Short story: An Ode to Who? - Jeffcode

#8:A-void

It's now the following week's rehearsals and it is more than awkward. It's an entirely different vibe. Of Course, about 90% of those doing the production actually attend and, as parties go, when you're drunk enough, you do the most unspoken and uncalled for things imaginable.

I , for one, hadn't been too worried about what I did ... Well not until I got to try and greet Jeff one afternoon, a day or so after the party. As I do any other Senior in the production during rehearsals , I walked up to him and said a quick ‘Hi’ , but he blatantly avoided eye contact in what seemed a sort of panic of a reaction. At first I chose not to think much of it ; these kinds of things happen to everyone at least 5 times a week.

But then it gets stranger.

During a group dance number, Jeff is to converse with each main dancer , one of those being me. Yet, when it comes to my part , he could barely looks at me and stumbled on his lines - something he never does mind you - and even though he carried on beautifully,  I couldn't help but notice just how odd it was.

Later on that week , I performed exceptionally well, adding in adlibs and simply better emotion to the female lead's dance-monologue which I co-star in. Everyone approached me to praise and hype over me, everyone except him. Not like I need his praise specifically,  but he looked as if he is trying not to look in my direction.

And so that Thursday evening I sit in my bed and think. I think long and hard about what could have happened during the party. Whether or not I said anything out of pocket... then I remember. Not much but it definitely happened... I remember coming across Jeff and greeting him. Then the rest is a blur from there on.

With this minimal recollection, I spend the rest of the week burdening myself on what exactly I could have said. There must have been a reason for Jeff to be acting this way towards me. Never before has he been the one ignoring or avoiding me...

I'm literally never drinking again.

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