How to get a girlfriend
#4
the following days were awkward for the two friends. mostly, because chris just didn't know what to say to the female anymore. how was 'your nose is cute' a good idea?
the male is currently sitting in the cafeteria with his friends– romi excluded. she's working on something that she doesn't want her friends to see yet, so she's in her art classroom painting. again. for the third time this week.
chris sighs to himself, his head leaning on his right hand while he listens to alahna explaining something. he doesn't really care, which might come off as rude, but he's just been thinking about his best friend for so long and he can't help but feel bad.
why did it have to end like this? why did he say that her nose was cute? who says such a thing like that? apparently, chris thinks it's a good idea.
and yet again, it wasn't.
the two haven't been talking for four days now. sometimes they talk in a group, but it's not like they get eye contact with each other. they used to do that, and chris liked it. her eyes are so pretty. but, now with him acting like a complete idiot, he just can't look her in the eyes anymore.
"chris," nick says after a while, then nudging his shoulder, "are you doing alright?"
chris looks up, head out of his hands and his eyes focusing on nick. chris shrugs at his words, looking in the direction of the staircase right after.
"ohh, you're thinking about romi, aren't you?"
chris focuses his sight on nick again and nods a little. "yeah, maybe."
"aw, chris! brighten up! i think it's time for the next step, then! what do you think?" alahna says, smiling at her friend and sitting up straight.
nick grabs his phone and opens the safari app. the site immediately pops up, making the two happy. nick starts reading the site with alahna following too.
"the next step is to tease her," nick says, looking up to his brother, "that might be a hard step for you."
chris groans a little, crossing his arms. "this is stupid. this is never going to work. but you know, it can't get worse than this, can it?"
"what does it say?" matt asks.
nick jumps up from next to chris and runs towards matt. nick plops down next to alahna, leaning over her a little to let matt look at the phone screen.
"you're fucked, chris," matt says, starting to laugh. nick places his hand in front of his mouth and looks at chris.
"what?" chris asks, frowning. he stands up from the table as well, "what does the site say?"
nick laughs, "i quote: 'teasing is the easiest way to create sexual tension between you and the girl you like'. ah, how great! this will be good."
chris his eyes widen and he shakes his head. "what?! I'm not trying to create sexual tension between us!"
"you're such a pussy, chris," matt remarks.
the whole group is in shock as they turn their heads toward matt. did those wordsreally come from his mouth just now? matt, out of all people, saidthat? matt, who, used to take the long way to science class just because his crush from last year used the shorter path. matt, who, used to refuse to walk down the same corridor as her. that matt?
matt widens his eyes when, he realises his hypocritical words, "wait! no, wait. that's not what i meant! i mean– oh whatever. but chris, as you said, what is there to lose? you're already friends and you've told her that her nose was cute. i don't think you can fuck it up even more."
"thanks for the encouraging words, matt."
nick and alahna start to laugh at the two guys. chris rolls his eyes at their laughter and then sits down on the chair again.
"alright, what do i have to do?" chris sighs.
"yay!" the brown-haired girl shouts, jumping up from the chair. nick chuckles slightly at his friend next to him, but can't help it and feel a little excited too.
"the site says you have to start teasing her. it gets her interested in you because it shows them that you're not afraid of risking confrontation."
"oh, that reminds me of the time that chris went crazy in the hospital and thought he was a werewolf when trevor bit him or something," nick says, to which matt starts to laugh, mimicking chris's words.
"oh, yeah! that was great."
chris looks away, feeling embarrassed. "can you guys stop? i thought we were supposed to get a girl to like me."
"right!" alahna says, then turning to her friend. "just tease her with words. i think you'll be fine. crack a joke here and there, tease her about her performances at training or something... just make sure you're not being rude."
chris nods at alahna her words. "alright, i think i can do that."
but boy, what was he wrong.
a few days later, the students are standing on the field. they're all ready for their teacher to tell them what to do.
chris is standing next to nick and romi. he watches as mr macloed walks onto the school grounds, and then explains what the plan is for the day. they're playing capture the flag.
a while later, chris, romi, maya, nick and estella are teamed up against alahna, matt, judo, kole and aiden. they need to capture the flag and bring it back to their base– the same counts for the other group.
"so, do we have a plan?" nick asks, looking at his teammates. romi pouts her lips, then looks at their surroundings.
"we need to capture their flagand we need to protect ours so how are we going to do that?" romi says to her team, looking at nick in particular. "you can go head on, maybe it's a good idea that you keep a lookout."
nick nods at her words. "i think maya is great for getting their flag. maybe estella can go with her because once she gets the flag, she can move faster and bring it back to our base."
"that leaves me and chris to protect the flag then. i think that's great."
chris nods at his friend's words, then looks up. "now we wait for the start signal," he mumbles.
he's been thinking about something. how is he going to tease the girl then? he certainly doesn't know how to tease her in any other way.
the start signal goes off and nick, maya and estella immediately start to run in the opposite direction. they came up with a plan to capture the flag, and chris and romi trust them in doing their job. meanwhile, they will look around and try not to get their flag captured.
"if you spot anyone, tell me so I can turn into my alpha form and scare them away," romi says, eyeing every corner to see if no one's there.
"don't," chris says cringing and laughing. romi laughs with him, "i'm sorry. i'm on something i swear."
after the laughter has died down, chris starts looking around as well. now the only thing they have to do is wait and see if anyone tries to capture their flag.
"you know,"chris starts, not really knowing what to say next. but you know, it's a start for maybe a joke or a way to tease her.
romi looks up, "what's up?" she asks the boy, watching him look around the field. it's silent, and maybe a bit too silent.
"you're cool but, don't you think you're kinda embarrassing to be around?" he says, then looking at the girl with a smile.
romi her eyes widen and she bites her lip. "what do you mean? is it really that bad?" she whispers, feeling a bit insecure. why is he saying this? she can't be worse than chris, right?
"well, you're a weirdo. it's cool but maybe embarrassing too for others around you, you know! like sometimes I wonder why we're even friends."
the girl looks away. "if you think that way, why are you even friends with me?" she says, clenching her fists, "you're being an asshole, chris."
the girl turns away and chris's eyes widen. "romi!" he shouts, but the girl scoffs a little.
"i'm embarrassing to be around, right? get the fuck away from me, then."
and without anything else being said, the girl turns around and runs away. she scans the area, trying to find some people while being done with the guy. if he thinks she's a loser, she will show him she doesn't need him, that fucking asshole.
as soon as he realises what happened, chris realizes he fucked upbadlythis time, even worse than before.
how is he going to fix this?
