When Distress Meets Distress - S01 E107

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When Distress Meets Distress - S01 E107

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 107

I stared at the school as teenagers entered the

building; some were coupled up. It’s highly likely that

they’re talking about the Valentine’s Day dance that’s

in only two short weeks. Girls are going shopping

and guys are buying roses and chocolates; well, not

now at least; the chocolates would probably go bad

and the roses would die.

Anyway, it’s Monday,

February 2nd. It’s only 11 days away from the

Valentine’s dance, 12 days from Valentine’s Day, and

15 days until my birthday.

I got out of the car, taking my bag with me. I

struggled to get through the hallways without

bumping into couples. I also noticed Shaw exiting the

office and I quickly decided to take the crowded

stairwell because that’s what my logical mind was

thinking. I made my way to my locker where Dana

was waiting with a smile on her face.

“Hello, Dana,” I smiled widely as I opened my locker.

She waved at me. “Are you going to the Valentine’s

Day dance?” she asked.

I laughed, shaking my head. “Why would I?”

“Jonah didn’t ask you?” Dana asked me curiously as

we began walking to first period, a class we share.

I shook my head. “We are just friends, Dana.”

“You wish you were more though,” Dana giggled

and I rolled my eyes. Dana had found out about my

crush on Jonah when I accidentally let it slip. She said

she suspected it since day one, like everybody else

that knows.

“Wait…are you going to the Valentine’s Day dance?” I

asked her.

She looked away sheepishly. “Yeah…I was asked.”

“What? By who?” I asked excitedly.

“You probably don’t know him, his name is Jacob,”

she grinned girlishly. Jacob? As in Waverly’s friend

Jacob?

“Lucky you, did you get your dress yet?” I asked her

and she shrugged.

As we entered the classroom, she looked at me. “I

have this red and pink dress that I never wore and I

think it’s cute. I’ll text you a picture of it later.”

I nodded my head and walked to my assigned seat. I

rested my head on the desk, letting the cold surface

cool my face. Although it was cold outside, it’s hot

inside. “Sleepyhead, get up, the teachers coming.”

I sat up with both of my eyebrows furrowed,

expecting to see Jonah, I was surprised when I saw

Caleb. I felt my blood run cold. I’m supposed to

show him my (fake) boyfriend, today! I was so

stressed about it on Saturday that I tried and

succeeded at erasing it from my mind. It’s not like

you were going to ask Jonah anyway. I groaned

inwardly.

“Hey…Caleb,” I put on a smile.

He smiled back at me. “I’m excited to meet the lucky

guy that stole you from me. Curse the vacation!”

He laughed and I pressed a laugh out of myself.

“You’ll meet him at lunch time.”

“Or whenever I see you two together, I mean, it’d be

cool to just hang out, right?” he asked and I nodded

my head, silently screaming. Call it off. Call it off! Just

as I was about to take my own advice, the teacher

began talking and I slumped in my seat. What am I

going to do?

~~~

“I’ll walk you to second period,” Jonah smiled at me

as I rushed out of the classroom in hopes of ditching

Caleb who had to hand in his over-vacation work. I

nodded my head, grabbing Jonah’s arm and running

in the opposite direction of my next class. “Where

are you going? Don’t you have Algebra 2?”