Chapter 6: Homecoming
Thursday I noticed Rob waited until my sister and I pulled into the parking lot before jumping out of his truck. He walked in with the two of us as we entered the school. He patted my back saying "see you around Bobby," as he started passing my locker to head to his own.
"Rob, Rob, hey come here Rob" I winced as I saw Becky pulling Rob back to stand by her locker. She made a show of pushing out her chest, and bending over a little more than necessary to pick up a book from the bottom of her locker. "I was wondering if you wanted to go to homecoming with me?"
"Sorry Becky, I'm not going, I have plans out of town." He replied while cutting his eyes at me with the quickest of glances. He headed off down to his locker as Becky slammed her locker and stomped off. I smiled inwardly as I got ready to head to class.
At lunch we sat in our usual spots, but Katie nudged somebody out of the way and sat next to me. Rob chuckled across from me as I kicked him under the table.
"Hey Bobby," She said batting her brown eyes at me, "I heard you haven't asked anybody do the dance and was wondering if you wanted to go with me." She said as she leaned a little closer so I could get a look down her top.
"Sorry Katie, I can't, I have a date." I heard Rob snort the milk he was drinking and I'm sure it was close to coming out of his nose as I continued, "Yeah it's one of my best friends from home and it's the only time we can hang out for a while." It really wasn't a lie as Rob was my best friend, we were going on a date, and I was starting to consider this as my home.
"Must be a lucky girl," Katie shrugged as she sat straight up and ate while looking for the next guy on her list.
"Oh she is." I chuckled as Rob kicked me in the shin and tried not to react. We had another track meet after lunch and our relay team won again. I also managed to get 2nd in two events and 1st in another. I caught Rob trying to sneak glimpse of the meet when he had a break in practice.
I spent most of the night texting him before I got tired and took a picture of my face on my pillow. He sent me a picture of him under the covers with just his arms, neck, and face showing, a little bit of his chest hair was peeking out. I smiled contented and drifted off to sleep.
After my Friday morning shower I decided that I had to wear Rob's shirt. I put it on and looked at myself in the mirror smiling before buttoning up an orange and blue flannel shirt to hide Rob's t-shirt. Emily and I pulled into the parking lot and Rob was conveniently getting out of his pickup at the same time. After exchanging pleasantries Emily excused herself to go catch up to a group of friends some 30 yards in front of us. Rob glanced at me as if thinking something, but didn't say anything until I got to my locker and took off my backpack.