Noah
After I'm showered and dressed (in my running clothes. I'm gonna meet Stefan for a run around the park soon) I decide I really do need coffee. Jamie still hasn't replied to the text I sent her yesterday morning, and I've decided I'm not texting her again. I asked her how she was. I asked her a question, and she chose not to get back to me. That's on her. Whatever her issue is, it's not on me. If she wants to talk to me, she knows where to find me.
Zach told me to text her again and reassure her. I was going to, I had a whole big text typed out, ready to send. But I didn't send it. I wasn't sure about it last night, but my mind's made up now. I'm not sending it. She knows this is difficult for me, the least she could do is fucking reply to me. So, until she does, that's it. The ball is officially in her court. I mean, when I see her at the dance tonight, I will talk to her. To gauge a reaction, if anything. But yeah, I need her to make a move now. I told her I liked her, I talked to her and texted her yesterday after we slept together. I've put the work in, the rest is up to her now.
I walk out into the kitchen, and see that Madison still hasn't gotten dressed. Christ. She's sitting on the couch watching TV, scrolling through her phone.
"Are you ever gonna throw some clothes on?" I ask her sarcastically.
"Shut up, I'm relaxing." She says, without looking up from her phone.
"Whatever. I'm heading out, I'll see you later."
"Later, hot stuff." I roll my eyes, and leave the dorm.
***
After my run with Stefan, I decide to stop by Zach and John's dorm before heading home. Zach's out with Kim, and John's doing homework. You know, for a change. He's very scholastic.
"Are you picking Aubrey up tonight, or what's happening?" I ask him, as he hands me a soda.
"Yeah, I'm gonna go by her dorm before the dance. Kim's going over to her friend Nikki's. We'll see them there." John smiles at me. "Jamie's going with the guys, we'll see them too."
"Yeah." I say, sipping on my soda slowly.
"So, you and Jamie...?" John raises his eyebrows at me.
"I don't know." I answer honestly. "I'll see her tonight. We'll talk. We'll see."
"We'll see?" John asks, trying not to smile too hard. He doesn't know I've slept with Jamie. He doesn't know I told her I liked her. I guess it really is obvious to fucking everyone that I do like her. I sigh.
"We'll see, John." I give him a half smile, and he nods his head at me. He knows what I'm getting at here. Even if I don't.
***
I didn't see Madison or Will again when I got home. Will text me to tell me they were going over to her parents house, to tell her mom and dad about their new relationship. I wished him good luck, and told him I'd see him at the dance. Now, I'm sitting on my couch, waiting for Zach to calm the fuck down. He's starting to piss me off.
"I mean, coffee was good with Kim today. It was really good, actually. We talked, and we laughed, and everything was great." He continues pacing back and forth in my kitchen, while nervously tugging at his collar. We're dressed and ready to go meet Stefan and some other guys from the Track Team for a few beers before heading to the dance. All I'm waiting for, is Zach to quit talking about Kim.
"And we kissed. Finally. And it was good. And she seemed happy when I left her. That's good right?" He looks like he's gonna throw up. What the fuck is wrong with him?
"When people look happy, that is normally a good thing. Yeah." I say dryly.
"Right." He runs a hand through his styled hair. I roll my eyes. If he wants to mess his hair up, that's his call. "So, what do I do now? Do I ask her out?"
"You're asking me!?" I ask him in disbelief.
"Good point." He shakes his head and continues pacing. "I'll ask her to the movies again. Or I'll take her out to dinner or something. I can't ask her over to my dorm, we've never done that before. She might think I'm expecting something. Fuck, why is this so hard when it's not just about trying to get laid!?"
He sighs before dropping down into the couch next to me and running his hands over his face.
"Dude, just relax. She likes you. This is fine." I assure him. "But seriously, we need to go. Stefan is waiting."
He turns his head to face me, and he looks really fucking pale all of a sudden. Who knew one girl would have such an effect on him? I'm one to talk, I know.
"Noah." He sounds like he's about to throw up. Jesus. "Walker and Adrian are coming to the dance."
"What?" I don't understand.
"Walker called me earlier." He looks down at his dress shoes, not meeting my eyes. "They're on their way to North Bridge right now."
"Are you fucking kidding me?! Why!?" I don't understand this at all. This is completely out of the fucking blue. I haven't talked to Walker or Adrian in weeks. We're all busy doing our own thing. Why the hell would they drive three hours to come to our fucking college dance!?
"No, he told me not to tell you. Said he wanted to surprise you." Zach's voice is small. He's not happy about this, and I'm not either.
"Why the hell would they wanna come here? To a fucking Halloween Dance?!" I demand. "Walkers at NYU and Adrian has a full time job. What the hell!?"
"I don't know!" Zach shakes his head at me. "But, I have talked to Walker about some stuff..." His voice is small again. I think I can guess what stuff he's talked to Walker about. That fucking idiot.
"What have you told him?" My voice is dangerously low.
"I mentioned Kim." He swallows, because he probably told Walker about Kim back when he just wanted to use her for sex. Before he realised he actually likes the girl. "And, I mentioned Jamie too."
"Zach." I'm trying to contain my anger. "Please tell me you did not tell Walker that I... like her?"
His face falls into his hands again, and I'm furious. I'm on my feet in no time, and it's my turn to start pacing.
"What the fuck, Zach!?" I yell at him. "You know what he's like! Why the fuck would you tell him anything about girls now!? He's probably written their names down in that fucking notebook he kept with all the girls we shared names in it! You're a fucking idiot!"
"I know! And I'm sorry! But, it was before everything, I swear! I haven't talked to him about them in a while!"
"And he's coming here tonight, with Adrian!?" I glare at Zach. "He's gonna try to sleep with them. You know that, right!?"
He nods his head, still looking at his feet. Good, he better feel fucking guilty about this.
"How do they even know about the dance!?" The realisation dawns on me. "Did you tell them!?"
"No!" He looks up at me at last. "I didn't, I swear! I don't know how they know about it!"
I stop pacing, because I think I know. Erin Larson, Jamie's friend. She's been sleeping with Walker. She must have mentioned it to him. Shit! What else has she told him!? How much does he know about Jamie exactly?? This is not good, not at all. Fuck!
"What do we do? We can't exactly ignore them when we see them tonight. And I can't ignore Kim, not after today. Not when things are finally going okay with her. But I don't want Walker to know who she is. Fuck, what the hell do we do!?"
I sigh and sit down. I have no fucking idea what to do about this.
"It's a costume party. Okay, we aren't exactly disguised in these clothes. But there is a chance we'll be able to avoid them. If either of them call, don't answer. And we need to keep an eye on Jamie and Kim, in case they try to talk to them."
"Okay." Zach nods his head in agreement. "I'm sorry, dude. Really. I wish I'd never said anything to Walker now."
I don't blame him. Walker is an extremely big character, with a lot of influence. I could always see through him, but Zach idolised him a little. I know Zach only acted like such an asshole back in High School because of Walker, same goes for Adrian. But me? I have no excuse. I just didn't really care about girls, so it never mattered. I do now though. Well, one girl at least. And I need to make sure Walker stays away from her tonight. Which could be difficult, seeing as she isn't exactly talking to me. Fuck. What a fucking mess. This night is gonna be a total shit show, I can just tell.
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