My mate, My exception novel Chapter 26

As much as he pisses me off, I know that I'll forgive him soon. He knows it too, I can tell, he just wants to hear the words.

"Yeah okay." I simply respond.

He grins widely at me for the first time in years. "So now can I warn this Jake kid to not break your heart?"

I roll my eyes as I open the door, walking around to his side as he gets out.

"Too soon." I say to him, before walking towards the school. I hear him laugh and I thank God that for once, my life seems content.

If there hadn't been an absence of Jake that feels like a crater to me, my life couldn't be any more perfect.

After making amends with Jeremy, I've been in a good mood. It gets even better when I see Dylan at lunch.

I sat by Leah, hoping to avoid Dylan again but before Ali sits down on my other side, Dylan gets there first.

I am about to make up some excuse about why he can't sit there but he speaks up first.

"I want to apologize!" He says as quickly as he sees my mouth open.

My mouth remains hanging open as I let his words sink in.

Dylan. Apologizing. To me.

I wait for his explanation as my mouth blatantly hangs open, probably catching flies.

"We used to be cool, you know. We were just friends and it seems things got awkward pretty quick. I know you have something going on with that other guy, but that's okay. I just want to be friends again. I want to take you to prom, as friends, and then we can go back to how we were."

His confession makes me want to cry tears of joy.

"I agree, Dylan!" I happily confess. I did miss the old him that would always joke with me. "I don't think you and I would work as a couple anyway." I wrap my arm around him from the side to show my appreciation.

Now the school day is over and I head out to the car to meet Jeremy. I don't have soccer practice today because my coach cancelled it yesterday. A smile is evident on my face as I nearly skip over and get in the drivers seat. I hope that since me and Jeremy are on better terms, he may actually let me drive.