Just sitting in math and finished proofing another section - I think things are going to start getting a little heated between them - it made me blush anyway.
Aiden's POV:
I couldn't help but following her into the library. She went and sat in one of my favorite corners of it. My buddy Matt grabbed onto my shoulder as I passed him, "Are you still coming to Jamie's party on Friday? I heard her sister is going to be there, and you gotta help me get a piece of that! You owe me still." I rolled my eyes, I didn't enjoy going to parties, but they always had the good alcohol that I could never seem to get – and there was always a chick fight or two, and they always seemed to get their skirts pulled up just high enough… "Yeah man, I'll be there. Starts at ten, yeah?" He confirmed it, slapped my shoulder and left. I could see Taylor, just part of her face, through the tall shelves. I went behind one pretending to look through books. She had her hand behind her neck rubbing it. I could tell something was bugging her. I picked up a random book and walked around the shelf to the other side. "Oh, hey there." I looked at the shelf and looked picked out another random book as she cleared her throat, "Hey, what's up?"
"Oh, nothing much. Just getting some books." I set the books down on the table and sat down across from her. She reached out for them, "How to Deal with Your STD's and Could I Really be Pregnant huh?" I closed my eyes and I could feel my face getting hot. Of course it would be my luck to walk into the strange sex book section of the library. I tried to pull it off, "Yeah, it's a really big research project for my health class…" She didn't believe a second of it. I dropped it, "So what are you studying?"
"Oh I'm just reading this article on…" She looked at her computer screen and read off the title, "How to Notice when someone is Bull-Shitting You." She smiled at me and laughed, I joined in with her, still embarrassed.
"Nah, just doing some creative writing for English," She seemed more loosened up since this morning.
"Ahh, I see. So what time can I come pick you up tonight?" I thought I saw her eyes lit up for a fraction of a second.
"Oh right, well anytime around 5 or six would be fine. Here I'll write down my address," she pulled out a post-it and wrote down her address and what looked to be a phone number, and stuck it on my STD book. I just laughed at her. She had a breathtaking smile, "So what made you move here? Parents got a new job?" She looked to her computer and her expression fell. I felt a knot in my stomach form knowing I asked the wrong question.
"I moved here to live with my cousin, because of a – It's just a personal issue," her hand went back up to her neck, rubbing it; "My parents still live in Vermont though."
"Does your neck hurt or something?" I stood moving around to her, "I could massage it if you –"
"No." Her hand stopped mine reaching out towards her, "I'm fine really, just a bad night's sleep… You know, I should really get back to working on this, I'll see you tonight though, okay?" She forced a smile, I could tell. I took the hint though. I slung my backpack across my back and took the post-it note, leaving the books on the table.
The rest of the day went by slowly. The classes I had with Taylor we had tests in so I wasn't allowed or able to talk to her. She probably didn't want to talk to me anyway. I didn't understand what happened to her that was so horrible that she reacted like she did. The final bell rang and she was out the door before I could catch up to her. I hope she loosens up enough by tonight that I could actually talk to her.