Fake Bully, True Crush

Chapter Five: Crush

“So, did something terrible happen to Luca regarding the meeting you had with the teacher?” I asked Mia worriedly, I didn’t want anything bad to happen to Luca.

“No, it was just some silly conflict between two children, they forgot about it and made up in an instant.” Mia reassured, her expression turned to dreamy when she spoke up again, “I met a good-looking volunteer, his name is Aiden, he was guiding the kindergarten children to line up in order to cross the street when I finished the meeting with Luca’s teacher.” As Mia talked with excitement that sparkled in her wide caramel orbs, I could tell she wanted to see him again.

“I forgot to mention that I had a nice talk with Aiden,” she blushed profusely, and I grinned at my happy best friend when she continued, “he goes to the same school that you go to!”

A familiar Aiden came into my mind and I held both of her shoulders. “Oh my god, I remember that there is a boy named Aiden in our class as well!” we both shared our excitement as we equally giggled at the coincidence.

“It seems like someone is in love.” I teased her before she gave me a light punch to my arm.

“What are we going to do since it’s the weekend finally?” she questioned, “do you want to go out or stay home?”

As if on cue, my stomach tingled alerting me that it was my period. “Stay home and have fun.” I cheered on as we got up and padded to the kitchen with exhilaration, I cherished these moments with Mia. They were the best in my opinion.

We got into her room to change our clothes to have our lunch. Mia threw over the new navy sweats and an oversized black shirt to change into, I accordingly walked to the bathroom to dress myself up, leaving the cluttered clothes in the washing basket beside the tub when I finished putting on the same-sized crisp clothes.

I crossed out from the bathroom to the living room where Mia set the food on the small tables in front of the TV to watch and eat together, Luca ended up sitting on my lap as I fed him some of the pasta, Mia sat cross legged beside me on the couch.

“Which movie do you want?” she asked once she flipped through the lists of movies on Netflix, I was envious that her TV had a special feature for movies.

“We can watch Clueless, it’s a classic and it matches the mood of the pasta.” I lifted my plate as she chuckled at my dorky disposition, Luca grabbed the fork to eat more, and I snickered at the hyper boy.

Luca watched Clueless with us, sucking on his thumb when Mia took our plates back to the kitchen. I had fun with Mia and Luca, we remained playing games like duck, duck, goose, and monopoly throughout the evening.

I was bound since the clock ticked to midnight and had to get back to the dorm for the sake of my studies. I said goodbye to the kindest souls: Luca and Mia, hugging them both before I left.

The Uber got me back to the boarding school in Mia’s clothes, I was worn out from all the fun I had, I got upstairs to the dorm only to find Zoey alone in bed, she usually had a man over every time, which stunned me momentarily. The littered floor had used condoms everywhere, and that explained everything to me.

“So, the man already came.” I voiced out my thought. What if he wasn’t the only one? What if it was worse and Zoey has STD or be pregnant? I heard a rumour that Zoey had been caught having s*x in the classroom, with our math teacher as well.

“What are you gazing at, little b***h? You don’t even have a chance to put it to use, do you? You won’t even be touched by the homeless man on the side of the road!” Zoey grumbled.

I walked over the trash on the ground to hang Noah’s jacket in my closet that was around my shoulders and went to the bathroom for a breather.

I heard Zoey’s flirty voice with someone on the phone, with her special high squeaky voice, as she giggled a lot. It seemed like she was going outside tonight, I wasn’t going to get concerned about it, I just wished that Zoey didn’t come back to the dorms late at night, it would annoy me to no end.

The second I got out from the bathroom; Zoey commented on the jacket.

“Hey b***h, that’s a lovely jacket in your closet, let me borrow it!”

“No, and don’t ever take anything that’s mine again!” I said emphatically.

Zoey rolled her eyes at me multiple times, and mumbled something, and it was even weirder that she didn’t insist on borrowing the jacket, but I dismissed it to clean up my room from the mess she made. It was the last thing to do before I sleep.

I disregarded her existence, getting under the covers of my bed for a much-needed sleep. The sound of rustling of the clothes, I knew it was Zoey going to her essential parties, so I got unconcerned and resumed my sleep.

When I woke up in the morning, I found out that from the empty bed beside mine that Zoey didn’t come back last night, I felt beyond released. I stood up to get Noah’s jacket.

“It was gone, who took it? I was in a panic, especially Noah would be in the same lesson with me this morning.