Chapter Two – Blush
What started as an ordinary crush escalated into extraordinary infatuation. Soon, all Meyrin could think about was him. The way he brushed away the hair that fell into his line of vision. The way he blinked his dark eyes confusedly when someone told him something strange. The way he walked, talked, laughed, smiled, glared, and just looked at people gave her the shivers. Goosebumps covered her arms, and she felt her face burn as he passed her in the hallways. If he ever happened to glance at her, she felt her soul thrilling as their eyes and souls met. Soul mates. That's what they were. Or so she believed.
Until she saw him walking down the stairs one day. She was walking from the café with Stellar to upstairs, where she ate with her large group of friends.
Beside him, walking quite too close to be just friendly, was a girl. A girl, tall, slim, and eyes that were of a beautiful colour. She didn't wear much make-up, but looked quite pretty. Her hair was short and flowed around her shoulders. As the pair neared the bottom of the stairs they were descending, the girl clutched onto his arm and whispered into his ear. He smiled, and the two walked into the busy cafeteria. Meyrin turned to stare at them, then realized everyone could see her spying, and blushing, she turned back around.
"What were you looking at?" Stellar asked her innocently.
"Uhh… nothing really." Meyrin gulped.
Who… Who was she? She thought to herself. Does… does he have a girlfriend?
That was quite a few months ago. Stellar, being a bit naïve, still did not know of her feelings towards him, as did none of her other friends. Only Auel had suspected and consequently, only he knew.
" "No—Don't deny it. I know you do, everyone does, maybe except for him." "
No… That's not true. No one really knows. At least… I hope not. Meyrin sighed and brushed her hair back from her face. She looked down at her lap. The bus rolled in, and she got up from the rusty bench where she had been resting. She lined up behind Auel and climbed up the muddy steps. She followed Auel down the bus, where he found one empty seat beside a boy, and nodded to Meyrin. He always did this, finding a seat for her. Usually, there'd be two seats available, and they'd sit together… but he was very nice, for if there was only one seat, he's gesture her to sit down and then stand beside her, even if there were seats still available in the bus. He seemed really gentlemanly. Not that he normally wasn't… Meyrin stopped thinking and plopped herself down. It wasn't any use to argue and ask him to sit down instead. Believe me, she has tried.
Meyrin grabbed his bag and pulled out a book, and then turned and looked up at Auel. "Hey, have you read this book yet?" she asked, shoving the book in his face.
"Err… no, don't think so. Just took it from Stellar cause it looked interesting. Want to read it?"
"Love at first si—Auel…" She stopped reading the title abruptly and stared at the girl below him. "What are you trying to imply?"
"N-Nothing! I… just think it's really interesting. The girl is in love with this guy and it turns around according to the summary. Don't think I'm making fun of you… I got the book a few days ago." Auel shrugged.
Meyrin looked up at him cautiously. "Fine… I'll read it after you." She grinned, then as she placed it back in the bag, a bookmark fell out. Meyrin bent down to pick it up and grinned. There were three bears, two wearing underwear, and a third… well, he wore underwear too, but seemed more of hat wear if you get what I mean. The slogan read, "You do things your way. I'll do them mine." Meyrin giggled. "That's so cute."
Auel raised his eyebrows, and glanced down. "Oh geez… that's not mine!" He tried to snatch it back.
"I never said it was… but now I'm getting suspicious!" Meyrin grinned slyly at him. "Hmm… someone has a weird fetish for cute things now, huh? And trying to get it back? Never!"
Auel flushed. "It's not mine!" he protested. He made another attempt to snatch it away.
"Su-ure."
The bus halted, and a few more people got on. Including a certain someone. Dark hair, flashing eyes, and a smooth voice, he hopped on the bus, and walked towards them. He gestured to the now-empty seat beside Meyrin and asked quietly, "Is that seat taken?"
Auel glanced at the seat surprised. He had been so distracted talking to Meyrin he hadn't noticed the boy had left. So he did an ungentlemanly thing. And…
"Yeah, sorry, I had just got up for a second." Auel jumped over Meyrin's legs and sat down on the seat. The looked up at the boy standing there, looking confused… and stuck out his tongue.
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"Meyrin! Wait up!" Auel yelled as he ran to catch up with the furious red-haired girl. "Are you mad?"
"What… WHAT DO YOU THINK?" Meyrin turned to him, cheeks red with anger. "Auel Neider, do you ever stop to consider my feelings? I thought you were nice! Y-You are so RUDE!"
"Rude? How the heck was I rude?"
He glanced at them a little surprised. "Err… alright then." He turned to walk away from them.
Meyrin's eyes widened in shock and anger, and her cheeks flushed from embarrassment, and yes, more anger. "Auel!" she gasped out.
"What?" he frowned, annoyed.
