~After Class~

Nicole’s POV

I was walking through the hallway heading for the parking lot. I just had my last class which was history, one of the most borings of them all. But I was quite entertained today. And no, it had nothing to with the lesson.
It had to do with Mikey.
I’ve been thinking about him all this time. About the kiss I gave him on the cheek before. I had no idea why I have done that. But I did. And I liked how it felt. After doing that I left for my class cause I didn’t want to see his reaction. I was afraid he hadn’t liked it.
I was now walking in the parking lot towards my car. But Mikey had already beaten me there. He was leaning on the passenger door, with his iPod in his hand.
“Ready to go?” I asked as I went to my door and opened it.

“Yup. By the way I love your new car. Congrats again” he grinned at me showing his excitement.

“Thanks” I looked at my cherry red Mazda2. It had been a birthday present, even thought my next birthday was in a month.

We got in the car and headed to the mall.

***
We had been looking all around the mall for hours and hadn’t found a job for Mikey yet. Most of the cases he wasn’t what they were looking for, wasn’t old enough, or they had forgotten to remove the hiring signs.

“Let’s try here” I said grabbing Mikey’s hand and leading him into a HotTopic store, that had a Now Hiring sign at the door.

“Umm, hi. I’m here for a job, I saw you were hiring” Mikey told the manger at the store while pointing to the front entrance in which he had seen the sign.

“Yes, may ask your age?”

“Yeah, I’m 16.”

“But he’s more responsible then an 19 year old” I thought about Gerard when I said this.
The guy looked at Mikey for a while up and down, before saying

“Well, I see you have good taste in music. The kind the customers here have.” He was referring to his Alesana T-shirt.
Mikey nodded not sure if that meant he could have the job or not.

“Well, I guess we could just have the right job for you here. Welcome aboard” he said shaking Mikey’s hand.

“Really? Wow, thanks. When do I start.”

“You’ll start on Wednesday. And meanwhile I need you to fill out this form and bring it to me when you start. Oh by the way since you’re a minor you’ll have a part time job here that is, and your shift starts at 4 and finishes at 9. See on Wednesday” he handed Mikey the form he just mentioned and headed to the back of the store.

“I can’t believe it. I just got a job.” He was smiling like a fool. I really cute fool.

“Yes you did. Now it’s my turn to say congrats.”

“Thanks, wanna get something at the food court to celebrate?”

“Sure” I was starving by now. After all this time looking for a job for him I needed food and I needed it now.

We went down the stairs to the food court.
Funny, huh? We both share a fear.
Fear of elevators.
I was starting to like him even more.
We had lots of things in common.

***

I parked outside his house. By now it was dark outside, but we could see the lights turned on in one of the rooms on the second floor. Must be Gerard’s room.

“Well, I’ll see you later” he said as he opened the door of the car. But before he left he gave a kiss on the cheek.
He closed the door and went to porch. I saw him struggle with the door, guessing it must have been locked but he then took out a key from his pocket and opened it. Waving at me before going in.

Now I knew one thing. He couldn’t have not liked it when I kissed him.