The One That Got Away
Chapter 5
Gerard’s P.O.V
It turns out Mr. Hot Mess (did I just give him a nickname?) is in my art class. Since I didn’t get to talk to him that much during lunch I decided that I would take advantage of this class to get to know him. After the teacher introduced him to the class she instructed him to sit next to me. Considering that my last name was Way and we were sitting in alphabetical order the only seat left in the class was near me. This was the first time that my last name was helpful.
As the teacher was explaining what our “self-expression poster” was supposed to look like I seized the moment to ask Frank some questions. “What school did you come from Frank?” Wow Gerard, ask the question that every new kid wants to hear.
“Huh? Some Catholic school.”
“You lose focus a lot huh?”
“Haha! Yeah I guess.” He has a really cute laugh. “I guess I'm so caught up in my own thoughts and stuff”
“Mmm… I get you. I get like that sometimes.”
“Your girlfriends really nice”
“What?” I was so busy staring at his gorgeous, flawless face that I didn’t hear his comment.
“Your girlfriend, she’s really nice. Anna right?”
“Oh yeah. That is one of her many talents.”
“Is being friendly a talent?”
“I don’t think so I believe it’s more of a quality.” The two of us burst out laughing.
“Is this class so boring that we’re stuck talking about the difference between talents and qualities? Wow Gerard wow!” he said my name in the cutest way ever Ger-ard. It was so cute it just rolled of his tongue. I guess I stared at him bit too long because he just started blushing and playing with his lip ring. I looked at the clock. I had about 30 seconds to make a move, so I decided that since he was Mikey’s friend that I would invite him over so we could play video games, probably read some comics and so I could interrogate him more.
“Umm… F—” and with that the bell rang, apparently I took too long to come up with my plan, but I'm not giving up. As he picked up his bag and walked out the door I took my stuff twice as fast and fallowed him out the door. He walked pretty fast to be a dude that was about 5” 3’. I ran after him but was interrupted by Anna and her friend insisting that I walk the to the parking lot that was conveniently placed at the back at the school. Great just great I said to myself as I walked them both as fast as I could down the stairs and out to the parking lot. I practically ran to the front of the school after I kissed Anna goodbye and told her I would call her later.
It turns out Mr. Hot Mess (did I just give him a nickname?) is in my art class. Since I didn’t get to talk to him that much during lunch I decided that I would take advantage of this class to get to know him. After the teacher introduced him to the class she instructed him to sit next to me. Considering that my last name was Way and we were sitting in alphabetical order the only seat left in the class was near me. This was the first time that my last name was helpful.
As the teacher was explaining what our “self-expression poster” was supposed to look like I seized the moment to ask Frank some questions. “What school did you come from Frank?” Wow Gerard, ask the question that every new kid wants to hear.
“Huh? Some Catholic school.”
“You lose focus a lot huh?”
“Haha! Yeah I guess.” He has a really cute laugh. “I guess I'm so caught up in my own thoughts and stuff”
“Mmm… I get you. I get like that sometimes.”
“Your girlfriends really nice”
“What?” I was so busy staring at his gorgeous, flawless face that I didn’t hear his comment.
“Your girlfriend, she’s really nice. Anna right?”
“Oh yeah. That is one of her many talents.”
“Is being friendly a talent?”
“I don’t think so I believe it’s more of a quality.” The two of us burst out laughing.
“Is this class so boring that we’re stuck talking about the difference between talents and qualities? Wow Gerard wow!” he said my name in the cutest way ever Ger-ard. It was so cute it just rolled of his tongue. I guess I stared at him bit too long because he just started blushing and playing with his lip ring. I looked at the clock. I had about 30 seconds to make a move, so I decided that since he was Mikey’s friend that I would invite him over so we could play video games, probably read some comics and so I could interrogate him more.
“Umm… F—” and with that the bell rang, apparently I took too long to come up with my plan, but I'm not giving up. As he picked up his bag and walked out the door I took my stuff twice as fast and fallowed him out the door. He walked pretty fast to be a dude that was about 5” 3’. I ran after him but was interrupted by Anna and her friend insisting that I walk the to the parking lot that was conveniently placed at the back at the school. Great just great I said to myself as I walked them both as fast as I could down the stairs and out to the parking lot. I practically ran to the front of the school after I kissed Anna goodbye and told her I would call her later.
8/20/13