Okay, I lied. This chapter is pretty long, and I hope it will hold you over for two days. I... I can't upload tomorrow. I don't think I will able to, at least. I had soccer tonight, and I didn't get back until late. I'm sorry, I really am. Well, enjoy the chapter!


That was a week ago. It was now Sunday, March 1st. Jordan got better quickly, and with every day, I kept wishing that Jordan knew I liked him. I would never ever have enough courage to tell him, though. Anyways, I woke up at ten on Sunday. It was early for me, late for most people. I awoke to the sound of my text sound on my phone. I got my phone off of my nightstand, and saw that I had a text from my friend Nina.

"Omg Kris you have to check this dude out!" It read. Below it had a link. I raised an eyebrow, but clicked on the link anyways.

It was a link to a CaptainSparklez video.

Why is she sending me one of these?

I never told anyone I liked him, not even back in Virginia. I actually never told anyone about him.

"Yeah, he's pretty cool. I like watching his videos." I texted back.
"Omg I know! He's really cute, don't ya think?"

I felt a sharp stab of annoyance.

"I guess. If that's what you like." It was clearly a lie. No duh he's cute!

"Can't you totally see me and him together. Mr and Ms... What's his name?"

"His name is Jordan Maron." I sent, feeling a sharper stab of annoyance.

"Mr. and Ms. Maron. It has an amazing ring. I would love to meet him!" She sent. I was really annoyed, and it took all of my willpower not to send a text saying that I have dibs.

"I've got to go, Neen. I have to take a shower, and then I need to go hang out with... my friend." I sent, finishing the sentence awkwardly.

"What kinda friend, Kris? Is it a boy? Is he cute?"

"Umm..." I just sent, debating whether or not I should lie.

"It's a guy, isn't it? What's his name?" Nina pressed. This was the side of Nina I didn't like. She pressed, and got mad when she didn't like the answer.

"I've got to go! I'll text you back, okay?" I sent, turning off my phone. I was in the shower by the time she texted back. I was pretty angry. As I got out of the shower, I thought how to respond to her. I was so not telling her than my best friend was Jordan, but I didn't like keeping things from her. I love my friends... except Nina sometimes gets on my nerves. She's too controlling. When I got dressed and ate breakfast, I headed over to Jordan's apartment. I heard talking from the other room. He must be recording. I had a mischievous plan. I quietly walked into his recording room, and saw that he was taping a new episode of Modded Survival. I slowly walked to where he was sitting.

"So I think we're ready to-" He was saying. I tapped him on the shoulder. He jumped so badly that he spilled his orange juice that he was drinking, and screamed slightly. He wheeled around, and I smiled at him. He frowned at me.

"You scared me." He said. I laughed.

"I think we all noticed. You jumped really badly." I said. He swatted at me, and I sat down.

"You recording?" I asked. Jordan rolled his eyes.

"No I'm just talking to myself. Yes I'm recording!" He said. I rolled my eyes.


When he was done recording, his phone rang. I went and played Call of Duty, and was soon joined by Jordan.

"Who were you talking to?" I asked. He grinned.
"I was talking to Mark. Me, you, and him are going to DisneyLand."
I had never been to Disney, because my parents couldn't afford it.

"Seriously?" I breathed. He nodded, looked surprised by the look of awe on my face.

"Have you ever been?" He asked, and I shook my head.

"Are you kidding? At one time, my family was so poor that we couldn't afford a TV." I said. Jordan frowned.

"I didn't realize your family was so poor." He said. "It's unfortunate, no pun intended."

I nodded, and we continued with our game.

"So when are we going?" I asked.

"Next weekend. I asked Nick to join us, but he said his sister who lived in New York was coming to visit him that weekend. At least Mark is coming." Jordan said, frowning as I killed him. We were playing Black Ops, and I was winning.

Big shocker there.

"Is it really that hard to beat me?" I asked as I killed him again. He started grinding his teeth in annoyance.

"You're too OP. I've already told you that." Jordan said, annoyed. "You must be on gaming steroids or something."

I snorted.

"Gaming steroids. That's a new one."

Jordan laughed, but then punched me in the arm when I killed him again. Suddenly, my phone went off. I was, once again, getting a text. Jordan groaned.

"Please hope that one of your cats haven't died, or something." Jordan said. I laughed, but I was slightly shocked. I've never mentioned that I owned cats, but I did.

"No, It's Nina." I said. Her text read:

"Hey, Kris. I'm gonna ask one more time. Who's your friend?"

I groaned. Not this again.

"Nina, I'm not gonna tell you. Yes, it's a guy, but I don't love him or anything. We're just friends." I sent. Nina replied almost instantly.

"Well, I got to go. I've gotta finish packing. Bye!"

Finish packing? Hmm, her family did travel a lot. Maybe she was going somewhere.

"Kk. See you!"

I shut off my phone.

"I WON!" Jordan shouted. I looked at the screen. He won by three points. My game was paused, his wasn't.

The nerve of that cheating asshole!

I was ticked, and I think Jordan noticed it.

"I won fair and square." He said smugly. I was half tempted to punch the smug look off of his beautiful face.

