The next morning I'm guessing you know the routine...
I walked to school, obviously!
In the way I daydreamt about Albert and me, I felt like I was getting sick with love or something, I was just way too distracted thinking and thinking of him, but then someone interrupted my thoughts.
Jack: Morning friend!
Yn: Hey Jack! How are you?
Jack: I need help
Yn: I won't help you avoid taxes again!
He laughed
Jack: Very funny Yn
Yn: What is it?
Jack: What does "I'll think about it" means?
Yn: What?
Jack: Didn't you hear me? What does "I'll think about it" mean?
Yn: Uh-... That they'll think about it?
Jack: You really think so?
Yn: I don't think it's supposed to mean anything else
Jack: So... she'll think about it?
Yn: I'm very confused, what are you talking about?
Jack: Remember Jake's party?
Yn: Yeah?
Jack: Dance floor?
Yn: Uh huh?
Jack: And I was dancing with this gorgeous girl?
Yn: Yeah, who even is she?
Jack: She goes to our school, 11th grade
Yn: What's her name?
Jack: Marissa
Yn: Huh... and?
Jack: Well she's gorgeous! She's- smart and dreamy and-
Yn: Not to be mean or anything, but I thought you liked me
He laughed
Jack: I did until someone rejected me for their admirer
We laughed
Yn: It's fine Jackie, what about her?
Jack: Well uh, we texted for a while and then I just invited her to the dance
Yn: Oh! And what did she say?
Jack: "I'll think about it"
Yn: Oh-
Jack: ...What?
Yn: That's bad
Jack: What? Really?!
Yn: If a girl says that it means "well you're cute, but I'm lazy and not into you yet"
Jack: So she's not really gonna think about it?
Yn: Hm, nope, she'll probably say no the same day
He groaned
Jack: But I really like her!
Yn: Do you really want to go to the dance with her?
Jack: Yeah, I do!
Yn: Then tell her you can pick her up, maybe have a date before the dance, that way she'll catch interest
Jack: You really think so?
Yn: Oh yeah, totally!
Jack: So?...
Yn: Text her! Be friendly and don't push it too much
Jack: Hm...
Yn: Most importantly, be yourself! That's what made me like you years ago
Jack: You had a crush on me?
Yn: A long time ago-
Jack: You realize that we could've dated?
Yn: ...
Jack: ...
Yn: ...
Jack: ...
Yn: Ew
He laughed
Jack: Yeah, ew
I laughed
Yn: Best friends Jack!
Jack: Forever idiot!
Yn: Yes sir!
Jack: Oh about that
Yn: Yeah?
Jack: Since we're best friends...
Yn: Uh huh?
Jack: Can I tell you something? But don't freak out!
I looked at him and tilted my head
Yn: What?
Jack: Promise you won't freak out!
Yn: I won't...
Jack: Mark wants to invite you to the dance
Yn: WHAT-!
Jack: DON'T FREAK OUT
I looked at him shocked
Yn: BUT-!
Jack: DON'T FREAK OUT I SAID!
Yn: I-
Jack: ...
Yn: Wha- ho- why- how?!
Jack: We were chilling on a discord call yesterday and he just- he just told me about it!
Yn: I can't say yes!
Jack: Why not?!
Yn: Because I'm going with the admirer!
Jack: When did you arrange that?!
Yn: Last week!
Jack: How are you gonna do that if you don't know who he is?
Yn: I-... I'll figure it out...!
Jack: And how are you gonna explain that to Mark?
Yn: Uhm...
Jack facepalmed himself
Jack: Well, we have a big problem here
Yn: What am I supposed to do?
Jack: You tell me!
I sighed and thought for a while
Yn: Albert!
Jack: What are you talking about-
Yn: If Albert goes to the dance and invites me, then I can say no to Mark and-
Jack: Albert won't go the dance you know that!
Yn: Maybe if I convince him-?
Jack: Yn don't be selfish, his brother will be visiting him!
Yn: Man you're right, I suck
He laughed
Jack: You can't just tell Mark you have an admirer, he'll tell everyone
Yn: I know!
Jack: What if you say yes to Mark?
Yn: No!
Jack: No?
Yn: No-!
Jack: No?-
Yn: No!
Jack: Why?
Yn: My admirer won't want to get close if he sees me with Mark
Jack: Yikes! You're right
Yn: ...What if I just say no?
Jack: Like, no because no?
Yn: Exactly! No because no!
Jack: Uh...
Yn: Or should I say that I'll think about it?
Jack: No! God- what do we do?
Yn: Why would he invite me in the first place?!
Jack: He thinks you're cute
Yn: ...What?
He laughed
Jack: Yeah, he need glasses
I pushed him playfully
Yn: Man, what do I do?
