Andrea.
"Andrea!" My mum shouted from downstairs as I rushed around my room.
"I'm just putting my shoes now" I shouted back down. Damn you stupid school, I really liked my first week here, because we were just settling in but now mum think it's best for me and Zack to go to a stinking old school. I grabbed my bag and looked at my reflection in the wavy mirror, my dark brown curls were hanging over my shoulders and I was wearing my plain white t-shirt, my black ripped jeans and my checked black and white converse. My eyes were piecing blue which my father had. If you notice I use the word, had he died in a car accident 3 weeks ago and my 26 year old brother was killed in action, that's why we moved.
"Andrea for the last time hurry up!" I really wanted to shout back that my name isn't in fact Andrea, its Andie.
I sighed and rested my head against the car window. My big brother Zac was messing about in the front, changing the songs from Girls Aloud to Boys Like Girls, which was annoying because I liked their song Thunder. I switched on my ipod and put my headphones on.
It's nice to know that you were there thanks for acting like you cared and making me feel like I was the only one-
"We're here" Zac shouted and practically kicked the car door open. Rolling my eyes, I sowed my ipod in my jacket pocket and opened my side. Zac was already surrounded by a crowd of girls. His brown hair hung over one side of his face and he always had to brush it out of his eye, he had mum's eyes, chocolate brownie colour, which brought all girls to hypnotised mode as he says.
Someone tapped me on the shoulder and a soft voice "Are you new here?" I turned to see two blue deep blue sea eyes and brown curls.
"Yeah…" I nodded; he smiled and stretched out his hand.
"I'm Danny Jones" I took his hand and shook.
"Andrea, but I prefer Andie" I smiled at Danny.
"Do you want to get your timetable" I nodded and together we walked to the reception.
Danny was very good looking, his eyes seemed to sparkle. We were sitting at back of our English classroom, talking about random things, we the exact same timetable.
"If you don't mind me asking, why did you move?"
"Uhm, my mum wanted to get away from something that happened in our old town" I half smiled at him; he seemed to understand that there was something more but didn't want to ask.
The final bell rang after what seemed like hours, we were dumping our stuff in our bags when our teacher stopped the class in progress.
"Everyone needs to find a partner for this project" Danny turned to me, smiling "You're going to learn a lot about this person and at the end of this project write a paragraph or two on your personal opinion on your partner. Remember try and pick someone you don't really know a lot about, class dismissed"
"So partner…" Danny smiled, walking at my pace "Shall we go to my house or yours?" He smiled again.
He'll find out sooner or later "Mine, cause my mum would like to know how my first day was" Unless she was working anyway.
I pushed the front door open and let Danny inside "Mum, Zack, anyone home?" I shouted, no response. Danny tapped my shoulder and pointed to a note.
Andrea,
Zack is at football practice and I'm just popped out for an hour or two, ring me if you need anything,
Mum xxx
"No surprises there" I whispered, crumbling the note and throwing it in the bin "Let's go to my room and I can tell you all I know about myself" I joked, Danny laughed alittle. I don't know why he laughed, it was usually something that I said to my old friend and they didn't laugh, guess we have the same sense of humour.
"Nice room" Danny smiled, looking around my room. It was a mess to be fair, song sheets everywhere and books shoved in the corners.
"You can sit down if you want" I sat down on my bed while Danny sat on my fluffy bean bag "So what do you want to know about me?"
"The basics" Danny said simply, the smile never leaving his face.
"Well, I'm Andrea Leigh Walker but I like to be called Andie. I was born 24th August 1986 and my dad had to miss a football match because of that" Danny laughed slightly and leaned back "I moved here because…" I started, but the words, the truth couldn't come out. I couldn't let go of my dad and John. I closed my eyes and I felt Danny's soft hand take mine.
"You don't have to tell if it's too hard and you're not ready…" He said softly.
I shook my head as a single tear rolled down my cheek "He died in a car accident three weeks ago, that's why we moved here and after that my 26 year old brother was shot in the war" The truth washed over me like a wave, after those words escaped my mouth, it was like I was admitting it to myself more than Danny. The tears fell faster, but Danny was still there. He wasn't disgusted at me crying in front of him, not feeling awkward, he held me in his arms, comforting me. I've never felt comfort like this before, ever.
Wonder where you are, how I can find you
Staring at the stars falling behind you
Across the universe, hope you'll be back soon
I gotta find a place to meet, I'll rearrange it
Hey, so strange
You switched right in front of me
Hey, you've changed
Not like you used to be
Cause you get in my head and hold my heart
When I'm here you're there, we're worlds apart
So reverse your words, get to the start
And switch back to my world
Hey, you're just
Talking like a machine
Hey, I'm stuck
On everyone in between
Cause you get in my head and hold my heart
When I'm here you're there, we're worlds apart
So reverse your words, get to the start
And switch back to my world
Open your heart, yeah we're back to the start