Weirdo Thoughts

Nine

“ Good Morning Lar ” I said while trying to make out what Larry was saying on the phone .

Whenever I woke up from sleep, I was always completely distorted so I didn't really understand what he said .

“ What did you say ? ” I asked .

“ I said wake up and I'm pissed you didn't tell me about your date with Gomez last night ”

“ oh ... when you come to take me to school ... I'll tell you all about it. ”

“ okay ”

“ Wait , did you seriously call me because of that !? ”

“ Yes , plus I missed your billy goat voice. ”

“ By this time ? ”

“ Yes ”

“ Aww ”

“ Bye! ” He yelled through the phone, which startled me, causing me to drop my phone on my bed . When I picked it up I saw the call was still going through. So I waited for him to hang up before I dropped my phone . My mum always said it was rude to hang up when you're not the one that called . She said this mainly because I'd always hang up whenever she called and most times she wasn't done with what she was saying and she had to call again .

I sat up looking in the direction of Jenny's bed . She wasn't there but I was unbothered about it .

After having my bath, I went downstairs to have breakfast . I had my usual cereal . Honey Nut Cheerios. I loved the Honey Nut Cheerios but Jenny preferred the regular ones . She was undeniably mad .

“ Good morning Jess ” Jenny greeted, as she entered the kitchen .

Picking her lunch from the counter .

Honk Honk ! .

Ryan's car horn .

“ Why don't you just tag along with us ? ”

“ So I'll be the third wheel ? ... hell no , plus Larry is on his way here. Why do you always ask this ? ”

“ Nothing . Sorry, since you said so ” and she walked out, leaving me in the kitchen .

I heard the kitchen door open again . Then the fridge opened .

“ What did you forget, Jenny ? ” . The scent was different from hers . You know how you just weirdly know how the people you're close to scent . Well, I could identify my friends and family's scent . I took a deep breath and realized it was

“ Larry ” . I turned around and, like I guessed, it was him sticking his nose in our fridge . “ get out of there , you know my dad hates it when you do that. ”

“ I also know your dad isn't home and isn't going to be home until 10 or 11 PM ” he stated, and proceeded to make a mess in the fridge . I just turned away to finish my breakfast because I know there's no really stopping Larry .

As I got up, I pulled him by the ear out of the kitchen .Unfortunately for him, he dropped the spoon from the cup of pudding he took out of the fridge on the floor .

“ See what you did , bully. ”

“ Lar just pick it up , put it in the sink , and get another spoon , simple ” .

As I instructed, he did .

“ Yeah, so tell me about your date. How big was his cannon ? ” he asked with a mischievous smile.

“ Larry, do I look like a w***e to you ? Of course, I didn't f*ck him on the first day. ”

“ hahaha , okay I'm sorry so how did it go, no cannons ? ”

I began to give him a fully detailed explanation of what he wore , what I wore , where he took me , what happened and by his facial expression I could tell he was impressed . While I was trying to lock the door to my house, he was leaning on the door and I told him.

“ This is where we kissed ", making a kissy shape with my lips .

“ Eww! ” he said as he immediately got off the door, almost tripping to the floor .

“ What Larry !? ” I laughed out .

“ Firstly, I don't want to be contaminated . Secondly , poor guy , you didn't tell him you were a billy goat, did you ? ”

“ shut up ”

“ Bro is definitely gonna have a sour throat and sound like MEHHHH!!! ” .

I kicked him by his leg and he fell in the bushes in front of my house .

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We got to school late . Both entered the class as the bell rang for first period .

We got in just before our Math teacher began to teach .

“ You two again ” our teacher uttered .

We both smiled and said good morning as we rushed to our seats . “ You know what , I don't think I want you two sitting next to each other today ”, our teacher proceeded .

“ Well , Mr Andy , no matter where you get me to move , I'd still be with a friend , so there's no point sir . ”

He looked around the class, noticing the last two seats at the back . One was occupied by Karen, by the wall and right behind Dalian , who was already asleep . The other which was next to it was occupied by Nina behind Andre .

