Chapter 6 – What was that for?!
As promised he was waiting outside my classroom leaning against the wall looking like a god. He was looking the other way when I got out so I had time to appreciate his muscular, fit, gorgeous body. Damn he was nice. He turned a few seconds later looking straight into my eyes drawing me towards him with the beautiful expression of his dark eyes. Oh my God, I just recited Jane Austin subconsciously, I am such a dork.
" To lunch?" he asked
" Sounds good." I answered smiling. He walked me to the cafeteria that was quite full already. Took me to the food queue, which was surprisingly short. I was used to the queue going on forever at my old school but it was made up of no more than 10 people here.
I brought a pizza, two bread rolls, a chocolate muffin and a chocolate milkshake. I thought I had a lot but then I saw Seth's tray that over-flowed with practically all the different food choices the school offered. I was astonished someone could possibly need that much to eat. We walked over to an empty table and sat down with our trays. We laughed and joked about our previous lessons and occasionally we would gaze into each others eyes for a few minutes then carry on with our discussions. It was so easy to talk to him. He was easy-going. Always able to produce a conversation, constantly smiling like he'd one the lottery. This made me start to get attracted to him more.
We were having an in-depth conversation about how vicious my old female football team could get when I realised that I had been leaning towards him and my stomach was digging into the table. I couldn't find the will to move, my face was only about 6 inches from his I wanted to kiss him there but I controlled myself and gradually started to lean back on the uncomfortable cafeteria chairs.
I was totally astounded one person could eat that much food. " Do you eat this much on a daily basis?" I enquired with a giggle
"Hey, I'm a growing boy, I need my calories." He answered with a smile playing on his lips
" But there's slightly more than the recommended 2000 calories there so how do you stay how fit?" I asked. Crap. Did I just call him fit out loud? How stupid can one person get? I've done enough stupid things recently to cover at least 5 people. I felt the blood rush to my face and my face heat up. I dropped my head hiding my face with my mass of curls. He just started to laugh.
" Thank you." He said smirking cheekily " I have a high metabolism" he finished
" Makes sense." I muttered still not looking at his face. We spent the remaining 10 minutes talking about food habits and if there's any female sports teams local. There wasn't but hey I could always join the school team if they had one. The bell went signalling everyone to go to 4th period.
" What do you have next" Seth asked.
"Um, I have English, then P.E/ Gym." I answered
" All right" he said reaching over to take my bag " I'll take you to English."
" Ok thanks, and you don't have to take my bag, it's starting to get heavy and you don't need to worry about it or anything…" I stopped myself before I carried on making a fool of myself.
" I know, I wanted too." He said looking straight into my eyes melting me into a Faye puddle. After swinging his and my bags over his shoulder, which by the way he made look really light. He grabbed my left hand in his right and tugged me out of the cafeteria into the bustling corridor. It wasn't a long walk to English but against my will I let go of Seth's hand and walked into the classroom. I repeated what I'd done all day. Introduce myself, get in my seat, remain quiet and try to blend into the background. I got sat next to a girl called Courtney. It made my eyes water slightly when I thought of my Best Friend back in England called Courtney. But I wiped what water escaped off my face when no one was looking and turned to listen to the teacher.
" You'll need to work in pairs for this, I want you to have a discussion about the last book you read all the way through and then I want you to start a report on it." She announced. I heard half the class groan but I love reading and book reports were never a problem for me before. We chatted intimately about books. I discovered that she also loved the Harry Potter series and was obsessed with mythical creatures and being's too. I have a feeling I'm going to get on with Courtney. I wrote a page and a half-long report finishing about 5 minutes before the bell rang. I tapped my pen against my mouth waiting for the lesson to finish just so Seth could walk me to gym. I have to start using American vocabulary if I want to start fitting in. I threw my notebook and pencil case and walked as quickly as I could out of the door.
Seth was waiting there in his perfect form waiting for me. When he saw me his face lit up like I'd made his day. Weird or what? We started to walk to the gym and then I realised.
"Crap!" I exclaimed
"What? What is it?" Seth asked worried
" I didn't bring any clothes or anything for Gym." I explained
" Oh don't worry. They won't make you do anything on your first lesson. They'll give you a briefing and then let you watch the lesson." He said in a calm tone.
