My Best Friend's Brother

Chapter 38

Few months later

Ethan nudged me with his knee under the table. I shot a glare and continued taking down the important notes that would help me in Chemistry. He did it again.

“What?” I whispered when the teacher turned around to write something on the board.

 He smiled broadly and said, “Nothing.”

I shook my head tried to concentrate. Attending Chemistry next to Ethan was far more than annoying. He always found a way to irritate me or distract me.

A crumpled piece of paper dropped on my book. I picked it up and unfolded it.

Go to prom with me?

My eyebrows shot up. This is how he wanted to ask me prom? How was this special in any way? What am I going to tell my daughter if I ever have one? That my date to prom asked me on a piece of paper that was torn off of the back of his Chemistry book?

No.

Satisfied with my answer, I crumpled the paper and passed it back to him. He opened it with a triumph smile.

“What? Why?” he exclaimed loudly, making everyone turn behind to look at him. Trying to control my laugh, I ducked my head and pretended to continue writing.

“Something wrong, Mr. Ethan?”

“Nope. Absolutely nothing,” I heard Ethan say with sarcasm.

I snorted and ignored the looks I got from a few people.

“Why don’t you want to go to prom with me?” he questioned in a whisper.

I grabbed the piece of paper from his desk and started writing out my explanation

Because it’s prom! It’s meant to be special. I want to remember it forever. You’ve got to do something more effective than this. 

I passed it back to him and his shoulders dropped after he read it. He turned to stare at me with a flat expression and I mockingly smiled back at him. Writing his reply, he handed it back to me.

Why are you so sassy?

Narrowing my eyes, I wrote- Why do you ask so many questions?

With a frustrated look, he wrote something down quickly and handed it back to me.

Stop answering my questions with questions!

I chuckled silently and wrote- I’m not answering your questions with questions!

He huffed and wrote something as well. It was getting harder and harder to understand his handwriting due to the condition of the paper. Actually, even without the paper, his handwriting is difficult to understand.

You’re ridiculous.

I quickly wrote a reply- You love me :P

Just as I handed it back to him, the bell rang. He wrote his reply while I packed my books and slung my bag over my shoulder. He handed me the paper and bent down to kiss my cheek.

I do ;)

“I’ve got to get some work done, I’ll see you in a while,” he said and kissed my cheek once more before leaving.

I smiled as he walked away. I made my way to my locker slowly. No matter what, I’m going to end up going to prom with him so I guess I’ll trouble him for a while.

I noticed that the slip of paper that Ethan and I were writing on was still clutched in my hand and opened it up to read it. I smiled down at the paper before it was snatched out of my hand. My head jerked up to see who it was but I relaxed when I realized it was Erica.