“ Karen ”

“ yes sir ”

“ Please switch seats with Miss Gambel ” .

She got up with her books in her hand .

Larry had this look of joy . I already knew what he wanted . He wanted me to talk to Nine .

“ No ” I whispered as I walked away from my seat , giving Karen a chance to sit down .

When I got to the seat that I was ordered to go to , I tried waking Dalian up so I'd at least be able to talk to her . But she wasn't having none of it . The instant I tapped her , she sat up and looked at me with the most vicious look I'd ever seen anyone give and she growled at me before she turned back to continue sleeping . I was left in shock for a while before I noticed Nina beside me laughing silently .Once she noticed I saw her , she began to act nervous . Was I that intimidating ? I thought . So , to reduce her fear , I smiled . But I think it just made her feel weird .

“ Nine ... I mean Nina , right ? ”

“ Yeah and you're Jessica . ”

“ Yes I am ”

“ I'm not doing anything with your boyfriend ” she rushed out her mouth . Which , of course , left me in full confusion .

“ uhmm what boyfriend ? ” I asked while laughing . I could tell she actually thought I had a boyfriend. Her cheeks turned red and she lowered her head , seeming embarrassed . Which made me think , Wow Larry , you sure know how to pick them . She was completely shy , clearly had low self-esteem . Which was funny because she was physically beautiful . She had perfect boobs , which didn't make her a** look inferior , even though they were bigger than her a** . Her body seemed well proportioned . She was red- haired, which made her unique and cool .So she had no reason to be shy , but she was . Or she could just be really weird .

“ Larry ” she whispered . I only smiled back because now it made sense . She thought I was going to be a scary b***h to her because of Larry .

“ We'll talk about this later ” . Then I winked at her in a very suspicious manner .

I picked up my pen and started to take notes for class .

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During the first break , people left the class while some stayed behind . I noticed Larry got up looking in my direction expecting me to do the same . But I wanted to talk with Nine , so I sent him a text " go away I'll see you later " . He sent back a smiley face emoji .

“ So Nina ”

“ Yes ” she responded, looking a little bit agitated .

“ Larry isn't my boyfriend ”

“ Oh , are you serious ? ” she asked with serious interest in the matter on her face .

“ Well yes , he's my oldest friend , since day care and we loved having play dates as kids, so that's pretty much how we got close . He's practically family. ”

“ I feel embarrassed ”

“ No don't be , we are almost always together . It might be a little confusing , I get it. ”

“ Wait but your cool with us hanging out, right ? ”

“ Totally . wait . were you blowing him off because of me ? ”

“ Yes , I didn't want to be that b*tch c**k blocking your relationship. ”

“ I get that , but do you like him ? ”

She started smiling and gave a nod in response .

“ He likes you too , but he thinks you don't, so you're going to need you to talk to him. ”

I got up, leaving a smile on both our faces . I turned back because I forgot to ask for her number when I heard my name . “ Jessica ” . I wasn't really paying attention, so I assumed it was probably one of the voices in my head . I realized I could have just asked Larry for her number but it was too late , so I got Nina's number and began to head out of the class to my locker . I wanted to get my books for the next class we were to have .

I was pulled from the side of the door . Grabbed by my shoulders by two hands . The moment I was out of astonishment, I saw it was Gomez .

“ Hi ” I said with a huge smile on my face . He seemed a little confused .

“ Hi , are you avoiding me ? ”

“ uhmm no , why would you think that ? ”

“ I texted you last night and this morning , you didn't reply. I wanted to pick you up for school ”

The truth was I intentionally snubbed his messages because he was going to do what all boys do . Talk about how nice the make out was and I wasn't interested in having a s****l conversation at that point in time . I just wanted to go to bed . But I couldn't tell him that so I lied .

“ I was sleepy and my phone was in airplane mode so I didn't get your messages ”.... gave an innocent smile and said “ sorry ”

He seemed convinced enough, so to complete my manipulation I leaned up to him on my toes and gave him a little kiss on the cheek . People were staring but I didn't care .

“ I need to get to my locker ” I whispered in his ear .

