Parallel Universe - The Wilds

Chapter Five - If it's meant to be, it'll be

"Miss Shalifoe. You know the reading started 15 minutes ago, right? What's your explanation?", Miss Montgomery whispers, so she wouldn't disturb the reading.

"Right. I ran into somebody and I had to help her. I'm really sorry, I wanted to be here. In time"

"Ah, you ran into somebody, all right."

"You don't believe me.", I say annoyed.

"Well, for someone who has a record of coming to late, no. You've had your chances."

"Why, did I have to explain it then?", I ask.

"I wanted to hear, what story you're thinking of today."

"What story? What does that mean? I have my reasons. I bumped into her. What should I have done? Let her lie there and run?", I say a bit louder. A few people look at us but I don't care. I don't like being treated like shit, especially when I don't deserve it. I did nothing wrong.

"Toni, keep your voice down.", Martha says to calm me down.

"We are talking about this later, young lady.", Miss Montgomery says angrily. "And now sit down and listen.", she says and goes away.

I sit down next to Martha.

"I hate this bitch.", I say.

"Why are you late? You promised you won't be.", Martha whispers a little bit disappointed.

"I really bumped into this girl. Like really. I was fooling around and not looking. I swear I'm telling the truth. Why would I lie to you?"

"Okay, okay. I believe you. And I forgive you for being late."

"You do? You aren't even a bit angry at me?"

"I mean it's because of a girl. Tell me, I wanna know everything! Which girl? What happened?"

"Calm down Marty.", I laugh.

"Shhhhhhhh!" Someone in the back is looking at us very angry.

"Oh it's Montgomery, ugh.", I say annoyed.

"We have to be more quiet.", Martha says.

"As I said, I was fooling around, saying goodbye to the girls, not looking. I turned around and it happened. We both sat on the floor. Then we laughed."

"Aww, cute. Who is she?"

"Don't overreact Marty. It's just a girl.", I say and laugh quietly.

"But what if it's THE girl."

"What is THE girl?"
"I mean a possible girlfriend."

"Oh my god, we just ran into each other."

"The beginning of a great love story."
"Marty! Shut up!"

"SHHhhhHHHHHH!!"

I turn into the direction of Miss Montgomery and put my thumbs up with a smile in my face. Then I turn back to Martha.

"You're making a big thing out of nothing."

"I don't think so. What's she like?"

"She is cute and beautiful. She seems to be smart."

"Look, it's not nothing, you're blushing."

"What? No!"

"Toni!"

"Well, I just think she's cute. And she is beautiful."

"You already said that.", Martha says laughingly.

"Really? Oh fuck haha, sorry, that sounds nothing like me.", I say blushingly.

"Calm down. It's okay. I think it's cute."

"No it's not cute. I'm not cute."

"You're funny."

"Why am I funny?"

"You just are, I don't know.", she says and laughs. "So what's her name?"

"Whose?"

"The girls, you dummy."

"Oh right. Um. Fuck. In all this trouble I didn't ask for her name."

"You don't know her name???"

I don't know her name. I mean how stupid is that. We probably never ever meet each other again. I mean what are the odds. The school is too big.

"No.", I say sadly.

"Don't be sad. We are gonna find her!", Martha says determined.

"Why would we wanna do that and how? Do you want to go through all the yearbook photos or what?", I say jokingly
"Because she could be your future girlfriend. That yearbook idea is not a bad one, you genius."

"That was literally a joke."

"What could be the worst to happen?"

"I don't know. What if we don't find her. Or what if we do and she is not into girls."

"Maybe. So you'd not end up together."

"Yeah, but what if we do. What if we fall deeply in love with each other and end up hurting each other so bad, that we'll be never ever able to love or trust a person again."

"Toni! That's too much if's in a scenario. You don't know what happens."
"You asked haha. But we probably won't find her anyway."

"Don't be so negative. You don't know what happens."

"Of course I don't. But how do you know that this scenario where we hurt each other won't happen."
"Stop, Toni. Let me believe."

"Okay, okay. I won't stop you from dreaming."

"Good. So what happened after you two fell on the floor?"

"I helped her getting up and then she stood there, right in front of me. I couldn't even speak anymore."

"Toni Shalifoe speechless? That's possible? Can I borrow her?"

I hit her softly with my mouth open.

"Shut up."

"I love you."

"Yeah, I love you too."

"So?"

"So what?"

"Are you going to finish the story?"

"Oh right. I panicked and helped her picking up her stuff. And then she reminded me that I had to go, so I ran."

"You just ran away?"

"I turned around and said "nice to meet you"." I laughed. "Can you believe that. Just a fucking nice to meet you. And a probably pretty weird smile."

"Oh that's funny. I wish I saw that."

"Oh no, no, no."

We both got silent. I don't even know why. But with Martha, that's not weird at all. It's pretty cool. The reading guy still reads and all I do is get lost in my thoughts again.

"If it's meant to be, it'll be" – Bebe Rhexa, Florida Georgia Line, Meant to be