Cyrus Pov
I walk in The Spoon, feeling upset, unable to hide it on my face. Why would TJ treat me like that? Did I do something to make him mad? Did Buffy? I sit at a booth near the window when Amber comes up. "Hey Cyrus. Everything okay?"
"Oh, yeah I'm fine." I say as Amber starts to sit down. "What are you doing? Don't you have to work?"
"Actually I just got off. I had an early shift today. And you're not fine, what's going on?"
"It's a friend of mine, he kinda got mad at me today and I don't know why." I confess.
"Oh, Cyrus don't worry about that drama. It's gonna happen constantly, you're gonna have to find a way to move past it and not worry about it."
"I guess you're right, but if was that type of person we never would've become friends."
She's a bit shocked by this, and thinks for a moment before she says, "Huh, I guess you're right."
"And it's not like something like this hasn't already happened with this person, when he gets upset he kinda pushes everyone away. I just wish he didn't push me away."
"Why don't you think about the good things about him, not how he's pushing everyone away right now. That way next time you see him, you'll have more motivation to break down those walls."
"Wow Amber, that's pretty smart."
"Thank your parents, I got it from them. So, what are some good things about him?"
"Well, he use to be a jerk, but now he's a lot nicer. He's really good at sports," he's really cute, I say in my head, "and he's a pretty good rapper."
"Wait, what?" She replies laughing a little.
"Yeah, he kinda rapped an apology to Buffy to make up for being such a jerk to her."
"Awe, that sounds adorable. He must really like her."
"I dont think so, because Buffy couldn't even be around him for more than two minutes. Oh, and, best part, afterwords he started to leave, looked back at us, and almost tripped over the sidewalk, I was so scared for a moment."
Amber stopped and looked at me with complete shock. "What?"
"What do you mean? He almost tripped over the sidewalk, like there was a point where it dropped and-"
"No, no, no. I mean, he looked back at you two?"
"Yeah, what's the big deal?" I asked, genuinely confused.
"Cyrus, when someone looks back when they're walking away, that means they like you. He must actually like Buffy!"
I stared at her for a moment in shock. Upon thinking about it, I realizes the legitimacy in her statement. After all, I did look back at Jonah when I had a crush on him. "I guess he does...I gotta go, Andi just texted me, we aren't hanging out at The Spoon after all."
"Oh," I see her face visibly fall, "okay, I guess I'll catch you guys later."
I walked out the door, and barely notice the familiar sound of the bell chime. There was only one thing on my mind, TJ looked back alright.
But it wasn't at Buffy.