Love Or Friend?
Spending Time With U
POV Author
On the same day at 20:08, Gaby knocks on Andy's door.
"What's up, Gab?" asked Andy while turning his head, looking at his sister who was busy tying her blue hair.
"What are you, brother!" gaby exclaimed suddenly, "Why did you tell Jenny you didn't like her?"
"I can't lie to my feelings, Gaby. I love another girl in your class. "
"That's the point. You know she likes you, but you like the other girls in our class. What do you mean tell Jenny that?" gaby's voice was rising.
"Listen to my explanation, Gaby. I don't know that Jenny has a crush on me. I just found out it's from Alexa."
"Wait, what? Jenny didn't reveal it yesterday?" gaby asked, but with a surprised look.
"Nope... Only I told Jenny that I liked Al-" immediately Andy shut his mouth using his own two hands.
Gaby who will get an answer from her curiosity began to grow furious, both hands gripped the collar of Andy's shirt, "Tell me that girl's name!" gaby's tone seemed threatening, his sharp gaze attached to his brother.
"Ep... Hey, what time is it? I have to finish my PR immediately or Miss Ely will punish me on Monday." said Andy, trying to shake off his sweet little sister's grip.
Knowing that Andy is just looking for an excuse, Gaby pushes her brother's body to the floor, "What the-"
"Continue looking for an excuse." Gaby immediately cuts Andy's sentence, then leaves his room.
Andy POV
I was stupid. I should have expressed my feelings to Alexa this afternoon.
The flashback
"What's? Can you like another girl, while Jenny likes you?!" Alexa exclaimed furiously.
I was surprised, "Wait, what?!"
An awkward atmosphere was created for a while. I decided to tell Alexa about my feelings, "Actually, Alexa, I like you"
"Sorry, Andy. But hurting my best friend got you into my black list." said Alexa, looking at me with a cold look. He went into the supermarket without saying anything to me.
Flashback off
I tried to send him a message, and the message I sent to Alexa was just a reply with two blue check marks. I called him, but he didn't pick up, "Am I really on his blacklist?" muttered.
I walked towards the window of my room and stared at the starry sky through the window. Instantly I carved a wide smile on my lips, "I will not give up, Miss Levin! I will express my love for you after the school anniversary race."
***
The alexa POV
"Dad heard you were gonna spend time with someone during the day, Alexa." Dad started the conversation when Mom and I were preparing lunch.
"Yes, I was right. He will come after lunch." I replied.
"Why didn't you invite her to lunch together?"
"I just feel uncomfortable having to have lunch with someone else, that's all."
"Or because she's your boyfriend?" ask Dad while raising his eyebrows. I feel my cheeks flushed a little, "No, Dad! We're friends." I said no.
"Friends or friends?"
"Livian and Alexa are just friends, Thomas." I said, "After all, Alexa likes someone."
"Mom is 100% right, Dad." I added.
"But it doesn't rule out the possibility that you and Livian will be together, honey!" now the smiling mother.
"What's my fault with this family?" I said, pretending to complain. Mom and Dad just laughed at me.
After lunch, I went to my backyard with a novel I borrowed from the WHS library last Friday. The green grass, some flower pots and a tree house, made my mood peaceful. I took a breath and enjoyed the fresh air, "As long as I'm around here, what else do I need?" muttered.
"A friend, for example." Someone answered me. The voice of the man was not the voice of my father.
I turned around, "Livian? I didn't think you'd come this fast." I said as I looked at Livian who was carrying his guitar and backpack, "What's that for?" my many.
"I want to do my chemistry PR with you. I heard you were good at chemistry."
"Not really." I said with a shy smile, "You want to do your PR at my tree house?" i'm offering.
"Sounds like good ideas. Show me the way."
***
Working on chemistry with Livian is pretty exciting. Livian always miscalculated his formulas, and sometimes he miswrote the atomic symbols in his book, "If this was a practicum, you would have blown up the whole school." I commented and laughed.
"Not that bad. The one that exploded was just the school lab and its surroundings." Livian laughed. He tidied up the book and put it in his backpack, then picked up the guitar and began to play a soothing tone.
"Although I'm not good at formulas, but I'm good at composing notes into 'sedatives'" Livian said, still strumming the guitar.
"Don't be so confident." I sneered. But a moment later, I confirmed what Livian said, "Well, your song calmed me down."
