Always and Forever

Getting That First Date

Detention is something of a dream. It's not as bad as I thought it would be. Of course, my school isn't exactly a torture chamber for teens, so I guess I can't expect detention to be that bad. The only bad part about detention is David sitting two seats away from me.

The whole time, he keeps trying to get my attention. I see him, but for the better of everyone in the class, I ignore him. I know that if I start talking to him, I'll end up yelling and screaming, throwing and kicking; someone just might get hurt.

And though I don't respond to any of his calls, he still continues to try to get my attention. I think the teacher is even into the whole thing too. By now, it's circulated that Liam and David are having a fight over 'this random girl no one's even heard about.' Oh, yeah, just so you know, 'that random girl no one's ever heard about' is me. And I've been getting weird looks all day from it too.

A couple of guys commented on my outfit (by that I mean they wolf whistled). Then a few girls came up to me and asked me how it felt to have two best friends fighting over me. I stared at them uncomfortably and then just walked away without saying anything. I can now assume they think I'm a total freak who doesn't talk.

But the worst thing about the whole fight yet was when at the end of school, when the final bell rang, Reece was waiting for me at my locker. My heart stopped beating, and I was literally afraid that I was going to fall to the ground screaming out, "Oh, the pain!" while holding my chest. But instead, I painfully stood in the middle of the hall, two feet away from Reece and my locker with my mouth slightly ajar and my eyes widened. I probably looked like a total freak.

Somehow, I forced myself to wake up from my dazed state, and I walked over to Reece. She forced a smile when she saw me; I didn't even try to grin.

"What are you doing here?" I asked her quietly. She just smiled at me and then looked at the floor awkwardly. "Reece, what are you doing here?"

"I needed to talk to you," she blurted out suddenly. "About the whole thing with David and the dance. He told me about it. And he feels really guilty." At this point, a few people are staring, not even trying to hide that they're easedropping. "And frankly, I feel guilty too. You are an amazing person; beautiful, funny, and intelligent, and that's why I felt so threatened. That's why I was jealous. Because if he actually was dating you, then that meant he moved on to someone better. I don't know... I thought I was over him, but I'm not. Seeing you with him just gave me a wakeup call.

"But I apologize for what he did. It was totally uncalled for and horrible. Just know that David feels so horribly about it. And I'm sorry that you had to see me take him back in front of everyone. My timing was horrible and... I'm just so sorry."

And that's what I hated. I hated that she came up to me directly, face to face, to apologize about everything. She apologized for something she had no control over. Reece is just a fucking good person. I wish that I could be as good of a person as she is. And this is just one of the many reasons David likes her.

My mouth was open and I was ready to say something, but as soon as I tried to say it, my brain mixed up the words and if I talked, I'd sound like I was talking gibberish. I probably looked like a fish, opening and closing my mouth with wide eyes. But Reece didn't say anything rude to me. She just smiled, said goodbye, and walked away. How dare she be so sweet?

I closed my mouth, put away my books and got my bag before walking to detention. As I walked, I thought about how quickly my little conversation with Reece would spread throughout the school. Then Liam would hear about it, and then I'd have to hear more about how amazing and sweet Reece is on our little Starbucks date after detention. Oh, I am just so not in the mood right now for David to be trying to talk to me.