A/N: Hey guys! I've got an update! thanks for all the kind words and follows/favorites and what not. I really appreciate it! SO sorry for the delay... This chapter introduces Chris. (p.s. - I generally suck at describing stuff, so sorry if it doesn't make sense at times!) I promise the next update will be soon! Hope you enjoy it!

Kira and Ethan were sitting at Hayley's café discussing a project they'd been assigned for their world history class, when Kira noticed a boy who entered the café.

He looked familiar, but she couldn't place where she knew him from.

Probably school. She thought as she looked back towards Ethan, who was still going on about what he wanted to do for his project.

She glanced back over at the boy who had now taken a seat at a table, he was facing towards her. She couldn't help but stare at him, there was something so familiar, her eyes were drawn to him.

He had short, dark brown hair, average height, maybe a bit on the tall side. He had brown eyes and was of an athletic build. He was wearing a green t-shirt and some worn out jeans. He seemed confident, and his movements were very fluid. There was something about him, the way he carried himself, and she just couldn't help but be mesmerized by him.

She couldn't hear what Ethan was saying, just that he was still speaking. She was trying to pinpoint where she knew him from, where she had seen him. She was practically drooling over him.

"Kira!" Ethan shouted. She jolted out of her daze and shook her head quickly.

"Huh?" she looked at Ethan confusedly, tilting her head slightly.

"Were you even listening to me?" he asked

"Yeah, I.. I was.. I was just…" she trailed off and glanced back towards the mystery boy, he was looking at her.

Shit - she thought as she quickly looked back towards Ethan.

She cleared her throat, "I was just thinking about what I could do for my project." She lied, "sorry" she laughed a bit nervously.

"Uh, okay…" Ethan replied with a questioning tone, wondering why she was acting so bizarre.

She looked over towards the stranger, meeting his eyes yet again. He winked at her and smiled. She quickly looked away from the back and back at Ethan, she could feel her face turning bright red.

"So, uh, yeah the project I'm not sure..." she started speaking incredibly fast, as a way to make this odd feeling inside of her go away, it only made her sound more nervous.

Ethan eyed her while she was babbling on as fast as one possibly could, he turned around to see what she had been staring at before she went all motor mouth. That's when he understood, he saw a kid he had never seen before sitting not too far away, that must have been what Kira was staring at.

He turned back to face Kira and started laughing.

"What are you laughing at?!" she snapped

"Who's the guy you're making goo goo eyes with?" he chuckled.

Her jaw dropped slightly "I was not making "goo goo eyes" with anyone!" she stressed giving Ethan a death stare. "And really? "goo goo eyes?" I'd expect that from Connor but not from you."

"Hey, I call them like I see them" Ethan laughed standing up from the table.

"Where are you going?" she was surprised by his sudden action.

"We're supposed to go meet Connor after his practice and then go to Dr. O's remember?"

"Oh yeah." She sighed, she had forgotten.

Ethan continued to get his stuff together

"Aren't you coming?" he asked when he noticed that she was just sitting there with a puzzled look on her face.

"Uhm, actually, I think I'm going to stay here and try and get some work done.. for.. for school.. If you guys need me just let me know." She smiled politely, still in a bit of a haze.

"Alright, whatever you say" he pulled his backup up and put it around his shoulder. "Catch ya later" he said before he turned and walked out the door.

She sighed heavily.

She looked down at a book on the table in front of her; she opened the book and tried to focus. She was tempted to look over toward the mystery guy again, but she refused to make herself look any more foolish than she already had.

"Hey"

She jumped and whipped her head to look at the boy who had just sat down at the table across from her. It was him.

Her heart started to pound against her chest, it was so loud that she was sure everyone around her could hear it. She took a deep breath and somehow managed to play it cool.

"Uh, Hi?" she gave him a confused and questioning look.

"Was it just me, or were you checking me out earlier?" he said with an arrogant smile.

"No.. I.. Uh… I.. I just thought you looked familiar" she stumbled over her words.

