CHAPTER FOURTEEN: To Love you

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Art POV

'Gosh, finally I can breath' Michelle said as she slumped into a chair around the in our regular diner, it was Sunday so we usually meet up on weekends.

'Come, is highschool that hard?' Carl asked Michelle.

'It's already hard enough been in highschool but when seat partner is annoying it becomes unbearable' Michelle said hitting her head on the table.

'Mich, chill' Charlie said pulling her shoulder in order to pull her head up but it was like she was glued to the table.

'What's your order' Dan, the waiter asked

'Give me your sweetest menu' Michelle still not raising her head up.

'What!' we chroused

'Do you want to kill yourself' Jeff asked with his face full of worries, it somehow hurt to see how much he worries about Michelle. 'I need sugar to cure my anger!' Michelle raised her voice and lifted her head making other customers turn to our table. Michelle forehead was red from hitting it on the table, 'Who's stupid enough to make a princess who has four knights mad?' Dan teased.

'The person who don't know about her knights, Ellyn Graymer' Charlie answered

'They are my friends, Dan, not knight' Michelle said 'More like knights' Dan teased and left after taking our orders.

'So nosebleed's name is Ellyn Graymer?' Michelle asked shocked

'Yep, you didn't know? And you are seat partners, you guys are the worst seat partners of the year' Charlie teased

'What exactly did Ellyn Graymer do' Jeff asked

Why do you care for her and not... nevermind

'He keeps annoying me with his killing glare and unapproachable aura, when we collected our test paper on Friday, he saw mine and gave an evil smirk, like the devil, he doesn't want to forgive me for making his nose bleed and anytime I try to approach him, he tells me that I'm making a noise' Michelle stopped to catch her breath.

'Ditch him and hangout with Charlie' Carl said

'I'm not done yet, whenever I hang out with Charlie, Angel is always there and he seems like he has a thing for her making me feel like a third wheel, in the end I have no new friend this year' Michelle said and was about to hit her head on the table.

'Wait, your order's here' Dan said placing a mountain of ice cream in her front, Michelle didn't wait for a spoon, she deeped her index finger into the ice cream and shoved it into her mouth.

'Do you need more friends? You have us' Jeff said

I think it's about time I make a move for your own good, Jeff

'Mich' I called to Michelle and she turned to me 'You are a great friend, if Ellyn can't see that, then he is an idiot' I said as tucked her hairs behind her ear and caress her cheek, she leaned into it. I could feel Jeff eyes boring into me, blazed with anger, Carl kept hitting my foot under the table but I didn't stop caressing Michelle's cheek.

It's for your own good, Jeff

'Let's just eat and forget about Nosebleed' Michelle said removing my hand from her cheek and picked up the spoon to dig into the ice cream, I turned to Jeff who looks like his ear is bringing out smoke and I smirked.

We left the diner at night, the mountain of ice cream did cooled down Michelle's anger, she and Charlie left together because they are neighbors. Carl, Jeff and I walked home together in silence before....

'Art, I've been trying to keep this question to myself but I can't really hold it back anymore' Jeff started

'What question?' I asked turning to face him and he stepped closer, staring at him still made my heart skip a beat even I should be angry at him.

'Do you like Mich' he asked really, this question is ridiculous

'No, absolutely no, I don't like Mich' I said obviously raising my voice in frustration

'They why are you being an obstruction for me?' he asked, he was obviously mad at me, one of the things I like about him is his natural calm voice, no matter how he tried to get rid of it, it's always there.

'I thought if you see a rival, it might push you to confess once you get rejected you can you can move on and I guess I was right' I explained

'Yeah, it's fucking obviously that you like her but she is dense to it, like the way you didn't notice that I....' I stopped before I released it all.

'You what?' he said moving closer, he was just a few inches taller than me so I had to tilt my head to see his face.

Why are you damn charming

I was losing control of my feeling and I felt it, I've kept it long enough to keep it in check but now I didn't really know what I did but I did it anyway. I stood on  my toes and close the gap between his lips and mine, I kiss him and I felt so good, I have been craving for this for a really long time. Jeff body was stiff and he did move from his position when I withdraw from his lips.

'Fuck' Carl said, he had been standing there watching everything unfold, I was waiting to see the disgust in his eyes or even call a faggot but he just looked surprised and impressed at the same time, he started clapping.

This guy never take anything serious

'Nice show' he said coming closer to where we stood

'Carl' I called meaning that I was serious. 'Jeff, l like you for a long but you were so dense about it, I'm sorry for kissing you, why is it so hard liking someone' I said and I left, Jeff still didn't move but I felt his eyes following me.

I just put our friendship at risk, at least he didn't punch me,

Stupid, stupid, stupid, how could you lose control' I cueser at myself.

The rest of the week went slow and Jeff was avoiding me, Yeah, I excepted that, I deserve it, Carl wasn't mad at me like Jeff he just kept on telling me to give Jeff time that he would come around.

Another Sunday came again and we were all the diner, everyone seemed awkward like the warmth in our friendship turned into an ice cube.

'Wow, you guys really give me chills, what's up, did Jeff finally confess?' Dan asked as he came over to table take our orders, everyone stared at him because of his last statement.

'What? It was obvious, just that the girl in question couldn't see it' Dan said innocently and left without taking our orders.

Did he really do it?

Jeff eyes has been fixated on the table, I turned to Carl who understood my question and nodded.Well it seem that Michelle rejected him, I saw that coming but Jeff isn't taking it well.

'Why is everyone awkward?' Michelle finally breaking the silence

'Uhm, there is also something you don't know about' Carl said then he narrated everything that happened that night with me and Jeff, he even told her about the kissing part.

'Whoa, digesting that must have been hard too bad I didn't get to watch it' Michelle said. It was my turn to look at the table, I turned a bit to see Jeff reaction, his ear was red from embarrassment, no not embarrassment, he is still hurt. Charlie pulled Michelle by the ear signalling her that it's not time to make such comment but she's stubborn she didn't need to it.

Through out our time in the diner, Jeff was abnormally quiet, he was always quiet but this time it's different no matter what joke Carl made he didn't move his lips.

'Carl, can you let him go alone, don't worry I would follow him' I said to Carl when we headed out of the diner, he understood that I wanted to be alone with Jeff.

I followed Jeff staying a few foot behind, he knew that I was following him. He suddenly stopped on his track and walked to me I thought he was going to finally punch me or tell me to stop following him instead he leaned down and rested his head on my shoulder.

'Lend me your shoulder this once' he said and he started sobbing. 'It hurts, Art, it hurts' he muttered between his sons and I place my arm around him patting his back.

'I understand' I said

'This doesn't mean I'm accepting your feelings' he said his voice was a bit muffled because of the position he stood.

'I know, but know this, I won't stop trying' I said still patting him, he felt good to have him in my arms for the short period so I enjoyed while it lasted even though it hurt to see him cry.