When Trouble Meets Trouble

[ C h a p t e r - T w e n t y - F i v e ]

I nodded. “Let’s take a detour, shall we?” I asked as I glanced over my shoulder, I saw Caleb’s head poke out of the classroom. He looked around the crowded hallway and I squealed, yanking Jonah around the corner to the stairwell.

“Are we seriously going all the way around?” he asked me, attempting to look behind himself but almost falling down the stairs. I nodded again. “Who are you avoiding?”

“Someone,” I replied as we reached the second floor. The sophomores were parting their ways and I noticed someone at the end of the hallway: someone big, someone who was on the football team.

Shaw.

“Shaw!” I hissed as Jonah and I came to a halt. “He’s right there!”

“Where?” Jonah asked as he looked around. I didn’t understand how I could see him and I’m the same height as the sophomores while Jonah towered over them like a skyscraper.

“Right there,” I replied, standing on my tiptoes and turning his face in Shaw’s direction. I turned around and went back to the way we came. Jonah was right in tow. As we ran back up the stairs, someone’s voice entered my hearing range. Caleb.

I attempted to turn around but I bumped into Jonah who just pushed us further into the junior hallway which was mostly empty. “Savannah?”

I coughed and turned to see Caleb who had a confused look on his face. “Caleb!” I exclaimed as if I hadn’t ran from him two minutes ago.

“Is this-?” I cut him off midsentence.

I nodded my head. “Yes. Jonah - Caleb, Caleb - Jonah.”

Jonah smiled at Caleb and shook his hand while giving me a confused look. “It’s good to finally meet Savannah’s-,” I cut him off again.

“Friend, one of Savannah’s friends is what Caleb was about to say,” I nodded my head again.

Caleb gave me a confused look. “No I was about to say boyfriend.”

“Boyfriend?” Jonah furrowed his eyebrows. I felt my face redden as I nodded again. I might as well play the part. I wrapped both of my arms around his torso in a bear hug.

“Yes, boyfriend, right Jo-Bro? Of course I’m right!” I pinched his side and glared up at Jonah which must’ve looked like a loving look from Caleb’s point of view, or so I hoped.

Jonah grinned through the pain and nodded his head. “Anyway, Caleb, we’ll see you at lunch. We can’t be late to class!” I nervously giggled as I let go of Jonah and grabbed his arm, running down the hallway. Once we were out of earshot, Jonah looked at me.

“What just happened?” he asked me and I sighed.

I pointed in the direction where Jonah and I had that awkward, uncomfortable encounter with Caleb. “That boy asked me out on a date and I’m not, nor will I ever be, interested. Being the super smart girl that I am told him that I have a boyfriend rather than saying that I’m not interested. I flirted with him for the first twenty minutes or so at that Christmas Eve party before he had to leave. It was fun at the time but now it’s not so fun. He asked to meet my boyfriend and I didn’t have time to order one on rent-a-boyfriend.com so I just winged it.”

“So you played that boy?” Jonah asked with a smirk.

I thought about it for a moment. “Unintentionally, yes.”

“So now I’m your boyfriend?” Jonah asked and I felt my face redden. Please don’t notice, please don’t notice. His smirk widened and I’m guessing he noticed.