*Tay*
The week went on the same; I was still avoiding Alex, and hanging out with Hayley instead. Whenever I made eye contact with him, or saw him approaching, I would quickly walk away, ducking into class. I was starting to miss Alex, but he stopped trying to contact me a few days ago. I'm sure no one thinks were "dating" anymore. I feel really bad. But I can't just walk up to him and say: "Oh hey, Alex! Sorry I've been avoiding you for a little over a week, I heard rumors about us dating, and I don't wanna date you..I mean I kinda do..but I can't. Because I can't keep a relationship because you'll get bored of me. Why don't we act like this never happened, and you can escort me to class again, please."
I sighed, getting my books out my locker and shutting the door.
I turned around to see Jack, giving me a stern look.
"Tay, come with me." he said, pulling my wrist to get me to follow him.
"Um..Jack? I have class. I can't be late. (Even if it is only homeroom.)"
"You have Gilbert, right?"
I nodded my head slowly, not knowing where he was getting at.
He just scoffed and said: "Then don't worry about it."
Soon, Jack was leading me through the hall, turning corners until we were at a dead end by the bathrooms, where it wasn't so noisy and crowded.
"Jack...what is i-"
He cut me off.
"What did you do to Alex?"
I was a bit taken aback.
"What do you mean?"
"What did you do to him? He's been all down in the dumps lately, and neither me or the guys can get him to cheer up. I noticed you guys haven't been speaking lately, do you have something to do with it?" he narrowed his eyes at me.
I felt my palms getting sweaty.
"N-no! I haven't said anything to him!" That wasn't a lie, either. But I knew what Jack was talking about. Lately, I've seen Alex slowly walking down the hall, slumping his shoulders with his head hanging down in defeat. He's usually so lively, and he flashes a smile to everyone he sees. It kinda breaks my heart to think that it could be my fault that no one can witness his gorgeous smile.
"Huh, that must be why." Jack scoffed.
"Huh?" I was confused.
"Come on, Tay. Alex is head over HEELS for you. You can't just abandon the man for no reason. Now he thinks all this shit is wrong with him and- UGH! Why the fuck did you do that, Tay?"
I thought about it for a second. Maybe Alex does have feelings for me. I hurt his feelings even more than I thought I did...and now I feel like shit. But hey, that still doesn't mean I'm going to date him..right??
"But Jack- that's the thing, I can't date Alex. And now I can't exactly tell him that, either- thanks a lot, Jack." I rolled my eyes at him.
"Listen, Tay. Alex is my best friend. I don't like seeing him like this. And you can be in-denial all you want, but I know damn well that you don't like seeing him this way, either."
"So what do you want me to do, Jack?" I raised my voice in frustration.
"Fix it." he walked off, leaving me standing there, wanting to burst into tears.
A few seconds later, the bell rang.
Awesome. I thought.
Of course I didn't like seeing Alex sad. Heck, I didn't like seeing Jack all pissy at me either.
I knew one thing for sure, I was gonna have to fix things with Alex.
I just don't know how.

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*Alex*
Life fucking sucks.
Ever since like two weeks ago, Tay hasn't been talking to me at all, and I don't know why. Maybe someone told her something about me. Maybe she thinks I'm a douche or something!
That's what I started to think at first. But that was until Jack came and talked to me in the hall, telling me that he spoke to Tay, and she's not talking to me for some stupid reason..something about her not liking me back?? Wow, I never even told her I liked her. How can she just assume that I have some dying crush on her, and then decide to just stop talking to me? I mean, yeah, it's true that I like her, but that only makes it hurt even worse. I figured that this isn't even technically my fault.
Maybe she's just a heart-breaker. Maybe she's just a two-faced bitch.
Okay, it's kinda hard to call her a bitch. I know she's far from it. I know I'm pissed right now, but I can't change the fact that whenever I look at her, I get butterflies and my heart skips a beat, and I really wish it wouldn't, I wish I could just suck all my feelings into a bottle, then screw on the top and toss it into the ocean. She physically walked out of my life, but not emotionally.
Why the fuck am I so attached to a girl who doesn't want anything to do with me? Especially when I've barely known her three weeks??
I was in algebra with my head down on the desk. We had a sub today, and she seriously didn't know what the fuck she was doing, so we were all just having a free period.
I continued stressing about Tay, when I felt a tap on my shoulder. I was seriously gonna kill whoever decided to bother me at a time like this. That's when I looked up to see a sad-looking Tay, nervously biting her bottom lip, with hopeful, sad eyes.
"Alex..can I talk to you?"
I immediately felt flustered. I furrowed my brows at her.
"So NOW you wanna talk?"
She flinched a bit and frowned. I instantly felt horrible. She began to speak.
"Alex, I know you're pissed at me, but please know how sorry I am. I'm just....I'm complicated. I was at war with my inner thoughts, and I tend to shut people out and I'm sorry." she looked down in defeat.
"Inner thoughts? More like you plotting on how to make sure I know I don't have a chance with you. I never even admitted it to you, but there ya go. I like you, Tay Jardine." I stood up and announced it.
"HEY EVERYONE, I LIKE TAY JARDINE! Too bad she'll never like me back though, right?"
I sat back down and stared down at my desk. I didn't wanna talk to her anymore. I confessed how I felt and the damage is done, and at least I got the last word. I got it out of my system.
The class went silent for a moment, then the next thing I knew, Tay leaned over a gave me a tiny kiss on the cheek. My body erupted in many happy feelings I can't even explain. I felt my cheeks flush bright red, and I turned to look at her. She just smirked and held out her hand for me to shake.
"Truce?" she offered.
I looked into her beautiful chocolate brown eyes for a moment, then shook her hand.
I felt my lips curve up into a smile.
"Truce."

Notes

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