Good Enough |✅|

Pam

      Raul thought I was dramatic.
      Well he was right. In a way.

      I was a great actor.

Pam : Sheesh! You were all smiles, dude. Someone hand me a pair of sunglasses.

Raul : You drool over guys all the time.

Pam : Do not!

      How dare he say that.

Raul : Whatever. But I think that, that right now was love at first sight. Don't you think so too?
My heart crumbled. I tried being myself and rolled my eyes like a normal best friend.

The gym emptied slowly until everyone was gone.
      Or so I thought.

Raul : I'm gonna go get changed.

Pam : Yeah, do that. You smell horrible.

       Yet, I want to cling to you.

Raul laughed and walked out the door.
As soon as he was out of earshot, I let my frustration get the best of me. I frowned hard, pursed my lips, crushed the tiny empty plastic water bottle in my hand and shot it at the bin twenty meters away without looking. Someone in the shadows gasped and ran up to me, clapping, when I landed it perfectly inside the bin.

Kaedan : Woah! As expected from the ace.

I never did consider myself the ace of the girls basketball team. All of us played equally well.

Pam : Didn't see you there.

Kaedan : Yeah well, I'm not Raul.

Pam : . . . Staaaarreeee . . . . . . . . What the--

Kaedan : I noticed the way you looked at him.

His tone was so matter-of-fact that it infuriated me.

Pam : Shut up, Kaedan.

Kaedan shrank.

Pam : . . . . Uh-- Kaedan-- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to--

The gym door opened noisily.

Raul : Pam! You comin'?

Pam : . . Ye-yeah! Be there in a minute.

The gym door closed.

Kaedan : Did I offend you? Sorry.

Pam : No- it's me. I should apologize. Kaedan, I'm really sorry. I gotta go.

Outside I met up with Raul.

Raul : So, I'm not the only one in love, huh?

Pam : Shut up, Raul. And wipe that smirk off.

Raul : Admit it.

It was true. I was in love. But not with the boys' basketball team captain. I flinched.

Raul : Is something wrong?

Pam : No. Just a headache.

And apparently the cause of that headache was a simple-minded, kind guy named Daniel. He wasn't even that handsome!

Dang it!
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