It's Monday again. Yay. That probably means today will be interesting, to say the least.
I rolled out of bed, went through the usual routine, only my hairdryer refused to work for a solid 5 minutes. The air it blew was cold, chilling. Frosty, if you will.
After waving Winter goodbye, mom and I took off for CHS. Even by Monday's standards, I was doing pretty well.
When I finally arrived, Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were already inside. I almost skipped the short distance to them and greeted them with a smile.
"Hey, girls! Thanks for inviting me over to the slumber party last Friday," I said.
"Of course! You're our friend now, and we always invite our friends to our parties! Because new friends means more people to play games with and make jokes with and spend time with which makes parties are even more funner which means more people will wanna come which means even more fun-y fun!"
Sometimes it was impossible to keep up with Pinkie Pie. Actually, more often than not.
Rarity chuckled and said, "What she means, darling, is that we were honoured to have our new friends over."
We walked to our respective lockers, gearing up for the day ahead, and one by one our other friends arrived and joined us. Soon enough, the 12 of us started towards our first class, which was math for me.
"So," Rainbow piped up suddenly, "how didja enjoy that kiss with Jakub on Friday?" A snicker followed.
I groaned.
Rainbow laughed again, earning a nudge at the side from Applejack. My mind wandered back to the slumber party. The pizza… delivery guy… truth or dare… the kiss. I started to blush.
"You sure you don't have a thing for him?" Rainbow teased. She was a pain in the neck sometimes, but she did make everything 10 times more fun, or awesome, as she would put it.
Should I tell them? I thought.
"Well, actually, guys…"
Maybe I should. Maybe they can help me out.
"Between just us, I may, kinda sorta… have a little crush…" I trailed off.
I heard a sudden outburst of laughter. They were all laughing… at me?
"What's so funny?” I asked.
“Why darling, we already knew that! It was rather obvious,” Rarity replied, waving a hand in the air.
“Really?”
“Eeeyup. Y’all were redder than a ripe Gala in mid-October.” Applejack confirmed.
Some of my friends were visibly confused, while the others just giggled.
“Oh,” I said. And I once again found myself meeting that exact description. “But how do I tell him?”
“Oh, you leave that to us, darling.”
Math class went by like a snail slowly inching its way along a sidewalk. Or that's how it felt, anyway.
Chemistry and English came and went by, both of which I enjoyed very much.
Then finally, it was lunch period.
As Stormy and I walked towards the cafeteria, we met Rainbow Dash in the hallway. She started complaining to us about how Algebra was 'sooo boring', and how she wished she didn't have to take the class. When Sunshine asked her what made the class so terrible, she said that she actually didn't know because she was asleep for the most part.
Before long, we were joined by Fluttershy, Sunset, Sunny, Sunshine, Galaxy and Twilight. As we made our way down the hall, a familiar voice called out to me. Familiar, but not friendly.
“Hey! If it isn’t the clumsy Rainbow newbie herself.”
Of course, it was Crystal Rose.
From the corner of my eye, I could see the other Rainbow was about to shout something back in my defense. But before she could say anything, she was cut off by… Jakub?
“Hey! You leave Frosty alone! So she might have bumped into you by accident, and so what?”
Jakub was standing in front of his locker glaring daggers at Crystal now.
Golden Snowfrost, who was with Crystal, rolled her eyes. “Aww, defending your clumsy little girlfriend?”
“WE’RE NOT DATING!” Jakub and I yelled simultaneously. A few students looked our way. We both blushed and quickly looked away from each other. But then Jakub spoke up again.
“And she isn’t clumsy. Should I remind everyone of the time you got caught live streaming in Cranky Doodle's class because you dropped your phone?”
I heard a few of the students who had gathered start to giggle. Crystal glared at them.
“Ha! You think that’s supposed to make me feel bad? Nobody even remembers that!” she said to us confidently.
But some of the students continued to laugh, and I could see it was starting to annoy her. Before I could say anything, she growled and stormed off. Looks like it worked!
My friends cheered and laughed.
