Kim
"Oh my god!" Jennifer said. "Did you see the way Jared was looking at you? Oh my gosh, Kim, it was like love at first sight."
"Yeah, Kim," Katie added. "You guys should have seen the way Jared looked at her." She said to Andrew and Miles.
"Jared looked at her. That's all. No big deal. I mean, the guy was going to have to notice Kim at some point, maybe he stopped being so blind to notice her." Andrew shrugged, digging into his lunch.
"Yeah, sorry. I hate to agree with Andrew, but it's true. It's hard not to sit next to a person for years, and not be noticed at some point, no matter long it took. And besides, the guy just looked at you. It's not like he was announcing his undying love for you." Miles admitted. "Sorry Kimmy." He frowned at me.
"No, it's okay Miles. Really. I appreciate your honesty, and you have a point." I told him.
"What?!" Jennifer and Katie shrieked at the same time.
"Kim! You're not serious, are you?" Jennifer narrowed her eyes at me. "You were there when he was staring at you. I mean, you were the one that had this staring contest with him."
I shrugged. "Miles and Andrew are right. Think about it. He's never even looked my way, or even knows that I exist, and just one day he decides to stare at me for the longest time? That just doesn't make any sense. I saw him talking to Paul, he probably made a bet with him or something."
"Okay, no. Just stop right there, Kim. There is no way you can be serious right now. We all saw how upset Jared was. Paul pissed him off, but then again, Paul manages to do that with everyone. Jared, however, has been the only person willing to stand up to Paul and confront him. Didn't you see how Jared dragged him out the classroom? There is no way Paul could have made a bet with Jared about you." I was still doubtful, even if both the girls kept making up excuses to defend Jared whenever I could come up with something.
It still didn't make any sense for Jared to randomly notice me out of no where. It was one thing to just glance at me and finally notice me, it was something completely different to actually stare at me-it was like somebody had told him that all along, the sun was actually green. It just absolutely made no sense, other than Paul or someone else making a bet with him. Maybe it was Serena, I wouldn't be surprised if it was. She was the only person that had a reason to announce my crush on Jared out of vengeance.
"Jennifer, Katie, stop confusing Kim. Her feelings for Jared are already enough to deal with, but now you guys are practically saying that Jared is in love with Kim by that one glance. That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard." Miles rolled his eyes. "I mean, I know that you guys want the best for Kim. Trust me, you two are not the only ones. Andrew and I care for Kim just as much as you both do, and obviously Jared's the only one that can make Kim happy, but one glance isn't enough to make up for years of having a crush." I couldn't have agreed with Miles any more. He was right, just completely right. It shocked me sometimes, to know how well Miles understood me more than anyone else, more than my own best friend sometimes.
But then again, Jennifer didn't have to go through what I had to-she was the complete opposite of me. She wasn't shy, quiet, or even nervous around her crush, she was the type of person to go for it. It was the same for Katie, she had no problems getting a guy to like her-that girl was the complete package, I can't even remember a day time when a guy didn't have a huge crush on Katie.
"Kimmy!" Jennifer whined. "You aren't just going to agree with him, are you?"
"Sorry Jennifer, but both of the guys are right. It just doesn't make any sense for Jared to like me back. Besides, I may like Jared, but there's no way that I'm letting my guard down that easily. One glance at me can't make up for all this time I've had a crush on him. I'm not that easy to win over. And if anybody thinks I am, then they obviously don't know me very well, at all."