"Welcome home Aria!" Hanna screeched while running towards me. She engulfed me in a hug and began to laugh.
"Hey! I missed you so much" I said while hugging her back.
"How was it? Did you meet any cute boys?" she said while pulling away from the hug and looking at me with a smile on her face.
I laughed and walked towards my locker. "I guess it was great. The guys were good. I met a lot of them because there was nothing better to do there.
"Aria you sly dog!" she laughed while leaning against my locker. She looks around and then whispers to me, "Have you seen the new English teacher? He is so gorgeous. So much better than Mr. Laufson."
I laughed and closed the locker. Mr. Laufson was this old, grumpy guy with a receding hairline. He was not really nice to look at. Hanna grabbed my arm and pointed at the tall, brown haired man passing us. "That's him! That's the hot English teacher. Thank goodness we have his class first." Hanna sighed.
We walked into English class and to Hanna's dismay the teacher was facing the blackboard writing the points for today. I looked out into the class and saw Spencer and Emily; they were my best friends before I left for Iceland.
"I missed you! Why didn't you tell us you got home a week ago?" Spencer said while giving me a hug.
"I'm sorry! I wanted to, but I had to unpack, get registered again, find a job, and I met this really great guy." I said. When I mentioned him my heart started beating and my face blushed.
"Oh wow. He must be very special if you are blushing already," smiled Emily.
"Who is it?" Spencer whispered as the tardy bell rang.
"Excuse me ladies. It's my turn to talk now." said the English teacher with a chuckle.
My heart stopped. That voice. I turned around and looked up at the teacher. It was him.
I walked to the Rosewood Country Club. I didn't necessarily want to spend my last week here, but since we had such a great family bonding experience in Iceland my parents wanted to continue that. While my parents and Mike went to play tennis, I walked around the grounds. I found the beautiful bridge Hanna, Spencer, Emily, and I would sit and talk on in our younger years.
I leaned against the bridge and looked down at the river. It brought back memories of us gossiping about the boys we had crushes on and the girls who were mean to us. We were the queens of Rosewood because all the girls seem to follow what we did and the boys were always flirting with us. As conceited that sounded it was true.
"Deep in thought huh?"
I turned to my right and saw a gorgeous man looking at me while leaning on the railing of the bridge like I was. He had dark brown hair and hazel eyes. He grinned at me when he realized I was checking him out.
"You're quite beautiful" he grinned at me.
I blushed and looked into his eyes. "What brings you here? Not many people know about this bridge."
"It is quite off in the middle of nowhere, but I was just walking around and saw a pretty girl. I had to come over to see if she was alright."
"Of course" I smiled at him.
He stood up straight and came closer to me. I felt this sudden feeling of calmness. All the stress I was feeling seemed to vanish. I sighed and looked up at him.
"Well, I'm Ezra. I just graduated from Hollis College and I've become an English teacher. Life story summed up right there. Tell me who you are."
"I'm Aria. I just got back from Iceland. I love English as well. I like to write."
"Wow. You seem to be just like me. I would like to know more about you."
I faced him and looked up at him. "I'd like to know more about you too."
He leaned down and placed his hands on my hips. His lips collided with mine. It felt so right. I pulled away and brushed his hair out of his eyes.
I bit my lip and looked back at him, "I got to go; my family will be searching for me soon. Want to meet here tomorrow?"
"Of course, I'll be here." He leaned down and brushed his lips on my chin and whispered "See you tomorrow."
And we did. We hung out every day at that bridge just talking and at time just kissing.