Dreams and Reality- Aqua's Version by Tammy (best novels for teenagers .txt) 📖

then the bell rang and I and Jake left for class. Even though we didn’t have class together, he still walked me to Mrs. Mariachi for Algebra 2.
“See you later,” I said as gave me my stuff and a hug bye.
“Yeah see you later,” he said hurrying off to catch up with the guys. Why doesn’t he ever say I love you? I mean Rye and Elle said it on like the second date, it’s almost our month-a-versy and I still haven’t gotten one. He also never opened up about his emotions. I wondered like that while taking notes, and then I went to my other classes and went home. Elle wasn’t there when I got home so I assumed that she was still at the hospital making up with Rye. There was a message from mom that said she would be getting home really late and wouldn’t be here for like a week starting tomorrow from some stupid business trip, and she would check on us every day. Then I went upstairs to do my homework and check for any new videos from the other beauty gurus on YouTube. Then I called Brooke, I was really curious about who she liked.
“Hey Aqua,” she greeted me; I could hear she was happy about my call.
“Hey Brooke, what are you up to?”
“Nothing much, how about you?”
“Well I’m going to go to the café in a little while with my sister, but I was wondering.. who do you like?” I asked her. I wonder if it’s the Matt guy that she was staring at in the yearbook.
“Matt, I was staring at his picture earlier, and don’t lie I know that you noticed.”
“Yeah but I don’t know who he is, I guess I’ll just have to look for him, but he looked nice.”
“What do you mean by that?” She asked jokingly.
“You know,” I said laughing with her as I did.
“Cool, hey I have to go, stupid Sapphire is calling me non-stop and if I don’t answer she’ll give me hell for it.”
“KK bye.”
“Bye.” I ended the call, and then waited a few minutes before leaving to get Elle, she knows I can’t cook besides I wanted to make sure she had made up with him and not, like killed him or anything. I texted Jake and asked him if he wanted me to pick him up so that we could go see together, and he texted that he was already there so I just drove alone. I didn’t touch-up my makeup, no one would be there that I had to impress except Jake but I knew he wouldn’t dump me because I wasn’t completely photo-finish, I mean my skin was still clear and some of the foundation was still there, but not in a bad way. When I got there it had took another 20 minutes to get there so she had plenty of time to talk to him alone. They better have made up. Wait, how was I going to find out room they were in? I can’t remember, and I’m not asking a nurse for help, guess I’ll have to though; there is no way I’m going to remember that number.
“Excuse me, but can you tell me what room my friend is in?” I asked a nearby nurse.
“Sure honey, what is their name?” She asked. I’m so happy she’s a nice nurse instead of one of those cranky old ones.
“Rye, but he might be under the name of Fisher.” I answered smiling.
“Ok, it says he’s in room 101.” She said handing me a map just in case.
“Thanks.” Then I walked away taking the elevator, I didn’t see Elle on the way, I wondered where she was at. If they were still fighting maybe he knew where she was crying at. Then I found room 101 and burst in.
“Have you seen, oh, Elle there you are!” I said relieved, but then I took in my surroundings. There were totally a bunch of cute guys staring at me, and I didn’t have any makeup on, I could feel the pink spreading on my cheeks. Oh god, this is embarrassing, and awkward these guys are totally cute and I don’t have like any makeup on, it faded during school. Oh no, this can’t be happening, someone save me. After what felt like an eternity, Elle broke the few second silence.
“I’ve been here basically all day. You know, just having a day with the guys. Do you know all of them, or?” She said, bringing me out of my embarrassment but not quite out of that self-conscious state.
“Oh, well I know them sort of; I mean I’ve heard of them.” We both looked at Rye, who got out of his chair.
“I’m starving; you want to get something with me? Aqua?” Jake asked, turning to me before his friends could introduce themselves. I nodded my agreement, happy for him saving me from that mess. When we got to the café he sat me down and went to get us some food. When he came back he looked a lot happier than in there. Was he jealous? I didn’t even know them, I mean sure they were really cute but I wouldn’t dump for all of like what, two minutes?
“Here is your chef’s salad, which if you don’t eat I will, because as I recently discovered they are delicious.” He said, handing me my plate and smiling. How sweet, but I’m not interested in the food, I want to talk about some things.
“Instead, can we play a game?” I asked, hoping he would say yes.
“Sure, what kind of game?” He asked curiosity in his eyes.
“A question game, Elle came up with it, it’s where you have to ask a question and the other person has to answer truthfully and then the next person asks and it continues from there. Oh, and you can’t ask the question the person just said.” I said looking at him, and I saw him consider it and then get the yes in his eyes.
