Left on the Sidelines // Nash Overstreet

Chapter 7: Never Have I Ever Felt Like This Before

-Nash-

I sat on my couch, not listening to anything but the sounds of my own thoughts. It's all I had been doing the last three days.

"Maybe Danielle doesn't like me," I told myself, "Maybe Ryan or Jamie told her about my reputation. Maybe she- No, Nash. Stop it. Moping around about this isn't going to help anything. She flirts with you. She hugs you all the time. She kisses your cheek, for Christ's sake. She likes you. You just have to try until she admits it."

Maybe she'll get annoyed with me, but I'm not going down without a fight.

~

-Jamie-

"Call her," I heard as I stared at my phone. I looked up to see Danielle taking a seat beside me on the couch.

"Call who? What are you talking about?" I asked nervously.

She laughed lightly, "You know who, Jamie."

"So? That doesn't mean she'd want me to call her," I mumbled.

"Jamie, I don't know whether or not you're aware of this, but I'm a girl, and girls know when other girls like a guy. Trust me when I tell you Katia likes you, and it is not just because you're in a band," she replied.

"You could be wrong, you never know..."

"What if I told you that when we went to the mall after your show yesterday, she wouldn't shut up about you?"

"What?" I asked.

"You didn't hear it from me," she said, getting up and walking off.

So I did it; I picked up my phone and dialed the number I had saved as Katia's.

"Hello?" I heard on the second ring.

"Hi, um, Katia?" I asked.

I heard her giggle, "Hi, Jamie."

"How did you know it was me?"

"I have your number saved from yesterday, remember?" she laughed.

"Oh... Um, anyway... I was wondering, you know, if you're not busy today, maybe we could hang out," I said nervously.

"Yeah, that'd be great! What time?" she smiled.

"Whenever you're ready, I guess."

"Give me an hour," she replied.

"Okay, cool! Text me your address and I'll see you later!"

"Will do. See you later, Jamie," she smiled.

"Bye, Katia," I grinned and hung up the phone. I let out the breath I didn't know I was holding, smiling to myself.

"Told you so," Danielle sang, walking back into the room.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I replied.

"Just remember: You hurt her, I hurt you. Got it?"

"Why would I hurt her?" I asked.

"I'm just saying; If she ever so much comes to me complaining about you, you better learn to sleep with one eye open," she said.

I looked at her for a few moments before slowly saying, "Alright.." She smiled at me, ruffling my hair and skipping upstairs. I shook my head and chuckled, heading upstairs to get ready.

~

Katia texted her address to me about 45 minutes later and I stared at the text.

"Someone send you a really long word you don't know?" Ryan teased.