Sitting on my bus on the ride home, I was lost in thought when a face popped up in the seat in front of me. The face belonged to a boy.

I ignored him and turned my mp3 up louder. He could probably hear it.

Then I realized there was another boy sitting next to me.

And a boy sitting over there, all three staring at me.

I frowned. And continued listening to my music, when one tapped me on the shoulder. I was enraged and hit the pause button and asked quite rudely,

“What?”

And he said,

“My friend wants your number.”

And I said no.

Then I listened to my mp3 with just two staring at me, before once again I asked,

“What?”

And he said

“Can I have your number?”
“No.”
Why not?”
”’Cause I don’t know you.”
“You can know me.”
“No.”

And this continued for about five minutes before it was their stop. I breathed in relief that I wouldn’t see them for two weeks. But in two weeks it’d get worse when I got back.

But still, thank God for winter break, eh?

You can’t argue…