Jack: What if you invite Kaden?
Yn: That's a terrible idea Jack!
Jack: But-
Yn: Kaden's going with Raven!
Jack: Then I don't know how to help, you're cornered
I sighed
***
When we arrived school, Jack covered me as I opened my locker, I found the usual note inside and took it.
Jack: Can you hurry up?
Yn: Can you shut up?
He laughed
I unfolded the letter and started to read
"To the most beautiful girl to ever exist
Hey there! Did you know that there is no one as cute as you in this damn world?
Well now you know it! <3
I have everything ready for Friday! And my anxiety is on the sky right now-
I better chill
Still chill that's what I say! Lol
Have a great day
Clue: We go to the same school :)!
-Z"
I laughed at the letter
Jack: Time to panic-
Yn: What?
Jack: Mark's coming this way
I threw the note back inside and closed my locker, Mark walked towards us
Mark: Good morning!
Jack: Hey there!
Yn: Hi Mark!
Mark: Yn can we tal-
My heart stopped when Mark said that, but an angel fallen from heaven saved me
Maia: YN!!
Maia interrupted Mark's words, I sighed and looked at her direction, her and Jake were jogging our way, she had a huge pink circular box in her hands, she stopped in front of us
Jake: Hey!
Yn: What's going on?
Maia: YN I'M SO SORRY FOR BUYING A DRESS WITHOUT YOU, I'M THE WORST PERSON IN THE WORLD AND YOU ARE SO AMAZING I DON'T DESERVE YOU AS A FRIEND PLEASE FORGIVE ME I-
Yn: Maia! Calm down! It's fine! I bought a dress already!
Jack: You did?
Yn: Yeah! Albert helped me choose, it's fine
Maia was almost in tears, she always acted tough, but I knew that in the inside she was the most sensible person, she absolutely cared about her friends and would do everything for them, Maia had puffy eyes and her nose was red
Maia: I'm sorry!
She said almost crying, I laughed and hugged her softly, the guys let out an "aww" I pulled away from her and she handed me the box, it weighted like eight pounds
Yn: What's this?
Jake: Open it!
I smiled at them and opened the box carefully, inside there was this disastrous round white cake decorated with pink words saying "I'm sorry girl"
I laughed at it
Yn: Maia you're the best
Maia: Took me an hour to make so you better like it!
I laughed and tried to fit the cake inside my locker so I can take it home later, it did fit in the end.
Jake: We stan a healthy friendship
Jack laughed
Mark: I'm sorry to interrupt this emotional moment but I need to talk with Yn
OH GOD NO-
Maia looked at me and the back at Mark
Maia: Why?
Jake: Yeah, are you two hiding something?
Mark: No?-...
Maia: Then?
Mark: I just need to ask her something
Mark winked to Jake, who seemed to understand what was happening, I looked back at Jack who had a panic expression in his eyes, I started to pray for the earth to swallow me
Maia: Suspicious...-
Jake: Let them go babe
Mark smiled at me, I nodded and followed his lead, my heart beating faster and faster each second, I started praying to all the saints that the bell would ring earlier so I could leave to my class, I'm cornered! I can't say no! it'll break his heart, we walked to the same hallway where we talked last time, my hands started to sweat with nervousness.
Yn: What is it Mark? My dude? My best friend?
He laughed softly
Mark: You know the dance is this Friday...
I coughed
Yn: What dance?
He looked at me confused for a few seconds and the smiled
Mark: ...Is your memory that bad, doll?
For some reason I felt embarrassed for not knowing how to act in front of him, and his words didn't make this any easier.
Yn: -Uh...
Mark: ...The masquerade dance?
Yn: Oh right! I almost forgot about it!
He raised an eyebrow and let out a soft giggle
Mark: Well I was wondering if maybe... You'd like to be my partner
OH BOY IT'S HAPPENING
What do I do?
What would my dad do?
He would probably tell me "don't lie sweetheart"
...
And you know what?
Maybe I shouldn't lie
I'll just be honest
Yn: Mark you're very sweet-
Mark: ...
Yn: But uhm, I'm already going with someone-
Mark: Oh- really?
Yn: Yeah-!
Mark: Who?
AAAAAAA
Yn: Well he uh- doesn't go to this school-...
They always say that
Mark: What's his name? I probably know him
Yn: Uhm... No
Mark: ...No?
Mark looked at me like I was crazy, and maybe I am.
Yn: No I- I won't say his name
Mark: Why not?
CUZ I DON'T KNOW HIS NAME
Yn: Because it's... a surprise!
Mark: A surprise?
Yn: Yeah!- I don't want my friends to know who he is! It's a little surprise!
What a terrible lie!
Please believe me please believe me please believe me please believe me...
