"you don't have to carry that," i told Jimmy. "i can hold it."

Jimmy shook his head. "it's fine. your bag looks heavy."

i laughed. "yeah, i guess a change of clothes, cleats, a football, and pads will do that," he said. "it's not really that heavy, though. your bag looks heavy. what do you even have in there?"

Jimmy snorted. "textbooks."

"exactly," i huffed. "so don't talk to me about a heavy bag." i looked up at him, smiling. "how far away is your house?"

"it's about twenty-five minutes or so to walk."

i nodded. "that's not too far." i paused. "race?" i offered.

"but you don't know where it is."

i pulled my phone out of my pocket. "put it in my gps." i handed Jimmy my phone.

i suddenly realised that i hadn't opened the map app, but Jimmy was already holding my phone so i didn't say anything.

i noticed that he was staring at my homescreen for an awful long time. it was a picture of me and zach. was he jealous? was there something wrong with the way i looked? his eyes moved to the top of the screen. it probably a notification. or a text. but he scowled, and it made me nervous. was it something embarrassing? was it joey making fun of me? would jimmy hate me for it? he wouldn't want to stop being friends with me because of it?

"did... you put it in yet?" i asked nervously.

"oh-" Jimmy looked up. "i was just, uh, looking for your gps," he said, typing furiously fast and handing me my phone. "here."

i looked at the notification bar. nothing was there. he was just scowling because he couldn't find the app. i smiled, relieved knowing i was worrying over nothing. "last one there's a rotten egg!" i shouted, then started running. i cackled as Jimmy whined about his advantages.

i could get used to not having to worry so much around Jimmy.