Middle School Is Where It All Starts

Chapter 3

"You like Corbyn?" I heard a voice come from behind me. It was my friend Melissa. How did she know?

"Uh why do you say that?" I asked.

"Franny told me. And I told Hailey, who told Isabel, who told Matt, who told Asher." She explained.

"What!?" I was mad. Once Asher knows something, the whole school will find out about it, including Corbyn.

"D-does Corbyn know?" I asked.

"Not yet I don't think."

I nodded and walked away, going to my next class, hoping Corbyn wouldn't find out. If he did my life would be over.

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I was sitting in the library during study hall with Franny and Melissa. Corbyn, Daniel, Matt and John also happened to be there.

"Hey, Y/n, look." Melissa pointed to her computer screen. I looked over at what she had typed. It was an email addressed to.. Corbyn? I read the email. It said:

Hi Corbyn. Y/n is in love with you. Ok bye.

I laughed, thinking it was a joke.  There was no way she would send that. My smile dropped when she clicked the send button.

"Why would you do that?" She just giggled.

I ran over to where Corbyn was sitting. "If you get an email from Melissa, It's not true. It's a joke." And I ran back to my seat. That was a close one.

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I stood by my locker, packing up my notebooks and binders for the day. I was in a good mood, until I saw Asher, Matt, John, and another kid named Neil, walk over to Corbyn.

I overheard part of their conversation. Asher was the one talking. "Hey, Corbyn. Have you heard the news about Y/n?"

"Uh, what about her?" Corbyn asked.

I couldn't bear to hear anymore of the conversation. I sprinted down the hall. I hated this. He was going to find out I liked him and it would be horrible.

I never knew what else happened or what was discussed and I'd rather keep it that way.

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I ignored Corbyn for the next couple days. I avoided seeing him. I couldn't do it, not now that he knew.

One night, I was on my phone watching youtube, when a got a text from an unknown number...

Unknown: Hi

Me: Who is this?

Unknown: Oh sorry, it's Corbyn Besson, you probably know me from school

Corbyn was texting me??

Me: Oh, Hi Corbyn. How did you get my number?

Corbyn: A friend gave it to me.

Corbyn: I just wanted to ask you a question.

Corbyn: Do you actually like me or is it just a rumor?

No. I knew this was gonna happen. I text Franny, Haliey, and Melissa but none of them responded.  I sighed and text Corbyn back.

Me: I do actually like you, I'm sorry if thats weird or it makes you uncomfortable, but it is true.

Corbyn: Nah, your fine, I'm fine with you liking me

That's a weird way to phrase it, I thought.

Corbyn: Okay, I have to go. Early bedtime lol, bye Y/n.

Me: Bye Corbyn

That just happened.

Corbyn POV:

I've been at this new school for a while now. Six months I think. When I first got here I saw this girl in my band class, she was so pretty. I kept looking at her during one of our concerts, but she saw me and I got worried she would think I was a creep. I promise I'm not. I became pretty close with Daniel Seavey. He's so talented, I wish I was half as talented as him, but he's a great friend. A while ago asher and a bunch of other kids approached me said Y/n likes me. There's no way that could be true though. She barely knows me and I'm just the new, skinny, weird kid. I doubt she likes me. But one day I decided to get her number, Daniel gave it to me. I think he knew I had a thing for her. I spent about an hour thinking about what to say, and finally just said hi. We started talking a lot and it was great. But then everyone found out. We got made fun of, we never talked or hung out. I missed seeing her because we would avoid each other sometimes. Then the end of the year came, and everything changed.