He looked at me for a few seconds not believing my words, I got nervous, finally Mark smiled in a friendly way
Mark: Aw- that's fine!
Yn: I'm very sorry!
Mark: Oh don't worry pretty girl, it's fine!
Yn: We can still dance!
Mark: It's obvious! We're the best dancing team remember?
I laughed
Yn: Yeah, we are
***
I felt relived after that conversation with Mark, I was now in class sitting down next to Jack
Jack: And he believed such stupid lie?
Yn: Yeah...
Jack: Ha! Poor Mark!
Yn: I'll make it up for him
Jack: You better you cruel liar!
I pushed him playfully as he laughed, the class started, the teacher walked in and kept talking and talking about something that for some reason was important, after ten or fifteen minutes, Albert walked in the classroom, he was hyperventilating and his hair was messy, the teacher looked at him a little annoyed and asked why was he late, he said that he was at the nurse's office, the teacher nodded and let him in, he sat down in his usual spot behind me, I turned around and whispered.
Yn: Nurse's office?
Albert: I felt dizzy
Yn: Are you're better now?
Albert: Even though the nurse only gave me a bag of ice, yeah, I'm good
We laughed softly, I smiled to him and turned back around to pay attention to the class. After a few minutes Albert started to play with my hair, I ignored it because it didn't bother me
At least not this time
He kept moving my hair with his finger and then poked my back, I turned around
Yn: What?
Albert: What's the teacher talking about?
Yn: Mitosis
Albert: Mhm, and what kind of conditioner do you use?
I laughed softly
Yn: I think it's the first time that I don't mind that you play with my hair
Albert: It's soft I can't help it
He laughed softly and I turned around
He kept twirling my hair for a while
***
The bell rang, and I felt something heavy in my hair, I took it in my hands too see that Albert had braided it multiple times, it was a mess, I laughed
Jack: You looks stylish Yn
I laughed
Albert: I think I'll be a hairdresser one day
He said standing from his seat laughing
Yn: Yeah, good luck with that
I said undoing the braids
***
The last bell of the day rang, meaning I could finally go home and take a nap, I still needed to get some stuff back in my locker, so I head there before leaving, I arrived, unlocked it, I was about to put my books in, when I saw another letter inside.
I looked at it for a while, I then made sure no one was spying on me or something, I took the letter in my fingers and started to read it
"Yn
Hello! I know it's been a while since I put two letters in your locker, but today it's your lucky day!
I actually started to wonder
At the dance...
How will I know which girl is you? When I'm literally in a place filled with thousands of hundreds of girls?
I'm sure I will recognize you, because you will be the most beautiful amongst all of them
But you know, just so we can be sure, I want you to wear this, it will mean a lot if you wear it that day
I can't wait my Yn <3
-Z"
I looked back inside of my locker to find a small light blue box with a little bow on top of it, my heart stopped beating and my hands shook a little trying to grab it, I had the box in my hands, I just stared at it for a few minutes and then raised enough courage to open it.
Inside there was a ring, no it wasn't made out of gold, It didn't have diamonds, or pearls, It was a silver ring with a small heart in the middle of it.
And it was perfect.
How's this even real?
I smiled at the ring, my heart felt warm and I could feel my cheeks turning bright pink, I took the ring in my fingers and stared at it for another while, I started to remember all the feelings I had for this admirer.
And those feelings still don't leave...
I put the ring back inside the box and close it, I carefully put the box inside of my backpack and then I closed my locker. My head was in the clouds and I couldn't help but smile like a fool, I felt like I was floating not walking, however once I arrived the exit I found the surprise of my friends waiting for me there, I get down of the "love" cloud and look at them, they all look at me with their eyebrows frowned
What did I do?
Jack: Where were you?!
Kaden: We've been waiting for you here for like twenty minutes
Maia: We thought you were already gone!
Yn: What? Why were you guys waiting for me?
Albert: Jake and Maia came up with an idea
Jake: yEah!
Yn: Yeah?
Maia: yeAh!
I laughed
Yn: What is it?
Maia: We're all going to the mall now
Yn: For what?
Maia: So we can buy our masks for the party together!
Yn: Oh!
Maia: Let's hurry before they close!
My whole group of friend started to walk, I followed their lead at first and then I walked to Albert
Yn: Not to be rude but- why are you coming? I mean you're not going to the dance, are you?
He smiled at me
Albert: Nope, but It'll be fun to see how they try to buy masks and everything
Yn: You're right!-
Albert: Why did you take so long to get to the exit?
Yn: Uhm...-
Albert: ...
Yn: I was talking with a teacher
Albert: Who?
UH-
Yn: Miss Mariann
Albert: Why?
Yn: ...- I need extra credit!
Albert: Good joke, a nerd like you needs extra credit?
