Irreplaceable you

Project partners

Derek's POV

The weekend Ended pretty quickly, already being a Tuesday, I walked quietly to the college waking up was hard, but missing our class project announcements were much worse since you would be given,. The worst one to embark on alone.

I actually made it early for a Tuesday, taking my seat at my usual spot as I unconsciously searched for someone.

And there he was, walking into the class like he owned the place right behind our professor who didn’t looks fazed a bit.

My mistake was that stared too much immediately catching the eyes of Jamie who looked at me for a second before went to his seat

The class was boring, as usual Mrs wood was as slow as ever, finally bringing up the points for our project.

This time pairing us up in twos

I waited patiently for my name to be called,

“Please God, anyone but-”

“Derek king and Jamie Alistair”

“f**k”

“You two are the last pair, and Derek I want you to show him the ropes since he’s still new here”

The thing is that Jamie is actually a dance major and a pretty good one from their high school days, he was pretty artistic too, but Derek just wondered if Jamie was out to get him by being in this class.

“So everyone, ” Mrs woods called silencing down the murmur and hushed whispers.

“I need you all to pair with each other and talk about your projects” she called as she have them each handout, since each group had a different theme.

I was already on the second page skimming through the notes as I heard Chelsea boots. Purposely make their way to me, I looked to to see Jamie, who dragged his chair, turning it to the opposite direction, his body backwards on it as he fully faced me,

His expression unreadable and eyes solemn

“Hey” he uttered quietly to me

Before I hummed back, I knew was acting like stupid brat right now but I really didn't want to care

“So whats the project about? “

“Um, it’s about bringing your feelings to life, what ever that means”, I mumbled, looking up to see his reaction so mediocre,

He must still be angry about last time I thought

“Where do we meet?” he asked me breaking my thoughts

“Um, the art studio is usually free by 7pm of youre up for it,”

“Ok, I’ll be there, but I have dance practice so I’ll be 10 minutes late tops.”

He uttered

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Knowing Jamie for all those years I knew he was not a punctual person, so it was not 10 minutes of tops, it was more like 20minutes of me waiting in an empty studio

Painting random murals that all formed into his familiar eyes

“Damn it, ” I muttered as I painted onto it,

This needs to stop, I thought as I heard the door open to reveal, the said figure rushing in,

Hair a little wet as he rushed in he must have taken a shower.

“Sorry we stayed a little late for practice”

“No problem” I uttered looking anywhere else but him

We have to come up with our project , I explained, but I just got back a low hum, with much enthusiasm, I needed to clear the air a bit.

“Look Jamie, I’m sorry about the out burst that day”, this was ridiculous, why was I the one apologizing I asked myself, my my mouth kept going on

“So can we just clear the air for our project? We have to pass” I exclaimed seeing him nod in understanding.

“It’s alright, I’m not mad” he said quietly as he looked up to look at me with an expression I couldn’t quite read,

“Ok, we will be making statues, based on the Roman era, with distinct designs ad-”

“Is that it?” Jamie responded making me look at him with a questioned glance

“Ok then what do you suggest”

“Don’t get me wrong , I like the ideas of the stairs, but it sounds too bland leaving it as it is, why don’t we make them blank, adding our styles and colors to each statue and the third one, we do it together,”

His suggestion made me silent, it actually made so much sense

“That’s actually a good idea, I said, see we are actually getting somewhere as we put it all behind us” I smiled wearily,

He looked like he wanted to say more but, I stood up taking my things as I wanted to end this quickly

“Let’s meet up at Grants cafe next time” I suggested, since we needed to draw out the sketches and profiles.

“Sure, I’ll see you later Derek” he called before I walked out, letting a breath out,

That’s awesome, you did good, that was natural I said encouraging myself

The walk home was quiet, as I reached my house to see the door already unlocked with the lights on to see, jasmine who was catching on her Netflix shows in the living space,

Hey she called standing up and kissing me in the lips before going back to the movie

“Come chill” she uttered,

“Let me take shower first,”

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After the shower I showers I left to meet her on the highway couch where she sat eagerly opening up for cuddles which I quietly obliged to,

“So how was your day?” I started

“Amazing, there is this new student he is so good in dancing, have he looked like a literal angel when he performed contemporary, I think he's name was Jamie I think?” But babe he's crazy good”

“Yeah, that’s nice, I said trying to tune her topic off, I just escaped from the real deal and now I’m still getting an earful of Jamie, wow the universe must really love me

I joked sarcastically,

“Hey jazz I’m really tired why don’t we go sleep?” I questioned quietly , I just felt a nod before standing me off an dragging me to the bed.

As we laid on it, I felt her cradle closer her head on my chest before I heard a whisper

“Babe,we have to go to Hannah’s party on the weekend alright she’s expecting us”

Hanna was also in jasmine dance crew with undoubtedly Jamie, he just hoped that he won't see him there.

He won't come, right?