I looked at my phone screen and it was 11:23am. Class starts at 7:20 and it ends at 11:00. We are here for 23 minutes and I am getting crazy. Plus I am hungry. Oh, yeah, Cece. Good idea. That's what you get for not having lunch.
I am soo hungry that I can't even think so well, just like if am I sleepy. You know, when you are too much sleepy, but so sleepy and sooo sleepy that you talk nonsense things and look like a retard? So, I'm feeling like this right now.
I look around and see Gunther looking at me.
"Are you hungry?" He asks me.
I blink few times and finally answer. "Kinda. I didn't have lunch."
He starts looking in his backpack and then he hands me a cereal bar.
"Here." He says, handing me the cereal bar.
"Won't you get hungry?" I ask looking in his eyes.
"Don't worry about me." He says. "I normally don't eat so much. And I'm full. Just don't worry."
I stare at him. "Thanks, Gunther."
He nodded. Why can't he look at my eyes? I understand everything that happened between us, but still. Guess he's feeling awkward. Because admitting it, it is awkward. But just avoid this, Cece.
"Hey, Rocky!" Tinka says, behind me. I nearly had a heart attack.
"Oh gosh, Tinka! You almost gave me a heart attack. So, did you receive my text?"
"Which one? The one that you sent me saying 'The world didn't end! Let's go put the movie 2012 into comedy section!' or the one saying 'Come meet me at the park, I have a plan.' ?" Tinka asks me laughing.
"The second one and I told you to delete the first one!" I pout.
"Okay, sorry. So, why did you ask me to come here?" She asks me again.
"Oh, well...I have a simple plan. It is simple, but maybe it can work. Look, we could make Cece and Gunther start getting closer and we could try to apologize to them."
"Why do we have to apologize to them? They a-" She asks me.
"I know, but they were just overreacting. And they're also in denial about what they feel for each other."
"I know, but why can't they just get together?" She impatiently asked me.
"Tinka, didn't you understand yet? They like each other, but they're in denial and if they're not, they're afraid of getting rejected." I explain to her.
"I understand this, Rocky. What I don't understand is why are they so angry, so mad at us?"
"They are just overreacting. They can't accept their feelings about each other, so they threw all their angry to us. They know they can't fault us just because we were trying to see them happy so they are using our friendship and our promises to get angry. Plus they are so prideful, that they just can think about their pride now. That's why they are so a like. But still, the first reason is the denial. They're in denial just like you were when we first asked you if you liked Ty and you said no... So, do you understand now?" I ask her, finishing my speech.
"Yes..So, are we going to apologize?"
"Well, we have to. We have to admit that we were kinda wrong too."
"Fine.." She says looking down.
"Hey, cheer up." I say putting my hand on her shoulder. "Why are you so sad?"
"I miss Gunther." She says, as a tear roll down her cheek.
"I know how you're feeling, I miss Cece too. Even Gunther, baybee." I say, trying to cheer her up.
Tinka laughs.
"Oh my God, I'm never doing it again." I say.
"It's okay, I won't tell you did."
"Oh, thanks." I smile. "So, are we going to look for them?" I ask her.
"Uh, not today, Rocky. I'm feeling a headache..Guess you understand why."
"Oh, okay then. And what about tomorrow?"
"Sure! Bye." She waves at me.
"Bye, don't forget to smile!"
I wonder where's Cece now...
"Deuce!" Ty exclaimed as he entered Crusty's.
"Yo, Ty! What's up?" Deuce said.
"Nothing much, waiting for...Yeah, nothing. So, and you?"
"Well, me and Dina are still friends, she got a lilttle bit sad when I broke up with her, but it's okay. Now, we're friends and she's trying to pair me up with some friend. Yeah, I'm happy she isn't some maniac ex-girlfriend." He paused for a while, and remembered to tell Ty something. "You know Ty, remember that day when you missed school?"
"Yup. What about it?"
"Well, in the same day, Tinka asked me where you were and then when I told her you missed school, I didn't see Tinka anymore on that day." He paused and laughed. "I mean, both of you didn't go school on the same day and she actually worried about you...But why would she care about you? And why would you have her number on your phone..."
"Oh." Ty said shocked. "About Tinka, I don't know, hahaha...Oh well, maybe it's time for you to look for some other girl."
"I guess it is." Deuce nodded. "But I think I don't want a relationship now."
Deuce started explaining all the excuses why wouldn't he want a relationship, Ty went to the bathroom.
"And that's why, you know, Ty?" Deuce said as he turned around.
"Deuce, stop talking alone, make some friend." Uncle Frankie said.
"But- I wa-" Deuce tried to say something.
"Go make some friends!" He smiled at Deuce.
"Uff..."
I hate elevators with air conditioner in it. When you stay too much time in one of these, you freeze. When you stay in one of these for no determinated time, which means days, you can die.
Yeah! Die! Isn't it funny? Hahahahahahaha...No. So, what I'm trying to say is that I'm freezing and the only one here wearing a fucking jacket is Gunther!
Yeah.
I normally don't swear, just in times when I really need. And this is one. You know, that times when you want to kick yourself because your mom told you a billionth times to take a jacket and you ignored, but now you're freezing and you don't have the fucking jacket? That's me right now.
I start shifting uncontrollably and lace my arms around my legs and put my head inside my top. Half of my back it's showing but I don't care. I trust that Gunther won't rape me in here.
I start laughing and Gunther looks at me.
"Why are you laughing?" He asks me.
"Nothing, nothing..." I say. Then start laughing again.
"What?" He asked.
"Look at this situation. We're here, locked in this elevator, no signal, probably freezing and we have no idea when are we going to get out of here."
