Chapter 2

He seemed to be a little shy or wary, but that could have been because I was staring at him with wide eyes like he was going to attack me. "Can I, uh, sit here? With you?"

He held up a clear plastic container with a sandwich in it and I finally nodded.

"You're Rosemary, right?" He asked, taking a seat where Sam had just been sitting. I nodded again. "Do you talk at all?"

I blushed a very deep, embarrassing shade of red and nodded.

"Uh," I cleared my throat. "Yeah, you can call me Rose."

"It's nice to meet you, Rose." He said, smiling. I smiled back.

"It's nice to meet you, too." I replied. I continued to eat my pudding as he started his sandwich.

"When did you move here?" He asked.

Last night.

"A week ago. We just finished getting settled in." I lied. It was scary sometimes how easy it was to think of lies. I believed them more than the truth sometimes. It was easier that way.

"Where from?" He asked. I had to think about that. Where were we last?

"Missouri," I said. I hoped he wouldn't ask any more questions about moving. He was really doing a number on my nerves and I didn't know how great my lies would be soon.

"I have some family there. It's nice." I nodded and scooped another spoonful of chocolate pudding in my mouth. I looked around and noticed a small group of people watching us and it seemed like they were talking about us.

"Are those friends of yours?" I asked, pointing to them. Andrew turned to look at them and blushed as he glared at them. They quickly laughed and started walking away.

"Yeah, they're my friends." Why were they laughing at him then? "I just usually have problems talking to pretty girls. They had to practically force me over here."

So he didn't want to talk to me. I nodded and looked down at my pudding cup. I was let down but I didn't want to admit that. He quickly backtracked.

"That didn't come out the way I meant it. I meant that," he paused and blushed about as bad as I had been earlier. "I saw you this morning getting out of the car with those two guys and I couldn't stop staring at you. I wanted to introduce myself but I was too embarrassed. I'm really, really… shy." He admitted, looking everywhere but me with the blush still painted on his face.

I smiled and felt my butterflies. He thought I was pretty and he liked me. Nobody had ever said something like that to me before. At least not to my face.

I took a deep breath. "I think… you're really… cute, too." I admitted, also looking everywhere but him. I ate another spoonful of my pudding, the last spoonful.

"Really?" He asked, looking back at me. I looked back up at him and nodded. We both smiled and he scooted closer to me. I was panicking on the inside as he continued to lean closer to me. I didn't know what to do but I was pretty sure he wanted to kiss me.

Luckily the bell rang. I felt relief but smiled softly at Andrew as we both picked up our garbage and our book bags. I noticed just how tall he was when we stood, but he probably just seemed really tall because I was so short. I was really only 5' and a couple inches.

"Can I see you after school? Maybe we can get something to eat since we didn't finish our lunches." He said as we walked towards the school and threw our garbage in a trash can as we passed. I smiled and nodded.

"I'll meet you by the tree," I said, referring to the one we had just vacated. He smiled and nodded back. I had to get to class and I could see Sam waiting for me at the end of the hall. He was smirking at us and leaning against the wall with his arms crossed. He was so going to get an earful for spying on me. I awkwardly waved to Andrew and walked past him towards Sam. We had most of our classes together, thankfully.

"Wait," Andrew grabbed my hand gently to stop me. I turned back towards him. He quickly looked around, checking for something, before he quickly leaned down and kissed my lips. It was so quick that I was staring at him as he walked away in the opposite direction. My heart was thumping madly in my chest and it felt like it was trying to break free.

My first kiss. I smiled and touched my fingers to my lips as I turned back around.

"So is he your boyfriend now?" Sam teased as soon as I reached him. I just smiled and shrugged as we entered our English class. I hoped the rest of the day would pass quickly so I could meet up with Andrew again.

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I just wanted to say thanks to everyone who has read and commented and everything so far. I hope you guys all like it. I know this one was really short but the next one is longer and I'll update soon.