Chapter 9: New Girl?
Charlie POV:
"Class, there is a new student joining us today. I hope that you will treat her well."
My ears perked up as my literature teacher announced the arrival of a new student in Mesa High. A girl carrying several books in her arms stood shyly beside the teacher, her dark hair hiding her face.
"Miss Walker, please introduce yourself to the class."
"H…Hi, my name is Liana Walker. I look forward to learning together with all of you."
She smiled coyly and bowed a little. Everyone clapped indifferently. I looked up and our eyes met. I finally got a good look at her. Her chestnut brown hair framed her soft face and was curled slightly where it ended at her slim waist. She had big doe eyes which were an emerald green. Her pink lips curved slightly into a shy smile before she looked away in embarrassment.
"Miss Walker, please take a seat."
Liana's eyes frantically darted around before landing on the only empty seat beside me. I felt a small smile grace my lips as she shuffled quickly to the seat. As soon as she sat down, I turned in my seat and held out my hand.
"Hey, it's nice to meet you. I'm Charlie, Charlie Delgado."
I guess I gave her a shock as she jumped a little. Her frightened expression quickly changed to a small smile.
"Hi. Nice to meet you, Charlie,"
A warm feeling bubbled up inside of me as I watched her listen intently to the teacher's words and writing everything down studiously into her notepad.
She's beautiful.
My eyes widened slightly at my own thoughts.
No! I had Mo! I couldn't be feeling this way for someone else!
I shook my head slightly and faced the front, my mind swarming with conflicting emotions and thoughts.
Finally! It was lunch. I slung my bag over my shoulder and got up to leave. I felt a light tap on my shoulder and turned to see a blushing Liana.
"Can I help you?" I asked gently, seeing that the poor girl was already scared witless.
"Um… I was just wondering… I… I'm kinda new. Um… So I don't really have any friends yet…and I was wondering if… I could…eat lunch with you? It… It's really fine if you don't want to…" She stammered nervously.
"Of course you can," I smiled and took her hand, pulling her along with me to the canteen.
"T…Thank you…"
I turned to see her blushing furiously. Then I realised that I was still clutching onto her hand.
I let go quickly, not wanting to complicate things.
"No problem!"
As we walked side by side, I glanced at her from the corner of my eye and felt that warm feeling bubble up again.
What am I feeling? Is this what people call…love at first sight?
A/N: Hey! I'm back after a looong time! I would have updated sooner but my dang computer just decided to die on me…again. But thank you so much for being patient and anticipating this! Anyways, I hope that you enjoyed this little chapter that brought in the OC for Charlie! I'm a little rusty so please bear with me if it isn't good. I promise I'll write more interesting chapters in time to come! I love reviewers, remember? So please review if you want me to keep writing! Keke… Thank you for the good reactions when I said I was gonna continue! You guys totally made my day! And here comes that feeling… *tears of joy*… ANYWAYS! Hahs, so please enjoy and keep reading! SEE YA! I LOVE ALL YOU REVIEWERS! 3