A series of not so chill events

An Unexpected visit

STILL Michael's POV

I smiled and ran downstairs. I opened the front door.

"Why are you here?" I laughed and before I realized what I had done, I hugged him.

He hugged me back while smiling, and answered: "To make up for all the weeks I blew you off. Plus, I need someone to talk to about my new dating life, and who better than my best friend!? Oh and also I missed playing Apocalypse Of The Damned.. my SQUIP said it was too nerdy."

"What's wrong with being a nerd?!" I exclaimed and ushered Jeremy inside.

"Nothing, and now I know that." Jeremy sighed slightly as he took off his Converse and jacket.

My Mamá walked into the living room and blinked.

"Jeremy?! Qué haces aquí?" She exclaimed and looked at both of us.

"Uh.." Jeremy started to answer, knowing a tad bit of Spanish because of interactions like these for the past 12 years.

"He's sleeping over for the English essay, we're brainstorming together." I said quickly.

Jeremy looked at me with the same questioning look from earlier at lunch, and I pretended to not see. Why did I make up an excuse??

"Ah.. okay- Does your father know you're here? Anyway, I'll bring some snacks." My mom smiled and we went upstairs to my room so Jeremy could put his stuff down before we went downstairs to my basement.

"I missed it here." Jeremy laid down on my bed.

"I think you mean Heere." I couldn't resist, I do this every time either one of us says "here."

Jeremy frowned. "That's the one thing I didn't miss."

I smiled and went over to my bed to sit next to him. I pushed him over and said: "you know you love me"

I meant this as a joke, and we would always say it to each other but after saying it this time, it felt much more embarrassing than I realized.

"Fine, fine, I know." Jeremy smiled and I exhaled, relieved it wasn't something awkward. I scolded myself for the second time today. What was wrong with me?

Jeremy sat up and bit his lip, a habit he did when he was anxious or stressed about something.

"First, I want to apologize better.. I'm so sorry about what happened. You're my best friend in the whole world and I can't believe I left you.. I was being so selfish and even when I had the SQUIP, I never didn't think about you. Well, I have to admit I did a few times but only after the optic-nerve blocking! I felt terrible and I still do, I promise. Oh and I can't believe I called you a loser! I can't even blame my SQUIP since it wasn't on.. I bet you felt horrible.. I was so worried about you after I heard about the fire, and I started feeling that my SQUIP was being fishy. Please find it in your big heart to forgive me."

Then he did some puppy dog face, which looked really ridiculous but I didn't want to spoil the moment. It felt nice that he was apologizing. Part of me was still a bit angry but of course I would forgive Jeremy. He was the one person who got me. I wanted to mess with him first, though.