"Alex, Alex, Alex" I squealed to my bestfriend. She rolled her eyes.
"Gracie, get a grip." She said shaking me violently.
"Okay! Okay! I'll stop." Amelia took her hands off my shoulders. "So... I heard from a little birdie that Alex is going to ask a very special girl from his science class to be his girlfriend."
My eyes widened so brightly. "Who? Anelia, do you know who? Is it me?"
"Calm down. You know France, his brother, he told me." She said slightly smiling.
"Hmm" I thought the whole situation through. I mean, I wasn't a nerd. But wasn't popular either. Why would Alex like me? Anyone is better than me.
Does he even know my name?
"Earth to Gracie!" Yelled Amelia
"Yeah?" I asked
"Don't get your hopes up or down. We'll see what happens tomorrow."
~ Next Day
Shoot! The homework- I forgot to do the homework. Well, maybe I can ask Amelia next class. Or maybe Jared, he always brags about how good he in math.
Amelia walked up to me. "Hey bestie!" She smiled
"Hi!" I said
As we went to our lockers Alex came to us.
He moved his dark curly brown hair out the way. "Hey" he said
Amelia already left and was recording from a distance, so I was all on my own now.
"Hey..." I said attempting to sound cool. Did it work? Was he impressed?
If so, he didn't look very impressed.
His eyes narrowed. "You dropped this." He said as he handed me my diary.
I write all my deepest secrets in there. Including a few topics if him. God... I hope he didn't read that!
"Thanks." I managed to say
"Gracie, I was wondering if you wanted to go to the dance with me and be my girlfriend." His smile and blush was so sincere.
"Oh wow, I mean of course!" He leaned in and gave me a peck on the cheek.
Before we left school that day, we made a plan to go on a date that saturday.
~ At her house
The fresh smells of essential oils always calms me from a stressful day. I put some oils in my humidifier and turned it on.
Today, I wasn't stressed. I was ecstatic. This is the first time me and Alex spoke in months. And now I'm his girlfriend!
I took out my diary and opened it. A few pages were ripped out. All the ones that mentioned Alex. That was probably a coincidence. It must've been his dog. My Alex would never go through my things. I mean, he gave me the journal back. If he really needed it he would've kept it.
Everyone was so nice today. But why did Jared get so annoyed when I hugged Alex by the cafeteria? He literally said "don't do anything you'll regret Gracie. I'm so disappointed by your choice." He doesn't own me.
Come to think of it. Jared is really hot. He has his own fan club polar to Alex.
With with shaggy blonde hair and green eyes, who wouldn't like him? His voice is sweet and kind like maple sap from a maple tree. His eyes are always on me and when he looks at me I feel a rush inside me.
But Alex. My Alex, was perfect.
~ Date
"Hey babe" Alex said while putting his arm around me.
"Hi bae" I said back.
He was acquainted by some of his friends I recognized from school.
"Ah, so this is the chick you were talkin' about" said Tank
Then they started making fun of me. Including Alex. The called me names, so bad I can't even repeat them.
I left the event crying. I ran faster and faster. I could hear footsteps behind me.
"Gracie! Wait!" Alex yelled. "Where ya going huh? Come back!"
I looked him dead in the eye. "Why? So you can make fun of me. I'm not gonna let you bully me Alex!"
His expression changed from sorrow to annoyance.
"Your saying this when your the one who begged to be with me."
My face flushed. How did he know? Who told him? Oh... he read my diary.
He continued on. "Your such a shameless flirt. Tryna get my attention." He help up my diary pages. Ones with his name scribbled over and over and over again.
"Why are you so obsessed with me?!" He screamed. "Huh?! Why?"
I found myself gasping for air. Tears flowed down my cheeks as I ran as far as I could.
My eyes were clouded with tears, but I couldn't look back. There was only a one place I knew around this side of town. Jared's family cafe.
I turned a left and saw the cafe. Without thinking I pushed the door opened and yelled "JARED" to the top of my lungs.
Everything went silent as Jared came out. His eyes softened as soon as he saw me and he immediately ran over. I hugged him tight.
He put his arms around my waist and gently rubbed my head.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
I told him everything about what happend. And how sorry I was.
He didn't say anything. For a while he just held me close. My ear was on his heart. I listened carefully. It was beating fast.
"Well, at least you were able to recongnize toxicity." He said.
I nodded and looked up at him. "Jared, you would never hurt me, right?"
His smile grew wider
"Of course not." He lifted my chin and kissed me gently on the lips. "I love you Gracie."
~ End
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