40. Dirty Thoughts- Natalie -.I call mom and tell her I won’t be coming home. She asks for Ira and talks to her for a while. We lie around watching Netflix and eventually decide to get out of the house for the night.“Liam told me there is a big party nearby. Some rich dude is throwing. We could go-”“Duh! I have no clothes, Ira…”“You could wear mine.”I scoff. “Your knee length will look like a short dress on me.”She rolls her eyes.” I am not that short and you ain’t that tall. So quit whining,” she says and starts browsing her closet for dresses.“Should I invite Liam?” She asks me hesitantly.“Only if you promise not to make me feel like a third wheel.”Then we get ready and head for the party.It was stupid of me to believe her. The dress is too short and I am totally the third wheel. This girl is crazy about Liam and Liam is infatuated with her. I can see them happily ever after if they decide to take each other seriously.Soon they forget I am there. So I wander around the
41. Embarrassed- Jacob -.Oh God, I had to embarrass myself.I stare at my phone screen, looking at the disaster I created last night. Why did I chat with her last evening? Just a pic and a voice note was enough and perfect.I check my messages once again to make myself feel worse.Me: ‘Wow you look fablous. Where are u?’Me: ‘Fablus’Me: ‘Fabulous… sry im dunk’Such an idiot. Can’t even spell properly. Made a fool of myself last night. Then I see the image she sent me. She looked absolutely gorgeous. I couldn’t help but jerk myself off to her pic last night. It feels odd when I think about it now. I have never done this before, apart from that dream I had when I first met her. Not sure where that urge came from.I read more texts; I had sent her.Jacob: ‘You should hve stayed with me if you weren’t going hom’I wince, looking at more spelling mistakes. What’s ‘hve’ and ‘hom’, Jacob?It’s HAVE & HOME.Then I read further.Dull-Mean-Happening-Girl: ‘You had no spare tent Jacob.’Me:
43. Ira- Jacob -I hadn’t heard from Natalie since morning. Maybe I was getting antsy because I had sent her my apology at 6 in the morning and it was almost 9:30. It wasn’t like I was getting myself riled up barely two minutes later. It had been more than 3 hours.I didn’t want to wait another 24 hours to figure out if she had decided to quit talking with me again, So I called her. She didn’t answer my call. Instead, a musical voice did.Now it looks like I will be having my lunch with two girls. For some reason, I feel like they will grill me. Especially Ira.I park my car in Ira’s apartment complex and press the buzzer of the apartment building for her to let me in.“Who isss itt?” Ira asks in a musical voice again.“Somebody invited me over lunch this afternoon,” I answer her over speaker, grinning.“Ohh really!” She says.“Let him in already, God Dammit!” I hear Natalie’s faint voice.Then some scuffle and the door opens. I reach their apartment and Natalie opens the door.“Hey!
45. Missing her - Jacob - . This week was better than my first one at school. I underestimated how much I would miss Coco. Bought me a huge side pillow. No use. There is no warmth! Coco’s farewell bought me and Natalie back on talking terms, But I can see she still avoids me. Or maybe I am reading too much into the situation. This is the reason I need to keep myself busy. So I would just stop thinking about her. I should get out of the house tonight. It’s Friday night after all. West & team is having another get-together, but I don’t want to meet David & Sam outside our practice matches yet. At school, I am spending my time around West, Norris & girls. But I am irking Norris company a little. David’s words from that night come to my mind whenever I meet him. ‘What? That is a fact! Ask Norris.’ Natalie is right. Not talking to each other at school is a good decision overall. She & West aren’t on good terms. Norris probably spread rumors against her. The team often made demea
47. His first kiss- Jacob -.“Soo... Who is she?” Hanna asks me once the team leaves us alone.“uhmmm... Someone who’s probably not gonna happen...” I sigh and take a gulp of my drink.Hanna scoffs and belittles me again. “Thank God! Humanity’s procreation is not on your shoulders, Jacob... We would have gone extinct in no time.”I look at her with my eyebrows squinted. Where does she find those insults?“Seriously, are you interested in her? Is she your first crush or something?”I nod and say ruefully, “But I am not in the mood to talk about her...”Her mouth goes slack.“Noooo you don’t get to say that. Fuck! you didn’t tell me, Jacob...” She smacks my arm.“Not now!”She shrugs and pulls her phone out. “I am staying for the night at your place.”“I am not gonna gossip about her with you!”“I know I know. There are things I need to tell you.”Okay... Works fine by me.We dance and play games for a while, then we finally head home once I am feeling sober enough to drive.“Guess who
48. Night Out- Natalie -.I want to get out of the house tonight. I avoided Jacob this week, thinking it would mellow down my thoughts about him. But Ira dropped her two cents this evening.“More you avoid him, the more you will yearn for him. We want things we can’t have.”Ok… She may be right.I guess it’s high time to stop torturing myself and get out of the house. I glance out of the window, thinking if I should visit Jacob’s place. Then I see him. Ready for some party and hopping in the car with a girl.Sigh!What was I thinking? Normal people have plans for Friday evenings. If I want to spend time with him, I have to ask first. Book his slot. I am sure I ain’t the only one to fancy him. It’s a miracle how he is still single. He has been at school for two weeks. I gasp with realization.Is he seeing that girl?No wonder she looked gorgeous. Just like him.Crap!My shoulder slump with hopelessness. I won’t let this stop me from getting out of the house. I am sure I have many peo
49. Shhh…- Jacob -.I park my car in front of the location shared by Natalie. I am restless and uptight, if it was a good idea to ask her to drive. She sounded fairly shocked and frantic. She had told me she wasn’t feeling safe and location of the party was too far from my house. I didn’t want her to wait alone in the car for an hour.I see a car enter the driveway and I exhale a breath of relief.She gets out of the car and says, “I am sorry Jacob... I called Ira but she didn’t-”“Relax…” I tell her, “Don’t ever hesitate to call me if you ever feel unsafe or something…”She blinks and nods.“How is he?” I ask, opening the back door.“Kind of out… Barely conscious.”We bolster him by the shoulder and take him towards the house. Natalie finds the keys in his pocket and unlocks the door. I don’t like it when she slips her hands in his pocket. But it’s fucking unreasonable thought so I try to ignore it.“Do you know anybody we could call?” I ask as we enter the house. We cannot leave h
51. Sex Saga - Natalie -.I wake up around eight in the morning when mom knocks on my door to wake me up. Ira has blasted my phone with missed calls and messages.Ira calling…I sigh and pick up the phone.“Natalie!! You alright? Tell me you are alright…”“No, Ira! I died last night.”“Not funny! What happened? Why did you call me so many times?”“You know what happens when I go out… I don’t know why I don’t give up and stay in my house forever…”She is quiet for a while, then asks again. I tell her everything that happened.She sighs. “I am sorry Girl... I am sure it’s just some terrible phase going on… It won’t last.”“I fucking hope so,” I reply with indifference.“That was really nice of Jacob to come.”I glance at the clock and say, “Yeah... I gotta meet him at 9. I better take a bath… ”“Listen…”“Yeah?”“There wasn’t any foul play on Nico’s behalf. Right?”I don’t think so, but… I am not sure anymore.“I hope not.”After having my breakfast, I leave for Jacob’s house with som