"Uh, Mei?" Steven's voice snapped me out of my thoughts
I looked at Steven wide eye, "Uh what?" I questioned still shocked
''Are you okay?" Stevens asks with his brows furrowing, "You kind of zoned out and you looked confused," Steven tells me
I smiled at him, "I'm great," I lied, "Just great," I said lying again
"Are you sure?" Steven narrowed his eyes at me
I sighed, "Don't worry about me," I said to him but he gives me an unsure look, "I'm serious Steven! Don't worry, I'm fine, I promise."
"Has anyone ever told you that you're a bad liar?" Steven arches an eyebrow at me
I rolled my eyes, "Seriously!?" I said annoyed
"Alright," Steven chuckles, " I'll let it go even though I don't believe you."
When Steven and I finally continued to work on our project, I couldn't help but think about lacrosse anon, could Steven really be lacrosse anon? I mean, it really did make sense considering the way he looked connected to what lacrosse anon had told me last night.
I looked at Steven, "So, Steven," I spoke up as he looked at me, "Remeber when we had to write those letters to a person in our class?" I asked him trying to sound calm
Steven laughed, "Yeah, I do actually," Steven responds, "If being honest, at first I really didn't want to do it, but in the end, I'm glad we were forced to do it," Steven sighs with a happy look on his face
I give Steven a curious look, "Why is that?" I asked too eagerly
"Because the person that was my partner ended up being a very close friend of mine," Steven explains, "She helps me and is there for me when I need her, whenever I feel like I have no one to talk to or I feel can't talk to anyone, I know that I can talk to her," Steven continues, "I really do like her, she's an amazing person and I can't imagine not being to have her as a friend," Steven told me
I look at Steven in shock, "Wow," I sighed in awe, "You must uh really like her huh?" I asked him nervously
Steven looked at me with a smile still plastered on his face, "I really do," He says whispering out the last part
"Well, I'm sure she likes too," I told him
Steven shrugs his shoulder, "I can only hope," He says as the bell rings, "Wow," Steven chuckles, "We didn't even work on our project at all," Steven says packing up his stuff, "We have a lot of work done at the moment anyway," Steven says
"Yeah," I laughed, "I'll see you around," I told him as he left
As I continued to pack up my stuff I noticed that I was the only person in the class left, when I looked up I saw Mrs. Meyers looking up at me with a smirk on her face.
"You know, your lacrosse anon talked about you to me yesterday," Mrs. Meyers told me still smirking
I looked at her shocked, "He did?" I asked her surprised, "What did he say? And why did he tell you?" I asked, "No offense or anything," I quickly said after
"He's my nephew," Mrs. Meyers chuckled, "He kept telling me about how good of a friend you are and how amazing he thought you were, he's always thanking me for pairing you both actually," Mrs. Meyers explained, "He really does like you, and although you too may not who you both truly are, I can tell how happy he is when I see him texting you," Mrs. Meyers tells me, "I've never seen him so happy in a long time, I'm very grateful you two are friends, I paired you both up on purpose actually," Mrs. Meyers confesses as I can see the her eyes gleam
My eyebrows rose up, "Wait, really? You did? How come?" I asked her curiously
Mrs. Meyers sighed, "I cannot really explain why, that's something he should be telling you," Mrs, Meyers said, "But he hasn't had a good past with people, and it really saddens me, and out of everyone in this class, I knew you were the kindest person anyone could ever be friends," She admits as I smile at her, "I also know that you could understand him the most in a certain situation," Mrs. Meyers tells me sadly
My face knitted closer together, "What do you mean by that?" I asked her
Mrs. Meyers smiles at me sadly, "Like I said before, that's something that he should tell you," Mrs. Meyers says again, "Anyways, I don't want to waste any more of your time, you may go to lunch," She says gesturing towards the door
I started to walk out and before I could actually leave I turn around and look at Mrs. Meyers, "Thank you," I told her, "For telling me all that, "I said to her with a smile
"My pleasure," Mrs. Meyers told me in a warm tone
During lunchtime, Christ told me about how Mike went to eat in the lunchroom alone so Christ wanted to go in so he wouldn't be alone. And as nice as that was I really didn't want to go in the lunchroom but at the same time I didn't want Mike to be alone in there knowing he's new so I just said yes and went but made sure that Felix and Zach came in too.
Zach and I were both getting our food together since Christ and Felix were both already at the table together eating with Mike since they had got into the line earlier than us.
