Arctic Atlantic

Chapter Three: Congratulations

"No," I repeat. "Wait yes... Are you serious?"

"Yea," he says, and grins. "Whatdaya say? Wanna go to The Spring Fling with me?" The Spring Fling is the name of the Formal this year.

"Sure, yes, of course--" I stutter. He laughs. He hands his phone to one of his friends, and drapes his arm around me, handing me the flowers.

"Smile, chica. The camera is right there," he whispers. I put on the best smile I can, and his friend snaps a couple pictures. Then he grabs his phone and my hand and turns toward my first period class, swinging my hand as we go.

"What are you doing, isn't your class the other direction?" I ask. And he's still wearing a speedo. He has a nice... uhm... body.

"Are you complaining?" he asks.

"No, no, not at all. I'm just wondering," I stutter. Great work Bex!!

"Alrighty then. Just thought I'd walk you to your class, me being a gentleman and all," he smirks. We continue on.

"Well, this is your stop I guess," he says, fake pouting.

"Actually, it's not. We're behind the building my class is in," I tell him.

"Not your stop permanently, just your stop so I can kiss you without anyone seeing." Then he presses his lips to my cheek. He pulls back after about a second. I'm not really ashamed to say that was way too short. "See you in math," he whispers, then winks and walks away. I'm left standing there, totally frozen. My cheek is tingly, and my stomach feels like butterflies are literally inside it. The first bell rings, and I'm still standing there. It's not until the sprint bell, informing you that you have two minutes to get to class, that my legs finally work again. I hurry to history, drop my backpack by my desk, and sink down in the chair. HoLY FREAKING HELL ZAID BATEMAN JUST KISSED ME! My thoughts are screaming, if that's possible. Winter walks in, and I rush to her. I don't even say anything, I just squeal. Again. Yikes. A couple of the kids turn and look at me. I don't care.

"What? Why are you squealing. What happened?!" Winter practically screams. The last bell rings, and our teacher yells at us to sit down. He's not a mean teacher or anything, it just takes a lot to get us to quiet down first thing in the morning. I get out my phone and wave it at Winter, implying that I'll text her. While our teacher takes attendance, I quickly type everything that happened this morning, leaving out the kiss (not sure if I want to tell her that yet).

I hear her squeal from a few rows over. She looks at me and silently screams. She's really excitable.

When the bell finally rings, she rushes over to me.

"OH MY GOSH AHHHH!" she squeals.

"I KNOW!" I whisper-yell. "Oh! There's Matt I'm gonna tell him!"

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The bell rings, signaling the end of the day.

My last period is math, which I share with both Matt and Zaid.

For some reason, Matt hurried out of the classroom the second the bell rung, leaving me to walk with Zaid. Not complaining.

"Did you understand that lesson at all?" he asks, shaking his head.

"Yea, I got some of it," I reply modestly.

"You're hot, and a genius," he mutters. I blush and smile down at the floor.

"If you're gonna smile, at least direct it towards me some of the time," he fake pouts. "It's the highlight of my day." I blush even harder, if that's possible. I physically cannot register that a boy, my age, thinks I am attractive. My mind is like, "oh nah this is just a hallucination." My own brain doesn't even believe in me.

Way too soon, we're at his truck. It's a super-stereotypical, beat up, old blue Ford.

"You got a ride?" he asks.

"Yea unfortunately. I take our boat home with my brother and neighbor," I reply.

"Wait, is your brother Brooks?" he asks.

"Yep."

"You look pretty similar."

"Except for the fact that he took all the good looking genes before I was born," I pout.

"I wouldn't say that at all. I should congratulate your parents for the masterpiece that is Bex Briar," he grins. Then Brooks walks out to the parking lot with Shelby, and Zaid winks at me, gets in his truck, and drives off. We all pile into the bus that will take us to the dock a few minutes away.

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A/N: Yes yes yes it's supposed to move this fast. 💙 Next chap is better!