Before I could even thank Jakub, Rarity had read my mind it seemed, because she was already one step ahead of me.
“Why thank you for defending our dear Frosty, darling. That was most kind of you. And you happen to be just the person I needed to see...”
Rarity had asked Jakub to join us for a hang out at a cafe -- the same cafe near the mall that Dash had invited me to before -- at 4 o’clock after school. After P.E., school was finished and mom gave me a ride home. Then, when 4 o’clock rolled around, she dropped me off at the mall. My friends had actually planned to stay hidden and busy while I waited for Jakub alone at a table outside the cafe.
“So, let me get this straight. I know this is a date, but he doesn’t?”
“Well, yes darling, but don’t you worry,” Rarity had said. “It’ll work out just fine. Now go.”
So here I was sitting at a small round table, with two placemats and chairs on either side, and a vase with red-purple roses in the centre. The last of those items being courtesy of Rarity. Pretty obvious, now that I thought about it. There’s nothing the fashionista of our clique enjoys more than watching a romantic scene play out. It felt awkward, though, especially since I hadn't actually been inside the cafe as yet...
“Frosty?” A voice snapped me out of my thoughts. He’s here!
“Hey, Jakub.” I could barely hide the enthusiasm in my voice.
“Is this the place?”
“Yep, this is it!”
“But where’s everybody else? I thought Rarity said all of you would be here.”
“Oh, the others went out to get something.”
“Oh.”
“Yeah, so… it’s just the two of us... for now…”
“I see.” He finally sat down opposite me. I could tell he was confused by the flowers on the table. I had to think of something to say. I didn't want this to be awkward, and I didn’t want to disappoint him.
“So, how was your day?” I ask.
“It was alright. Well, okay, maybe it was a bit lame, but never mind it. How was yours?”
“It was normal, I guess. But then you made it ten times better when you stood up for me!”
You really could’ve worded that better, Frosty. Think!
“I mean, well, I just wanted to say thank you. For doing that, I mean. It was nice of you.”
“Aw shucks," he chuckled, "just doing what any friend would.” He smiled at me. I smiled back. Whew.
"Say, you hungry?" And of course, as if on cue, my stomach growled just then.
"Yeah, probably about time we ordered something." We laughed.
We went inside and ordered what wanted. Donuts are a must! Especially the ones with the frosty looking sugar glaze on top. Mmmm. Apparently, Jakub likes grilled cheese sandwiches.
While we waited, we continued making small talk with one of us bringing up a new topic every time it grew quiet. We talked about how our day went, which classes we were liking and which ones we weren't, and eventually the subject of last Friday’s slumber party came up.
“Pinkie’s parties are the wildest!” Jakub was laughing his head off at this point. I love his laugh.
“Hahaha, yeah, they sure are! Remember when we played truth or dare?”
“Yeah...” he gazed to the side. “Say, well, what did you think about Fluttershy’s dare?”
“Huh?”
“You know, when Rainbow made her ask us to… y’know.” He started to blush.
I realised what he meant and I blushed, too.
“Well, honestly, I”---I turned to look him in the eyes---”I did like getting a kiss from you.” And as soon as I said it, I had to look away.
Then I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned to face Jakub, who was actually smiling at me.
“I’m glad to hear it," he said, "because I liked it, too.”
I smiled. I can’t even describe the butterflies I felt in my stomach right then.
“Actually," he continued, "I was in such a hurry to leave, because I thought you didn't like it.”
“What? But I did, you shouldn’t have left! Oh, Jakub.” I giggled. “I love you.”
“I do love you too, Frosty. I just didn’t know when to say it.”
“Then don’t say it. How about you show it.”
“Huh-?” I cut him off by leaning in for a kiss. And he let me.
The butterflies in my stomach went wild, then died out. It felt right.
This felt right.
And I had waited so long for a moment like this.
So I could only conclude that this had to be the BEST. MONDAY. EVER!
All I remember thinking then, though, is that I really do have the best friends a girl could ever wish for.
Looks like my adventures in high school are off to a great start! I can't wait to see what the rest of the year holds...
~ The End ~