"So, this guy that we're supposed to be hanging out with after school with, who is he exactly?" Zach asks me while grabbing a Snapple drink
"His name is Mike," I told Zach while grabbing a plate of pizza, "He's Christ's best friend," I answered him
"Do you know what we're doing all together after school today?" Zach questions grabbing pizza as well as I paid for my food
"I'm pretty sure Christ wants us to all go to an amusement park or something," I said to him as I waited for him to finish paying for his food
When Zach and I both arrived at the lunch table, we both sat down together as Zach had asked what they were talking about.
"We're talking about all of us going to the amusement park all together after school," Mike answers him, "Just making sure, you guys are okay with going there right? Since it is still cold."
Zach and I both nodded, "Yeah," We said in unison, Zach and I both quickly look at each other and laugh
"I like that you guys did that all in sync," Christ chuckled before taking a bite of his pizza
I looked at Zach and saw his eyes scan all of our foods and saw him make a funny face, "What?" I asked him grinning, "What's going on in that head of yours?" I asked him tapping his head with my pointer finger lightly
"Pizza," Zach stated with a funny smile on his face
The three of us all gave Zach a weird look, "What?" I asked laughing
"We're all eating pizza," Zach says pointing to each other as I looked around and saw that he was right
I rolled my eyes, "Really?" I said to him
Zach rolled his eyes, "Really?" Zach said mocked
I pursed my lips at him and shook my head before Zach went on and did the exact same thing as me again.
As I continued to eat my food ignoring Zach mocking me, I looked to my right and saw Tom staring at me, and he was glaring at me. I looked away from him but when I looked back towards him he was still staring at me with a glare on his face. I decided it was best to just try hard to ignore him.
"Why is that guy glaring at you?" I heard Mike ask I looked over in the direction where he was looking and saw that he was talking about Tom
I was about to answer him but I stopped before I could and looked over at Zach, Felix, and Christ who were all looking down at the table avoiding eye contact, "Not sure," I finally shrugging
Mike narrowed his eyes at me and gave me an unsure look before shifting his eyes back to Tom, "That's weird," He said before looking back at me
I nodded, "Very."
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During history, while everyone or most people at least, we're working on the outline that our history teacher assigned us, he came up to the front of the classroom and called our attention.
"So, I have an announcement to make," Mr. Wells started, "You all have a field trip coming up on January 21st for this class and your English class as well so it'll be both classes combined as well as Mrs. Meyers and I will be two of the chaperones there, there will be four chaperones there in total." Mr. Wells told us as he started to hand out permissions slips, "These permission slips are for the trip, the trip will be for a whole week, which I know seems like a long time, but your all seniors," Mr. Wells explained, "Also, please make you all pay by sometime before the week of the trip or else you won't be able to come," Mr. Well continued, "Is that clear?" Mr. Wells as everyone stated yes
A kid from my class raised his hand as the teacher pointed to him, "Why is the trip going to be so long?" He asked Mr. Wells
"Because it is for both history and English so we will use up most days for all literature things for the whole day and do the same with historical things," Mr. Wells explained to him
Later, when history class was over, Zach who was sitting next to me during class was going to raise his hand to give Adrian his permission slip but before he could I quickly offered to give Adrian the permission slip myself as an excuse to see him and check up on him to make sure how he was doing since he was sick. So, I had texted him and asked him if I could go over his house which he said yes and gave me his address since I had never been to his house, so Macie had dropped me off and offered to pick me back up after.
