"Hannah-Mae?" I hear brads voice.
"What?" I ask, sounding a bit aggressive.
"You left your coat." He holds it out to me.
"Oh," I begin. "Thanks." I mumble, then continue to walk quickly down the path past him.
"You know, you should at least try to get along with me, we are neighbours and sort of sharing land." He says louder so I can hear him.
"Just because your my neighbour doesn't mean I have to be your friend." I reply bluntly.
"Sorry for trying, I just don't want to make it awkward for you." He says passively.
"This passive thing you're pulling won't work on me, so stop trying to do whatever your doing." I say defensively, I'm definitely coming off as a bit strange right now.
"I'm trying to reason with you." He replies.
There's a moment of silence before he starts talking again.
"Look at them, all perfectly getting along. Your parents, my parents. I highly doubt that they won't want to meet up again." He says as he reaches me.
"Leave me alone." I say and quicken my pace, but he only catches up with me.
"Why are you avoiding me?" Brad asks getting cocky now with a smug look spread across his face.
If he thinks I like him in that way he is partly correct. No, he's not. He's heavily mistaken, I would never be interested in anyone like him.
"Why?" He says still smirking and bringing his body close to mine.
I step back, away from him. "Seriously, leave me alone." I say and finally put my coat on after.
By the time my coats on and I've sped up and am well ahead of Brad, I have reached the car and quickly got in.
"Bye Hannah-Mae." Brad says and I ignore him.
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That night I kept replaying everything that had just happened in my head. It was so different to all of my other social encounters, I didn't know what to think of it at all. I knew that there was a fine line between me thinking he was cocky and that he was very attractive. I tried to push all the thoughts away and sleep, but that wasn't successful until 1:30 am.I woke like every teenage girl that's currently crushing, but completely denies the fact they are- in my room already panicking about seeing Brad again. I don't want him to hate me, but I also want him to at the same time. I know that I definitely shouldn't where any black though.
I get up and dressed into a pair of worn out denim shorts and a random white shirt. I go downstairs and see my phone lit up on the counter top.
I pick it up and view the text message.
*mum*
We've gone out to get some stuff for the house, won't be back til four, if u leave make sure u lock the door. Xxx
*****I sigh and put my phone back down. I slip on some shoes and go outside the back door into the fields, I stick to the edge of our side, which is as far away from Brad's house as I can get.
Just as I reach the end I hear a loud bark, I turn and see a blonde fluffy dog running over to me. I look up from the dog and see Brad. This must be a joke, how would he even know I was out here? Maybe it's just a coincidence. Or he was looking out the window and saw me outside then decided to come out himself just to see me. I prefer option two, but it's more likely that it's just a coincidence.
He gets closer to me and I'm faced with that question, do I quickly leave or stay waiting for him? I find myself walking over to him, what am I doing?
"What brings you out here? I thought you were a more indoor person." He says as I approach him.
"No, come on I used to live in London, which basically means going shopping all day." I tell him.
"Well, okay. Anyway what was up with you last night?" He asks.
"Wouldn't it make more sense for me to ask you that." I protest.
"I guess you could, but I want an answer from you first." He says and that smirk returns.
"I'm not really after your attention, if that's what you mean by me acting strange." I tell him.
"What attention?" He says still with that stupid grin on his face.
"You know what I mean." I say.
"Define 'you know what I mean'?" He is still smirking and its annoying me a lot right now.
"If you want me to tell you I have a thing for you, I won't." I begin then add. "Because I don't."
"Okay, good, because I didn't really want you to tell me you had a thing for me." He replies.
"Good, because I wasn't going to." I say and walk away from him, trying to look somewhat independent and feminine for once, but I feel like a stupid little girl.
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I'm still thinking about that Brad until I'm distracted and there's a knock on the door. I get up to answer it and try to think of who it could be, my parents won't be back for atleast another three hours and Brad would probably just come inside from the back. Why do I keep bringing him into everything?
I open the door and there's no one.
It's probably just some stupid twelve year old messing with me, so I just shut the door and return to watching tv.
A minute later and there's a knock at the door again, I ignore it knowing it's probably one of those ignorant little kids.
After about five more minutes there is another knock, I decide that I'm going to catch these kids out, so I crawl to the door being as silent as possible then jump up and quickly fling the door open.
"I swear if you come back here again-" I shout then instantly stop as I realise who it is.
Brad.
"Um well, hi." He says looking somewhat scared and trying not to laugh at the same time.
"Sorry, I didn't realise it was you." I say quietly.
"That's okay." He begins. "I came over to ask if you wanted to start over."
"Yeah, okay." I say still not finding the courage to speak up.
"Bye." He says and turns on his heel walking back to his house.
I shut the door and mentally slap myself for being so stupid. Why did I do that? Why didn't I open the door then check who was there?
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A Beginners Guide To Falling In Love
Teen FictionA beg•inn•ers gui•de to fall•ing in lov•e. A book for beginners explaining what to do and not to do whilst in love and not in love. Comes with many examples of what not to do in certain situations and when in a relationship. Guide also helps give y...