if we just had time.

chapter nineteen

Isabella Evergreen

Isabella did it. She told someone her life story.

She was shedding tears as she was telling the story to theodore. The one person who she thought she wouldn't tell the story to. As she was telling him, his mouth was agar. Then she fell asleep with him holding her.

She found it weird, but she found him comforting. She can do and say anything with theodore. It was something she found in him that was so comforting. she didn't know what it was. But, when she woke up with his arms around her waist, she felt something in her stomach again. It was a weird feeling.

She read a lot of romance fiction books, and not one described the comfort and safeness she felt with theodore. When she silently told Theodore that she didn't care if he came with her and her mother, she did. She wanted to tell him she would love him to come with them. She didn't want to feel judged or scared when she walked by people on the streets. She wanted to feel protected and safe.

Mary Ann and Isabella were in her dorm room, on her bed, talking, while waiting for theodore.

"So, when did you both meet?" Isabella's mother asked.

Well, he poured a bucket of water on me at a party and outed me to everyone about my scars and bruises by my so-called father, who says he loves me very very much, but I know it's not true because if he did love me, he wouldn't have hurt me in any way whatsoever. Isabella wanted to say but she really said; "through a project we are doing on London's history."

When will we ever do that project again?

"That sounds nice." the nice lady smiled. "He seems to really like you."

Isabella looked at her confused. "What do you mean?"

"The way he looks at you. He looked at you like you're so fragile." she explains.

She never noticed that before. She just thought he was trying to be nice because she was fragile. She breaks piece by piece everyday. She didn't know that he looked at her in any way.

There was a knock on the door and someone came in. It was theodore. "Ready?" he asked the two girls.

"Yes, dear." Mary Ann said, smiling at the chocolate haired boy.

They walked out of the room, down the corridors, to the outside. Mary Ann brought her car so they didn't walk. They got in the car, Theodore in the back and the two girls in the front.

As Mary Ann was driving Isabella was fidgeting with her hands. She does that when she's anxious. Sometimes she doesn't even know why she is anxious.

Once they got to their destination, they all got out of the car and started walking down the concrete floor.

Isabella was by Theodore and he nudged her gently on the arm. "Alright?" he asked quietly for her mother not to hear. "You seemed nervous in the car."

She looked up at him and nodded. "I'm fine." She said, smiling. She was okay now. Theodore was next to her and she wasn't nervous or scared.

He looked in her eyes to see something. Isabella looked back. Isabella saw a sparkle. His eyes were a beautiful shade of brown. They were the most beautiful shade Isabella had ever seen. She wanted his eyes. They were perfect.

But Isabella and Theodore didn't realise that they both stopped to look at each other. When they both looked away, they saw Mary Ann looking at them just a few feet away. She was smiling at them.

"You two would be perfect together." She said.

What? No, we're just friends. There's nothing going on between us, I just- then Isabella realised the feelings she got when she was around theodore. She fancies Theodore Scott.