I need to stop lying I'm bad at it!
Yn: Well I- yeah! You know math isn't really my area! I'm getting B's instead of A's
Albert: Have you ever failed a test in your life?
He said chuckling
Yn: Nope, and I'm not ready for that
We laughed
***
Kaden: No!
Jake: Yes!
Kaden: No!
Maia: Yes!
Kaden: I said no!
Jake: Too bad we arranged it first!
Maia: YES!
Kaden: NO!
Jake: YES!
Maia: NO!
Mark: Stop fighting-!
After a long walk, we arrived at the mall, we ate some fries, and now we were in some store that sold costumes and things for parties, Kaden was fighting with Maia and Jake, because he wanted to use a red mask, but Maia and Jake wanted red too-
This is honestly ridiculous
Albert and I kept watching them fight while laughing every now and then
Jack was on his phone not paying attention
Kaden: Raven likes red! I'm using a red mask!
Maia: We decided that we would use red first!
Jake: Yeah!
Mark: This is stupid!
Albert: This is funny
Yn: It certainly is
Kaden: My hair is red, my tie will be red, and Raven has a red dress so MOVE!
He said trying to push Jake to the side
But let's remember how short Kaden was next to Jake
So Jake didn't move an inch
Maia: Yn do something!
Yn: Why me?!
Jake: Because you're over there just staring and laughing!
Yn: Albert's doing the same!
Jake: But you're the smart one!
Albert: Hey!
He said frowning to Jake
I laughed
Yn: In my opinion...Kaden should have the red mask
Kaden: HA!
Maia: YN WE'RE NOT FRIENDS ANYMORE
She said joking and I laughed
Yn: But Maia girl! Your dress is purple! It will look terrible with a red mask!
Maia: ...I guess you're right
Yn: And Jake-
Jake: I don't like purple I'm not gonna wear a purple mask!
Albert: You could use blue
Yn: Yeah! Blue and purple!
Albert: Perfect match if you ask me!
Yn: Couple goals!
Albert: Definitely!
Jake: ... I mean
Maia: It could work
Jake: ...
Maia groaned
Maia: Fine, Kaden, the red one is yours
Jake moved out of the way and Kaden ran to grab a red mask with black details on, he lifted the mask in victory
Kaden: BOW DOWN TO THE RED KING
Albert immediately bent down, playing along with Kaden
Albert: Long live the king!
We all laughed
Maia and Jake then grabbed a purple, and a blue mask
Maia: What will you choose Mark?
Mark: I was thinking about red...
Kaden: HAH!
Mark: ... But uh, since Kaden is the red king, I'll just have a black one, matches with everything
He said smiling softly
Yn: What about you Jack?
Jack: ...
Maia: Jack?
Jack: ...
Jake: Ayo! Jack!
He wasn't listening
Albert: Jack!
Jack: ...
Kaden got out a paper from his pocket and threw it at his face
Jack: Huh? What?
Kaden: You okay?
Jack: Uh- yeah what happened?
Yn: What mask will you use?
Jack: The green one
He said with no interest and looked back at his phone, I exchanged looks with Albert in confusion
Albert: Jack what's wrong?
Jack sighed
Jack: It's this girl Marissa, she's driving me crazy
Yn: Why?
Jack: I texted her and she hasn't responded
Mark: When did you send the text?
Jack: Three minutes ago
Maia: ...
Albert: And all this time you've been staring at your screen waiting for her to answer?
Jack: Yeah...
Jake: That's not how texting works!
We laughed
Yn: Dude she's probably busy! She'll answer when she has time!
Jack: Really?
Albert: duh-
Jack put in phone in his pocket, and nodded, I could feel how insecure he was, and how much he actually liked that girl, I felt pity for him
Mark: Now is just you
Yn: What?
Maia: Choose a mask so we can pay!
Jake: Yeah and hurry, we've been here for hours
Kaden: Plus they're closing in twenty minutes
I rushed to see what types of masks were left
In the end I decided to use a bright pink one, I grabbed it with my hand, Maia came to me and slapped my hand making me drop the mask
Yn: Hey! Why?!
Maia: You can't be serious Yn!
Yn: What's wrong?
Maia: It doesn't match your dress!
Yn: But-
Maia: Plus it's ugly!
Yn: ...
Maia: Listen to me and use this one
She said grabbing a black mask with golden details all over it
It was very pretty
Yn: ...
Maia: ...
Yn: I hate when you're right
She laughed
We all went to pay for our masks
***
I'll make a short recap
I bought my mask, took a taxi and now I'm home, in my bed just watching tv wondering how things will turn out this Friday.
Just one more day till I meet my admirer
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Ahem.
Yeah
THANKS FOR READING <3<3
♡By Adara White