“Sure.”
“You first.”
“No, you.”
“Fine, do you like Elle, and before you say anything, I’m asking because you are always hanging out with her and not me so.”
“Ew, no, that’s like dating my little sister, I just look at her as a little sister, you know always there sometimes annoying but you still protect her because of you know her being your little sister. My turn, do you like Rye?” He asked, suddenly getting jealousy in his eyes.
“No. Why don’t you ever open up to me? I feel unwanted when you don’t.”
“You haven’t broken into my walls. Are you going to dump me soon?” He was pained at the thought, and I wondered who had planted that into his head.
“No, I probably won’t for a long time. Why can’t I get into your walls?” I didn’t mean for that to be a question but it just sort of came out.
“You have to be more open to me, and not be I don’t know, not closed off. Are you a vegetarian?” Why is he trying to get out of this part of the convo? It was just a subject, it didn’t mean he had to open up more, it just meant I wanted him to.
“No, I just like to eat really healthy. Why don’t you say I love you?”
“I think that means commitment, and it will be hard, and that you would be rushed if I said it. Are you a virgin?”
“You can’t have that answer, and I wouldn’t be.”
“You have to answer.”
“No, I don’t.”
“Yes, you do, it’s the rules.”
“To bad, game over.” I wasn’t answering that question, and he would have to deal with it, if I told him he would be mad. This game was over and I can see him glaring waiting for an answer but that wasn’t going to happen. I hope Elle would come soon, I didn’t want his confrontation, that meant dealing and I didn’t want to. I went to dump my tray in the trash and then sat across from Jake and turned in the direction Elle would be coming in, happy that she would come and interrupt, for once. I didn’t want to look at him, I was mad that he asked that. Stupid question game, this is why I don’t like games, they just lead to trouble and that for sure isn’t fun. I hope Elle wants to go home; I don’t want to have to explain to her friends why I had to keep telling Jake he wasn’t getting an answer. I wish he would stop glaring at me, he is so stupid sometimes. Why can’t he have kept things simple instead of asking difficult questions? When is Elle getting here? I can’t ignore his glares for a long time. Also, I think that I shouldn’t tell her what we were talking about, just in case she gives me an opinion I don’t want.
Then Elle finally came up and walked by saying, “I’m going home, come if you want warm food.”
“Guess I have to go, what a pity.” I told Jake and then shouted after Elle, not giving him a chance to respond. “Wait, I don’t want cold food!” I ran after her, I was curious about her and Rye; she was already at my car.
“I need the keys.” She said expectantly, and I threw them to her sliding in the passengers’ seat smiling, still curious.
“So how are things with Rye?”
“Well, I have to say it’s going perfect. Actually, every thing’s perfect except for, oh, Ian.” She said flopping her hands on the steering wheel. Wow, that sounds bad. Like he did something really mean.
“Oh well, it sounds bad what happened?” I asked curious as to what he said, and giving her an I’m sorry look, I felt bad.
“He’s being ridiculous, I didn’t say anything. He just thought of it the same way because he thought I was trying to lecture him on using other people, and then I got mad and dragged Sapphire into it. So it was really stupid. Anyways, what about you and Jake?” She asked, changing the subject. I gave her a tight smile; I was still peeved that he would ask that.
"It's wonderful, awesome, just peachy." I said bitterly.
“Oh, wow then, what did he do?” She asked.
“It doesn’t matter, oh wow look at that we’re almost home.” I said, hoping she would drop it and change the subject with me, she didn’t.
“I’m not stupid; I know you’re trying to change the subject. Tell me what happened.” She said and I was disappointed that she wouldn’t play nice. I guess that I will just have to be very unclear on what happened.
“Nothing, really. I was just talking with him about stuff and he asked a question that I’m not going to answer, and he asked for no freaking reason to; you know he really needs to learn boundaries. Anyway, what are we having for dinner?” I asked, knowing she would change the subject soon; I made it clear that I didn’t want to talk about it.
“Well, since you’re not going to tell me what happened, I guess I’ll just help you change the subject, but I’ll find out eventually.” She said, smiling like she would, then she changed the subject. “I was thinking pizza.”
“Well, that’s not very healthy, so I guess we’ll just have to have one topping so that it won’t be so bad.” I said, half talking to her half to myself. Then we got home, and Elle ordered the pizza while I went upstairs. I heard her talking to the pizza guy, is she really talking to the pizza guy?
“Are you talking to the