" Oh right, how do you know this?" I enquired
" Well gym used to be one of my subjects but I got an injury and I couldn't do excessive sports which the gym course was guaranteed so I had to change subjects." He said with a sad tone. I didn't push any further, I could see he was upset about this fact. We reached the gym with a few minutes spare so we stayed outside talking.
" So, I'll be out here for you at the end of the day." He confirmed but then continued. "You saw how much I sucked at math earlier, could you possibly help me with the homework tonight?" he asked looking down.
My heart nearly exploded with happiness. I felt a HUGE smile breakout on my face. This is amazing. Was I daydreaming again? No it felt too real. Well answer you moron! My brain shouted at me. " Yeah, sounds good. Do you wanna come over to mine after school?" there was confidence in my voice. This is good Faye, keep it up. You haven't made a fool of yourself in a few hours! I ignored the voice in my head and beamed up at him.
" Sounds like a date!" he replied "See you later." With that he winked and walked to his next lesson. Oh my, he just said date! A date! With me! Did he mean it that way? Am I over reacting? Why am I hyperventilating? Arghh! Get a grip girl. Act non-chalant. I listened to myself and took a deep breath. I turned and walked into the gym.
The teacher was called Miss. Worley. She introduced me too the rest of the class and told me too observe two girls called Briony and Mia. . I watched them and eventually started talking to them. I learned they were friends with Bailey and Courtney and they said I was welcome to sit with them at lunch anytime. The lesson passed quite quickly to my delight so I could see my Seth. Again with the possession thing Faye.
You need a slap round the face. I ignored my conscience again and walked out the gym.
And there he was just standing waiting for me. Faye Chambers. I mean me. The dodgy girl from another country, the one with the weird accent. When he saw me he smiled and sauntered over to where I was standing.
" Hey, did you have fun in Gym?" he asked
" Yeah, it was good. You were right. I had to observe two girls throw a ball back and forth. But it was nice cus we got talking about random stuff. And so yeah, I got on with them." I answered.
" See, you're already making friends." He stated with an expression that I didn't recognise. " Ready to go?"
" Umm, yeah. Let's go. We'll have about an hour to do maths before we're intruded by my sisters." I murmured. He just chuckled and grabbed my hand then started gently tugging me to his car. The drive home was quiet and uneventful as I filled Seth in about my classes and who I met. Before I knew it we were in front of my house. I picked my bag up from the floor and went to get out the car when a pair of hands opened the door for me and took my bag.
" You don't need to do that." I said reaching for my bag. He smiled wickedly then raised the bag above his head way out of my reach. I jumped to reach it and he straightened his arm so I had no hope in getting it. I sighed and saw him start to lower his arm. I took my chance jumping at him. I missed my bag my inches and jumped into Seth who dropped my bag and caught me before falling onto the grass cradling me. Is it just me or is this a bit intimate? Oh well, I don't mind. I started laughing. Oh no, I'm going to have a laughing fit. I couldn't stop but I felt Seth shake with laughter as well.
" Does this count as me tackling you?" I asked while gasping for breath between fits.
" Nope" he replied. " I fell catching you so you're going to have to try harder to tackle me if you want to." He said while starting to smirk. We were still on the front garden of my house throughout this conversation. I started to get up then suddenly a warm arm was round my waist pulling me back to the floor.
" May I enquire as to what you are doing?" I demanded with mock authority
" Well, since it's quite nice outside i.e. not raining. I thought we could do some math out here until it gets too cold." He said face brightening when he said this.
" Ok, you're on." I said a smile erupting from my face.
Seth's P.O.V
She looked so adorable trying to reach for her bag I had to stop her from getting it just to see her act so cute. She jumped trying to reach her bag. I moved it out of the way. I think she jumped with a little too much enthusiasm and I had to stop her, she might hurt herself. It ached to think of her hurting herself. I dropped her bag and went to catch her losing my balance in the process falling onto her lawn with her toppling over as well. She burst out laughing. It was the sweetest sound I have ever heard and seeing her laugh made her even more beautiful which I thought was impossible. Her eyes were sparkling like gems, her perfect red lips were curved upwards in the most gorgeous smile I have ever seen. I couldn't help but join in with her infectious laughter. After this in an attempt to stop her laughing she bit her lip in an angelic manner pushing my self-restraint to the limit, I had the biggest urge to kiss her. I can't though, it might jeopardise our friendship. I wish it could be more. It will be more later, I had to keep reminding myself.