What the hell was wrong with her? Why was she allowing this arrogant jerk to make her so flustered?

"Well, either way, I'm Chris, just moved here" he leaned over the table and put his hand out towards her.

Now he's being polite and shaking my hand?... What the…

"Kira" she said reaching out to clasp his hand.

She felt it when she shook his hand; she wasn't quite sure what exactly it was, but there was something. She refused to think that there was any kind of spark she felt or heat. That doesn't happen in real life, just in movies. She thought, trying not to allow how much she was affected by just a stupid handshake.

He smiled at her. "I'm glad I can say the first person I met here is the most beautiful girl in town" he showed his perfectly white smile again.

She blushed.

How is it possible that she was falling for this crap, the kind of thing she makes fun of Connor for saying to all those dumb airhead girls he's constantly hitting on. Now she was one of those dumb airhead girls who was falling for it.

"Thanks" she said warmly.

"That guy you were with earlier, he your boyfriend?" his tone changed from confident to more of a slightly nervous one.

Kira burst out laughing. "Ethan?! No, he's just a friend." She continued laughing.

"So your boyfriend doesn't mind you hanging out with other guys?" he raised his eyebrow, his confident self was now back and as strong as ever.

"No, I don't have a boyfriend." She smiled faintly while shaking her head.

"Impossible!" he proclaimed. "Such a pretty girl like you?" he tilted his head. "Ah, I know what it is! You've got an extra toe don't you?" he laughed.

She laughed at his joke. He was so obvious, so cocky… so charming… so… attractive.

"Yup, ya guessed it" she shrugged, still laughing.

Ethan and Connor got to Dr. O's house fairly quick.

"Hey guys, where's Kira?" Dr. O asked as they made their way towards his lab.

"She's drooling over some kid at the café" Connor laughed. Ethan just glared at him.

"Actually she said she wanted to get some work done and to contact her if we needed her." Ethan explained.

Dr. O nodded. "Well, actually I wanted to talk to all of you, so I'll give her a call"

"Yeah, alright, I'll be right there." Kira hung up her phone. She looked at Chris and smiled. "I have to go" she said motioning her head towards the door. She started, putting her stuff in her bag.

"Well here" he said grabbing her phone "I'll give you my number if you promise to text me later." He grinned

"If your lucky." She quipped back with a smirk. "Bye, Chris." She said getting up from the table.

"See you around beautiful" he smiled at her.

She looked over her shoulder at him as she was walking out of the café, she smiled and turned back and opened the door, shaking her head and smiling to herself.

Chris pulled up to the garage of his house; he'd just leave the car in the driveway, he thought. He got out of the car and walked across the stone path that led to the front door. He took his keys from his pocket and started fumbling around with them. He still couldn't remember which key was for the front door.

Finally. He opened the door and walked in to the large entryway of the house. There were stairs across from the front door; the whole entryway was very open. Kim was waiting upstairs; she was leaning against the banister, which went around the room.

The second floor overlooked the first, sort of like a balcony, that was how the entryway was set up and Kim loved the openness of the room.

She was staring towards the door, towards Chris.

"Where the hell have you been?!" Kim yelled pushing off the banister and making her way towards the stairs.

"Relax mom, I was just getting a feel for this miserable town I was forced to move to." He threw his keys on a small table that was next to the door.

"Oh God, not this again" she rolled her eyes and started making her way down the stairs. "You could have left a note Chris." Her voice softened. She knew this was hard for him, a new town, a new life, a new house.

"Whatever" he brushed past her

"Or at least answered your phone. Why do I pay for a phone if you never answer it?" she was frustrated.

"Sorry" he said flatly before going in to room and closing the door behind him.

Damnit - tears were brimming in her eyes. She knew this move was hard on him. But she needed it, to get away, to start new.

He'd come around… she thought trying to comfort herself.

Let me know what you think! sorry if it sucks! What was Kim running away from? hmmmm... Thanks for reading! (P.S. I'm on twitter, onelife2rock ...I have no PR people to talk to, I'd love to talk to any of you!)