Unexpected Romance

Quinn

I never really knew why I liked him, I guess it was because he was the cutest guy in my class. I was definitely not the cutest girl in the class, though, that's for sure. He also seemed nice and I just blushed any time we interacted. He showed me the meaning of bitch in the dictionary and apparently that makes you in love with someone? I didn't quite know how loved worked at this age. He still is a nice guy, maybe even more, more mature anyways. Not my type anymore, though.

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"Today, we will be doing a skit about two people who are frustrated at each other. They just can't stand each other. It can either be resolved with friendship or endship. Heh, you see what I did there?" Mrs. Nolan smiled at us all, cracking herself up. She's entertained very easily. It's cute.
"Okay, I have your partners so everyone listen, please. Anna and Rachelle, Brayden and Evan, Gabe and Jacob, Jake and Summer, Quinn and Emma..."
Oh, huh, he's pretty good at drama. Over the top sometimes, but I kinda get it, lol. Oh god, did I just seriously say lol in my head? Ugh..
"...Reem and Reilly. Okay, off you go with your partners!"
"Hey, Emma! You're pretty good, right?"
What kind of question is that?
"Yeah," I say with a smile, "got any ideas already?"
"I'm thinking we could be a dad and a daughter fighting-"
"Besides dad and daughter shit."
"Oh. Uh- okay. How about two friends who are on the verge of becoming ex-friends?"
"Sounds good." I smile at him again, reassuring him that not all of his ideas are shit.
"Alright, so I'm thinking we start off with..." he grabs a chair as he trails off, talking about the skit.
I grab one, too. "Sounds pretty good, wanna practise scene one or wait for the whole thing to be clear to practise?"
"We can practise scene one, if you'd like." Quinn stands up and goes a certain distance from me.

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We rehearse our lines, getting the main idea down.
"I like that, we'll keep that." He says.
I may or may not have blushed but who cares. "Thank you, you got any twists you'd like to add as well?"
"Not any I can think of at the moment, but I'll keep you updated."
"Alrighty! Let's go over it one more-"
"Okay, everybody, makes sure your scene one is done, move onto scene two now!" Mrs. Nolan shouted to the whole class throughout the AV room.
"We've already gone over it three times, soon to be fourth." I say, unamused and bored.
"Yeah, but practise doesn't hurt. Plus, it gives us something to do while we wait for others to finish up."
"True, true, alright, let's go again."

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"...I thought you cared about me! Apparently all you care about is yourself!"
"I do care about you! You just never give me a chance to! You always run off with other people and always blame me for things I didn't do because you don't let me give you the attention you want so bad!"
"I run off to other people because you brush me off like dirt! I know I mean nothing to you because you're meaning nothing to me!"
"You.. I.. I mean.. nothing to you...?"
"No, I didn't mean it, I was just-"
"No, no, I get it. It's fine. Wanna know why? Because this friendship of ours is over. We're done." Quinn starts to walk away to the other side of the stage, as to walk away from the person I am playing.
"I- wait! Please! I didn't mean-"
"Are you sure?! Because it seemed to have came out of your mouth quite smoothly!"
"Just- wait! I'm sorry..."
"Sorry won't cut it this time, Emma. Nothing will."
Everybody starts to clap as we turn to the nearest and get off the stage, smiling. I'm very proud of us.
"Great performance, you two!" Mrs. Nolan clapped extra loud and Gabe told me that it was REALLY good, which made me feel even better.
"You did great." Quinn whispered into my ear, sitting down right beside me.
"You did, too." I whispered back, smiling.