43. Ira- Jacob -I hadn’t heard from Natalie since morning. Maybe I was getting antsy because I had sent her my apology at 6 in the morning and it was almost 9:30. It wasn’t like I was getting myself riled up barely two minutes later. It had been more than 3 hours.I didn’t want to wait another 24 hours to figure out if she had decided to quit talking with me again, So I called her. She didn’t answer my call. Instead, a musical voice did.Now it looks like I will be having my lunch with two girls. For some reason, I feel like they will grill me. Especially Ira.I park my car in Ira’s apartment complex and press the buzzer of the apartment building for her to let me in.“Who isss itt?” Ira asks in a musical voice again.“Somebody invited me over lunch this afternoon,” I answer her over speaker, grinning.“Ohh really!” She says.“Let him in already, God Dammit!” I hear Natalie’s faint voice.Then some scuffle and the door opens. I reach their apartment and Natalie opens the door.“Hey!

47. His first kiss- Jacob -.“Soo... Who is she?” Hanna asks me once the team leaves us alone.“uhmmm... Someone who’s probably not gonna happen...” I sigh and take a gulp of my drink.Hanna scoffs and belittles me again. “Thank God! Humanity’s procreation is not on your shoulders, Jacob... We would have gone extinct in no time.”I look at her with my eyebrows squinted. Where does she find those insults?“Seriously, are you interested in her? Is she your first crush or something?”I nod and say ruefully, “But I am not in the mood to talk about her...”Her mouth goes slack.“Noooo you don’t get to say that. Fuck! you didn’t tell me, Jacob...” She smacks my arm.“Not now!”She shrugs and pulls her phone out. “I am staying for the night at your place.”“I am not gonna gossip about her with you!”“I know I know. There are things I need to tell you.”Okay... Works fine by me.We dance and play games for a while, then we finally head home once I am feeling sober enough to drive.“Guess who

49. Shhh…- Jacob -.I park my car in front of the location shared by Natalie. I am restless and uptight, if it was a good idea to ask her to drive. She sounded fairly shocked and frantic. She had told me she wasn’t feeling safe and location of the party was too far from my house. I didn’t want her to wait alone in the car for an hour.I see a car enter the driveway and I exhale a breath of relief.She gets out of the car and says, “I am sorry Jacob... I called Ira but she didn’t-”“Relax…” I tell her, “Don’t ever hesitate to call me if you ever feel unsafe or something…”She blinks and nods.“How is he?” I ask, opening the back door.“Kind of out… Barely conscious.”We bolster him by the shoulder and take him towards the house. Natalie finds the keys in his pocket and unlocks the door. I don’t like it when she slips her hands in his pocket. But it’s fucking unreasonable thought so I try to ignore it.“Do you know anybody we could call?” I ask as we enter the house. We cannot leave h

53. Rejection Stings - Natalie - . “I really enjoy your company, Natalie… I was wondering if you’d like to go out with me?” I think I gaped at him for at least a minute. Or maybe more... Or maybe time stopped. I am not even sure what happened. “You want to date me?” I ask in shock. “Yes..” Is this really happening? I fancy him. I like him. But do I want to date him? He is asking me for a date. If he had asked me this question a few months ago. I would probably have said yes. I wanted to be in a relationship then. But now… I am not sure anymore. We are leaving for college in five months. Different cities. I don’t even remember where he is going… But it’s certainly a different city. I don’t have any experience with long-distance things but people say it’s pain, misery, and eventual death of a relationship. Five months are not enough to know each other. I knew West and Jake for more than 7-8 months. Still, they kicked me out of their lives so easily. Getting into a relations

57. Mocktail- Natalie -.As I wake up in the morning and glance at the clock. I grin. I still have a half-hour to sleep. It’s been a few days since I have been going to school with Jacob. I panicked every morning when I looked at the watch, thinking I missed my bus. Took me a moment to recall that Jacob is giving me a lift to school nowadays.No longer, the first words out of my mouth in the morning are ‘Oh shit’ and I love it. With Jacob, I don’t have to get ready more than an hour ago to catch the bus on time. I don’t end up in school half-hour early. We leave for school barely twenty minutes befor