The two walked to the school field, where there was no disturbance, and everything was clear. Matthew was already waiting for them at one corner, pacing back and forth and, at the same time, trying to get his words straight. He just turned to his right when he saw them approaching, and he felt his heart thump hard on his chest.“Hey.” He greeted them but was met with no reply.They ignored him, flopping to the floor and carrying a tray to each of themselves. Just like Elena liked, it was a burger and a strawberry drink while Sarah got some chips and a drink.“We have to talk.” Matthew chipped in.“And we will, but I have to eat.”“I’m not interested in eating. Just say this and let her know. She can’t keep bagging in conversations, in our plans and think it’s something normal.” Sarah interrupted, her eyes blazing with fire.“It’s not up to you to decide what I want to do and what I won’t like to do. I get to choose that, I own that.” Elena retorted, eyeing her and taking a bite of her
“Tell me, Elena, what am I to you?” Matthew added, his eyes almost bulging out of its socket.“Why would you be asking me something like that? You’re my friend! You’ve always been my friend!” Elena replied, staring directly into his eyes.“That’s the problem, Elena. I’m always the friend, the cool guy that follows you everywhere. The guy you push around to everyone, acting as if you control me…“I don’t control you. You know that well!” She cut him off.“Then tell me why you keep barging into all my conversations with her! Tell me… why you think it’s normal for you to do everything and anything when it comes to me.”“You don’t care what I think, you don’t even bother to ask me! I’m pretty sure everyone in this school thinks you own me, and they come to you anytime they have something for me! Isn’t that so!” Matthew added, clenching his jaw and unclenching it at the same time.“But you know what?” He said as he ran his fingers through his hair, darting his eyes from Elena and looking a
“Hey Sarah,” Matthew walked up to her seat, calling her as he stopped in front of her.“Hi,”Sarah replied bluntly, not paying him any look.She was with one girl, probably her friend, but Matthew had never seen the both of them together once.“Can I talk to her alone for a while?” Matthew said, looking at her friend and smiling awkwardly at her.The blonde girl eyed him distastefully before turning to look at Sarah, who gave her the cue to leave.“Three minutes,” she said to him and walked away.Matthew nodded at her and pulled a chair closer to himself, taking his seat before facing Sarah.“I…I’ve not seen her here.” He started.“She’s not in this class,” Sarah retorted, packing her books into her bag without looking at Matthew.“Oh… okay.” He replied.The both of them sat in awkward silence after, Matthew watching as she packed her books, and as she zipped up her bag, his mouth suddenly started working again.“I..want to apologize for what happened this afternoon. I didn’t mean it i
Elena got home with her eyes red and puffy, walking straight to her bedroom and banging the door closed. Her eyes itched at the sight in front of her, make ups on the bed, some of her underwear also on it and some other things. She had left the house on a happy feeling this morning and didn’t expect half of everything to happen. Cut it; she didn’t expect even one heck of it to happen.Who knew Sarah would decide to voice out her stupid opinion? Who knew Matthew would yell at her? Who knew she would come home hungry and looking like a ghost? She didn’t even know she would start to think she might have feelings for Matthew this same day?“Ahhhh!”She yelled out, her head raising sounds of alarm in her head.She had come home with the bus today, avoided all interactions with everyone and anyone and stayed on her own. Thank God for her mum forcing on her a hoodie this morning because of her little skirt; she wouldn’t have been able to get through the bus without anyone noticing how red he
“Would you like to go first, or you’ll want me to go first?” Silver said, standing up from the couch and walking away.Elena just laid there, her thoughts jumbled with her brain not thinking straight. She closed her eyes, her arms on her chest as she tried to let go of everything. She didn’t want to talk about Matthew with Silver, and she had just said that for a reason for coming to her place.“Do you want yogurts or anything?” Silver yelled out from the kitchen.“And some biscuits, yes!” Elena retorted, raising her voice a bit without opening her eyes.She would let silver talk, tell her about what she had to, and free herself from everything. Matthew wasn’t the only friend she had, and maybe it was time she got close to all her other friends and let him live the best of his love life.She opened her eyes as she heard silvers footsteps, sitting up immediately with her back straight and watching her friend till she set the tray on the table.“Thanks,” she said, picking up one of the
“Wakey, Wakey.” Clara hummed as she entered Elena’s room, tapping her legs and shaking her awake.“In the past days, you’ve been waking up so early I knew it would come down to this. Wake up, Elena; you’ll be late for school.” She added.Elena shifted in her bed, muttering incoherent words that meant she wanted to be left alone.“Matthew is already downstairs and he’s waiting for you.”The sleep in her eyes vanished immediately, seating up all of a sudden and coming to meet her mum’s eyes.“What!” She exclaimed, rubbing her eyes with her hand.Clara stared at her daughter and eyed her. She made a loud hiss before turning towards the door.“Matthew is not here. So get up and dress up before you get late. Silver called me, she’ll be here anytime from now.” She added and walked out.Elena fell back to the bed, heaving out an exhausted sigh for someone that just woke up.“Ahhhh!” She breathed out, sitting up and darting her eyes across the room.Her feet touched the ground, having another
She climbed out of Silver’s car, shutting the door with her eyes fixed on a particular spot. It was Matthew’s car and Sarah was stepping out of his passenger seat with smiles on her face. Elena clenched her jaw, feeling irritated and disgusted at her act. She was just trying to go to bed with him; why pretend about it?The thought of it and the way she felt as she saw them together made her remember one of the blog posts she saw while doing her search. ‘you’ll feel jealous and irritated when you see them with another person, especially if it’s with your gender and they’re laughing and acting cute together.’“Elena..” Silver called out as she saw her bouncing off, not even waiting for her or replying to her.Her eyes darted across the parking lot, trying to find out what could have triggered her after the smile she had managed to put on her face. At the sight of Matthew and his new girl, she sighed heavily, confirming where the problem was coming from.“They should just kiss and make u
“Where have you been?” Sarah asked Matthew as he placed his tray beside her, took his seat, and dropped his bag to the floor.“Went to the restroom.” He replied curtly.Sarah noticed something was wrong with him, and did not bother to press it again. She started a conversation with one of his friends but her mind was still on whatever was going on with him. It couldn’t be about Elena, they had both sorted that out and decided not to bring it up again. He told her while they were coming to school this morning that he'd like to get to know her more, and it was the best she had ever received in her entire life.Even thinking about it and replaying his exact words in her brain made a smile bloom on her face. She had liked him since the first year of school, always checking him out, wanting to get closer to him and be his friend. But everytime she tried to get closer to him, she was always there. She was a late bloomer, resumed later than the rest of them but he was her first friend. They