Is he the one that got away???

Chapter 8: Four times???

“Oh, for Christ’s sake, are you crazy Sandy, he was not looking at-“ I bursted out

I got interrupted by Steph that said, “Sandy never said it was you who he was looking for, did she?”

“Neither did I, did I?” I replied with a smirk, damn stop showing that you care.

“Cause Steph interrupted you” Lou said

“But I wasn’t going to say it was me, I was going to-“ I couldn’t finish my sentence again.

“Come on, just admit it, He was looking at you” Steph interrupted me again.

All started awwwww-ing me, and I just find it so annoying, I just hush them and continue walking faster and faster, trying to cool my face, that I am pretty sure is red, apple or tomato red for sure.

I hear from behind Sandy’s voice “He is gorgeous, right?” I don’t want to look back.

“Definitely” Lou said with a laughing mixed on with her voice.

“Have you all noticed how he is apparently interested in Vane?” Sandy said.

Her sudden comment makes me stop, turn back, and show them a face, I am not sure I can describe it, because I don't even know what I felt when I heard her say that.

They all stopped because I stopped, and they were looking at me, we stayed there just for a minute.

I finally tell them “I do not think that he is interested in me”

“Well, after crashing against him this morning in the cafeteria, you saw him or interacted with him four more times today” Steph said, and I just felt like my eyes were popping out of their sockets trying to tell her with my look to shut the f uck up.

“Waaaaaaaait, what? four times? other four times today?” Lou suddenly blurted out as soon as Steph words apparently hit the specific brain cell to decode the precise meaning of what just Steph revealed.

Their gaze, strong gaze may I add, fixated on my face, they stood there with no movement or word, just waiting for me to clarify that piece of information, I was betrayed with seconds ago.

“Ok hear me out, it is not as Steph just said” they all kept mute and waiting, damn it Steph, your big mouth apparently does this a lot.

“Ok, ok, well technically yes and no” I said trying to make their gaze less intense over me, but they all stood serious and expressionless looking at me.

“Well, you all saw me bumping into him in the cafeteria, right?” they all nodded

“Also, you all saw Sandy breaking the code and giving my name away to him” 

Sandy interrupted me saying “We already clarified this, we agreed I did not break the friendship code, I just answer his question, when he asked for my cute friend’s name, jajajaja” she burst out laughing.

“Oh, come on Sandy, that is not funny” I ranted over her laughing, the other three ladies were amused just watching me blush and Sandy laughing and making some weird faces to me.

“Ok I will not tell you anything else because you are making fun of me” I tried to turn back to continue walking, but the loud “Nooooooooo” all of them screamed made me realize there was no easy get away from them.

“Ok so if Sandy lets me continue” Sandy stopped as much as she could, and their gaze got back at my face as they all stopped watching how Sandy continued with a silly smile. 

“You already know he just said, ‘Hi Vanessa’, after the recess” they nodded again.

“I guess you all, including Steph, missed this one, when our Spanish teacher asked us to be silent, I looked back at her and saw out of our classroom door, Andrew”

“Whaaaaat, wait, what?” Steph said, “I didn’t know of this”

“Ok let me finish, he was looking inside our classroom, it looked like he was looking for someone, but then he saw me looking at him, smiled, saluted me and then just disappeared”

“Saluted you?” Lou asked

“Yes, you know, like the army or navy men salute a superior, with a straight hand on the forehead, you know right?”

They all just laughed, I guess because that made them imagine him doing that, I guess.

“Do you remember that when we got out of the classroom to go to the courtyard, we tried to convince the PE professor to let us all go to the bathroom, and we miserably failed?” they all nodded.

“As I was the one that really wanted to go to the bathroom and he said only one, do you all remember it was me who went there alone?” they all nodded again.

“I was thinking and talking to myself-” got interrupted by all of them “As you usually do!” I nodded back at them with my silly smile, guilty of charge.

“Well, when I was crossing the door frame that connects the section two and three exits with the cafeteria backyard, that we just passed, I bumped into someone” 

I lifted my gaze and saw all of them silent, gaping, intensely looking at me, and as I did not continue talking, I saw how Sandy and then Lou and then Sue and then just out of solidary Steph started agitating their hands in the air, like asking me with the specific agitated movement of their hands and all four were waiting to hear his name.

I smirked and continued “Yes, yes, I bump into Andrew”