"And is this a reason to laugh?" He asks me.
"Come on, we're freezing, we're stuck in here, and we are, sorry for my french, we are screwed up."
"You're freezing?"
"Yes."
"Yes." She answers me. Her cheeks were red. She was the kind of person that if she's freezing, her cheeks will turn red, and the color of her eyes will turn stronger.
I looked at my jacket. Why am I so worried about Cece?
I gave her my last cereal bar when I was starving, I am thinking about give her my jacket when even with it I am freezing. I need to stop worrying about her. I don't even like her.
Yeah, that's a lie.
I take my jacket off and she looks up at me.
"Here." I hand my jacket to her.
"But aren't you freezing?" She asks me taking the jacket.
"Yeah, but I can stay on my own. Just wear the jacket already." I tell her.
"But Gunther, you can't stay freezing like that. Come on, stay with it."
"I refuse. Stay. With. The. Jacket."
"Fine. But anytime you want it, take it back." She tells me.
"I won't let you freeze." I say to her.
"Oh." She says. "I think I'm gonna take a nap...I'm really tired."
"Okay...I think I'll look for some signal point."
"Till later." She said, wrapping the jacket around her.
"Till."
I start looking for some point. Right, for some seconds... no...Left, no... Middle.. Wait.. Some seconds...Yes! I finally found it! But it's too much high. I can't alcançar. Let me climb my backpack...
Trying..
Trying...
Trying...
No. It's still too much high. Wait, if I hold Cece in my shoulders, she'll alcançar and we'll call someone.
Smart, smart Gunther...You're so smart...
'Yeah, you could be the smart one to discover how to stop being in love with Cece.' My mind says.
Bluh bluh bluh, shut up.
Ok, continuing my sentence.
Gunther, you're smart...Yeah, that's why Cece's in love with you.
Fine...I'll shut up.
But okay, since Cece's sleeping, I'll have to wait. Yeah, I'm feeling sleepy...But I'm freezing.
Okay, just take the jacket from her.
But she's freezing...Wait, why do I care? I don't care about her.
'Prove it.' The voice in my head said.
I looked at Cece. She was laying on the floor, with her arms around her legs, and the jacket around her.
Then I remembered. She told me I could take the jacket.
So just take it, Gunther. She said you could take it. I reach my hand to the jacket but as I touch the jacket, I am not sure again.
Cece's freezing, I am freezing too. She told me that I could take it, and I nearly thought about taking it back, but then I gave up.
It just wasn't right.
It's not right.
So I lay behind her, and take the jacket off her. I wrap my arms around her, and I can feel her freezing back. But as my chest touch her back, I feel that she's getting warm again.
Then I put my jacket around us.
We have to call our parents later. We will. But while it doesn't happen, I'll have to stay here.
With Cece.
Alone.
It's going to be hard.
Tinka entered her house and didn't see Gunther. She found it awkward, but decided not to comment. She was dying to apologize to Gunther. because both were wrong, but most part of the fault was hers. She sat on the couch and suddenly her phone rang. She picked up smiling.
"Hi, Ty!"
"Heey, Tink!"
"I've been missing you so much." She said, looking at her hands.
"Me too...Can you guess where I am now?" He asked her. She could say he was smiling through the line.
"Uh...I don't know...Crusty's?" She said confused.
Ding Dong!
"Oh, excuse me Ty. Someone is on the door."
She opened the door and there he was.
"Ty!" She exclaimed as she hugged him. "Come in!"
"Hey, love.. Haha, I thought you'd guess it was me." He said as she sat down and patted the seat beside her. He sat down quickly, just as she gently gestured him to sit.
"No, I thought it was Gunther." She said, looking down. He putted his arms around her shoulders and she leaned her head against his chest.
"Well, if it was him, I'd be dead."
"I know..When are we going to tell them?"
"When we feel ready, hon."
"Okay..."
"I know you want to tell them.."
"It's because I want...Gunther is my brother, it's just unfair that he doesn't know about it yet. And Rocky and Cece...I like them, I really do. I feel the need to tell them. Even if Gunther is mad at me."
"Why is Gunther mad at you?"
"Well, it is a long story. Gunther was feeling alone since I started hanging out with you and-"
"It means he'll not be mad at us if we date."
"He will, believe me."
"Okay, continue."
"Gunther was feeling alone since I started making friends and hanging out with you. So, he decided to make some accounts on relationships sites and he stopped for a while, since the girls he met just wanted to do... Things." She blushed and Ty laughed when saw Tinka blushing just at the thought of the word. "Ty, stop!" She exclaimed blushing harder and jokingly smacked his shoulder.
"So, continue?" He asked her, putting his feet on the coffee table.
"Sure...So, he decided to do a eHarmony account. Some days later, when he gave up on waiting to meet some girl, this 'Cassie' girl appeared. And just as she appeared on his life, he started getting happier and happier, and I could see a smile splattered on his face all the time. I was so happy, he seemed to finally find his perfect girl. But then, one day on the mall, he bumped into Cece, and she had Pepsi all over her. They argued for so much time that me and Rocky were almost sleeping and then we decided to sit down. Gunther and Cece went shopping together and me and Rocky started talking, then we had some thing about Cece and Gunther in common so we went home and saw that Gregg and Cassie were actually Gunther and Cece and that they were in love, but we decided to keep it from them, because we thought that they would accept that they were in love with each other. But when they discovered who they actually were, they got mad. And even madder when they discovered that we knew about it. So, that's the reason."
"Oh...You guys fought?"
"Yes."
"Oh...It'll be okay, Tinka. I am here for you."
"Thanks for being here for me, Ty...I love you."
"Love you too, Tink."