A lot of people can't get out of bed in the morning. I don't know why, but this is just not the case with me. At the moment my alarm went off, I sat straight up in my bed. I was way too stressed to think about sleep. Today was my first day on school and I really wanted to make a good impression to my new schoolmates. I needed to look good. And with that, i meant stunning.
I climbed out of my bed and just sat on the edge. Needing a plan I sat there and thought. Finally I decided to take a shower, then pick out my outfit and then do my make-up. While walking to the bathroom I thought about today, it was going to be great! Well, at least i hoped for it to be great...
Once I was finally ready for school I looked on my watch. 7.45.
''Great, now I still have fifteen minutes to get to the post office.'' I said to myself.
I grabbed my jacket and my house keys, took my bag with me and left my house. On my way to the post office I visited the grocery store to buy something to eat at lunch. After that I headed straight to the post office.
Jackson was already there when I arrived. He was leaning against his car while waiting on me. For a second I stopped walking and just watched him. Not in the creepy stalker way, it was just glancing for a second. He looked calm, just scrolling through his phone, I guess.
"Jackson!" I yelled at him.
He looked up. I could see the smile on his face as he saw me. "Well hello there!" He said when I was closer to him.
"Damn, you could have told me that you were going to be this early, we still have uhh.." I took a look at my watch. "Seven minutes until eight."
''I know, I was kind of bored so I figured it would be more useful to just wait here until you came around."
"I guess that makes sense" I said with a frown.
''Well, uhh.. Marylin, you look.. You look really nice today..."
Okay, the way he said that was way too cute. He had this blush on his face as he looked down and said that. I don't know why, but in some kind of way it was pretty adorable.
"Aww, Jackson, Thank you!" I gave him my nicest smile.
"You're welcome!" That adorable blush was already getting off his cheeks.
"Maybe we should get to school, we'll have enough time to talk in your car." I said with a smile.
He nodded. "Let's get in the car then."
Jackson opened the door from the car for me right before I wanted to open it. What a gentleman.
"Get in!" He said with a smile.
While giving him a sweet smile I stepped into his car. He closed the door for me and then stepped in on the driver's side.
I looked outside the window. "It's so weird to have you around, Jackson."
"Huh, what do you mean?" He raised his eyebrow.
"I mean, yesterday I met you and you're so kind to me, but yesterday was the first real day that I actually lived here."
"Oh, that."
"It's sweet of you to drive me to school." I wasn't lying at all, I really appreciated it.
"No problem, you're a very nice girl!"
I scanned his face for any sarcasm but I couldn't find any signals.
Again I was about to look at the window. This time I felt Jackson's eyes looking to me. Not sure why, but I always felt it when someone was looking at me. And now I was blushing.
"Why are you blushing?" He asked me.
Like it couldn't get any worse...
"How do you know?" I fired back, knowing that he wouldn't find a proper answer to that.
"I uhh.. Well.. I just saw it." Now he was the one to blush.
It actually made me laugh. I looked at him and saw that he was watching me from the corners of his eyes.
"I knew it." I said with a huge smirk.
"Uhh, what exactly?" He was playing so dumb, but his face was so guilty.
"I knew you were watching me. you're spying on me! You badass!" This time I was really laughing.
He shook his head, smiling. But he didn't say anything until we reached school.
When we arrived at school I saw how Jackson got, uhh, irritated by some boy on a bike. I walked up to them and they both looked at me. With a smile i said hello to the boy and then I turned to Jackson again. I shook my head and gave him a hug.
Maybe i shouldn't have done that. I felt how he froze at the moment i hugged him do i looked up. At first you could see the shock in his eyes, but then he looked down at me and smiled.
Okay, so maybe it was the right thing to give him a hug.
Some boys at the doors called him. ''Come on, let's go." I said. While walking away I turned my head around, looking at the boy. Another boy was next to him and they were talking about something. I looked back at Jackson and got into the school.
There were still 2 tables left in the classroom, exactly the place next to the boy from this morning, or behind him. Great. I decided to sit next to him, maybe he was a nice guy. Maybe i just needed to talk to him to find out. I tapped his shoulder.
''Hey, ehm, i don't know if you remember me from this morning, but i'm Marylin." I said when he turned his head around.
"Oh hey, I'm Scott. You were the girl with Jackson, right? "
"Yeah, What was the problem this morning? He seemed irritated." With a questioning look I looked at him.
"It was nothing, Jackson and I aren't very good friends. That's all."
I smiled. "I'm new over here, Jackson is my first friend, well, I think he's a friend."
"Mr. Mccal, can you shut your mouth for a second?" Both me and Scott turned our heads to the teacher. For some seconds we were silent, but then the teacher started to explain things again.
"You should be careful with him, as far as I know him, there is always some evil plan in his head." I heard Scott say.
