Chapter 9: Jeremiah

That next Monday Rachelia had an appointment with her "big brother" as the school guidance counselor called him. He really was a shrink in training. (as she called him) She went to the office where they told her to go to one of the conference rooms. She sat down in one of the rolling chairs around the long oak table. She was expecting to meet a total jock with nothing on his mind but sports and cheerleaders. What she got was a complete shock, even to her.
As she sat there she heard the door open. She turned around and saw the most beautiful creature she had ever seen. Jeremiah was an absolutely gorgeous senior. His hair was jet black, straight, and shoulder length. She just stared at him until he introduced himself. Snapping her back to reality.
"Hey" he said with a low and piercing voice that could melt an iceberg. " I'm Jeremiah, your new 'big brother.'" He said putting air quotes around the words and then smiling.
All Rachelia could do was smile. He is so hot! She thought to herself. She also noticed that he was wearing all black. Even better! Finally she realized that she was staring.

"H-hi" she finally managed to say and she held out her hand in doing so. She didn't really do that sort of thing even to her father's employers. But she just wanted to touch him.

He shook it and gestured for her to have a seat again. She had gotten up in the respect of a teacher but that didn't matter now.

They talked about her fire problems and her candles. (excluding the event that happened the previous Friday night) She talked about Megana and how they had met. She felt strangely attracted to him. Not in a crush sort of way but a trusting one.