“Oh my god I am so sorry.” I bent down and started grabbing all his things. I thought I was already embarrassed, but nope things got worst. After throwing everything on his desk, my luck would have it that I head butted him next. I could hear Chanel laughing at my dispense and telling Jude how stupid I am.
“I honestly should just go sit over there where I can die from embarrassment without causing you anymore problems. Again I am so sorry!” I went to grab my bag to find another seat, but I felt him grab my wrist to keep me from going.
“Don’t worry about it, we can die from embarrassment together.” The, holy shit is this guy hot, started to laugh. I felt myself instantly calm and even laughed myself at this whole situation.
“Thanks, I’m Madison.” I went to shake his hand which made him smile bigger.
“Declan.” His green eyes lit up while I noticed him checking me out. I’m surprised I never seen him before. He was someone who would make a whole room turn to look at him. He had the total jock look from his backwards baseball cap to his letterman jacket. His pale skin and dark hair made his green eyes shine bright, but what made him most noticeable was his perfect smile with his dimples.
“Why haven’t I seen you before?”
“I was back home taking care of my dad until he passed away.”
“I’m sorry, I lost my parents too when I was a kid though. It’s something that never stops hurting, but it gets easier each day moving forward.” Even though I lost both of my parents, I always felt it had to be harder for those who were actually close to their parents.
“You’re the first person to ever be real about it hurting. Mostly I’ve been getting people telling me how sorry they are and how they can’t imagine how I feel. The best are the ones to tell you that one day I’ll be able to move on, but how do you move on from losing your first best friend?”
“Honestly, my situation is different. It’s great though he was your best friend. I know were strangers, but if you ever want to talk, I’m all ears.”
He placed his hand over mine and said, “Thank you, I’ll definitely take you up on that.” Right at that moment I heard someone starting to cough. When I looked back, it was Jude staring daggers at Declan which he didn’t stop until class was over.
“Maybe one of these days we can grab coffee and talk?” Declan wrote his number on my hand and I gave him a head nod that it would be nice. I just hope I wasn’t leading him on. Even though Jude is a complete asshole right now, I still had hope that maybe one day we can get back to what we used to have.
Declan left the room and I started to pack my things up. Chanel of course had to bump into my desk, spilling everything on the ground. What surprised me though was Jude bending over to help me.
“Thanks.” I didn’t know what to say to him. Everything just felt so awkward between us.
He didn’t say anything, but held my hand. Right when I was about to ask him if he wanted to talk about last night, he dropped my hand and left the room without another look in my direction. That was so weird. I looked down and noticed Declan’s number was smudged to the point I couldn’t read it. “What an asshole.” I said out loud hoping he would hear me.
I stormed out of the class room, pissed off once again. I knew he rubbed Declan’s number off my hand on purpose. I was planning everything I was going to say to him in my head, but my mind went completely blank with seeing the scene in front of me. Right across the hallway, Jude had Chanel pressed against the wall. They were whispering in each other’s ears, so I couldn’t hear a thing. How their bodies were pressed together, I didn’t even want to hear what they were saying. I couldn’t look away though. You know those movie scenes where the actor is in the middle of the road and they see the car coming? They know they need to move out of the way before they get hit, but they just stand there frozen in shock. That is exactly the dilemma I’m facing minus the car. I know I need to look away from the scene that is causing me more pain than I want to feel, but I’m frozen in place. When I finally snap out of it, I do what I do best and try to run, but when I turn I knocked into someone once again.
“We got to stop meeting like this.” Declan smiled down at me which helped me not feel as mortified as I should. I gave him a small smile, but what is going on with Jude and Chanel over there wouldn’t get out of my head.
“Are you ok?” I shook my head no barely able to get any words out. He looked over at Jude and Chanel and then back at me again. He seemed to put two and two together and offered me his hand. I took it like he was my life preserver and he nodded towards the exit. I went with him without hesitation, but of course I was a sucker for punishment and looked back one last time at Jude. Chanel was gone, but Jude stayed there leaning against a wall with his arms crossed giving Declan one evil look.
I followed Declan outside where he led us to the middle of the court. “Let me guess ex boyfriend?”
“Not exactly. We have history that just keeps getting more complicated with him hating me one minute and not the next.” I was sick of the back and forth