"You cheating asshole!" I shouted. He made the right choice of getting up and running. I ran after him. I tackled him. We then collapsed onto the floor, laughing.

"You're—still—a—cheating—bastard." I gasped between fits of laughter. Jordan shook his head, still laughing. Once our laughter had burnt out, I challenged him to a rematch.

I won sixty to zero.


The next four days passed with alarming speed. I tried to text Nina about fifteen times, but she never answered. I wondered if she was mad at me, and I really couldn't blame her. It was Thursday, and Jordan and I were in my apartment. He brought over his Xbox, and we were playing Minecraft. I was building a castle, and Jordan was building a wall. We were sort of at war, and it was all because Jordan thought it was a great idea to piss me off by putting TNT in my chest room, which took me fifteen minutes to build. The block exploded, leaving a big crater in my castle. I was ticked, and the war started. So I was in the process of rebuilding, when there was a knock at the door. It was probably my mom or sister, but I got up and answered it anyways.

Nina Serafin was in the doorway.

Nina has very long red hair, pretty blue eyes, and a ton of freckles. She had almond shaped eyes, and was very thin. She had an athletes body, because she played about four sports year round. Her lip-glossed lips were pulled up into a smile, and her eyes were warm and happy.

"OH MY GOD! NINA!" I screamed. I hugged her, and she hugged me back.

"It's great to see you, Kris!" Nina said. The really cool thing about Nina was that she had a British accent. My friends and I used to make fun of it, and Nina would make fun of our pitiful attempts.

"How are you here?! What—?!" I asked, trying to find words to say.

"I missed you a ton, even though you were just gone a week, so I decided to visit for a few days!" She said, her voice betraying her excitement.

"That's awesome! I missed you t—" Then I remembered something.

Shit, she didn't know about Jordan!

Nina seemed to notice me freeze, and she asked:

"What's up, Kris?"

I unfroze, and smiled.

"Nothing. I... I'm just happy to see you." I said, trying to act as though I wasn't terrified of her finding out about Jordan.

"Wow, this is your apartment!" Nina said, walking in. She walked past Jordan, and went straight to the kitchen. He looked half confused, and I hissed at him to hide. Looking even more confused, Jordan raised an eyebrow.

"I don't want her to find out about you! Hide! Somewhere!" I hissed. Maybe he heard the panic in my voice, or maybe it was because he was afraid of what Nina would do, but he got up and walked towards the door. When he passed me, he whispered:

"Text me."

"I will, I swear." I whispered back. He nodded, and he looked like he wanted to say something, but turned and left. I went to the kitchen, where Nina was sitting at the table. She was texting someone.

"Who're you texting?" I asked, sitting next to her.

"Rain. She's asked me how you were, and I told her that you were okay. So... When can I meet your friend?" she asked. This was exactly what I was afraid of.

"I, um, don't know. He's... he's not here right now." I lied. Nina looked at me, her blue eyes narrowed.

"I want to meet him, Kris. Are you guys dating?" She asked. I almost said "I wish," but refrained from doing so. I didn't want Nina to tease me about that.

"No. No, it's not like that." I said quietly. I didn't like when Nina pressed, and she seemed to do that a lot.

"Do you wish you were dating him?" She asked. I bit my lip and didn't answer. She looked at me expectantly, so I quickly changed the subject.

"So are you staying here?" I asked.

"I think so, if you have room." Nina said. I nodded, knowing that we did have an extra room. It was a four bedroom, five bathroom apartment.

It's a pity that the bedrooms were small...

"I'm so happy your here, Nina. Really, I'm super excited." I said. "How long are you staying here?"

"I'm planning on leaving next Wednesday." She said, and I grimaced on the inside. As happy as I was to see Nina, I really wanted to go to Disney with Jordan and Mark.

"Cool." I said, hopefully sounding enthusiastic.

"I know, right! Now... when will I get to meet your friend." She asked, her voice stern.

Well, as stern as a British accent would go.

"Nina-"

"Don't Nina me. I want to see him, Kris. I won't laugh. I swear. If he's butt ugly, then I won't laugh." She said. I almost snorted. Jordan wasn't butt ugly.

He was a freaking beautiful.

"You swear you won't do anything?" I asked desperately.

"I won't do anything. I swear."

"Fine." I muttered, standing up. Nina grinned, and I went to get Jordan. I knocked on his door, and he answered almost immediately.

"Can I come back now?" He asked. I nodded, and bit my lip. Why did he have to be so cute? Nina would freak out. I led the way back to my apartment, and Jordan and I slowly walked to the kitchen. Nina was still at the table, absorbed in her texting.

"Nina. This is Jordan." I said. Nina looked up, and Jordan grinned. I expected there to be screaming, freaking out, and Jordan being super creeped out.

None of that.
Nina just smiled at him, stood up, and shook his hand.

"I'm Nina Serafin. It's nice to meet you." She said, her British accent making her voice higher and prettier.

"I'm Jordan Maron. It's nice to meet you too." He said, and I felt a sharp pang of something in my stomach. I couldn't identify it, so I just ignored it. They stopped shaking hands, and Jordan looked at me. Nina did too. There was something in her eyes, and I identified it at once.

She was jealous.


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