Bad and Broken (H.S)

Chapter 2

After I told Leila about 'Hotty,' she spent the whole day looking out for the mysterious hot-guy, and I spent the whole day trying to hide my head. In all our classes she "discreetly" checked every face, yet none were the guy I started to hope had been a figment of my imagination.

Leila decided he was probably the friend or brother of someone at our school. That fact was not disappointing, it diminished the last little bit of fear I had of seeing him again. I think she was disappointed though, she was probably already planning her meeting with him in her head, I wouldn't even be surprised if she had imagined their marriage as well. Okay, that may be taking it a little too far.

My dread sparked back up again after school had finished. Leila and I were walking out of the school gates and I could feel eyes on me again, like I had that morning. I looked around me and made eye contact with 3 other random people before I found what I was looking for. He was there. looking hotter than ever. As I saw him he casually looked away from me and started talking to the other guy he was with. Thankfully not the one from that morning. Seeing two witnesses to my cringeworthy moment may have been too much to handle.

"Leila, don't look now or ill hurt you, but the guy is over there by the gates." I whispered to her.

"Oh my god you're kidding me!" She screeched and she wildly flung her head around and scanned the area before her eyes landed on their target. "No way! That guy winked at you? Far out El, you could be the luckiest girl on the earth right now!" One day, Leila will find her self being pushed off a balcony, by me.

"You're forgetting the fact that I also experienced the most shameful event of my life so far with him. Also, he probably winks at every girl he sees. Now c'mon lets walk through the gates and pretend nothing ever happened." I headed off and left an awed Leila behind me, but she was only gone for a second.

"Elli Look! 'Mr. Hot' is talking to Liam! We can get Liam to introduce us to him!" She basically screamed in my ear. Liam is a friend of ours from the grade above us, although he had been kept back a few years when he was younger. Sometimes he would hang out with our group and come to parties with us. Maybe the mystery guy is in Liam's grade?

"No. I don't need you embarrassing me any further." I replied after hesitating for a while.

"Me? Never!" she winked at me. I barely had time to think before Leila had started dragging me by the arm toward them. Her grip was vice like, probably leaving angry red indents in my skin. I would be lying if I said I wasn't nervous. In fact, I would be lying if a said it didn't feel like one hundred lions were attacking my stomach. I had the worst case of butterflies and Leila was her usual confident self. Once again I found myself jealous of her no fear attitude.

"Elli and Lee, hey girls." Liam grinned at us as we approached, but I hardly heard or saw him, because the mystery guy and me had locked eyes... Again. A small smile played on his lips while his gorgeous eyes captivated me... Again. Quickly deciding I didn't want to die of embarrassment, not yet anyway, I smiled back then drew my attention back to Liam, but not before stumbling on a rock and projecting a few brightly wrapped tampons out of my bag.

"Smooth one Els." I muttered under my breath and I debated wether to pick them up or not. May as well do the smart thing and not litter. Could my embarrassment get any worse? Probably not.

After a few awkward seconds I glanced up at Leila who's jaw was hanging open, a dark cave of despair. I sent her a glare then sighed and muttered a half hearted 'hey' to Liam and snuck a quick glance at the mystery guy. He was watching me with a cool and calculating look on his face and when I turned to face Liam I had a feeling the boy with no name was still burning holes into the back of my head with his eyes. Liam was failing to stifle his laughter.

"Well ladies, this is the one and only Harry Styles." Liam jerked his thumb towards his companion and I couldn't help but think that even his name was sexy. Too bad I ruined every chance that I could ever have possibly had with him.

"Hey. Its just Harry, though." Said the 'mystery guy.' Now he had a name and a voice, which was unsurprisingly deep and sexy. His accent added yet another layer of beauty to his voice. Was there anything about this guy that wasn't attractive?

"I am Leila and this is my tampon dropping, heart stopping, single friend, Ellie!" Said my soon to be very dead friend. I resisted the urge to whip around and kick her in the shin. She laughed and I made a mental note to deliver that kick later. I really need some better friends.

I snuck another glance at Harry and saw he was also smirking at me.

Becoming uncomfortable under his gaze I started to speak, "As much as I'd love to stay, I actually have to get home." Not uttering another word I started heading out of the gates. And I would have made it out too, if Liam didn't invite me and Leila to hang out at the beach with him and Harry and a few other of their friends that afternoon. I was going to deny the request, I really was, But 'Okay fine' slipped out of my mouth before I could stop it.

"That's the spirit El. Want a lift?"
He gestured towards two motorbikes parked outside the gates.

"No, thanks. Lei can drive us." I quickly replied, I didn't want to be the one awkwardly stuck behind Harry on his roaring machine of death.

"Okay fair enough, see you there." Liam ran a hand through his brown hair and chucked Leila a smile before him and Harry headed towards their motorbikes.

I couldn't understand why I just agreed to going, I was usually one to avoid unnecessary social activity. A smirking Lei stepped in front of me.

"I should probably murder you. It would be the best thing too do." I said with no emotion in my voice.

But she ignored me and started to ramble on about how cute Harry and I would look together. Despite everything she said, I presumed Harry probably wouldn't be into relationships. Especially not a relationship with me. I felt like he was just a one time fling kind of guy, maybe it was the fact that he could probably get any girl he wanted.

But I could still try and impress him right? Redeem my self esteem? Surely the line of embarrassing events was over for me today. I just had to try and play it cool when we hung out at the beach. If only I knew what I was I getting myself into.

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