On the one day I got to sleep in, my vibrating phone woke me up. Checking my phone, I saw I had three texts from Jeremy. Each asked the same thing, if I wanted to go get coffee together. I replied with a yes and hopped out of bed to get dressed. I slipped on my neon pink short shorts and a Nevershoutnever band T-Shirt. Applied my eye liner with a grey eye shadow, grabbed my purse and left just in time to see Jeremy walking toward my apartment. He lived only about a 15 minute walk away and hated driving so he never bothered with driving anywhere. Jeremy was pretty tall, compared to me at least. He was at least 8 inches taller than me which put him at six foot three. He was ok looking however Alice thought his messy brown short hair and awkwardness was adorable.
"Hey Amber," He said with a smile.
"Hey," I grinned back and we headed in the direction of Starbucks. The entire time he looked sort of nervous. I had known Jeremy for since tenth grade. We used to hang out since we were both picked on during school. Everyone called him Marilyn Monroe, since his last name was Monroe. I honestly don't know why people thought that was funny but then again it was high school, people would use any excuse to make fun of someone. Walking into Starbucks, I was glad to see that no one else I knew was there.
"Let me guess you want a vanilla iced latte," He said.
"Its Best thing in the world," I always got the same thing at every coffee place, it made me think that maybe I'm not good with change and should work on that. After getting our coffee we sat down at a small table near the back where it was quieter. We mainly talked about our upcoming classes in august. It was still hard to believe that school was so soon, i guess to everyone else four months isn't soon. But too me that was just too little time left of freedom. About fifteen minutes had passed since we arrived and we were both done our coffee. I really needed to cut back on the coffee, going to Starbucks and a cafe was starting to become a very expensive daily thing.
"Do you want to... go out?" Jeremy randomly asked, I didn't know what to say so I just stayed silent in shock.
"Side! Do you want to go outside?"
"Uh yeah," I replied awkwardly, it was obvious that he just panicked due to my silence. Jeremy is a nice guy but he is just too much of a friend, I could never date him. We threw away our empty cups and started to walk back to my apartment in silence. I was relieved when we finally made it to my apartment; i wanted to get away from the awkward situation.
"Well bye, Jeremy. I'll see you later," I started toward the door.
"Amber," He said while grabbing my arm to stop me from leaving. I personally hated when people forcefully grab me, i always just felt scared whenever someone does. Even if i know they won't hurt me, it just gives the impression of aggressive intentions.
"I like you," He said with a serious look on his face.
"I like you too, you're a great friend." I tried my best to give the hint that I'm not interested but he obviously didn't understand. The next thing i knew he was leaning in to kiss me! I stepped back, avoiding his puckered lips.
"I'm sorry Jeremy, but you are my friend, nothing more."
"Ok, I'm sorry too," He said, avoiding my gaze.
"Well, good bye Jeremy." I said while opening my door and stepping inside.
"Bye," he said, still avoiding looking at me. I felt rather guilty for turning him down but i decided it would be nicer to just go ahead and say no then lead him on. i leaned against the door once it was closed.
"Ugh..." I said aloud, forgetting Alice was home.
"What happened this time?"