" Does this count as me tackling you?" she asked in an interval of our laughing fit.
"Nope" I replied " I fell catching you so you're going to have to try harder to tackle me if you want to." I said a smirking. We were still on the ground at this point recovering from the laughter when Faye started to get up. I snaked my arm around her waist and pulled her down gently being careful not to hurt her.
" May I enquire as to what you are doing?" she said in a fake stern tone.
" Well, since it's quite nice outside i.e. not raining. I thought we could do some math out here until it gets too cold." I said a smile growing on my face.
"Ok, you're on." She answered beaming at me. She got her notebook out while I got mine and started.
"Hey, wait for me!" I complained acting really childish.
" I was gonna get mine done then be able to fully concentrate on helping you." She justified.
" Oh, ok" I said "well where are you on the homework?" I asked
" 2 more questions to go, I started it in the lesson." She said blushing lightly
" Wow, you really are amazing you know that?!" I exclaimed. Hey it's true. Can no one else see her amazingness? After this she blushed fiercely making me smile. She finished her work faster than I thought possible astounding me further. She then went onto the daunting task of teaching me Math.
We were spread out on her lawn doing the homework. Well technically Faye was practically telling me the answers but it doesn't matter that much. I couldn't concentrate on the Math. Every time she shook her head I breathed in more of her smell distracting me. Every time she rolled her eyes at my work I found myself gaping at her. How am I supposed to do anything that requires any of my attention when I'm around her?
" Hello, Seth? You there? Earth to Seth!" she shouted waving her hand in front of my face, breaking me from my previous trance. I blinked and then made contact with her eyes again. Wow, she sure is beautiful. She smiled, lighting up her whole face.
"Come on lets get inside, it's starting to rain!" she said while throwing her book and pencil case into her bag. I acted on instinct, I don't want her to get wet and maybe catch a cold. I picked up her bag and mine in one hand and picked her up and put her over my shoulder. I ran to her porch putting her down making sure she wasn't to wet.
" Seth!" she shouted at me " What was that for?! I can walk you know!"
" I didn't want you to get too wet so I got you under cover as fast as I could." I muttered quietly feeling slightly embarrassed. To my surprise she just laughed and turned to open her front door.
Faye's P.O.V
He picked me up and ran with me to cover just because he didn't want me to get to wet. Aww he's so cute. And I shouted at him! God I'm an idiot. The only thing I could think to do was laugh. So I did.
I unlocked the door and walked into the house with Seth following me. " 1 sec." I said turning to go upstairs.
"Ok." He said back wandering into the living room. I ran up the stairs onto my room, I flung my bag on my bed. I then darted into the bathroom giving myself the once over in the floor length mirror. After a few deep breaths I walked out of the bathroom and went downstairs. I walked round the corner and into the living room where Seth was lounging on the sofa watching Baseball. I walked over and joined him on the couch.
We sat there in silence for a few minutes not needing to speak. "Do you like baseball?" he said breaking the silence.
" Well, it's like rounders which was one of my favourite sports in England. But I've never watched or played Baseball before but I imagine it would be fun." I answered puzzled. " Why?" I pondered
"Just wondering, I think you should come with me and some friends and have a go at baseball." He said
" I'll hold you to that." I said with a giggle at the end. He chuckled and looked me in the eye. I was lost and just stared at him. I was so caught up in his eyes that when the car pulled up I jumped out of my seat in shock.
" Sorry Seth. If my sister sees you here she's going to get the wrong idea and well I don't want to see what she does." I said looking at the floor.
" Oh okay" he said looking crestfallen " Umm how should I get out without being seen?"
"Go out the back door. Then walk through the gate into the front to get you're car when my sisters come in." I said grabbing his hand and towing him there. He opened it and stepped out. " Well, err. Thanks for everything today. It was really helpful."
The next thing I knew was I was in a bone-crushing hug from Seth but hey I didn't mind. " So I'll see you tomorrow?" I mumbled into his chest.
