The Chapstick Girl

Lost Puppy

Amber's pov:

"Oh no." Damien says frustratedly, holding his head in his hands.

"What's wrong?"

"I forgot I had a test next period!" He whines, looking at me with puppy eyes before dropping his head on the table.

I couldn't help but laugh as I lightly pat his head, "Hey don't stress about it, you are like... the best in the class so I'm sure you will do great." I reassure him.

"Yeah but-..."

"Hey Damien!" My conversation with Damien was suddenly interrupted by Annabelle tapping on Damien's shoulder, causing him to lift his head up from the table and look over at her with a curious gaze.

She points down towards her phone, causing Damien to direct his attention to it also. He begins to read something silently, making sure to read over each word carefully.

Curious to what was on the phone screen, I lean my head backwards a tiny bit to try and steal a glance, but it was no use because as soon as Annabelle saw my...

Awful attempt...

She blocked my view with her hand.

Not going to lie, it definitely startled me since she put it up so close to my face that I thought her intention was to smack me...

I'm glad that wasn't the case...

But right after that, I couldn't help but feel a little bit hurt by the small action.

I mean... I guess trying to sneak a glance was kinda rude and maybe I did actually deserve that gesture to be given to me...

But still, I can't say that it didn't hurt.

Understanding the message, I move my face away from her hand, causing her to drop her hand and look at me, with a look that I couldn't quite distinguish.

If I had to guess, it would be something between a 'Who the heck are you' and a 'Go away.'

We continued making eye contact since I expected her to say something, but she didn't, and instead she kept staring at me with the same look.

This goes on for a few more seconds before I look away, feeling uncomfortable with the look that she was giving me.

Taking a deep breath, I sit back in my seat like how I was before, but this time with a small pout on my lips.

Maybe I'm just overreacting and she actually wasn't trying to come off mean...

And the look she was giving wasn't full of... I'll
just leave it at dislike.

She just didn't want me to see whatever was on her phone screen and quickly reacted like that without thinking.

But what could have been on her phone that she didn't want me to see so badly?

And what does it have to do with Damien since they would have had to have just met since he didn't know her on Friday.

I also think it was quite weird the way she was brought to our table.

Oh wow...

It's so weird to say "our."

It's going to take a while to get used to that...

But back to what I was saying, when Damien brought Liam and I to the table, I feel like Julie and everyone else were already aware of us being invited because they didn't seem surprised when we were introduced and they were very welcoming from the start.