“ okay okay ” and he held my hand, pulling me close beside him . He held my hand all the way to my locker .His palms were kinda sweaty but I didn't want to make him feel uncomfortable . When we got to my locker, I let go of his hand first . He put his hand in his pocket, taking out a handkerchief .It was pure white .

“ Sorry ” he apologized while he grabbed my hand, cleaning his sweat off it . I had no idea he was going to do that . And I found it funny so I laughed uncontrollably , but I also laughed because,, of the way he was cleaning my hand was kind of ticklish . “ I have really sweaty palms ”, then he smirked at me, acting a little nervous .

“ How do you know I'm not the one with sweaty palms ? ” I asked .

“ Because I get nervous around you ” .

“ okay ” .

I liked talking to Gomez . It felt right on so many levels I couldn't explain .

“ Hey Jess ”, Joe said as she walked over with Dalian .

“ Hi guys ” I said in response .

Gomez gave me a kiss on my forehead and said he'd see me after school before leaving me with my friends .

“ Hey!!! What exactly did we just see ...” Dali was saying before being interrupted by Joe “ Are you guys ...”

“ Dating !? ” they both chorused while screaming on a high girly note, which was fun to watch considering Dalian had a really deep voice and so she didn't really get to that high note .She sounded like a boy before puberty hit yelling . But they found a way to make it really feminine and sexy . I also rarely found her acting well ... girlie .

Joe, on the other hand, who happened to be gay, always acted girlie . She was so girlie it was completely impossible to know that she was gay . Except she told you . Most people have the illusion that gay girls act like tomboys . Joe was an obvious exception . Aside from people calling her Joe, you'd never really suspect it .

“ No guys , we're just hanging out ”

“ how come you're so calm ?” Joe asked as Dali continued “ yeah , you're usually a, reck and nervous creep , but you seem to be under control . ”

Dali moved closer to me, looking me in the eyes, which made me uncomfortable, so I looked away .

“ They got physical, Joe, ” Dali said with much delight in her tone . Then she proceeded “ WHAT DID YOU DO!? ” and they both made another girlie scream in the hallway . Right before I could engage in a conversation concerning me and Gomez, the school bell went off . It's time for classes again . I locked my locker .

“ I promise you guys I'll tell you all about it ” and I gave a silly wink at them .

We walked back to our class . I noticed Nine and Larry talking . And it made me smile . I liked seeing Larry happy . I liked how, at least, I was a contribution to his happiness, even though I also almost caused the destruction by being so close to him . I wondered if that was why girls who I was aware liked Larry never said anything to him . Maybe I was the one c**k blocking my best friend's chances with other girls . Maybe people thought we were more than just best friends . Or maybe people thought ...

“ Jess ! Did you not hear what I said ? ” Joe asked .

“ No sorry I was lost in thought. ”

“ Okay, I said we'd talk about you and Gomez during lunch time, right ? ”

“ Yeah sure ” I answered before we went to our seats .

Cock blocking, I thought to myself . That's a really funny word . Why is that even a word ? I mean it's funny how the word was so self-explanatory . c**k - BLOCKING .

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School was over for the day and I could finally breathe . After I told Dalian and Joe about my date with Gomez during lunch, they finally let me have personal space . Larry and nine were hitting things off really well . They were even going home together, so I told Gomez I needed him to go give me a ride home .

After my talk with Nine, she met him and told him why she was avoiding him and blowing him off . They have been together throughout the day since then . He switched seats with Karen to be next to her for good . I'm happy for him, but I feel a little jealous . It's not like anything other than platonic love existed between me and my best friend, but I felt like I wasn't important . I don't really know how to explain it but I knew I was jealous . I also knew I was going to have enough time to miss him . His attention was surely going to be placed on her . But it was natural, because if I had a significant other I would positively place them above him .

I wonder if he thought about things like this when he saw me with Gomez or James . Speaking of James, I haven't seen him today .

I took out my phone to see if he left me any messages, but to my surprise, I found nothing .

