I make it to class before anyone at my table. After a few minutes, in walks Alex. He gives me a half-smile and takes his seat next to me.
"Hey, how are you? I know that's probably a stupid question but I honestly don't know what else to say."
I smile back at him and shrug. "I'm alright. It's been an interesting morning to say the least."
He raises an eyebrow, "Even more interesting than last night?"
"Yeah. Well, last night sucked but the interesting events that happened this morning were a good thing, I think."
He gives me a look like he wants me to continue, "Lucas, Jonah's roommate, stopped me in the gym and basically said I got things wrong last night and I should hear him out. Then when I got back to my room, there were flowers on my desk and a note from Jonah asking me to hear him out."
He nods his head, "So are you going to hear him out?"
"Yeah, I think so. I might make him sweat it out a little longer, at least until class over but I think I should."
He laughs softly then turns toward the door. "Well, this will be an interesting class."
I gently slap his arm then look over to where he's looking. In walks Jonah looking completely disheveled. He has bags under his eyes like he didn't get any sleep last night. My heart hurts a little for wanting to make him sweat it out a little longer but I'm still hurt so I shake my head and try to stay mad at him.
He takes his seat on the other side of me and I ignore him by keeping my attention on Alex. I can feel Jonah's eyes staring at my back but don't make a move to look over at him. Class starts and we spend all of it taking notes so neither of us could say a word to each other even if we wanted to.
As soon as class ends, Alex grabs his stuff and runs off leaving me there with Jonah.
"Traitor." I mutter to myself.
I keep my eyes averted from him as I load my stuff into my bag. I hear Jonah sigh like he's frustrated but instead of saying anything to me, he walks out of the classroom without so much as a glance back.
I sit there for a few seconds confused. What the hell? I thought he wanted to talk? Did he change his mind?
Instead of going back to my room like I probably should have, I make my way over to the coffee shop. I buy my usual and take a seat at an empty table. As I'm about to take out my laptop to start on some homework, in walks Jonah. My eyes go wide at the sight of him but not because he's here. My eyes are wide and glued to the scene at the entrance because he just walked in with Alicia.
I watch as our eyes meet. Jonah is basically glued to the floor and Alicia smirks at me like she won some prize or something. Instead of giving in to whatever game she's playing, I avert my eyes back to my coffee and take a long sip. I pull out my phone and send an "SOS" to my roommates and Alex. I mean one of them is bound to answer, right?
Well, they do answer but they are either in class or not on campus at the moment. Of course, that would be just my luck. I take out my laptop and force myself to get some homework done. I put in some headphones and block out the two annoyances at the counter behind me.
An hour passes before I realize I missed my last class. Oh well, I'm pulling off an A in there anyway so it's not that big of a deal that I didn't go today. I close my laptop and look down at the floor as I set it in my bag. When I sit back up, there's Jonah sitting directly across from me.
"We need to talk," he says adamantly.
I roll my eyes and notice that Alicia is sitting a few tables away watching me with that same smirk on her face. God how I want to slap it right off her face.
I nod my head at her and say, "Your girlfriend is looking a little lonely sitting all by herself. You should probably head back to her now."
Jonah sighs, "Don't worry about her, she's fine. It's you that I really want to talk to right now."
"Yeah well I really don't feel like talking to you right now."
"Why are you being like this? Did you not get my flowers and note this morning?"
"I got them and I thought you were going to talk to me after class but then you just ran off. Then you show up here with her and so what am I supposed to think? I'm so tired of this back and forth. I'm tired of feeling jealous of her. I'm tired of having to compete with her. I would never ask you not to be friends with someone I don't get along with for my benefit so I'm just going to take myself out of the equation all together."
He's silent for a moment before he says, "What? You're not competing with her. I like you. I want to be with you. Yeah, Alicia is my friend but that's all she'll ever be."
I shake my head. "It may not seem like I have to compete with her but you clearly don't understand catty girls who think they can always get what they want and that's exactly the type of girl she is. I don't want to be a part of that. I'm so over games and I sure as hell don't want to play her's. Maybe it's best we just stay friends or whatever we were in high school."
"I don't want to be just your friend."
I sigh and stand up as I grab my things. "Well, it's either that or nothing at all. Your choice."
I turn and walk away not listening as he calls out to me. I walk as fast as I can back to my dorm and straight to my bedroom. I slam and lock the door and plop down on my bed as the tears start streaming down my face.
What the hell did I just do?
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RomanceJasmine "Jazz" Henry was just your average girl. She could easily get lost in any book, had a supportive group of friends, a love for baseball and football, and had only ever loved one boy. Jonah McCarthy was just your average guy. There wasn't any...
