18

Today was the day every kid was dreading. The day we were coming back to school after winter break.

"Are you and Orion a thing?" Ocean asked as we walked towards our homeroom classes. Of course this was the first thing she would ask me. I had drunkenly rambled to her about our New Year's kiss and she knew that we spent most of the winter break together.

"What do you mean? Why would you assume that?" I figured the answer of my questions but asked anyways.

"You guys have gotten really close. You're cute together too." Ocean smirked, sending me a hopeful look as if she were waiting for me to admit that we were together. I knew she was rooting for Orion and I before we had grown close.

I gave her a flat look, "Yes, we're friends."

"Just friends?"

I shrugged, "I don't know, Ocean. We never labelled ourselves after the whole... New Years thing." Ocean was the only person I told about the kiss on New Years because I knew she wouldn't go off and tell other people about it. I didn't know what