Chapter 9 You Won't Hurt Me If You Say No...
Kevin
Gosh, I was so late because I messed up in art class. Guess what? I had to clean every single brush! Joe was right, life really isn't fair. But it seemed to be even harder for him. When I finally arrived at my locker I couldn't open it because Joe was leaning against it with tears in his eyes and all over his face. I was afraid that if I'd ask him to move a bit he'd break down and lay down on the floor, crying. "Joe?" I couldn't think of anything that was more clever. "K-K-Kevin? Could you just get me out of here...please?" "Sure Joe, I'll call The Big Man, okay?" "O-okay..." I've never seen Joe like that in my entire life. Damn.
After I had made the phone call everything happened pretty fast. The Big Man was here only 5 minutes after I had hung up the phone and brought crying Joe back home.
I just had to distract myself now, I really didn't want to think about him.
Then I realized that Macy was standing in front of our lockers still, not making a sound. I guess I'd just found my distraction.
"Err, Macy.... can we... talk? Alone?" She looked surprised
"Oh, err sure Kevin! Shall we go outside?"
"Oh yeah, sounds awesome."
I couldn't really look at her. It was such an awkward situation but I don't wanted to show how insecure I was so I put on my typical Macy smile and smiled at her after times. We didn't talk at all, we just kept right on walking.
It felt like we'd been doing a six-hour walk. Well at least for me.
When we finally arrived I had forgotten everything I wanted to tell her.
"So....we're outside now, Kevin..."
"Yeah, we are Macy. Aww did you just see that?"
"See what?"
"That cloud in shape of a chicken!"
"Aaah, you're right! Gosh it looks so awesome!"
"Ehm...Macy....so here is what I wanted to tell you...it is...."
"Yeah, Kevin...?"
"Err, well... I really, really like you and I was wondering if.... you would like to have dinner with me tonight? I know lots of good restaurants. Or maybe tomorrow, I'd like to take care of Joe if he's not feeling better when I'm home..."
"Aww, Gosh Kevin, I wouldn't just like, I'd love to go out with you! I'm so happy that you asked me out, I could die and I wouldn't mind! Well, only if I'd die after the dinner, of course." Ah, Macy.... that girl just knew how to make me melt.
Delilah was passing by again, without the cell this time. "Hey guys! How is everyone? Did I miss anything worth mentioning? I'm sorry for leaving you all alone but I was so busy, my management is going crazy and stuff." She reminded me of crying Joe again. She also seemed to remind Macy of something but it didn't seem like it was Joe also. "Well, actually, yeah you did. Stella broke up with Joe because he totally forgot about her and all he was thinking about was Mission Neli...err I mean... well she broke up with him and now he's probably lying in his bed and crying his eyes out. I even had to call The Big Man because he was about to break down in front of my locker." "Oh my freaking God, I'm so overly feeling sorry for him! If there's anything I can do, you guys can call me anytime, okay?" "We will, thanks Delilah." Nick was so right about her. She was so sweet and caring and definitely down on earth. "Oh and Kevin? What is that 'mission whatever' you were talking about?" "Oh, well you should know that Joe loves to try to hook up random couples, his last mission was "Mission Nelilah" that would be you and..." "Me and Nick? Ha, well Joe clearly didn't see that Nick is just liking me as a friend, right?" "Yeah, he likes doing that just for fun. But you guys seemed to be hard work." Delilah's phone rang again. "I'm sorry, I got to go again. Don't forget to call if Joe needs anything, alright?" "Alright. See you, Delilah."
She was gone and Macy and I were all alone again. Macy still seemed to remember something sad...
"Kevin? There's something I just have to tell you..."
"Sure, what's the matter?"
"He isn't over her, Kevin. Every time he's even just thinking about her, he's close to tears because he's lying to her, lying to all of you."
