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Chapter 15

Callie's POV:

As soon as I reach the school doors, I head straight for the beach. I find a nice spot on the sand and watch the calming waves crash onto the shore.

"Hey" a boy says coming up behind me, "your Callie, right?"

I look into the tall boy with long blonde hair's eyes and nod.

"I think we have English together" he says sitting down next to me. "That was a great slap, by the way. I'm surprised no one started clapping, cause we were all wishing we could have been the ones to do that"

I silent laugh when I realize that I wasn't the only one that hated Talya.

"Hey I know this is sudden, but I don't suppose you would want to go and grab some lunch somewhere?" He asks me.

I pause for a moment, then decide "sure" I say smiling.

Not only was a cute guy asking me out, I had a somewhat good reason to skip the rest of school.

"Cool!" He says smiling his schoolboy and grin and getting up. After he helps me up, we walk to his black, run down car and begin driving.

"So you're the vice principals foster daughter, right?" He asks.

"Yeah. But I'm going to be adopted soon"

"Oh that's awesome, so you'll be apart of their family"

Before I have a chance to respond, I hear a clunking noise and the car slowly comes to a stop.

"Um what just happened?" I ask him, worried.

He looks at me and then gets out of the car and pops the hood. "Shit" he says under his breath and walks back to the car. "Um.." He begins.

"The engine broke down didn't it?" I say laughing.

He nods embarrassed.

"Do you have anyone you could call?" I ask.

"No, my parents are at work, plus they
Would kill me if they found out I was skipping school."

"I can call Brandon. He has a car" I offer, trying to be helpful.

•••

After calling Brandon and waiting silently outside Wyatts car along side the road, he finally says something.

"Sorry this was such a bust. I'm so embarrassed. I just wanted to take you out to a nice lunch for so long and when I finally do, my car breaks down"

"No it's okay!" I say blushing, "I think it's sweet"

Then, the next thing I know, his lips crash onto mine. Startled, I freeze for a second and then kiss back.

Then I hear a car pull up next to us and Brandon rolls down his window.

I quickly release from the kiss and awkwardly look at Brandon.

"Let's go" he says looking annoyed. I give Wyatt one last look and get in the car.