6 Don't call me that.

Today has been extra ordinarily boring. I don't know why, but it being a Friday seemed boring which was really wrong.

Friday is supposed to be 'the funday.' The day when we can say goodbye to school for a whole two days.

"Urgh! I'm so bored." Mia grunts beside me.

"Are you sure today's Friday?" I ask her.

"I think I'm starting to doubt it too." We have a free class so we are currently on the football pitch, sunbathing.

If that's what laying down in the sun in the middle of the pitch means.

I know it's weird but we didn't have any other thing to do and sunbathing looked like a really good idea at the time.

"Hey Alex?"

"Hmm?" I close my eyes.

"I wanna ask a question, and I'd really want your sincere answer." I smile.

"One would think you were really serious right now."

"Alexis." She says and I suddenly open my eyes to see she was really serious.

She had already sat up and was looking at me intently.

"What is it?" She looks down and I sit up too.

"If I decide to date your brother, how'd you feel?"

Okay of all the questions, I didn't expect that.

"Well, it would feel weird for sure. But I guess it'd be pretty okay I guess."

I didn't even know what to say. I didn't know the answer she was expecting.

"So you are cool with it?" She looks unsure so I put my hands on hers.

"Hey. It's not my relationship, it's yours. I do not have a say in whoever you choose to date. I'm just here to advise you. That's all."

"Really?" She asks and she looks relieved.

"Yeah." I nod and she hugs me.

"And FYI, just know I'm not interfering if you two get in a fight." I say when she pulls away and she laughs.

"No problem."

"Why do you ask?"

"Well, I didn't want it to be a situation where I would eventually date your brother and you wouldn't be cool with it."

"Well I am." I say nonchalantly.

I catch a movement by the corner of my eye, so I turn and I see Matt Harper walking towards a corner.

"I'd be right back." I stand up but Mia holds my hand.

"You are really playing with fire Alex." She says and I shrug.

"Maybe I like the heat." I walk off towards the corner where Matt Harper disappeared into and when I get there, I see him lighting up a cigarette while resting on a wall.

"What are you doing?" I ask him but he doesn't even flinch.

He takes a strong puff from the cigar and blows it out.

"What does it look like I'm doing?" He asks me back.

"Why are you not in class?"

"Same reason as to why you aren't." He still doesn't look at me.

Oh.

"Oh." I keep forgetting we are in the same class. "You know that's not good for your health." I state, pointing at the cigar.

"So?" He asks, still disinterested in whatever I was doing here.

"So, you should stop taking it so you can live longer." He finally looks at me.

"You can't tell me what to do." He stands properly, throws the cigar on the floor, steps it and walks past me.

Why does that sound familiar?

I suddenly turn to him.

"What did I do wrong?" He stops and turns.

"What?"

"I must have done something for you to act cold towards me."

"When was I ever friendly or warm to you?"

"The day you called me small." I said in a heartbeat.

It was true. After that day, I thought people just thought wrong about him and he seemed a little harsh but nice to me?

He looks up and grunts before he finally looks at me.

"Listen, Lexis-"

"Don't call me that." I interrupt him and he frowns.

"What?"

"Don't call me Lexis."

"I don't want to call you what everyone else calls you." He states.

"Then don't." His frown changes to confusion.

"What do you want me to call you?" He asks.

I paused a little. Admitting this might mean I like the name. But whatever.

"Smallie."

I could swear some seconds of silence passed before his lips curl up a little.

"You said you didn't like that name." He states.

"Well I changed my mind." He takes a step towards me. Then another, and another, and another, till he's right in front of me.

"I wonder what's going on in that pretty mind of yours." He bends to my level and smiles. "Smallie."

I swear my heart does a little flip.

He turns to walk away and I watch him until I see him no more.

I walk back to Mia and she looks up from my phone.

"Why are you all smiley?"

I didn't realize I was smiling.

I shrug and she frowns.

"Did something happen between you and Harper?"

"Nothing happened between us, but something did happen to me."

"Which is?"

"I don't know actually. I don't know what happened to me but I do know something happened and I'm kind of glad it did." I smile again but Mia just shakes her head.

"That's it. I'm never going to understand you."

The bell rings so I help Mia up and we both walk back into the building.