Stand By Me

Chapter 2

I hadn't seen Jason for a long time. As I saw him walk towards me with a gorgeous smile. It made me slightly comfortable.

He spoke when he was a few feet away. He was at hearing distance from me. And he was still walking towards me.

"Elena! You look different - "

I gave him a hard-bitten smile. He didn't complete his sentence. He shifted his gaze towards Mia.

Mia was still recovering from what had happened. I had pulled her off gaurd.

Mia!!

Act normal girl!

I could hear myself internally screaming!

" Mia? What's wrong? You seem like you've seen a ghost!", said Val breaking the awkward silence.

Realizing everyone were staring at her, she said softly "Don't worry about it. I think I saw a rat"

What!

That was the best you could come up with!?

Val yelled on top of her voice, "Rat!!!!!"

And she ran towards the class.

And some junior girls started screaming too.

I saw Mia roll her eyes looking at those girls.

I couldn't help smiling at how irritated Mia was.

Then I shifted my gaze towards Jason who was still looking at me with a confused expression.

"Elena? "

Yeah! What's up Jason?" I said totally avoiding the confused expression on his face.

"Don't try to fool me. I know you better than you know yourself. " He said taking a step closer to us.

It's not the first time he's said this to me. He's said this so many times on phone and over texts. You know those times when someone sends a sweet text, you try to imagine how it would be if they were right in front of you.

That's how I felt.

But I wasn't as Happy as I would have been if I hadn't witnessed the kiss.

Mia whispered in my ears, "Elena, do you have a spare?"

Oh. Girl emergency.

I nodded my head Slightly.

Then I turned towards Jason.

I said in a confident tone, "I need to get to class. Why don't you hang out with your girlfriend? Well talk in the break maybe?"

He instantly rubbed the back of his head digging into his hair. He does that when he's shy or embarrassed. He said avoiding eye contact, "you mean Val? Oh.. Uh.. Yeah see you later."

I've always teased Val as his girlfriend. So he just thought I was teasing him. But I wasn't.

I wanted to tell him THAT.

But I had to help Mia. So I just let it be. But I'll bring up the topic again. SOON. Not awkwardly.

Hey!

He's my best friend. I have all the rights to ask him.

I'm not jealous or anything.

Okay maybe a little.

Snap out of it Elena! You're dreaming a lot in between conversations.

I said crossing my arms, "Yeah, see you later."