Livian didn't stop strumming her guitar, "Wanna talk about something?" tanyakanya.
"About what?"
"There's so much you can tell me; you, your friend, or whatever it is."
"Okay. Where do I start? " i tapped my chin with my index finger, "Me and my two best friends understand each other, we're more like sisters, y'know? " i chuckled for a while, then continued, "That reminds me of the school orientation period..."
The flashback
Today was my first day at Wonderfull High School. I didn't know anyone in my class, that was before a blue-haired girl came up to me on my bench.
"Hi, I'm Gabriella Agatha Bloom. You can call me Gaby, but don't even call me 'Gab'. Only my brother can call me that." Gaby slurred, making me smile at that horse-pointed girl.
"Hey, Gaby. I'm Alexandrie Dove Levin. Nice to meet you too "reply me, reach out to her.
"Well, hello Alexandrie." Gaby grinned ignorantly.
"Call me Alexa, Gaby. Alexandrie's too long to call."
We both chuckled, that was our first joke. Gaby and I got along very quickly, she told me a lot of things. For example, he told me about his older brother who was in XI Science 1 class, his name was Andy Benjamin Bloom.
"Oh yes, Gaby. I wanted to ask you something." I stopped the laughter.
"What's that?" Gaby supported her head with both arms on the table.
"Why did you dye your hair blue?"
"Ah, about that." Gaby cleared her throat before continuing, "I actually have black hair. But, ever since my Papa left, I-"
"Where is your father?" I cut Gaby's explanation.
"My father... Has died. Someone kidnapped him when papa came home from work and that guy killed him."
As I closed my mouth with both hands, my eyes widened in surprise, "I'm so sorry, Gaby. I didn't know that-"
"It's okay. Sooner or later, everyone will know." It's obvious that Gaby forced her smile, "May I continue?"
"Yes, of course." I said, smiling awkwardly.
"Since my father's departure, my mother has always avoided me. Andy said, maybe my mom changed because my face and hair color are similar to my dad's. So I decided to dye my hair. At first I thought it was just a while, over time I started to get comfortable with this hair color."
Silent. None of us said anything after Gaby told me, so I said, "I'm sorry, Gaby. Because of me, you have to repeat that memory."
"It's okay. I-"
"Hey, what's up?" a brunette girl walked over to us. It was Jennifer Spark Lucas.
I waved my hand awkwardly, "Em, hey. I'm Alexandrie Dove Levin, nice to know you, uh..."
"Jennys. Call me Jenny." she replied, winking her right eye.
That was the beginning of our friendship.
Flashback off
"Wow, I didn't know that your friendship started that way" Livian commented, the guitar was still on her lap. This time he stopped playing his guitar.
"It's complicated, but we've finally been together until now. I just hope that nothing will destroy our friendship and I will do anything to keep my friendship going, even if it means sacrificing my feelings."
My words left Livian's gaze adrift on me, "You realize what you just said, Alexa?"
"Well, why do you think I always care about the little things about Alvin?"
Livian's eyes rounded, "Because you're in love with Alvin?"
"You're right." I felt my cheeks flushed back, "I beg you, Liv. Don't tell anyone about this, especially Gaby and Alvin."
Livian looked at me in surprise, "Why can't Gaby know?"
"Because of Gaby and Alvin... They might like each other."
"And because Gaby was Alexa's best friend, so Alexa had to keep Gaby's feelings in check." Mom suddenly approached us at the tree house while carrying a tray with a bowl of ice cream on it.
"Hello, Aunt Diandra." said Livian kindly.
"That's right, Mom. And interrupting the two people who were talking was also a bit annoying." I snorted somewhat annoyed.
"Not to be sarcastic, Honey! Livian doesn't want to get close to you. Mother brought dessert for you." said Mother while giving the tray she brought earlier.
"Mom only brought ice cream for Livian? Where for me?"
"Who told you Livian was going to finish this ice cream alone?" reply Mom while grinning widely. Mom left me and Livian.
We were both in the tree house, with a bowl of ice cream and a spoon. Knowing that Mom pranked me, I went to the kitchen and took a spoon.
"Maybe my mother forgot to take another spoon for me" I said as I returned to the tree house and Livian looked at me with a puzzled expression. We spent the day of the week eating ice cream while joking.
