walks to a group of friends hanging around the stairs.

(hope you liked it! sorry it has to start so slow but you have to start somewhere right?)