Jack's POV
After my last class of the day I headed toward the track, I missed a track meet and I couldn't fall too behind and let coach hate me. I walked onto the track and started stretching, and noticed movement in the corner of my eye, and I completely turned to see if it was her. I saw a blonde girl, with headphones and glasses running in front of me. It was Elsa.
"Hey Elsa!", she just kept running, I'm stupid, she's running with headphones. I started running towards her. I was running right next to her. She was completely focused on whatever was in front of her, so I pulled out one of her earphones.
"Hey Elsa."
She jumped a little and made a "holy shit what's happening pose", and I laughed. She looked straight at me and half laughed, still a little shaken up.
"God dammit Jack. You almost made me shit my pants."
"Oh baby, that's hot."
She laughed, she held her stomach and fell backwards on her butt and continued laughing.
"Ok Elsa, it wasn't that funny." I helped her up and she tried to catch her breath.
"I know, I know. But it's the funniest thing I've heard all day. I haven't laughed that hard in a while."
She was adorable when she laughed, she had a huge open mouth smile that she tried to cover up with her hand, her eyes were sealed shut from smiling so hard, and her other hand held her stomach.
"Bad day?"
She let out a heavy sigh, "Family bullshit."
"Oh man, I know exactly how you feel." I laughed, and then remembered the last meeting with my grandma and cleared my throat.
"I don't want to go home for Thanksgiving." I sat down next to her. Her almost white hair turned salmon as the sun went down.
"Your family can't tell you what to do, I can't tell you what to do, this is your choice." I wrapped my arms around my knees. "Parents don't mean to, but they can make you feel guilty. They just love you, so they want to see you."
I felt her hair and body warmth on my shoulder as she leaned on me.
"You're right… I still don't know if I should go."
"Hey, hey, you have a month. Just breathe and don't focus on the negative."
"Thank you, Jack. Thank you."
"Can we hang out more? I really like being with you."
I felt her lift her head and I watched the streetlight gave her a halo as she stared at the ground.
"I'd really like that." She smiled and looked into my eyes, sparkling.
