Kara's POV
For some reason, I'm really nervous about having Shannon come over. My older sister leans on the frame of my door and looks on amusedly as I fawn over my appearance in my full length mirror. "I hope this Shannon girl appreciates the effort you're going to." She says with a smile indulging her own humour,
I casually reply, "It's just some after school revision." But my sister doesn't buy it, no more than I.
"Which is why you've gone to all this effort just to revise?"
"You can go now." I tell her sharply, and all she does is laugh as she walks away.
I can't get her words out of my head, "Which is why you've gone to all this effort just to revise?" It's nothing I wouldn't wear on a normal day…..
"I'll get the door!" My sister shouts….wait, my sister's going to….
"No, wait, I'll get it!" But it's too late, there my sister stands, with an oblivious Shannon at her side,
"Ahh, so this is the famous Shannon, I've heard a lot about you." Mollie glances sideways at me, grinning at the sight of my flustered face,
"So, d'you want to come upstairs, I've got all my notes ready." I quickly say, anything to get her away from Mollie, I don't want my big sister embarrassing me more.
Shannon smiles that smile I love so much, "Yeah, sure."
"Shall I get us some drinks?" I ask, "My room is the first door on the right." When Shannon descends up the stairs, my smile drops as I turn to my sister,
"What the hell was that?" I hiss, "Stop embarrassing me!"
She pulls a pouty face, "Aw, you want to impress your girlfriend, do you?" she grabs my chin but I smack her hand away,
"I don't know what you're talking about." Ugh, I couldn't sound any more unconvincing if I tried,
"I know you like her, you'd have to be a fucking idiot not to notice it."
"…Shut up…..just go back to…just go and piss someone else off, Mollie." It's really hard not to slap that bitch.
Two minutes later I come up with two cups of coffee, to find Shannon humming along to some Ariana Grande song that was playing on my laptop, for a moment I take in the sight of her, a warm feeling is taking over me, she's so beautiful….she looks like a Goddess…. "Um-I've-I've got coffee." I blurt as I return form my thoughts, I set the cups on the bedside cabinet, "I thought maybe we could start with some Chemistry?"
Shannon's eyes light up, "That's exactly what I was going to say." She rummages through her bag and pulls out a stack of Chemistry notes, eager Shannon is so cute.
In the end we spent more time talking than we did revising, it was so nice finally getting to know the real Shannon, and her getting to know the real me, the person behind the fake shallow personality and the mean girl façade, I want her to see the real me.
Side by side, we lay on my bed, I didn't realise how complex Chemistry actually was, but with Shannon's help, I got the hang of it in the end, "Tonight's been great." She turns on her side and tells me,
I know the feeling, "I know, I haven't had this much fun in ages." And it's true, now don't get me wrong, Kay and Katrina are always a laugh, but that's a different kind of fun, I'm on about the kind of fun where you don't even realise how much you're smiling, or how much you love spending time with that person, how much you like that person, that's the kind of fun I'm having with Shannon.
"You know what, I misjudged you, Kara." Shannon admits, "You're alright really, aren't ya."
"It's my loveable personality." The pair of us start giggling, our eyes meeting in the midst of all the laughter, but then the laughter subsides, in that moment of intense silence, in that moment of unwavering eye contact, I bring my lips to hers, I kiss her, the best part, she kisses back, but then pushes herself away, the pair of us are flustered and embarrassed,
"I-I'm sorry-I-I've got to go." Shannon stammers, and she bolts out of the door before I can say anything.