Is he the one that got away???

Chapter 22: I actually miss him!

I smiled at him and nodded no

“You are so silly, yes I am sure, I don't like Larry, I like-”

I stopped, shut up Vanessa!

He swiftly looked at me, opened his mouth like trying to ask something but somehow, he waited for me, but I stopped, I cannot tell him, he cannot know that I like him, f uck, there, I like, f uck, s**t, I like him.

I looked away but I felt his glare over me, waiting for me to continue.

“Oh, you are so close from the ice cream shop and here I need to leave you guys” ufff I got saved just barely.

I looked to the street in front of us before crossing, Louie quickly looked at me and smiled with a huge smile.

I think I will forget his handsome older brother and I will wait until he is old enough to be my boyfriend.

Jajajaja, you are just crazy, stop thinking nonsense.

I smiled back at him and waved him goodbye.

Joe also waved goodbye at me, and I was avoiding looking at Andrew, but he told me

“Wait, tell me who”

I nodded no

“Maybe another time, if you behave”

I started walking and looked back at him and winked, it is not like I am trying to flirt but a smirk just found its way to my mouth.

He then told me in a louder voice “Next time you have to come with us for the ice cream, ok?”

Louie looked excited and also told me “Yes Vanessa, next time Andrew will buy ice cream for all of us”

I nodded yes at all of them and waved goodbye as I kept walking to cross the street, I stop at the corner and turned to see them, they were still standing there, I took a right turn on the corner and kept walking.

Few steps further I looked back, I couldn't resist, and they were still there looking at me and when they saw me looking back, they waved goodbye again.

I made a motion gesture with my hand, asking them to go away, but Andrew nodded no, and they just stood there.

I walked the block and before getting to the corner I stopped at my abue’s entrance, looked back and they were still there, seriously, go away, but hey points for waiting.

I raised my arm and waved them goodbye, so they could see me waving, they did the same and I entered the house porch.

Oh lord, that was interesting, wow, I can’t get it, is he honestly just saying he was not Claire’s boyfriend and just got to first base with her because she is a bit slutty? gosh, I don't know for how long he would continue going to see her if I didn't surprise him there.

Not sure, what should I do, damn it.

I got inside the house.

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My weekend ended, but I do not know what to think about him, has he been trying to get closer to me?

And if he has, why would he try to do it?

I am not sure how it makes me feel.

Sometimes I feel like he is into me, but then I was seriously knocked down hard at Claire’s house and I am afraid of being a game, a bet, just being played by him and everybody at school to know about that, because everybody knows everything there.

I will be crushed if we are boyfriend and girlfriend and he cheats on me, I don’t think I could manage that correctly.

F uck... and my cousins are getting involved and that scares the f uck out of me.

I think I should wait, it is so soon, so confusing, and so unsure of his real intentions.

A lot of people are looking at how this thing develops and that is scary as hell.

I don’t think so, how I see it is, if he truly likes me, he can wait, I guess.

Another week started and the routine continued.

Coming to school, having classes, go to the third section backyard and glare at him, sometimes get approached or waved by Andrew, Larry relaxed a bit and stopped coming so often to talk to me, and it looks like they returned at their trusted friendship, I am glad at that, I guess he believed me when I told him he was not flirting with me, and I didn’t like Larry.

One thing that is not part of my usual routine, but it is getting pretty frequent is having Andrew and my cousins at my house in the evening, asking for a wrench, supposedly looking for my older brother, just passing by, stay in the corner talking, as I am sitting outside.

I see him almost every evening and when I don’t get to see him, s**t, I actually miss him, this is not bueno, no, not good at all.

Every time I passed in front of his grandmother's house, yes, that’s right, that house, the one on my everyday path is his grandmother’s house.

When I pass in front of his grandmother house, and I see them outside Louie always crosses the road to say hello to me and chat a little bit, Joe sometimes comes with him and some others he doesn’t, but every time we meet, Louie always comes to talk to me, he is such a sweet kid.

Even when I see Andrew more often, he hasn’t changed his behavior towards me, so I am not sure if he just wants me as a friend or something else, I just don’t know.

As time passes, I just like him more and I am not sure that is a good thing, because I don’t want to get heartbroken if he suddenly starts going out with someone else, maybe he is with someone and I just don’t know, that would be a shitty move, I swear I wouldn’t forgive him if he is playing with me.

I have been thinking in getting information out of Larry or maybe some of my cousins, but every time I see them, they are all together and if I call someone, they will all ask that person, they are so nosy I swear, worst that us poor females that get the bad reputation about been nosy and gossipy, but with all honesty they are worst.