When Trouble Meets Trouble

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

“Only until Caleb’s convinced; this should take a day. We’re going to sit with him at lunch and talk all about our two week relationship,” I explained as the late bell rang.

Jonah nodded his head, the smirk still clear on his lips. “I really hope you’re a good actor, Davis," I told him. 

“I am…girlfriend,” Jonah replied which caused my stomach to erupt in butterflies. I nodded before rushing off to Algebra 2. That went better than I expected.

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Lunch time came around quickly and I was still working out the details of me and Jonah’s short relationship. We’ve been a couple for two weeks. We made it official at the bakery downtown. We’re waiting to have our first kiss on our one month anniversary. Jonah told me that saying that would seem a bit weird; he thought that a month was a bit late for a first kiss; I told him that in the movies, they always ask to see the couple kiss, which I'm not sure if that happens in real life, but I just want to make sure that no lip action happens here.

As I rehearsed my lines, I searched for Jonah. I waited outside of his classroom and when he walked out whistling, I yanked on his arm. I guess I surprised him because he started choking on his spit. Instead of helping him, I said the first thing that came to my mind. “How unattractive, boyfriend.”

My statement caused a few people to look at us, well more at me since Jonah was choking on his own spit. I patted his back and he finally stopped. “You scared me," he muttered once he regained the ability to breathe. He was hunched over with his hands on his knees as he inhaled sweet oxygen, something he’d been missing out on for the past 2 minutes.

I leaned down and whispered in his ear. “I think the rumor is going to spread that we’re dating,” I murmured and he shrugged as he stood up.

“The more people that believe and can confirm it, the better, right?” Jonah asked as he took my hand in his own and walked us down to lunch while swinging our hands. He talked casually about his day. I didn’t bother to reply; my voice was gone and I was just sitting upon cloud nine. I wonder if this is what it feels like to be in a healthy relationship.

When we reached lunch, we sat down next to Dana who raised both of her eyebrows. Her face was as readable as a book. She was asking if we were together without using words. She finally decided to ask. “You two are together?”

While I was looking around, in search of Caleb to see if he would hear my short and sweet explanation, Jonah answered instead. “Yes.”

“Finally, I thought it’d never happen,” I urged Dana not to say anything with my eyes and she seemed to get the message. I turned to see Jonah staring at me with a small smile on his face.

Once Caleb arrived with his food, Jonah excused himself to order our food. When I reached for my money, he put his hand on my forearm and shook his head. I’m going to pay him back later.

“You guys seem happy together,” Caleb stated and I nodded. My phone vibrated in my pocket and I read the text message. ‘Any information I should know?’ I looked up to see Jonah standing in line while he looked at me.

I quickly typed a response. Though we went over it earlier, it won't hurt to refresh his memory: ‘We’ve been a couple for two weeks. We made it official at the bakery downtown. We’re waiting to have our first kiss on our one month anniversary.’

Not even a moment later, my phone vibrated again and I checked the text message. ‘Why a bakery?’ was his stupid response. He always has to have questions. 

‘I like muffins. That’s why,’ I replied.

'I still think we should say we've already had our first kiss,' he told me.