I rang Adrian's doorbell twice before it finally answered, "Hey," Adrian greeted with a smile once the door was open
"Hi," I said smiling back as he let me inside, "So, how have you been?" I asked him as he shut the door
"Not any better if I'm being honest," Adrian answered truthfully as we walked to his couch and sat down
I looked at what Adrian was wearing and he was wearing large sweatpants with a sweater over it and saw that he had a blanket wrapped around him, "Are you really cold or something?" I asked him laughing
Adrian smirked, "Something like that," Adrian said, "I am sick, remember?" He told me in 'duh' tone
I nodded with a grin, "So," I said opening up my backpack, "Here is the permission for the field trip our class is going on in the second week of January," I told him giving him the slip, "It's a trip for history and English so it'll be both classes combined for each subjects going," I explained to him
Adrian looked up to me from the slip, "Why couldn't you have just given me this at school?" Adrian asked chuckling
"Because you're sick and I wanted to check up on you," I told him truthfully, "You're my friend Adrian, I do worry about you, you know," I said to him
Adrian raised his eyebrows at me, "Nice to know you care," He said to me chuckling, "Did you bring any other school work I missed though?" Adrian asked me looking at my backpack
"I did actually," I told him grabbing his makeup work from my backpack, "Here is math, English and history," I said to him, "We don't have science together so you might have to get that subject from Felix or Zach," I told him
Adrian rubbed his forehead and groaned, "Ugh," He said annoyed
My eyebrows furrowed, "What's wrong?" I asked him curiously
"I'm hungry," He complained laughing, "I think I'm going to go make something," Adrian said standing up, "Do you want anything?" He asks me
I shook my head, "Oh no, you're sick, your not making anything," I said to him, "I'll make something for us," I told him smiling as I stood up
"What are you going to make?" Adrian asks me
"Pancakes," I told him walking into his kitchen
"Pancakes?" Adrian questions, "It's the afternoon," Adrian laughs
"So?" I scoffed, "Who cares what time is it?" I told him
"Alright," Adrian says unsure, "But you can make pancakes right?" Adrian asked as I got out the stuff, "Because I do remember you telling me that you weren't that good of a cook," Adrian stated
I scoffed with a laugh, "Of course I can," As I started making them
As I continued to struggle while making the pancakes Adrian looked at the pancakes and looked back at me and looked as if he was trying to not laugh at me, "I can't do this anymore," Adrian laughed standing up, "I'm sorry but I'm I have to help you," Adrian said
"You can't touch the food, you're sick!" I exclaimed
Adrian rolled his eyes, "Fine, I'll grab your arms from behind and try to stay as far away from the food as possible," Adrian said to me, "But I'm not going to let burn the pancakes," Adrian laughed again
I sighed, "Fine," I said rolling my eyes
Adrian walked over to me and was about to grab arms but stop, "Wait, you do realize I'm sick right?" He asks and I nod, "So, you won't mind if I get you sick?" He asks me
I shook my head, "Not really," I told him honestly, as long as the pancakes ended up tasting good I really didn't care If I got sick.
Adrian walked over to where I was standing and stood right behind me putting both of his hands on both my arms I turned around and looked at him as he stared me, "Ready?" He asked smiling as I nodded
Adrian talked me through everything while still holding my arms in his hands and leading me through everything.
Once the pancakes were almost done I shoved Adrian's arms off of me, "Alright, get off," I said trying to shove Adrian hands away from me, "The pancakes are almost done I think I can take it from it."
"Not sure if I trust to leave you alone with the pancakes," Adrian narrows his eyes on me
"All I have to do is put the pancakes on the plate now go away! Before the pancakes actually do burn," I said to him
Adrian gives me a hesitant look before walking to the table and sitting down, "Alright, Chef Mei has prepared for you today some delicious-"
"Mei please stop," Adrian laughs, "Just come sit down and eat with me," Adrian says patting the seat next to him
"Alright," I said rubbing my hands together, "Let's dig in," I exclaimed sitting down
Adrian laughed as we both ate the pancakes we made together, even though I didn't really know what I was doing.
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Later after Adrian's house, Macie picked up from his house with Christ already in the car because we're hanging out with Christ, Mike and the guys at the amusement park."Fine," Macie spoke,
"How about we all separate in two pairs and each get the snacks we want and meet up at the rollercoaster we wanted to after we all finish?" Macie told us as we all agreed
When each of us was going to separate Mike and me went together to buy popcorn, While Macie separated with Christ to buy cotton candy, and Felix and Zach went together to buy glazed almonds which I liked as well but I was in the mood for popcorn at the moment as well as Mike since that minute we arrived he said that he immediately smelled the popcorn here.
"So," Mike spoke up as we started walking, "There's a question that I have for you," Mike started
I looked at him nodded, "Go for it," I said to him, "What's your question?" I asked him
"Do you remember when we were in the lunch room today at school?" He asked me and I nodded, "Well, why was that guy really glaring at you?" He asked me, "I could tell that you were lying when you told me 'not sure' but I didn't want to press you for questions in front of everyone," Mike told me, "You don't have to tell me, I mean, I understand if you don't since we haven't known each other for that long but, you know that you can tell me if anything's bothering you, you can tell right?" Mike said to me
I nodded, "I know like you said we may not have known each other for that long, but your Christ's best friend and I can already tell that you're a good person," I told him and he smiled, "I'm not ready to talk about it, but I promise I will soon," I said to him
"No, take your time, it doesn't have to be soon," Mike told me as we reached the popcorn which had a short line, "Now let's go get popcorn before the line gets long," Mike said we both hurried to the line