Chapter 31: Him

“Hey are you okay?” He said or I supposed because I was too dumbstruck, it seemed like my brain just black out. Time went on, still I didn’t utter a word so he shook a hand in front of my face.

“Hey princess.”

My hand was caught by someone and shook me hard enough to get me out of my stupor.

“Huh...I...” It was Jason.

“Are you okay?” This one it wasn’t Jason, he had a low deep voice.

“Huh...I....” It seemed like I had lost my voice and any ability to give a coherent answer.

“Hey are you fine?” This time it was Jason. “You must had bump your head hard. How many finger are they?” He said putting two finger in front of me.

“I didn’t bump my head, I’m just fine.” I said. “And it’s two fingers.”

“Oh oh I see.” He said wriggling his eyebrows and mischief in his eyes like he knew a secret that nobody else knew.

“What?” Said the boy.

“Nothing pretty boy, you can go. You have done enough for today, we don’t need you no more.” There were a hint of animosity in his voice, that was a first time for me to hear talking this way to someone, anyway I didn’t knew him for long so there were a lot of things that I didn’t knew about him.

“What do you want bas...” The boy was saying but didn’t end his sentence because of Jason reaction, for a moment I thought he was about to punch him because he was red of rage.

I held his shoulder to get his attention but it did nothing to get his attention but he stayed there fixing the other boy who was smiling mockingly at Jason.

“Repeat it and this time end your answer if you’re a man.” Jason said angrily.

“You know what I meant so I don’t have to.” He said, and sneaked a quick pick at me before saying. “So this is your new best friend? Did she knows about you? Or you didn’t tell her yet?” He said that last sentence like a mockery.

“Don’t you dare talk about her with your foul mouth or you regret it, and this time I mean it.” Responded Jason and this time more angry than before if that was even possible.

“So she doesn’t know. That must be the only reason why she stand by your side without feeling nauseated.”

Jason hands had turned into fists and I was certain this time he was about to punch him for real no just a threat. I quickly put myself in front of a boy and close my eyes, I was a coward and i didn’t want to see how his fist would come also I didn’t knew why I reacted like that by I didn’t want him to get hurt. I waited but nothing happened so I reluctantly opened one of my eyes to see what had happened Jason was standing there looking at me like I had lost my mind even if he wasn’t smiling, still he wasn’t as angry as moment early.

“I see why, she is as crazy as you are. You two suit together.” He said like we were just some bugs had walk on and went away like nothing had happened.

Jason took a deep breath and close his eyes and took another bunch of deep inspirations.

“Are you okay?” I said.

“Yeah, just a moment princess.” He responded with his eyes still closed.

The bell rang again so we needed to go to our next class and I still needed to get my book from my locker.

“I need to get something from my locker before we go to Spanish.” I said but Jason didn’t responded, he seemed to not have heard me. “Hey!” I push him abruptly, what worked because he opened his opened his startled like he had forget he was.

“We need to go now.”

“Oh yeah, Spanish right?” Did he forget ?

“Who was he?” I asked.

A took a moment before asking back.

“Who?”

“The boy early?”

“Nobody.” Was all he said.

“How ? You both seemed like two fighting roosters, and I’m dead sure you two know each other.”

“He is no one.”

“But...”

“No one I said and that it the end of it.” He said exasperated. “ Hey I’m sorry, it’s just that I don’t want to talk about him. It’s bad enough that we are in the same school.”

“Fine.” I said.

“Don’t be like this.” He said.

“Nothing is going one, you don’t want to talk about it and I said it fine.” I said before adding. “Can we go now? I don’t want to be late again.”

“Hey listen, if I could tell you the truth I would but I can’t. I don’t talk about it with no one, can you understand it.” Jason said, he had caught my hand and stopping me in the spot as he spoke he looked intensely at me.

“Fine.” I said again and he looked at me still uncomfortable. “I did understand what you said. You don’t have to tell me if you don’t, I get it. Everything is fine.” He agreed shaking his head. “ Now can we go?”

“Sure, let go.”

He caught and lead me toward the Spanish class.

“Wait!” He looked at me questioning.

“I need to get my Spanish book, you remember?”

“Oh, okay. Let go then.”

We get to my locker to get my book.

“They give you that locker?” He asked, his voice sounded odd.

“Yes, you were there last week when that guy tried to stop me for using it. Do you think I robbed it? Or worse I occupied it illegally?” I said as a jock but Jason didn’t seem to find it funny he had an odd expression on his face.

“No...nothing.” He said.

What was wrong with that locker ? Last week someone tried to stop me for using it and now this.

“At least this you can tell me, what wrong with the locker?” I asked directly.

“Yeah, but no now later.” He said.

“You promise.” I added.

“Sure.”

“Pinky swear!” I held upward my pinky finger and he burst out laughing.

“Really!” He said, but for all answer I just moved my pinky in from of him.