#6: Shattered Bones and Broken Hearts

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"You need to pay for my medical bill."

The message would've been confusing if l didn't know Ryuu Gavril, but I did, and it was funny. So there I was, sitting in the school parking lot in my 2006 Ford Mustang, snorting in barely contained laughter like a crazy person as I waited on my sister to finish her soccer practice.

Me:

"???"

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"Your reply earlier got me a fractured jaw."

A very unladylike pfft escaped my mouth as his reply only fueled my laughter. It took me a few seconds to compose myself enough to text him back.

Me:

"That sounds like it's your fault, not mine. Maybe you should pay more attention to your surroundings? Just a tip…"

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"Look at you, being an entitled teenager running away from your responsibilities…you disappoint me, Eleanor."

Me:

"What are you, my grandpa??"

My reply sent me into another fit of laughter, thinking of Ryuu Gavril as my crazy-ass, eighty-one-year-old grandpa. I love that man to death.

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"You'd think after seeing my body you'd know better."

That made my mirth disappear in an instant as I felt the heat of a blush rising in my cheeks and warming the tips of my ears, the sensation was slowly becoming familiar over the last twenty-four hours. I swear l haven't blushed so much in all of my seventeen years of existence.

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"Plus…I'm pretty sure I'm older than you."

Me:

"Oh yeah? What month were you born?"

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"July."

I fist-pumped the air.

Me:

"Ha! I'm a May baby!"

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"Danggit!! Guess you'd be a cougar if we dated…"

Me:

"Don't worry. I'm not interested in little boys."

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"Hear that? That is the sound of my heartbreaking."

I huffed out a short laugh, rolling my eyes at his antics, just as I received another text.

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"Also, since my pride will not take that jab, might I remind you about that picture I sent last night? Yeah…I'm not little."

Cue blush multiplied by fifty.

Me:

"Fuck you, Ryuu."

Ryuu-fuckin-Gavril:

"It's a date :)"