Cheers To Puberty

Chapter 1. Have you guys heard?

Alexandra's POV

Walking the streets like a zombie seems part of my everyday morning routine lately. It's like a heavy battle of self control to drag myself out of bed and once my feet hit the ground my mind switches to autopilot for the rest of the morning. Let's just say mornings are not really my thing.

Halfway through my walk to school I return to the land of the living. I realise

I sigh heavily as I drag myself to my locker. Luckily it's friday. Just a few hours away from freedo...

"Aahh!" The air in my lungs is suddenly cut short and I clasp my fingers around the strong arm that's curled around my neck. "Fucking hell" I mutter with the little air I have left.

Although I know it's a 'friendly' greeting from one of my 'lovely friends', the action is a bit too strong and harsh to not react like a scared cat.

I should count myself lucky it's only seconds before I'm released with a nuckle head and a kiss on my temple. "Morning sunshine" says Nick while he smirks proudly at my reaction.

"Argh, fuck off, Nicky". I try to tame my hair back to normal and shield my face to hide the slight blush I feel creeping up. It's moments like these where I doubt if my body is build properly... Who starts to blush from a kiss on the temple when you're getting semi-strangled and a nuckle head with it?

One would think I'm used to these types of ambushes scince these things happen on a daily base. But no.

"Lovely as always" Nick replies, giving me a tiny bit of space but keeps his arm slung around me.

You see, Nick is one of my childhood friends. We met in second grade and it instantly clicked. Scince then we learned how to skate, we terrorised the neighbourhood, played soccer, had pool parties, you name it. It was fun. And I don't know where I went wrong, but somehow I started seeing him in a different light about two/three years ago...

Actually I do know where I went wrong. He started kissing me on the temple in a way of saying sorry for the pranks he pulls on me... And he is the only one who calls me Lexie. Which makes me feel somewhat special. It's unhealthy, I know.

But from the way he treats me I can tell he still sees me as one of the guys. He just doesn't go easy on me.

I have managed to control my crush on him over time. But when he does stuff like kiss my temple or hang his arm around me loosly, my cheeks have a mind of their own.

"Why so agressive?!" I exclaim, shoving him with my elbow to extend the space between us so I can stretch my neck a bit. He only chuckles, finding my morning struggles and reaction to his ambush highly amusing. Ugh, Moron.

"Why can't you just greet me like a normal person. You know, say hi and give a small wave or something." I whine.

He leans in a bit. "You know you love it, Lexie" he murmurs against my ear. And with a wink he removes his arm. "See you at lunch Sunshine" he says as he starts stroling down the opposite hallway.

I roll my eyes. Here I go again. My cheeks warm up and there's nothing I can do about it. What's wrong with me...

I finaly arrive at my locker. Being quick to take my books out and shoving them in my bag, I close my locker to start the day. First up is Math. Not my best, but certainly not my worst subject. I would take math ten times over history.

I can learn all songtexts of the top 40 hit songs faster then grab the essence of an hour history lesson. Yeah, my brain is that selective.

While walking to my first class, someone hooks its arm around mine. It doesn't surprise me to see Ava next to me, being wide awake and almost hopping with excitement. "What has you in such a good mood?" I ask, getting straight to the point.