Love Between Two Worlds

Chapter 5 (Alyssa)

Your heart pounds as Ammon stands up after finishing singing to you, but there is something wrong... Something missing. You look around at the other boys and notice that Tanner isn't here! You look all around you, but there is no sight of him. Ammon softly touches your chin and guides you until you were looking at him.

"It was nice to see you." He says, letting go of your hands and walking away, the other boys following behind him. Why couldn't it have been Tanner?

You turn around and see Shannon behind you, her jaw dropped. She suddenly starts jumping up and down.

"That was so cute! Isn't he just the cutest guy ever?! I can't believe someone as shy as you would get so much attention from a boy band!"
(Just to be clear, AlyssavanUitert , being shy is NOT a bad thing)

"I-I know. It didn't feel right, though. One was missing. My favorite boy was missing." You respond, holding her shoulders so she would stop jumping.

You look at your watch. 3:30 p.m. Mom said that you had to be home by 3:45.

"Oh, crap! Shannon, we're late! If we leave now we'll get home at 4:00!" You say, stressed.

"Run!" She yells and both of you sprint towards the exit and stop running from exhaustion. You begin walking fast back to the train station. When you arrive, the train immediately arrives and you climb in with Shannon following behind you.

After sitting down, you notice Tanner sitting with his head in his hands across the car. Why wasn't he singing with Ammon and the other boys? Shannon nudges your shoulder and nods her head towards Tanner.

"Go talk to him." She whispers.

"Are you crazy? I will not go talk to him. He probably thinks I'm a freak." You whisper back.

"Just do it. Please. I'll pay you 50 bucks if you do it." She promises, still whispering.

50 bucks? Score!!

You slowly get up and walk over to the seat next to him. He lifts his head up as you sit down next to him. Your heart pounds and adrenaline rushes through your system. You feel as if you are going to throw up.

"Hi, uh. Um, ... Hey." You say, stammering. You feel your face get hot and you look over at Shannon. She looks away quickly and pulls out her phone.

"H-hi." He says back, his face reddening. The look on his face no longer looks depressed, but it looks nervous.

Why did I do this?

"Um, I- I... It was nice for the other guys to, uh, sing, but I noticed you weren't there." You say.

"Yeah. They kind of left me in the bathroom." He responds.

"Oh. Well, uh, I'm sorry." You answer.

You both sit in silence for a long time.

"Well, this is my stop." He finally says, getting up.

"Yeah, bye!" You say.

He waves as he leaves the train. You get up and sit by Shannon again.

"I totally just embarrassed myself in front of him." You say, your face still warm.

"You did good." She says.

"Not really." You say, looking down at your feet.

"I'm sorry for making you go over there. On the bright side, you get fifty dollars from me."

"You really have that much?"

"Not yet. But I'll give you $20 of the $30 I have in my wallet. I'm going to owe you for a while." She says.

You stare out the window for the rest of the ride, still regretting talking to Tanner.

He probably thinks I'm some kind of loser.

"Look, Alyssa. I know that that didn't go the way you hoped it would, but he obviously likes you. Maybe he figured out that you like him back. That's a good thing. He'll definitely ask you out!" She says hopefully.

"Yeah, right. A boy in a band with tons of fans wants to go out with a random shy girl who doesn't even like to talk to people."

"You never know."

"Whatever. Don't get my hopes up. He'll never ask me out."

"Well, at least we know that that Ammon guy is interested in you."

I forgot about that. I've been thinking so much about Tanner that I forgot about the whole serenade thing.

"I'm sure he was dared. You know, that's what guys like to do." You say.

"Maybe, but I don't think so. I saw the look on his face. I think he really likes you." She says.

"Too bad I don't like him. I wish it was Tanner instead."

The train finally stops at your stop and you guys quickly get out of the train. You take a look at your watch. 4:02.

Crap. We're late.