"You did what?!" Amy gaped at me trough a sandwich. A couple people in the cafeteria looked round.
"It's not that big of a deal. I just did the right thing."
"Not a big deal? This is like major news, Vi! You could've been seriously hurt!" Amy ranted on in worry. I thought about what happened yesterday. I'm pretty sure I did the good thing, helping that guy out. I twirled my straw with my fingers. Jeff seemed alright, vaguely I wondered when I would see him again, or IF for that matter.
"Violet? Viiiiolet." Amy repeated my name continuously.
"What? Oh, sorry. Guess I just spaced out a bit."
"Yeah. You did." She surveyed me for a minute, a mischievous smile growing on her face. "So was he cute?" Amy suddenly asked. I nearly spat out my drink.
"W-what? Jason? Ew, hell no." I stared at the floorboards intently.
Amy snickered. "No, stupid. The guys ass you saved, was he cute at least?"
"Not necessarily, but I guess if you thought about it... Yeah." I felt heat rising to my cheeks.
"Waah! That's so cute, my little Violet finally has a boyfriend!"
"He's not my boyfriend!" I insisted.
"Really? Hmm.. I don't believe that for a second. You like him at least don't you?" She teased, I bet she loved this.
"H-hard to say, I only just met him Amy.." I stammered. Amy only smiled.
"I'll take that as a yes no ways about it! Tell me when you confess your love, darling." And with that she went to throw her tray in the garbage.
I sighed. She could always see right through me. But liking someone after I just met them? Nah, that's just stupid.
"Ah-hem." A cough behind my back made me turn to see none other than Jeff himself.
"Jeff? What are you doing here?" I felt nervous, I didn't exactly expect him to just show up.
"I got all enrolled today. Guess we'll be seeing more of each other then. Can I sit?" He motioned towards an empty chair.
"Go ahead." I said. So he sat.
"You doing okay? From yesterday, I mean. It seemed like you were a little roughed up so.."
Jeff smiled faintly. "I already told you, I'm fine. Nothing broken, see?" He swung his arm around a bit. I giggled.
"Guess so." Our talk ended abruptly. Luckily I was saved from an awkward silence by the return of Amy.
"I return!" She pretended to be graceful about it. Her eyes surveyed Jeff.
"Aaand who's this?" "This is my friend Jeff, remember the guy I told you about? He's new to the school and everything so yeah." Jeff waved.
"Hi." Amy glanced back and forth from us, smirking.
"I guess I'll leave you guys to it then." She walked off. I gave her the 'get back here I need you!' look, but she just waved.
"She's a strange one isn't she?" Jeff mused.
"Yeah but she's a really good person once you get used to her." I tucked my hair behind my ear, why was I being so awkward? I just need to take a deep breath and be myself. I took a breath.
"Do you want to hang out or something later?" He suddenly asked.
"What?" I was taken aback. He looked away.
"Well if you don't want to that's all right.."
"No!" I blurted in. "I mean, I'd love to. Where do you want to go?" Jeff's dark eyes shined as he smiled.
"I don't care. For a walk around a park maybe?"
"Sure." I replied breathlessly. That happened rather fast, I thought. Was this like a date? My heart beat a bit faster. No, no this was just a friendly outing. Just a walk, only the two of us..
"Violet? You're a bit red." Jeff broke into my thoughts.
"Really? I must be a bit warm, eheheh." I recovered. The bell rang again. Damn! I was having a good time nevertheless..
"See you soon." Jeff called back to me, walking out the door.
"Yeah!" I smiled. Feeling exited, I didn't even mind some of the looks people gave me. Hah! Suckers! I was practically going on a date with the new guy.
I walked into my English class and took my regular seat in the back. Not even a minute later the devil himself Jeff walked in and took a seat beside me.
"Fancy seeing you here, sir." I joked.
"Guess I'm seeing you sooner than I planned, miss." He retaliated. I smiled again, and the teacher called for silence. I sighed and took out my notes to copy down the material for today. Jeff took out a piece of paper, but didn't write anything. I caught him stealing frequent glances at me throughout class. I turned slightly pink at each of these incidents and turned my head quickly back to my paper. This was just a bit too much for my mind to handle. The fact that a living, breathing guy could actually have feelings for me AND I'm going on a 'friendly outing' with said boy. I started doodling on the corner of my paper. I drew a lot of faces, each reacting to one another. Jeff drew his own little happy face next to one of mine. I grinned again, feeling unexpectedly happy.
Violet. She's just a girl, what am I getting so worked up about? Sure she stepped in earlier, but I could've easily handled myself. I don't want to hurt her but I might not have any choice. I'll do it later then, on our walk. I gulped. It wasn't fair! Guess it comes with the package then. I made a mental note of the knife in my pocket, and looked at her again. I needed to destroy the problem before it grew to something I couldn't control.