As I walked into the doors of the empty sub-shop I heard laughter; two girls. One of the girls sounded like Harper, and the voice I just quite couldn't make out. I walked up the swirly stairs (I always loved those stairs).
"Jennifer! You're so funny!" Harper's high voice said to the new girl.
"Hey…what are you guys doing?" I asked feeling awkward, I didn't really know why. But I think it was because the new girl from school, that I didn't know, was in my house.
"Oh! Hi Alex! Jennifer and I were just talking while Justin went down stairs to make us some sandwiches.
As Harper said this I looked at her and then Jennifer. As I starred at her, her smile slowly faded away.
"Hi. My name is Jennifer; didn't I see you in the principal's office earlier today?"
I slowly smiled, "Yeah. That was me. My name is Alex." There was an awkward silence, and then Justin walked into the room with a plate with three sandwiches on it. His smile faded, just like Jennifer's.
"Oh. Jenn. Seems like you've met Alex, my sister." He said nervously.
"Oh wow!" she said shocked. "This is your sister? I had no idea." Her smile started to show up again.
Justin came toward us and sat the sandwiches on the counter.
"Um, Jennifer. Would you excuse Justin and me for just one quick minute?" I asked her with a fake smile and slowly walking away as I said this while also pulling Justin by the shirt behind me.
"Oh, um sure." She said as we rushed down to the sub-shop.
"Justin! I said to talk to her! Not to bring her to our house!" I yelled, but not loud enough for Harper and Jennifer to hear.
"Well, we did and I asked her if she needed some notes for some classes because we have tests this week. And she was all yeah! And I said well we have to go to my house to get them. And then she said oh ok. And now we are having this discussion right now because I was being nice to her." After he had said this he put his arms across his chest and then glared at me.
"Ok. But Justin!" I said. "You know how I feel about the new kids at school."
"But we're at home."
"But Justin!" I began again. "You know how I feel about new kids at our house." I said, slowing down at the end of the sentence.
"Okay, Alex. First of all that didn't make any sense at all, and second of all stay out of the "Soon to be relationship" of me and Jennifer."
"Justin! I'm the one who started this "Soon to be relationship". So I should be able to tell you what I think."
"No! Alex, please stay out of this. I really want this one to last, if it ever starts. I really like her."
"Fine!" I said almost like I was pouting. But wasn't.
Back to Harper and Jennifer….
"So, Harper. Are there any past girlfriends I should know about?"
"No. Well, he's actually had quite a few. And I was one of them."
"Really?"
"Yes. But he didn't have any feelings for me, but I told him I would wait."
"Oh. And are you still waiting?"
"I actually don't really know. I haven't thought about"
Then there was an awkward silence between the two. And then Alex and Justin walked back into the quiet room.
