Hi guys and gals!
So, if anyone has read my previous story The Princess & the Wolf, I think I'm abandoning ship on that one. Not a lot of people were really interested in it and I guess I kind of lost my muse for it. But if anyone was desperately in love with it, message me and I'll see if I can spark up some more inspiration.
This is my new story and I really hope ya'll like it, please read, review and enjoy!
I walked into school and tried to avoid as many people as possible. I hated drawing attention to myself. I don't know how I got this way, I used to love being the center or attention. Now I was just making the motions of life and not truly living it as I should be at 17 years old.
I ducked between a few people and made my way to my best friend Chloe. Chloe was the complete opposite of me. She was wild and spontaneous; she never lets anything or anyone get her down. She was the very definition of a rebel. I, on the other hand, am much more reserved and cautious. I don't like to let anyone in. In fact, Chloe was really the only real friend I still have. Once I stopped being loud and proud, my popularity was revoked and all of my friends left me to go find the next "it girl" to follow like lost puppies.
But Chloe stuck with me. She is the best person I know and I would do anything for her.
"Hey girl, how are you?" I greeted her. I handed her the coffee I had picked up on the way here. We were both caffeine addicts and switched off every morning bringing each other lattes.
She snatched the coffee and gulped down a few swallows. "Ahhhh." She sighed. "Coffee is heaven; I swear it's the drink of the Gods. I was ready to kill my mother this morning because she kept nagging me about cleaning my stupid room. I calmly explained to her that I had not yet had my morning coffee and any arguments she had for me would have to wait until after I had caffeine pumping through my veins. This of course, only pissed her off more. So now I'm grounded. Fabulous morning huh?" She ranted to me.
I smirked at her, knowing her mom would have completely forgotten about the whole incident by the time she got home that afternoon. Her mom was cool, hence why Chloe was so awesome. They were super close but fought like cats and dogs, they always made up though.
Then, she got a devious grin on her face and leaned down closer to me, whispering, "Have you seen Chase yet?"
I kept my face impassive and shook my head.
You see, Chase was the guy that was hopelessly in love with Chloe, but I was hopelessly in love with him.
They've dated on and off for two years now. She keeps stringing him along, keeping him as her little pet to play with when she got bored on rainy days. She of course, didn't realize how terribly in love I was with him.
He had been away for the past two weeks and nobody knew where he had disappeared to. Rumors had flown around about him moving to Norway or contracting a fatal illness that required him and his family to be put into a government containment facility. I didn't believe any of them, but as the days passed, my curiosity was piqued more and more.
Her eyes got lusty and she said, "God, he looks delicious. I could eat him for dinner." She licked her lips.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"He looks like The Hulk. I swear, wherever he was, he was hitting the gym and steroids HARD."
"He must not have been sick then." I mused, quietly.
"Yeah man, everyone is saying that he said he had a bad case of the flu. But when I had the flu, I lost like 10 pounds. I certainly didn't gain 50 pounds of muscle and grow a foot." She whisper yelled.
We started to walk to class and I reached my destination, English. My favorite class of the day. Not only was it my very best subject, but it was also one of the classes I had with Chase.
I said goodbye to Chloe and she sauntered off in the other direction, yelling various people's names and hellos as she went.
I took my seat in the back of the room and waited for the teacher to arrive, Mrs. B. She was the sweetest little old lady I had ever met in my life, but she had a tendency to be late.
I doodled a few flowers on my paper and then felt a slight breeze come from my left, alerting me that someone had taken the seat next to me. I heard a thud and a loud sigh as the person settled in, he didn't sound thrilled to be here.
I glanced up and realized who was now less than 10 inches away from me. None other than, Chase Kingly. My heart sped up into hyper speed and my breaths started coming out in short gasps. I mentally slapped myself for having such a strong reaction to him, but I couldn't help it. I was doing summersaults on the inside.
Chloe was right, he was mouth watering. His muscles bulged out of his tight black t-shirt, straining the material as far as it would go.
Mrs. B waltzed in, announcing the start of class and effectively ending my trance with Chase's muscles. My head snapped forward and I got out a pencil to take notes.
I heard a gruff whisper next to me saying, "Hey do you have a pencil I could borrow?"
That voice sent shivers up my spine and I dumbly dug through my purse to retrieve one for him. As I handed it to him, our eyes met and locked together.
His beautiful mouth slackened into a stupefied expression, his eyes widened to saucer proportions. He didn't look away from me and I couldn't bring myself to look away from him. His emotions raged across his face; first confusion, then surprise, then utterly glowing happiness.
My face turned fire truck red and I ripped my eyes away from his and turned back in my seat. I used my hair to shield myself from him, hoping he would forget that embarrassing display that had just occurred.
"Hey don't hide from me." I heard a gentle, manly voice say.
He reached down and grabbed my hand and turned me so I was facing him once more.
"You're beautiful." He breathed, moving my hair away from my eyes.
My blush returned full force and I cast my eyes down.
"Your Chloe's friend, Tess right?" He asked.
At the mention of Chloe's name I spun back in my chair, hating myself for betraying her. Chase was hers; I had accepted that a long time ago.
"Whoa, what's wrong?" He asked.
"Nothing." I said, keeping my eyes forward and away from his beautiful baby blue eyes. I was scared that if I looked at him again, I would get lost in those suckers and never be able to look away.
He kept trying to talk to me and I kept brushing him off, making lame excuses about paying attention to the teacher. I don't know why, I could pass this class in my sleep and still have an A average.
The class dragged on and finally the bell rang, signaling the end of my embarrassment. Whatever that look was that he gave me was obviously some sort of joke him and his idiot friends had cooked up.
I booked it out of the room, only to have my heart sink when he ran in front of me to keep me from going any further.
"Hey where's the fire?" He asked me, grinning slightly.
"I just don't want to be late to class." I added, like the nerd I was.
"Oh." Was the only response I received from that.
I started to walk away, thinking the conversation was over but he reached out and gently grabbed my arm. For all I know, he could have been touching me with lightning bolts because when our skin touched, it was an electric current rolling through my body.
I jerked my arm back and let out a cry of surprise. But as soon as his touch was gone, my body wanted it again. I craved it.
His face was shocked as well, almost like he didn't understand what was happening either. But after a minute, he chose to ignore it and said, "Can I take you home today, after school?"
My mouth hung agape at the question, hardly believing that Chase Kingly wanted to take ME home.
I looked around for a second, wondering if I had just dreamed that, I did often have odd dreams you know.
He laughed at my expression, "Is that a yes?"
Snapping back to reality, I shook my head no.
His face turned crestfallen and he almost seemed like he was about to have a serious case of the waterworks. It was comical really, seeing such a tough, manly man so upset about such a simple thing.
It upset me that he was sad and I wanted to make it better, so I quickly said, "You can if you want to."
I cursed myself, knowing I would regret opening my big mouth and saying that later, but for now, it was enough that he was elated and happy. It made me happy.
He smiled a 1,000 watt smile down at me and I swear the sun couldn't have shined brighter than his face right then. "Okay, meet me out front after school?" He asked hopefully, like I had all the sudden changed my mind again.
"Yes." I said simply and couldn't help but to smile a little back at him.
What have I gotten myself into?
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