Right In Front of Me (Finished)

Chapter 5: My Idea...

"Okay, now that the hornets nest is down, with only one almost fatal trip, how am I going to get back to my house? My ankle hurts too." Greyson said. "Well, I don't know, maybe you could crawl!" I joked. "I'm kidding, let's just... um," I drew in a deep breath."Why can't you just walk? Is it that bad?"
        "Well, if I hadn't almost fell out of your window while getting the hornets nest down, maybe I could walk home. But it is kind of a struggle to stand up," He replied, jokingly. I sighed,"Fine. I'll think of something." I looked around and glanced out of my window. I widened my eyes. "I've got it! Wait here."I rushed out of the room and down the stairs, into the garage. I walked over to one of the walls and found a large sheet of wood. I dragged it out of the garage and back up to my room. "What the?!"Greyson yelled at the sight of me bringing the wood into my bedroom. "I have an idea." I said. I brought it to my window and set it against a wall. I opened my window and picked up the wood again. I shoved it though the window and partially inside of Greyson's window.
        "There!" I exclaimed. "You are a freaking genius!" Greyson yelled giving me a noogie. He then wimpered remembering his broken wrist. His wimper turned into a laugh and I joined in. "Do I have to leave, now?" He said with disappointment in his voice. I shook my head no. "Good." Greyson smiled, as did I.
        "Is this gonna be safe?" He asked. "I don't really know. But it is cool, right?!" I said gesturing to my creation. He nodded. "But, it doesn't look... very nice. You know?" He paused. "I know how to make it better." He said. And then he limped out of my window and into his, soon returning with a rolled up carpet."What? Where did that come from?" I was so confused. What was his big idea?
        "We were going to recarpet my new room, but I decided against it. Do you have a staple gun?" He replied. I slowly nodded and left to get it. When I returned, the carpet was spread out on my bed and the wood sheet was on the floor. "Here you go. So, what's this big idea of yours?" I said handing him the staple gun. "Thanks. We are going to staple the carpet to the wood sheet so that we can walk on it and it will feel more homey." He explained. I nodded. "So you expect us to be using this a lot?" I asked. "Yeah! Why not? It's genius!" He answered.
        I sat down next to him on the floor and began cutting the carpet. "True or false." I asked. He looked over at me. "If you could, you would have your own talk show." I said into an invisible microphone in my hand. I pointed the mic to Greyson's mouth and he said,"True." I laughed. "So would I... but it wouldn't be a very popular show. It would probably go off the air after the third episode." I said starring blankly down at the scissors in my hand. "Why do you say that, Avalon?" He said. When he said my name, I snapped my head back up and looked at him. "Well, because! Because... I'm not a very interesting person, honestly. I have no friends, the only friend I had moved 4 weeks ago, and nobody really likes me. I am just the quiet girl in the back with the nerdy glasses. Yeah, sure, that kind of person should have a talk show. Not." I answered. "If it matters, I think you're pretty. Uh, pretty cool. Yeah, you are pretty interesting to me. Why don't you ever talk in school?"
        "Because, people in school don't listen to just anybody. They only listen to somebody who is a somebody. And I'm just a nobody. Make sense?
        "Sorta."
        "Well, that's my reason, okay? And plus, some nerdy nobody is not the kind of person you normally talk to either."
        "Yeah, but I'm glad I did."
        I smiled,"Well, the people at our school don't think that way. To them, it's a popularity contest everyday. That's another reason why I like not being popular. You can't trust the popular girls. They're so catty. And they betray eachother. I would take being a loser over that anyday. Plus, I don't dress like one of them either. And I'm fine with that." He smiles. "Good answer." He said.

        After a while of talking, I ended up telling him about Owen, my ex-boyfriend and how he cheated on me.

        "And afterward? What happened?" He asked. "He asked out my best friend. And she said yes. I warned her, and she understood. And then he asked out another girl while they were dateing and told my friend that he didn't know they were official."
        "That Douche!" He yelled. "I know. What did I ever see in him? Haha, I'm just glad I've moved on to someone else."I said. Uh-oh...
        "Who? Who?!"He exclaimed. "Can I trust you?" I said. He nodded eagerly and said yes. I rolled my eyes. "Hayden Diamond." was all I said.
        His mouth instantly dropped. "Really?! The popular kid?" I nodded and looked to the side. "Dude, I can totally hook you guys up."He yelled. "No, please don't." I told him. He gave me the puppy dog face. "What are you gonna do?" I asked. He smirked and  said,"You'll see. Now help me lift the new and improved bridge back onto the window sill." I rolled my eyes and did as he said. Once we were done with that, he said,"We start tomorrow." And then, he was gone.