Chapter 2

Georgia pov
The day seemed to whizz past and before I knew it I was back to waiting for the bus to pick me up and take me home.

Grace had gone today due to period cramps but I knew it was just an excuse to skip a bit of school so she could hang out with her boyfriend, Tim.

Tim had already graduated from school and was twenty-four, while Grace and I were only seventeen. (Well I was soon to be eighteen)

Their relationship made me uncomfortable, it wasn't as though he was abusive to her in any way, he was just a looser that she could do so much better than.

But if I tried to tell her this she would shut me down saying I was only jealous because I didn't have a boyfriend myself.

Just then the bus rolled in to collect all the students it had to take home that afternoon. My thoughts were interrupted when I noticed the boy from this morning climb into the bus first. I was so shocked that by the time I had recovered I was the last one to board the bus.

Great, my moment of astonishment has cost me my seat! I board the bus and scan the seats to see if any are available.

"Last on again are we, Georgia?"

I smile at Larry "You have to keep up what's expected of you Larry"

I continue on my search for a seat and find one; the only problem is who I would have to share the seat with.

Sitting on the window seat is the boy from this morning, every bit as glorious as I remembered.

I clear my throat and politely ask if the seat is taken

He slowly turns to me; at first he looks slightly annoyed but as soon as our eyes lock on to each other's his expression changes. He looks at me with a look no one's ever given me before, I couldn't really tell what it was to be honest.

He looked at me like I was the most beautiful and precious thing he'd ever seen, like he was ready to jump in front of a moving van to save me, if I was his own personal sun.

He gazed me until the bus stated driving, then he moved into action.

"No, not at all! Please sit!" he moved his bag off the seat and I sat down feeling slightly intimidated even though he seemed nice enough.

"I'm Seth, by the way, Seth Clearwater"

"oh, hi, I'm Georgia Marsh" he seemed really nice…. So far.

"so what level are you in" he asked. He was making light conversation, which was nice.

"I'm a senior, what about you?" I might as well play his game.

"I'm a senior too, I'm 19 but I was away a lot last year so I didn't graduate. How old are you?"

"I'm 17, but my birthday is in two months"

We talked a lot and found out we actually had a lot in common. His favourite colour is blue, so is mine, he only had one older sister, so did I, my favourite food is lasagne, so is his.

We kept talking until we reached my stop. It surprised me how much I was talking, I don't usually open up to people like this. He was just so easy to talk to, he made me laugh and he actually seemed to be interested in what I was saying.

"Well this is my stop" I sighed, I really wouldn't have minded staying and talking a bit longer.

"Oh great! Me too" he said with a smile

"Really? You didn't get on here this morning though"

"Yeah I did! I got on before you because you obviously have issues with waking up early in the morning" he joked.

"So how come you don't usually catch the bus?" I asked as we hopped off the bus and started walking towards our houses.

"Well I usually drive in the truck I inherited from my dad, but it had to be serviced"

"Inherited?" I said with a frown

"Um yeah, my dad past away nearly five years ago and he left it to me" well that just made things incredibly awkward.

"I'm really sorry, I didn't mean to…"

"It's fine. It was a long time ago. I'm in a good place with it all now" he said with a small, sad smile. We turn the corner into my street as it started to rain, of course! Sunny days in La Push were very rare.

"Come on" I said and grabbed his hand " We'll make a quick dash to my house" he looked surprised by my gesture but he smiled and started to run, pulling me behind him.

I squealed the whole way until we came to my house.

"This house" I yelled over the rain that was coming down heavy now.

I pulled him up my porch steps and turned to him, " do want to come in and wait out the rain?" I asked.

"As truly tempting as that sounds I have to get home, I have to collect something from a family friends"

"Oh ok, well I'll see you tomorrow. Will you be on the bus again?"

"No I'm actually collecting my truck the family friend I'm visiting, he's a mechanic" he explained "but, if you wanted I could come past and pick you up for school tomorrow morning, if you wanted"

I wanted to scream HELL YEAH! But I kept it small "that would be great!" I couldn't help the giant smile that came to my lips.

"Great! Well, bye" I don't know if I imagined it but he looked hesitant to leave me.

"Yeah bye!" I watched him disappear down the street before I went inside. I replayed the events of that afternoon in my head all night.

The way he had stared at me was weird yet slightly pleasing, I made me so excited.

I didn't realise how late it had gotten until I heard my parents car pull up in the driveway, meaning they were home from work.

Not wanting to talk to them I went straight to bed so I could fall asleep in blissful peace.