Chapter 20

(Phoebe's Pov)

I finally feel like I am stepping in the right direction to becoming my old self after this weekend. I spent all of Saturday with Ava, Aunt Kate, and Aunt Mia shopping, while my parents went to Portland for my Dad's meeting.

It is now Monday and I am walking in to school. I have my hair down in loose curls and have applied some light make up. Today Nathan starts shadowing me and to say I am nervous may be an understatement. He is so hot I will have a permanent blush.

I walk into the office and sit down waiting for him to be dropped off. I am staring down at my shoes. Sawyer is standing outside the office because the attendance lady is not a huge fan of him after what happened last week.

"This seat taken?" I hear a smooth voice ask me. I look up and see Nathan in all of his glory. I smile at him then stand up, just then realizing how tall he actually is. He is probably a foot maybe more taller than me. I smile up at him.

"Ready to go?" I ask as he looks down with a smile on his face. He is breathtaking. "As ready as I'll ever be Ms. Grey." He says and I blush at the name. I start walking to my first period and sit down. He pulls a seat up to my desk so we are sharing one small desk.

Even him being this close to me makes me squirm. Ava eyes him then looks at me with eyes that say 'what the fuck.' I just smile and then talk to Nathan about this class. He hangs on to every word I say and it makes me feel important.

As Ms. Mayn walks in she asks me to introduce Nathan. I look at him and nervously stand up. I hate more than anything speaking to large groups of people. He gives me a smile than a reassuring nod as if to say go on. "This is Nathan…" I just then realize I don't know his last name.

It is so very awkward so I look down and Ms. Mayn takes her cue to welcome him and start class. "Moore." He says and I look over confused. "That's my last name." I nod and smile at him. As Ms. Mayn passes out papers he takes one then scoots in so he can write on my desk.

As class ends he walks closely to me. "She is really nice." He says about the teacher. "Yeah she is my favorite. Now we are going to history with Mr. Smith" He smiles and as we walk he starts talking.

"Tell me more about you Phoebe." He says and I watch as everyone stares at us as we walk by. "Well I am Phoebe Grey as you know. I have one brother Teddy who is amazing he is 19 and attends college at Harvard University; my Dad is Christian Grey who is CEO of Grey Enterprises Holdings, which deals with mergers and acquisitions. Oh my mom is Anastasia Grey who is CEO of Grey Publishing. The guy following us is Sawyer he is my CPO-" He interrupts me. "Phoebe that is all well and good but I want to know about you. Your family sounds awesome but I want to get to know Phoebe before them… and I intend to." He says and I blush looking down.

As I go through my classes I dread lunch I know I am going to have to talk to him and what am I going to say "Hi I am Phoebe I am emotionally unstable and have made my parents life hell the past couple weeks." The bell rings and we head out. I sit at a table with him. Usually I would be with Ava but she had a dentist appointment.

"So can we try this again… tell me about YOU Phoebe." He emphasizes the word you. "Well I am Phoebe and um…" I shrug my shoulders. "There is not much to know about me." I say blushing and looking down. He reaches over and tilts my chin up. "Somehow I look into those grey eyes and doubt that." He says.

I blush bright red as he touches me. When he pulls away I feel a ping of sadness. "Just start with simple stuff… what is your favorite color or season, who is your favorite singer, what's your middle name and why?" I laugh as he says all this is simple.

"What is this 20 questions" I smirk and then sigh. "My favorite color is grey, favorite singer is probably Vance Joy or Milky Chance, oh and my favorite season is summer" I shrug. "My middle name is Grace because that is my Grandmothers name." I say and he smiles. "Phoebe Grace Grey." He repeats to himself.

"So your cousin is Ava" He says and I start to realize that he probably is getting close to me so he can get with Ava. Would not be the first time it has happened. Ava is stunning and also very outgoing when it comes to boys. He probably saw her this morning and wanted to get with her. I then start to get a little angry

"Yeah why?" I ask being a little snappier than I meant to. "Just curious" he smirks at me and continues eating his food. "What you want her number now or something?" I ask and he looks up at me surprised. But then calmly just says "No I am not into blondes I am more of a brunette man myself" I feel my cheeks turn crimson. How does he do that? He looks up and feigns innocence "Did I say something?" I shake my head as I tuck a lock of chestnut hair behind my ear.

We continuing going from period to period and finally we have reached the last one, which is painting. The easiest A in the entire school. We sit on the stools next to each other as the teacher, Ms. Cornwell, passes out a paper. "Paint what you are feeling… there is no right or wrong answer." I decide to take some green and blue paint and make a design. I look over and Nathan has painted a red heart.

In my head I think of all the possibilities no way that it has anything to do with me. Maybe he loves this new school or painting or he is thinking about his family. But my subconscious secretly prays it is about me

"Can I walk you out?" He asks. I tell him he doesn't have to but he insists. He walks me to the car and just before I leave to get in he pulls me to him and hands me his number. "Thanks for letting me shadow you." He says and I blush and internally jump as his hand is at my waist. "Anytime" I say and put the little card with his number in my pocket. Thank god Dad got soft after the Flynn appointment and gave me my phone back early from when he took it because Ryan.

As we drive home I have to resist the urge to text him. I don't know if I am suppose to. I need to call Ava she'll know what to do. When we get home I walk into my room and call her. She is thrilled that I called her for advice and tells me to text him in a couple of hours so I don't look desperate. I follow what she says but personally I think it is dumb.

My mom is the first to get home. I sit in the kitchen with her and we talk about school and how her work was. My Dad comes home shortly after and joins us. Before we sit down for dinner I text Nathan.

*Hey it is Phoebe, my CPO was laughing when we got in the car… guess you weren't too sly about passing me your number. *

We sit down for dinner so I ditch my phone on the counter. Ms. Jones made enchiladas and I am thrilled because I am starving. In the middle of dinner I hear my phone vibrate. I so badly want to run and check it but I don't. Dad talks about his Carbon Disclosure project that his team is working on. Personally I don't really find it all that interesting and I know my mom doesn't either but we both listen like we do.

After dinner I run and grab my phone and see who texted me. I smile like an idiot when I see who did text me.

*Phoebe Grace Grey it is so good to hear from you… I thought you weren't going to text me. Sorry about your CPO but I doubt that is the worst thing he has seen a guy do if he stays that close all the time. A beautiful girl like you probably has a plethora of guys. *

I blush;little does he know he is the first guy who has made me feel this deep.

*You don't know the half of it… Why wouldn't I text you? * I reply.

*Wouldn't your boyfriend get mad? * He responds all too quickly.

*Well maybe he would if I had one… no boyfriend for me. Would your girlfriend be mad if she read this? * I pray he doesn't respond telling me he has one. That would kill me.

*I do not have one… well not at the moment* I want him. There I said it.

*Well looks like we are in luck then. I will see you tomorrow. * I send this and then quickly get a reply.

*Goodnight Phoebe Grace… I will be looking forward to tomorrow, when I get to see you again* Holy shit. He is looking forward to seeing me.

"Phoebe what has you smiling?" My mom asks as she walks in my room with my Dad following closely behind. "Nothing, I am just texting Ava" I lie and smile hugging and kissing them both goodnight.

I will talk to them if this turns into something other than friendship but right now this is just my secret.