When Distress Meets Distress - S01 E108

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When Distress Meets Distress - S01 E108

Read Story: SEASON 1 EPISODE 108

I nodded. “Let’s take a detour, shall we?” I asked as I

glanced over my shoulder, I saw Caleb’s head poke

out of the classroom. He looked around the crowded

hallway and I squealed, yanking Jonah around the

corner to the stairwell.

“Are we seriously going all the way around?” he

asked me, attempting to look behind himself but

almost falling down the stairs. I nodded again. “Who

are you avoiding?”

“Someone,” I replied as we reached the second floor.

The sophomores were parting their ways and I

noticed someone at the end of the hallway: someone

big, someone who was on the football team.

Shaw.

“Shaw!” I hissed as Jonah and I came to a halt. “He’s

right there!”

“Where?” Jonah asked as he looked around. I didn’t

understand how I could see him and I’m the same

height as the sophomores while Jonah towered over

them like a skyscraper.

“Right there,” I replied, standing on my tiptoes and

turning his face in Shaw’s direction. I turned around

and went back to the way we came. Jonah was right

in tow. As we ran back up the stairs, someone’s

voice entered my hearing range. Caleb.

I attempted to turn around but I bumped into Jonah

who just pushed us further into the junior hallway

which was mostly empty. “Savannah?”

I coughed and turned to see Caleb who had a

confused look on his face. “Caleb!” I exclaimed as if I

hadn’t ran from him two minutes ago.

“Is this-?” I cut him off midsentence.

I nodded my head. “Yes. Jonah – Caleb, Caleb –

Jonah.”

Jonah smiled at Caleb and shook his hand while

giving me a confused look. “It’s good to finally meet

Savannah’s-,” I cut him off again.

“Friend, one of Savannah’s friends is what Caleb was

about to say,” I nodded my head again.

Caleb gave me a confused look. “No I was about to

say boyfriend.”

“Boyfriend?” Jonah furrowed his eyebrows. I felt my

face redden as I nodded again. I might as well play

the part. I wrapped both of my arms around his

torso in a bear hug.

“Yes, boyfriend, right Jo-Bro? Of course I’m right!” I

pinched his side and glared up at Jonah which

must’ve looked like a loving look from Caleb’s point

of view, or so I hoped.

Jonah grinned through the pain and nodded his

head. “Anyway, Caleb, we’ll see you at lunch. We

can’t be late to class!” I nervously giggled as I let go

of Jonah and grabbed his arm, running down the

hallway. Once we were out of earshot, Jonah looked

at me.

“What just happened?” he asked me and I sighed.

I pointed in the direction where Jonah and I had that

awkward, uncomfortable encounter with Caleb.

“That boy asked me out on a date and I’m not, nor

will I ever be, interested. Being the super smart girl

that I am told him that I have a boyfriend rather than

saying that I’m not interested. I flirted with him for

the first twenty minutes or so at that Christmas Eve

party before he had to leave. It was fun at the time

but now it’s not so fun. He asked to meet my

boyfriend and I didn’t have time to order one on

rent-a-boyfriend.com so I just winged it.”

“So you played that boy?” Jonah asked with a smirk.

I thought about it for a moment. “Unintentionally,

yes.”

“So now I’m your boyfriend?” Jonah asked and I felt

my face redden. Please don’t notice, please don’t

notice. His smirk widened and I’m guessing he

noticed.