Janet’s P. O. V:
“My loving frien-”–crumple.
“My dear Jaso-”–crumple.
“My dear friend, Jas-”–crumple.
UGH!!!
And with that went the eighteenth sheet of paper into the dustbin.
If anyone dares to say from now on that writing a love letter is easy, I am so going to kill them!
Why on earth was confessing love to someone so damn hard? Not to mention, Jason and I had been friends for six straight years. We had shared lots of moments; good, bad, awkward, you name it.
However I couldn’t just walk up to him and say that I loved him because like all other people, I had the ‘what if’ problem too. What if he freaked out? Even assuming that he’d take it lightly, what if he turned me down? That’d be pretty bad. But what if he got angry and stopped talking to me? That’d be even worse! I didn’t want to lose our friendship for love. But another side of my mind argued that it was a fair deal.
In the end, I ended up listening to the second part of my mind. However, writing a letter proved too difficult. I could’ve just told it to him over the phone but I didn’t have the courage to do that instantly either.
Directly. Tomorrow, I’ll tell him that I love him directly.
Emily’s P. O. V:
“Um… Ms Emily, are you going to have any club activities during the holidays?” asked Mr Gerald and added, “Jason really likes club activities. Last year, he and a senior girl made a short film. It was pretty nice, you should see it sometime. I think Jason still has the tape, at least in memory of the senior girl as she was such an inspirational club leader. He misses her a lot even though he does not show it.”
I immediately went to the movie room. The room was always dark. The floor was covered with thick carpets to have the best sound experience. Something seemed off as I entered the room. It was dark like it was supposed to be but there was a movie playing. Squinting my eyes, I looked at the viewing seats and to my surprise, Jason was there. As soon as he saw me he raised his arms in a gesture of peace and said, “Okay, now before you start yelling, I’m not skipping class, it is a free period so save your lecture.”
“Oh okay, I heard some talk about some movie that you made last year. I was wondering if I could see it” I said.
I could clearly see nervousness and reluctance in his eyes as he searched for the tape.
“Do you really need to see it? And who told you about it?” he asked while rummaging through the box full of old tapes?
“Well Mr Gerald was the one who told me about it and yes, I want to see it so badly,” I replied trying my best to conceal my smirk.
“Ah, got it” he said as he took out the tape from a dusty box and put it in the player. The film started playing. The senior was none other than Kelly. It was obviously made as a memorial of the friendship between her and Jason. I turned to look at Jason who was wriggling in his seat looking utterly embarrassed. “Uh…It’s so awkward, we weren’t even experienced” he whined, squirming about. It was kinda cute.
I felt thirsty so I asked him to get me some water. He went outside and returned soon with a bottle. But before he could hand it to me, his foot got caught in the thick carpet and he fell on top of me and down we went crashing on the floor. I was more than thankful to Jason for supporting his heavily built physique on his arms without falling over and squishing me. “Are you alright?” he asked and I nodded, but then he seemed to be in a trance staring straight into my eyes.
Why the heck is he not getting off?
“Um…Jason?” I started.
No response, just staring!
“Jason, I’m okay, now can you get off?” I asked in a bolder tone now.
“You are so beautiful, Ms Emily,” he said, his eyes darting between my eyes and my lips and started leaning in slowly to kiss me.
That’s not a relevant response and definitely not an appropriate move!
“Err thanks I guess, but you really have to get off. Someone might see us and that would not be…”
“STOP YOU INCONSIDERATE FOOLS!” thundered the voice of one very angry girl. I looked in the direction of the voice and there stood a fuming Janet.
Somebody please kill me now!
Jason got off me. Janet went up to him and suddenly said flatly, “Jason, I love you; I’ve been crushing on you ever since the day we met. Please be my boyfriend.”
Now that ‘somebody’, instead of killing me, tell me what’s going on.
What happened was enough to keep me standing like a statue opening and closing my mouth repeatedly in complete shock. I did not see that coming at all. I never thought that Janet had feelings for Jason. I thought that she was just being a good friend to him when she became mad at me. Well, that explained the fury in her eyes when she saw us in that not-so-adorable position a while ago.
My stupid mouth just wouldn’t shut up so I asked Janet, “What’s going on here?”
Worst mistake ever made.
Janet turned to me and asked, “You really don’t know anything do you?” She then pointed to me and then to Jason who was also standing dumbfounded because of her sudden confession and said, “You two actually think you can make your relationship work? Do you have any sense at all?” Both of us said nothing as neither had any proper reply to those questions. Moreover whatever answer we could possibly say was sure to get her madder and that was not what we needed at that point.
“Alright now please give me honest answers to these simple questions,” she said and continued, “Ms Emily, exactly how old are you?”
“Twenty five, turning twenty six in a month,” I said.
“And you, Jason?”
“Eighteen,” he replied.
She then turned to me and said, “Did you ever think of this age gap between you? Alright even supposing that you don’t mind, by the time Jason finishes college and gets a job, he’ll be twenty two and you’ll be nearly thirty! It’ll take at least three years for him to get well settled by which time you’ll be in your mid-thirties which automatically gives more difficulties when you have babies!”
BABIES??? Never thought of that! Aren’t you going a little too far Janet?
My thoughts were interrupted by Janet yelling, “I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHY I’M EXPLAINING ALL THIS TO YOU!”
She then turned to Jason with tears in her eyes and said, “It’s not always good to look only forward. Sometimes you have to look to your side too” As she said that, I got reminded of all the girls in his class who drooled over him, but none worried me as much as her and Kelly of course.
Not much was there for any of us to say after that. There we were, in the dark movie room, completely enveloped in an atmosphere of deafening silence and itchy awkwardness.
“I know. I thought of all these things and I can make it work” said Jason slowly after sometime. It was obviously not the answer Janet was expecting. “YOU ARE SUCH AN IDIOT” she screamed and ran out.
A/N: Oops! Janet asks Jason out finally. But, wait. How on earth is Jason who is obsessed with Emily gonna react to this confession? Next chapter holds the answer. Until next time, folks :)856Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K4wOoWsDU
