Navigating Cute Boys and Frogs

Muddled Brain (Lindsey’s POV)

    The bell rings, signaling the end of homeroom. While most the other kids get up to leave I stay in my seat. Ms. Miller is also my teacher for history, which I have next. I wave goodbye to Haley and tell her I will see her at lunch. Logan sat in front of me in homeroom and kept turning around to talk to me. It was friendly but he was definitely putting off some major flirtation too. It overwhelmed me. My brain was still processing my kiss with Jonas, and didn’t have the capacity to deal with Logan too. So, I turned in my seat and talked to Haley until the bell rang.

       Haley and I met freshmen year when we both tried out for basketball. She was about 4 inches taller than my 5’6 frame, with beautiful red curly hair and pale skin. Haley would rather be playing ball or reading in a quiet corner. She didn’t care about her looks, and would rather throw on sweats. For some reason, I think it worked for her. She was just naturally pretty. Haley was a lot quieter than Aria and I, and was the level headed one of our group. She always gave us reasonable advice when we freaked out over something irrationally. For the most part, she liked to do her own thing though, and I was okay with that. She kept my secrets and I kept hers in return, and that’s all I cared about.

         I’m jarred from my thoughts when I feel someone playing with my hair. Not hearing the bell ring yet, I’m surprised by the number of students already sitting around talking to each other. I spin in my seat when I feel another tug on a strand of my hair. I stare straight into the bluest eyes I’ve ever seen.

      “Morning Green Eyes.” Jonas smiles at me. 

      “Hi.” I smile back suddenly nervous. I look down at the desk and realize a blush is creeping up my neck. My hair falls in front of my face like a curtain hiding me for a moment. Jonas traces his finger up the side of my cheek and behind my ear, effectively ending my moment of hiding. I feel his finger trace down my jaw to under my chin, where he taps it twice. I hesitantly raise my eyes to his. 

     “Don’t hide from me, I love watching you blush at me, baby.” Jonas leans forward and whispers. 

     I startle at his words and rip my eyes to his. He laughs at my response which makes me spin around in my seat. Jonas just called me baby?! My brain is doing this happy party dance in her mind, but my mouth doesn’t know what to say to him. I’m about to turn around and try again, when the final bell rings. I groan when I see Amber walking into the room, with one of her lackeys following. It was bad enough I had to deal with her at cheer practice everyday, but now in class too. She walks down the aisle and rolls her eyes at me. She stops at the seat behind me, 

    “Sorry Jonas, we had a crisis in the girls bathroom already! Want to move over to the corner? There’s still two seats together there.” I hear Amber say.

      My back immediately stiffens in my seat. I want to turn around and tell Amber to get lost, that Jonas is great right where he is. I don’t know why she can’t just date college guys and leave all the guys I have liked alone. But, I take a breath and wait for Jonas’ response. 

      I feel him tug my hair around his finger again and say, “Nah I’m right where I wanna be Amber.” I look over my shoulder at Jonas, who sends me a wink. Amber huffs and storms off to the back of the room. 

     Ms. Miller decides to walk in, and get class under way. She begins passing out the syllabus and reading over it. I’m caught up in my own thoughts of Jonas for most of the class. He doesn’t talk to me again, but I can feel his fingers playing with my hair, occasionally he will run his finger up the back of my neck, sending a chill throughout my whole body. Ten minutes left in class, and I feel like I’m ready to explode. I was ready to rip Jonas into the girls bathroom, and make his mouth worship mine again. I shake my head, trying to get the thought from my mind and calm down. Just when I start to relax again I feel my phone vibrate in my front pocket. I pull it out and open the text while trying to act like I’m paying attention.

                                    Blue Eyes: I bet I can come

                              up with other ways to make you

                                                     blush.

   Jesus, how was I supposed to keep it together, when he said things like that. I take a minute to reply,

                                                   Me: how?

                                   Blue Eyes: Let me trail my hands 

                     down the rest of your body, and I’ll show you. 

      I gulp and read his message over and over again. I know I said again and again that I wanted a boyfriend. Jonas never said he wanted to be my boyfriend, but I was so worked up at this point, I couldn’t think of anything better than him doing that to me. I hear Jonas chuckle behind me and I know he’s expecting me not to respond. He lightly squeezes the nape of my neck, which makes me shudder, and goosebumps run up my spine. I have never been this turned on before, and he hasn’t even done anything crazy to me yet! I squeeze my thighs together under my seat, and try to relax. Just as I’m about to respond, the bell rings. I gather my things, and grab my bag. Jonas stands beside me, walking out together. 

      “What class do you have now Linds?”

Jonas asks as he wraps his arm around my waist to squeeze us both through the door at the same time. He releases me and keeps walking, staring at me with raised eyebrows. I realize I was so distracted by his arm I never responded. Great going Linds!

      “Oh um I have trig now. What about you?” I finally say

       “English.” He says making a face. I laugh and begin opening my locker. He squeezes my hip and leans into me from the side. I feel his nose nuzzle the side of my face, then he nips at my ear with his teeth. I jump, and Jonas let’s out a chuckle. 

     “God you smell good, I’ll see you later Green Eyes.” And with that he turns and struts down the hallway. I notice his locker is on the opposite side, one bank over from mine. Jake meets him there and they slap hands and start talking. All the girls in the hallway are watching them, I stuff my jealousy down and head to trig. 

        The rest of my morning classes went smoothly. I told Aria about Jonas in trig class and she told me I needed to jump the boy. I was starting to think she was right. I wanted Jonas to touch me, and I wanted to touch him too. I wasn’t trying to lose my virginity, by any means, but I was thinking that messing around sounded like  a lot of fun right now. 

      Aria meets me at my locker before lunch, “I am in desperate need of one of those giant ass cookies, so move your butt Linds, before they are all gone.”

     I laugh shutting my locker and wrapping my arm in hers. We head into the lunch room and unfortunately there’s a line that we have to wait in to get lunch. Aria is texting and seems to be in her own world, so I look around the lunch room. Only seniors eat at this hour, so it’s filled with my peers, who are chatting with their friends. We usually eat with Jake and Jason. A couple of the other girls will join us, and some of the players from the football team. As we get our food, I see Jake and Jason sit down at a table. We make eye contact and he waves us over. I plop down next to Jake with Aria sitting across the table next to Jason. 

      “There’s my two favorite girls.” Jake says. 

       “Jake don’t you get tired of saying that to every girl you see.” I ask laughing.

       “Linds, I’m hurt you think so little of me. I only say that to you guys!” He wraps his arm around my shoulder. I laugh because he’s full of crap. I go to dunk a fry in ketchup when I a shadow comes over the table. I turn and of course it’s Logan.

       “Seat taken?” He asks with a smirk.

       “All yours.” I say and begin eating. I have to admit I’m a little disappointed Jonas isn’t here yet, and not sitting by me.