Chapter 9: John's problem
A/N: SO THIS TIME ROUND SHOUT OUTS GO TO: techwiz, Cena130, SunnyLee, csimiamigirl73, ais541890 THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH. DID I EVER TELL YOU THAT I LOVE REVIEWS? WELL I LOVE REVIEWS :P THIS CHAPTER IS IN JOHN'S POV.
So Randy's been with Amy for 3 months now. I see them together and I won't admit it to anyone but I want that. No, not Amy, I want what they have. For the past 2 months I've been trying to find the girl. And I finally found her; bit of a problem though, she's taken. I bet you guys probably know who it is, right? I'm not that obvious am I? She's just a great person, she's nice to me, she talks to me and helps me with any problem I have, she even helps me with school work, which God knows I need. She doesn't do all this stuff just cause she wants to get with me like all the other girls do. She's genuinely a nice, kind, caring person to anybody that doesn't give her a reason to hate them. That's why I'm proud to call her one of my best friends. But Jeff is a very lucky man to have her.
"Hey John" she says as I snap out of my thoughts and sit next to her. She sounds tired.
"Hey Steph, what's up?" I asked
"I can't wait till next week" she said and smiled as she turned toward me and sat indian style with her back up against the bus window.
"How long has it been since you've seen your dad anyways?" I asked. I know she's really excited.
"About 10 years"
"That's a long time"
"I know, right. And my sleeping pattern has been really off because of the anticipation" she yawned
"What time did you get to bed this morning?" I asked, cause I knew she hardly fell asleep before midnight.
"I didn't" I think I heard her say, I'm not sure she was too quiet.
"What?"
"I didn't" Yep, I heard right.
"Steph" I said in one of those scornful-like tones.
"Sorry John. I just can't sleep. I don't know why cause I didn't sleep the night before that so I thought I'd get to bed early last night, but I just laid awake staring out the window at the sky"
"So you haven't slept at all in the past 2 days?"
"Nope" she yawned again.
"Why are you yawning?"
"I always yawn, you know that" she answered
"Nap" I commanded as I put my book bag in the back.
"John" she protested
"Just lean against my shoulder like you usually do"
"I can't fall asleep like that anymore"
"Why not?"
"I got too used to it"
I thought for a minute, "Switch me spots" I told her
"Why?" she asked, confused
"Just do it" So she did and I leaned my back against the window, put my left leg behind her and my right foot on the floor. "Now just lay back against my stomach"
"What, like a bed?" she laughed
"Ya, I guess so" I smiled at her.
"OK, fine" she said and laid against me and fell asleep within a couple minutes. She can't sleep for 2 days but yet if she uses me for a pillow she falls asleep in a couple minutes. Just then Randy got on.
"You guys are cute. But you should stop hitting on her and doing stuff like this. Jeff'll get pissed; you don't want to lose him as a friend do you?" Randy asked as he sat down.
"Of course I don't. But I can't help it man; you know how much I like her"
"I know but you still can't be doing this stuff. She loves Jeff"
"I know, I know she does"
"Then find someone else"
"Believe me, I've tried. It's just… you know how she is, she's amazing" I said what I believe is true.
"Ya, but you just can't go for her while she's with Jeff. You have to wait till after or IF they break up. Because if you were to be the cause of them breaking up; you'd not only lose both her AND Jeff as friends, you'd lose any chance you have with her" Randy explained
"You think I don't know that?" I sighed "I really need to talk to Mark"
"Why?"
"You know he always helps me with my girl problems"
"True, he's pretty good at that. But don't tell him that it's about his daughter"
"Duh, I'm not that stupid Randy"
"Sorry, I just wanted to make sure"
"That's OK; just don't bring it up again. I don't want her to find out" I said as I looked down at her, she looks so peaceful when she sleeps.
"Alright. So how much sleep did she get last night?" Randy asked. All her friends know she has a sleeping problem.
"None, for the past 2 days"
"You're kidding?" Randy was shocked
"Nope"
"She really needs to go to the doctor and find out what's wrong"
"I know. I think we all worry about her. She knows that, I think that she thinks it might be too much of a problem and that it'll cost too much. That's why she doesn't say anything to Darci and Kim" I explained
"But they love her as if she was their own, they told us that when we all met them. They won't care about paying for anything. You think we should tell them about it?" Randy asked
"Ya, I'll call 'em later tonight"
"Call who?" Steph woke up as she felt the bus park.
"Dave and Ken, I was gonna see if they wanted to hang out this weekend before we left" I lied, but we should do that. So I'll ask them anyways.
"That should be cool, the 7 of us should go see a movie" Steph said as I grabbed my bag from the back.
"7?" Randy asked as we got off the bus.
"Ya; you, me, John, Jeff, Amy, Dave and Ken" Steph answered
"Alright. I'll see ya guys later" Randy said as we got into the school.
"Bye" Steph and I said
"See ya at lunch Steph"
"Bye John" she said and went to catch up with Jeff.
Today was a good day. When I got home I called Ken and Dave, we're all gonna see a movie on Saturday. Then I called Darci and Kim and let them know about Steph's sleeping problem, she's very good about keeping it quiet; she just stays in her room all night so they don't know she's awake. They said they'd get her an appointment tomorrow. Then I called Mark.
"Hey John, you guys still comin next week for the summer?" He sounded all cheery. It's still weird to see him as The Undertaker on tv, then hear him talk like a normal person.
"Ya, I gotta talk to you though" I said as I sat on my bed.
"What's her name?" I guess he knows me pretty well. But I never thought of what I should say her name is…
"Angie"
"Tell me about her"
"Well first off, she's my best friend. She's just a wonderful person, she's nice to everybody. I really like her a lot. So much that… I think I love her" I stated as I laid down, looking at my ceiling.
"And the problem is…?"
"She has a boyfriend and she loves him"
"You should still let her know how you feel. Cause for one if it wasn't meant for her to be with the other guy then she'll realize it and two; you'll always look back and think 'what if?'"
"But I'm friends with Jeff, he's the other guy. And the way Randy and I see it is; if I end up being the cause of their breakup then not only will I lose both Jeff and Angie as friends but I would also lose any chance I have with Angie" I explained, I'm doing good at keeping the name straight.
"OK… Maybe drop little hints to her. You know, not too much to really notice. Cause you're not intending on breaking them up, right?" Mark asked
"No, that's the last thing on my mind. It's just that if they break up then I'll be there"
"Alright, so just do like I said, drop little hints. Maybe she'll pick up on them and think about it. Or, are you friends with any of her girl friends?"
"She only has one girl friend and that's Amy, Randy's girlfriend but ya I'm friends with her"
"Cool, tell Randy I said congrats. But as long as you can confide in Amy, you could get her to talk to Angie about you and see how she feels and you can go from there" I don't know why I didn't think about that before.
"OK, thanks Mark. We'll see ya next week"
"Yep, see ya John" we hung up. Well, I kind of already have been dropping hints. I'll try talking to Amy.
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