" Yeah, can I pick you up again in the morning?" he said
" That would be great thanks." I said before he turned and walked into my garden and towards the gate. He swivelled around, waved and smiled goodbye before disappearing behind the wall that my gate was behind. When he went out of my sight I felt a very unfamiliar feeling. I hadn't ever felt this before. Is it usual to feel this way? I realised from what I had read in books that what I was feeling was loss. I felt like some of me was missing. That Seth had taken it with him. It surely can't be normal to feel like this after 3 days of knowing him. I mean it can't be. It's not natural. I was distracted by the sound of the key in the front door. I sprinted into the living room and dived on the couch trying to make it look like I'd been there all along. Haley walked in looking pleased for her self followed by Alex who had a huge smile on her face.
" How'd you're day go?" I asked Alex when she flopped on the other sofa and turned the tv on. Typical.
" It was good thanks, I made loads of friends. They all think I'm so cool cus I'm from England and they asked me loads of things about it. I'm going to go shopping with a few of them in a few weeks." She said with a proud smug.
" Oh that's cool" I muttered in response noticing my lack of enthusiasm.
" What about yours Haley?" I asked.
" It was good, I made quite a few friends of both genders." She said winking at me " yeah, what are the lads here on? Steroids or something, there all massive!"
" Uhh yeah, so if you need me I'll be in my room. Doing homework." I said in an attempt to escape my two sisters.
" Ok." Alex said quietly while fixating at some dumb kids show.
I was in the hall ready to leg it up the stairs when Haley said, " So we have some speaking to do." I sighed. I forgot about that. Dang! " So the guy that came over yesterday, Seth right?" I nodded " he took you to school?" I merely nodded again.
" So why were you holding hands when I saw you huh? Is there some secret relationship going on here without my knowledge, cus you've only known the guy what about 3 days? And if you're in a relationship that's slightly slutty Faye." My sister finished. My only reaction was to gape at her. I lost the power of speech.
When I regained my footing I stuttered " I…I… well it's not.. It's kinda."
"Just spit it out!" Haley snapped. My teenage instincts were set into motion by her tone and I felt an emotion I hadn't felt in a while bubble through my blood. Anger.
" He is my friend and the reason he was holding my hand was so that I didn't get lost in the busy corridor. I needed to be shown round the school, he offered. He offered to take me to and from school and he offered for me to sit with him at lunch. We are friends and he was being a nice person. He was probably doing it out of pity so you can stop accusing me of being slutty as you know I'm probably one of the most naïve 15 year olds on the planet!" I said in a volume close to shouting.
I felt the water in my eyes clouding my view of Haley. I hadn't felt this riled up in a few years. I turned and ran up the stairs to my room. I slammed the door (cliché right?), plugged my ipod in and lay flat on my back glaring at the ceiling. I was starting to doze off when there was a knock on my door. That was probably one of the most pathetic reasons ever to have an argument but I felt like I held my own.
" Faye?Are you awake?" Haley whispered. I felt anger go through me again. I should try and control it this time.
" What do you want?!" I hissed letting acid escape into my voice. She tiptoed round the door and then gently closed it. I put my head back down on my pillow and closed my eyes waiting for her to get on with it. I felt her sit on the end of my bed.
" To apologise for what I said earlier. I know that you weren't particularly good at making friends in England and I guess I was a bit jealous of how gorgeous he is." I glared at her. " Sorry but he is" she continued. " Anyway, I also felt jealous because when I saw you in the corridor I saw the way he looked at you with awe and care. And I thought that it's not fair that you get a relationship with someone that nice so quickly and I get all the popular girls who seem to be the type to stab you in the back. What I'm basically saying and I can't believe I'm about to… is that I'm jealous of you and I wish I were in your place." She finished looking down and playing with the corner of my duvet. I was momentarily stumped. Did the great Haley just admit she was jealous of me? Little, over-achieving, boring me? Well this isn't a normal occurrence so I have to let it sink in. it was quiet for a few minutes.
" Umm, ok. You're forgiven. And I'm sorry for giving into classic teenage hormones." I said back while sitting up.
" Ok, well as a sister I have rights to know about your relationship with him so spill." She whispered with a giddy gleam in her eye. Her mouth turned into a huge grin at the thought of this. Oh great. Haley loves gossip. This isn't going to be good. Whatever she says lie to her! My conscience screamed at me. For the first time in a while I was happy to agree.