The first day of 6th grade was, eventful. I became good friends with the girl I sent fake smiles to, Paulina. She was also Alex's girlfriend.
I walked into the classroom a bit late but when I did, Paulina glanced at me and exclaimed,
"Princess!!!"
I had gotten accustomed to the use of that nickname and rushed forward to hug her tightly, sparing a quick look at the teacher.
Ms. Smith welcomed me and told me to go and put my backpack on the hooks on the side of the classroom, right below the windows that revealed the parking lot in the front of the class.
I did as told and walked back to Paulina and sat next to her. While i sat there i noticed Natalie wasn't in this class. She kept looking from my face to the back of the class, so i decided to turn around and see what was so important. I regretted it instantly.
The table in the back consisted of all boys with the exclusion of one girl and had, Roman, Alex, Michael, a girl i didn't yet know the name of, Leo (another friend i had come around to have), and...Josh. They were all laughing at something but my eyes lingered on Josh and Roman for a few seconds longer than intended and forced myself to look back at Paulina.
She gave me a small look of sympathy and then we focused our attention to Ms. Smith, dreading the year to come. Until Ms. Smith got on the phone and said this,
"Hello? Uh- yeah, Natalie Moreno is supposed to be in my class."
As soon as those words left her mouth, me and Paulina looked at each other in unison and squealed. Some kids looked at us like we were crazy but we didn't care. Our best friend was going to be in the same class as us!
A few minutes later, Natalie walked in and we hugged her. There were no more seats at our table so after Natalie hung up her backpack she sat at one of the tables by the window.
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The weeks passed pretty uneventful, until the afternoon of September 28th.
We were packing up to go home and Michael came up to me,
"Roman wants to know if you'll go out with him."
I was in total shock, what happened to Aniza? They broke up? HE LIKES ME?
"This is a prank." He doesn't like me. Tell him I said no."
"Okay."
I know this sounds crazy like "why would you reject the guy you've liked when he finally feels the same?????" Here's what I was thinking:
He's a friend of Josh. It's just another attempt to make me seem all the more stupid. Aniza probably put them up to this to test my friendship and loyalty. I'm glad I said no. I guess that hurt made me smarter. Perfect- I made the right choice. Damn, I'm proud of myself.
So I said no.
I told Natalie the next day at lunch. She knows I had the little crush on Roman. So naturally, she was the first person I told.
"Oh...Jo....It's a prank."
"Really?"
I couldn't help the small lace of disappointment in my voice. At least I said no, thank god.
Someone told her that it was a prank so she told me it was in order to keep me from getting hurt. I get that. But it didn't have to hurt so damn much...581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6DvMVsGd32
Michael came up to me again later that day and said, "Roman wants to know why."
"Why what?"
"Why you told him no."
"Because I'm a good friend and he's still with Aniza. Besides, I know it was a prank so 'haha' I'm definitely laughing."
"No, It's not a prank he really likes you I promise."
Josh was a jerk at the time for doing that, and throughout that I grew to trust Michael. In a friendly way, like a protective way and I'll admit, I've liked him before. But I decided not to for it would ruin a friendship I want to last. I just- I don't know how to explain it but I like him in a different way than all my other guy friends. It's not purely friendship but a deep sense of true trust. Don't get me wrong, Alex is and always will be my best guy friend but- he's all in one. A simple friendship with trust, childishness, laughter of course, and just fondness for that person.
But with Michael its just trust and that...feeling of safety. That's what I feel. I don't like him, but- that's just how I feel.
"So....is he still with Aniza?"
"No. He said he broke up with her."
"Oh."
"So.... will you go out with Roman?"
"Tell him to come ask me to my face if he really wants me to."
And thats exactly how it happened. Roman walked up to me wiping his hands slightly to wipe sweat I'm assuming, but he looked really nervous. He asked me to go out with him, and I said yes this time. 581Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmtF4C14r9T
I was officially dating Roman.
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