He'd probably still be in his class or around it . I decided to deliberately walk past there . As I passed, I saw him writing in his book . He noticed I was passing . I looked away so it wouldn't seem like it was him I had come to see and was just passing by .

“ Jess ”, I heard him call my name . I turned around acting like this is not exactly what I planned .

“ James ! ” I responded by calling his name with an obvious exclamation to make it seem as though I was surprised .

“ How are you ? ” then he held my hand while fiddling with my fingers .

“ I'm fine ”

“ I wanted to talk to you earlier , but I saw you with Gomez and I didn't want to intrude , then with your friends during lunch. ”

“ No problem , it's okay. ”

“ Okay , uhmm can we talk ? ... why did you come here ? ”

“ I was looking for .....” I was about to get caught . Luckily for me, I saw Gomez .

“ I was looking for Gomez ”.

I diverted my attention and yelled his name, signaling him to come in our direction . Gomez stood next to me with one hand on my shoulder .

“ Hey James ” Gomez said . That was when I realized this was a terrible idea calling Gomez here . I'd smack myself in the head if I could . JESSICA, you just had to make things more complicated . What if they both start to fight, trying to mark territory . Okay , that sounds silly .

I suddenly remembered a documentary on Pandas . During mating season, two males who coincidentally found the scent of a female ready to mate would fight to the death for her, and if, unfortunately, she didn't like the winner, she'd kill him off .

Boy did I wish I could kill James before he could even dare ask ...

“ Are you guys together ? ” he took the words out of my mind .

“ No ” I said, while Gomez said “ Yes ” .

I recognized how embarrassing that must have felt for him, so I said with nervous breaks in my voice.

“ We're hanging out , like you know going out together , yh ”

“ Okay, cool ” , James said, seeming effortless. “ Well, I guess I'll see you guys tomorrow. ”

He put his hand out to shake Gomez and directed his hand towards me to also shake me .

Somehow, I think I'd prefer they fought rather than this . James was upset . I didn't like how bad it made me feel . He walked away from us completely out of sight .

“ We aren't together ? ” Gomez asked .

“ I don't recall you officially asking me to be your girlfriend ” . I answered while I teased him by leaning closer to his face . Our lips were barely an inch apart . I closed my eyes and was sure he did the same . Before I leaned back . And started walking away .

“ We're the only ones left in school ”, I told him, with the intention of making him follow me outside . He grabbed my arm and pulled me so fast I hadn't the slightest idea how I was in his arms chest to chest with him .

“ What was that ? ” he asked .

“ I don't know what your talking about ”

He put his arms properly around my waist and we were just about to kiss . I felt his upper lips graze mine before he let go of me and said

“ You still don't know what I'm talking about ? ”

“ You mean this ” and I immediately gave him a light kiss on his lips and tried running away, but he caught up to me , putting my back against a wall . He literally hovered over me for at least 10 seconds before he said

“ You're so beautiful ” .

“ You're so sweet Gomez ” .

“ What's going through your head ? ” he asked with so much curiosity filled in his eyes.

“ I have an identical twin sister ”

He put his forehead on mine and started to chuckle . I could feel the vibration and it was kind of weird . He eventually raised his head and kissed my forehead . I felt waves throughout my body .

“ Beauty isn't just physical ” he said softly as he arranged my hair, “ and I can tell the difference between you and your sister easily ” .

“ Really , tell me then. ”

“ First off, you both talk differently , the way you walk , your left eye. It looks weird because it's kind of more scanty than your right eyebrow ... but hardly noticeable. You have the most beautiful laugh , you always look like there's something going on in your head and I want to know , I mean you're so fascinating , Who you are , everything!. Both your physical and your insides are beautiful. ”

“ Gomez , you creep, you've been stalking me, right ? ” I said in a joking manner with a blush coming on . It felt so good to know he paid that much attention to me . And I thought I was obsessively crushing on him . I mean even though I was a creep and observed him weirdly . I never actually paid that much detailed attention to him as he's doing with me .

“ Stalking makes it sound so scary , I've been observing ”

“ you're really ... that's really sweet ”

“ Okay, let's go ” .