"That was so mean!"
He overheard her, and then turned back and smiled lightly. "It's okay. I guess he just wants to sit next to his girlfriend." And then he walked away.
Meyrin's cheeks flushed further from the memory. He had been so close to her, smiled, and even whispered lightly to her. But… that Auel! Now he thinks Auel's my boyfriend?!
"How am I supposed to tell him I'm available?" She sighed aloud.
"Tell who?" a flash of yellow appeared at her side. "Mey-Mey! You have a crush?"
Meyrin blushed. "Wh-What?"
"I heard you… haha, who is it?" Stellar's eyes perked up as she awaited Meyrin's answer expectantly.
"No one!" Meyrin turned around, blushing a little. She grabbed her books and quickly walked down the hall, leaving behind a confused little Stellar.
She walked quickly down the hall, and then something slipped out of her bag. "You do things your way. I'll do them mine." Meyrin grinned at it, then picked it up and turned the little bookmark over. To my lovely friend, here is a present. I have something to tell you, kind of uneasy about it. Meet me tonight at the park at 8ish. Love, Auel. Meyrin looked up confused. What? Who did he give this to? She glanced at the date on top. May 22, 2006. Exactly a year ago.
Before Meyrin could consider any of this, she bumped into someone, too engrossed in her thoughts to look up.
"Sorry!" A boy's voice. His voice. Meyrin looked up startled. Oh my gosh… she thought. Face-to-face with him. With him. Her knees wobbled, and she fell to the ground.
"Whoa!" he gasped, and then dropped his bag and grabbed onto Meyrin. He tried to save her falling, but didn't succeed, and both of them ended up sitting on the floor. He laughed a little. "You okay?" he asked Meyrin, his lips curving up into a smile.
"Uhh… yeah." Meyrin could feel her cheeks warming at an alarming rate. She just sat there dumbly as the boy began to get up, and gathered her books for her. He handed them to her, then glanced at her again.
"Hey… were you that girl on the bus this morning?"
"There are a lot of girls on lots of different buses every morning." Meyrin recovered her voice, only to let something sarcastic slip out. She gaped and covered her mouth. She felt her cheeks warm up even more.
He laughed lightly. "Yeah… sorry, should've been more specific. Was the guy beside you, with the blue hair, your boyfriend?"
"No!" Meyrin blurted out. Then she blushed again. Why did she have to act so stupidly around him?
He raised his eyebrows, which reminded her of Auel a little. "Oh really? I thought so cause he was so protective like." He grinned.
Meyrin felt her cheeks flaming. "No… I don't know why he did that, he is usually really nice, trust me."
"Alright. Well, I've gotta get to class. What's your name by the way?"
"Meyrin. Meyrin Hawke."
"Oh… are you by any chance related to Lunamaria Hawke?"
"Yeah, she's my older sister." Meyrin thought of her magenta-haired sister. "Why, you know her?"
"No… not personally. My gir— my friend's friend. She seems really nice, and looks a tiny bit like you."
"Oh… really?"
"Yep… she's also in my science class. Which I have for homeroom, by the way. You should drop by sometime. There are some really cool preserved embryos from various animals in storage there. Bio's really fun sometimes, believe it or not." He grinned at her.
"Oh… okay, I will." She smiled back at him. Her face was so warm she could barely feel it anymore. He smiled at meee!!!
"Alrighty then. My name is—" He suddenly looked down and his eyes widened with horror. "Shoot! Uhh, I'll see you later, Meyrin!" And with that he dashed down the hall.
And by that time Meyrin's cheeks were burning.
Author's Notes
Lalala Another one of my favourite cliffie endings are born! ;)
Ughh… I've written it all different from what I planned. Evil fingers, why don't you listen to my typing commands!!?? . I'm not really happy with this chapter ;;
Well… have I revealed 'he' yet? Maybe?? It might be obvious for some, or completely confusing for others… Hehe… I am not sure myself! X'D Cause I originally intended one guy… but then I thought it might get complicated, and another guy fit the descriptions better anyways. I will continue to give clues, please bear with me He will most likely be named next chapter. So await it, please:huggles:
How am I doing? Horribly? Alright? I guess I shouldn't write fantastic as a choice seeing it won't be used, but for any nice people, it can be an option! xD… Anyways, I hate bugging people to review… but it's really nice to get reviews : Encouragement… constructive criticism… which is just a step away from flaming. Please don't flame personality only… I don't mind if you dislike anyone's personality, but don't flame me solely on that, if you please. Or I'll just have a field day laughing. Okay, I'll stop bothering you… and perhaps creeping you out… it's just some people don't get me weird-o sense of humour. And my spelling is Canadianized… please don't say I can spell cause words like "colour" have a "u"… See, Microsoft Word is telling me I have an error!! XP