Love Life At School (Chapter Eighteen)

Hebe: We were discussing how to... how to...

Arron: To what?

Hebe: Erm.. hehe.. to confess to you guys.

Arron: We? Who? Me and who?

Hebe: Don’t you know? Jiro.

Arron: What?! Jiro?! Selina likes him?!

Hebe: Yeah. I guess she was right. No one else knows about it.

Arron: So what was she going to do? I mean how was she going to confess to him?

Hebe: I won’t tell you. I’ll show you. (look at her watch) Its 5.20pm. I think we still have time. Come on. (pull Arron’s hand)

They called for a taxi and headed for the mall. Arron was wondering all the way to the mall. He just couldn’t figure out why were they going there except to find Jiro there. At last they arrived and stepped out of the taxi. Arron paid the taxi driver and Hebe practically dragged him all the way through the mall. Suddenly she pulled him to the side. He was just going to ask her what’s going on when he spied Selina behind Jiro. She tapped him on the shoulder. When he turned around, his eyes bulged out.

(Jiro’s POV)
Selina? What is she doing here? She can’t be the one who smsed me? Can’t be. She doesn’t have my number.
(End of POV)

Selina: Erm.. hi.

Jiro: Hi. (blush for no reason)

Selina: So you received my message?

Jiro: Yeah. Otherwise I wouldn’t be here.

Selina: Oh yeah. Hehe..

Silence...

Selina: Jiro?

Jiro: Yeah?

Selina: Ilikeyou...

Jiro: What?!

Selina: (blush) I... like you..

Jiro: Huh? Er... Me too!

Selina: (look at him) (smile)

Jiro: (blush) Would you... be my... girlfriend?

Selina: Yeah! I mean ok.

Jiro: (hug her) Shall we go somewhere?

Selina: Ok!

Jiro: But I don’t have much money.

Selina: Its ok. I’ll pay.

Jiro: But..

Selina: Lets go!

Selina pulled Jiro into a boutique. Arron and Hebe could hardly believe their eyes. “That was so quick. She didn’t even ask about his past. Wow,” Arron said. “Yeah. Shall we follow them? And surprise them?” said Hebe.

Without waiting for an answer, she took Arron’s hand once more and pulled him to the boutique that Selina pulled Jiro to (now the story’s full of pulling instead of thoughts). Outside the boutique, Arron and Hebe spied on Jiro and Selina. They couldn’t help giggling, watching and listening to them talking.

(In the boutique)

Selina: Hold for me.

Jiro: Ok.

Selina: This also.

Jiro: Ok.

Selina: This too.

Jiro: Ok.

Selina: And this.

Jiro: Ok.

Selina: And this one.

Jiro: Ok.

Selina: Oh..and this too.

Jiro: Excuse me.

Selina: And this.

Jiro: Excuse me.

Selina: This one also.

Jiro: EXCUSE ME!

Selina: And.. Yes?

Jiro: What are these? (carry all the clothes up to show her)

Selina: Clothes. Don’t you know? (eyeing Jiro, wondering what’s wrong with him)

Jiro: What am I?

Selina: A human?

Jiro: A human or a clothes carrier?

Selina: Ermm..Both! (giggle)

Jiro: Oh so you don’t want me already is it? You want me to be your clothes carrier only?

Selina: No la. Ok ok I’ll take the clothes.

Jiro: No. I’ll throw them in the drain.

Selina: NO! (squeal)

Jiro: Haha. I am the clothes thrower. Where is the drain? Drain, here I come.

Selina: No! Don’t you even THINK of doing that!

Jiro: Too late. I’m already thinking. Haha.

Selina: You... (suddenly saw two people laughing outside the boutique)

Arron and Hebe couldn’t control their giggling that they simply burst into silent laughter. But it took a lot to even make their laughter silent. So in the end they just laughed. The passers-by stared at them thinking they just came out from a mental hospital. Then, Arron felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned and immediately stopped laughing. It was Jiro who tapped him. He looked at Hebe. She had also stopped laughing. Right in front of her was Selina. Both Jiro and Selina were staring at them while their looks were like, demanding an explanation from them. Arron and Hebe looked at each other. Suddenly they had the urge to laugh again that they did just that. Right in front of Jiro, Selina and all the people walking pass, they burst like an atom bomb.

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA”

Their laughter was so contagious that Jiro and Selina joined in. Some passers-by even had a hard time to stifle their giggles. (hey, I’m giggling too, lol)
When they eventually stopped, Selina asked them what were they doing. Arron explained to her and Jiro.

Selina: Hebe! How can you do that?

Hebe: Hehe.. Sorry. But it was too hard to not see. I thought you were to meet at five o’clock. How come when we arrived here at half past five you just started to talk?

Selina: Oh.. I was in the car. I arrived at five sharp but I was in the car. I didn’t know how to confess. So I stayed there for twenty minutes when I finally found the courage to tell him the truth. All the way I walked slowly. That’s why I was late.

Arron and Hebe: Oh..

Jiro: At first, there was another person who tapped me and I turned around. I tell you, I got a fright. It was a guy. I asked him whether was he the one who sent me the message and he said yes. I was wondering why and I asked him. But he kept saying, “Yes, yes, yes”. I was so annoyed. Then I started to get a little suspicious. Suddenly, a few guys came and took hold of the guy and kept saying sorry. They said he was from the mental hospital and he got out. I tell you I got a great shock. Good thing he didn’t harm me.

The other three laughed.

Selina: Shall we have our dinner together later?

Hebe: Ok. In the meantime, lets shop.

Selina: Yeah!

Arron and Jiro looked at each other and had the same thought again. This is going to be a loooong day (I mean evening, hehe).

-brenda, co-written with ratana-