{Three}

Matt's P.O.V.

I guess I was a lucky man.

While I was sitting in the comfort of my school bus, I was watching the poor souls of students walking to school in the rain. Of course, I had to share my luck with a bunch of "morons" who took the bus to school as well.

And by "morons", I mean people like Jackson Oak.

Every weekday, he and his highly stupid group of baboons would sit at the back of the school bus, tormenting anyone who was unlucky enough to be sitting close by.

Another reason why I consider myself lucky, I could actually force myself to get up early in the morning so I can quickly grab the closest seat by the door.

Again, luckily, they don't dare start anything stupid under the watchful eye of the bus driver. So I'm basically safe whenever they walk pass my seat on the aisle. Once they're in their seat at the back, that's when they attack.

While plugging in one of my iPod's earphones, I saw [Name] running by.

Poor girl.

Up ahead, I could see Mello standing on the side of the street, holding a familiar looking umbrella. Noticing it was the same umbrella I got for him on his birthday, I quietly LOL'ed.

Yes, "LOL'ed". Problem?

It was a Pokémon umbrella, filled with Jigglypuff's face all over it. Mello should be honoured to be carrying that around, I got it for half price on the internet. Although, I never thought he'd actually bring it anywhere, especially to school.

As soon as I got off the bus, I quickly headed to my locker. Putting away my books inside, I looked around for a familiar face to hang out with until [Name] and Mello got here. We weren't in the same class, but we did share some classes together. Like English…And P.E. Which we had today, first thing in the morning...Shoot.

I hated P.E. Although I wasn't the worse in class, I wasn't the best either. In fact, I barely hovered over the average level of physical education. I wouldn't have minded as much, I guess, if the teacher wasn't a complete bi-

"MATT!" Looking up from my seat on the school's cold floor, I saw [Name] and Mello walking to me, Mello's arm wrapped around [Name]'s shoulder-

Wait, what?

Getting up from the floor, I greeted [Name] with the usual high-five and Mello with the usual nod of the head. I ignored the odd feeling that was starting to form in my stomach after witnessing that.

Argh, I knew I shouldn't have eaten that leftover pizza this morning.

"I hope she's not going to make us run in the rain today." [Name] said. Me and Mello both knew who she was referring to; our gym teacher. I nodded my head, "Yeah…Hey, are you working today?"

"Umm…" [Name] paused for a minute, biting her lip. It was sort of cute watching her do that…Wow, that was weird of me to even think. I shook my head, waiting for her reply.

"Actually, yes!" [Name] said. "Usually, I'm not. But since I'm not going to be in on Friday, I had to move my shift up a day."

I nodded, "Cool."

"Matt." Mello said. "You're going to bump into someone if you keep walking like that."

"What's so wrong about walking backwards?" I asked. "It's never hurt anybody before-"

Oh, too late.

A classroom door opened nearby, and whoever walked out of it was clearly not looking where they were going since I collided with them at that moment.

I quickly lost my balance, but luckily got it back just as fast. The force wasn't enough to fully knock me onto the ground, but apparently it wasn't the same thing for whoever I bumped into.

Straightening up, I saw that it was Near who I bumped into. His books were scattered across the floor, and it looks like they were from the library since there was a sticker on the cover of each one stating that it was school property.

[Name] was slightly bending down, offering a hand out to the poor boy, "Are you alright?"

Near looked blankly up at her, and stood up without her help. "Umm...Mello, Matt! Let's help Near pick up his books!" [Name] said.

Mello's already existent frown intensified. "Relax, it's not like he broke a bone or something." He snorted. "He can pick up his own books."

And just like that, Mello grabbed [Name]'s hand and lead her away. "C'mon, Matt!" Mello called. I nodded, muttering a quick apology to Near before following suit.

And this time, I was sure I was facing the right way.

Thankfully, our gym teacher wasn't in today. But we still had to do P.E. since we had a substitute. Whoever our substitute was, she was a lot nicer and let us do whatever we wanted to for P.E., as long as we were actually moving and not sitting on the bleachers. But after a while, she gave up after constantly giving out to a majority of our class for "lack of participation in a wonderful physical opportunity" and walked off.

So, I quickly found my butt sitting beside [Name] on the bleachers less than a quarter of an hour into our so-called "class".

"What was that about?" I voiced out loud, re-calling this morning's events. Mello had decided to play basketball with the rest of the guys and the gym was pretty crowded and noisy, so I didn't have to worry about anyone hearing in on what I was about to say.

"Hmm?" [Name] said.

"Is there something going on between you and Mello?" I asked. We always brushed it off whenever people would ask us whether I was going out with [Name] or whether Mello was going out with her. And from time to time, me and Mello would get teased from other people if him and me were going out.

It was the same group of people that teased me and Mello when it came to that particular topic but that died down pretty fast after a visit from Mello's fist.

[Name] laughed, "Last time I checked, no."

"Oh, okay…Cool." I could tell there was something up though. Not with [Name], but with Mello. Since when did he get all touchy with [Name]? Sure, me and [Name] are pretty close and all with hugs but never Mello. He's never the "huggable" or "touchy" type. That arm around the shoulder thing, and the whole grabbing the hand was pretty new and weird for Mello and [Name] to be doing.

Argh, why am I getting so worked up over this?

"But-!" I couldn't help but press on. "Don't you think he's…A bit touchy and all with you lately?"

[Name] thought for a second before turning back to me, "Maybe…Maybe Mello's finally turning into that huggable friend we've always wanted! You did say you wanted to give Mello a real bromance hug without getting a blackeye in the end, right?"

I facepalmed.

It's been a while since the last update, huh? I'm sorry about that…But hopefully; you all had a nice Christmas!

Looks like Matt's starting to feel a bit confused about his feelings here. That's alright, since a long, strong friendship between a boy and a girl doesn't always stay that way without either one feeling some sort of crush on the other.

Haha, and that's how me and my boyfriend came to be! Just a little fun fact for you guys out there. We've been best friends for three years before he asked me out, and it's almost been a year now since we've been together~ Haha, I'm just so happy about it I guess!

Anyway, hope you all have an awesome New Year! And thanks for the reviews, guys, they're really helpful!