He was being serious, I could see it. But what about this evil plan? I really thought that Jackson was a very sweet boy. Maybe it was just because they aren't good friends.
"Would you like to hang out sometime? You seem like a really nice guy to me!" I said to change the subject.
"Well, I have lacrosse training after school, maybe you can come?"
"Are you sure?" I asked with some hesitation.
"Yeah, it will be great! Oh and then you can meet my best friend, Stiles."
"Okay, I'll be there."
Scott and I were standing at scott's locker. We were waiting for Stiles, Scott's best friend. I saw how Scott kept looking to this girl who was on the other side of the hallway.
I grinned. "You like her don't you?"
"Huh, what? Oh, uhh, yeah, I think so." Apparently I woke him up from his daydream because he looked totally distracted.
"Who exactly is she?" I asked.
"She is, just like you, new to Beacon Hills."
"Oh, that's better, I'm not the only newbie."
A boy walked up to me and Scott. "Hey Scott!" He greeted Scott, and the he turned to me. " And uhh, who are you again?"
"Well, I'm Marylin. You probably don't know me yet, I'm new to Beacon Hills. "
"Nice to meet you Marylin, I'm Stiles." He gave me a smile.
When I looked at Scott again I saw him looking at that girl again. She was talking to another girl.
Right on the moment I wanted to look away I saw how Jackson walked up to them, put his arm around the second girl and kissed her.
Oh my god. Yeah, I could have known. He was way too hot to be single. Okay, even though he didn't know I actually liked him, I still felt like I was bitten by some poisonous snake.
Jackson turned his head my way and he probably have seen my face because right on the moment that our eyes crossed, he dropped his hand next to him and looked at the ground.
Some random girl walked to us and asked: ''Can someone tell me how the new girl is here for five minutes and is already hanging out with Lydia's clique?"
"Because she's hot, beautiful people hear together." Stiles answered.
I looked back at Jackson. He was looking at me again at the same time. Then he, the new girl and the girl who is probably his girlfriend walked away.
I was about to sit down on a bench when Jackson called my name. He ran towards me and sat down next to me.
"Sorry for what happened today." He looked really regretful and I wondered why.
"Why sorry? You didn't do anything wrong, did you?" I asked confused.
"That with lydia."
"Who is lydia?"
"The girl I kissed in the hallway?oh come on, I know you've seen it. You looked like you had seen a ghost."
"Well, I suppose she's your girlfriend, you only know me for 2 days now, so what is the big deal?" Well, maybe I sounded a bit bitchy, I didn't want him to know that I actually cared. He has a freaking girlfriend!
"I- well, I just- Yes she is my girlfriend, but I thought, maybe because you're new here and I was the first one you knew or something..."
"It doesn't matter, really.." I hid my 'I wanna cry' face with a smile.
"So... Another thing I wanted to say, or ask.. Do you want to come to my party? I'm giving one at my house."
"I'd love to go! Thanks for inviting me." I said with a smile. "But I think your training starts, you better get on the field."
"Yeah, I'll take you home after practise!"
"Thanks."
I watched him leave the bench and getting on the field. Scott was already on the field, I heard the coach say that he had to be in the goal. And Stiles was on the bench, Scott said that he was always on the bench. Now i couldn't help but feel sorry for the boy.
As soon as Scott had to keep the first ball out it hit his head. He fell down and I couldn't help to laugh about it. But when the second ball came, he catched it very easily. The same applied to the following balls. He was actually pretty good!
But then Jackson came, he threw the ball as hard as he could towards Scott. I held my breath and stared at the ball. It was like I was watching everything in slow motion. Scott caught the ball so easily, it was almost impossible! I jumped up and cheered, just like some other people did. Jackson turned his head towards me with an expression full of disbelief. I grinned.
After the training I waited at Jackson's car. When he arrived he had a grumpy face, but when I laughed at it his expression softened. We stepped in the car and drove home.
"Have you seen Scott?" I said in disbelief. "He was so good!"
He nodded. ''Yeah i've seen it. I don't know what went wrong, it is almost impossible to catch a ball in the angle i shoot it." He frowned. "It was like he has used something.."
"Jackson, you did totally fine, I'm as proud of you as I am of Scott."
He looked at me for a second. So I looked into his eyes and said: ''I mean it!''
A little smile appeared on his face.
''Thank you, Marilyn."
You're welcome, it's the least I can do after you drove me to school and now drive me back home."
As soon as I got home I turned on the radio, and sang along to every song I knew. Without any trouble I kept singing, doing my homework, and drawing random things. All to distract myself from Jackson.
And I was so proud of myself because it actually worked, until I went to sleep...
~ I really hope you liked this longer chapter. The next one will be up on Thursday, so stay patient.~
