Love at First Write

Chapter Seven:

I sat on the bleachers next to Olivia. I watched Charles as he ran down the field and then kicked the ball into the goal. I let out a huge sigh. Whoops!

Olivia looked at me like I was crazy.

"Woah," she said. "Does someone have a crush?" I sat up from where I was apparently slouching with my chin in the palm of my hand. "Me? No, of course not!" I exclaimed.

That actually never occurred to me. Did I have a crush? That's not possible! I mean, does having a crush make you feel like you want to throw up?

She rolled her eyes at me. "Whatever." She said and let out a little smirk. A few minutes later I heard a sigh behind me too. It was Natalie.

"Isn't Chris dreamy?" She asked. I actually didn't even know Chris was out there. I just decided not to respond.

"Hey Aspen," she said. "You and Charles would be really cute together." I felt my face get tomato red. "What?! Are you kidding? Of course not." I said.

She smiled at me and I turned to Olivia. "I think we should go," I said. She nodded and we got up from the stands.

Leaving for me was hard though. What? Did I just say that? Something is either wrong with me...or I really do have a crush. As we got home I quickly erased that thought with a little bit of Big Hero 6, which didn't actually help. It just made me cry. That's when I got a text from another unknown number.
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Charles's POV

I saw Aspen get up from the stands with a look of guilt on her face. She had her hair pulled up into a side ponytail as usual, showing all of her pretty face.
You see, I've never really been of a close friend of hers, but I just like to admire from afar.

All of a sudden I felt a sharp pain throughout my face starting from my nose and everything went black for a second. I felt something run down my face and realized it was blood. The pain got even stronger. I screamed. People came running towards me in an effort to calm me down.

"Dude, I'm sorry." Nic said. "Ugh," Natalie said. "Next time just make sure it's not too hard." Nic burst out laughing. "That's what she said." I said. Sasha groaned. "If you weren't hurt, I would've slapped you!" She said as she handed me a cloth. I smirked at her. "It's a boy thing, you wouldn't understand."

I'm pretty sure all of the girls rolled their eyes and the guys started laughing their heads off. "But seriously guys, what happened?" I asked. "I kicked you in the face with a soccer ball, duh. Didn't you see it flying at your face?" Nic said. I shook my head. Hamilton rolled his eyes. "Aspen." He said. I blushed. "Of course not!" I lied.

Everyone looked around. "What?" They all said in unison. "Oh," Hamilton said. "Can I tell them?" I nodded.

"Okay, so Charles had had a crush on Aspen for like forever and she finally noticed him, and he was probably checking her out." He finished. "I knew it!" Natalie yelled. I blushed. "Pssssh I wasn't checking her out....I was...merely looking at her. There's a difference!" I lied again. Everyone shot me with suspicious looks. "Yeah, okay whatever lets just get you cleaned up." Sasha said.

After we finished the game, we all went home. I decided to be brave. I texted Aspen. I already had her number in my phone that I got from Hamilton.

Me: Hey
Aspen: Hi. Who is this?
Me: Oh sorry, yeah this is Charles.
There was a pause...
Aspen: Oh hey! What's up?
Me: The sky.
Aspen: wow ok
Me: lol yeah
Aspen: gtg I have dance
Me: oh ok bye
Aspen: let's catch up later :)
Me: sure ;)

I flopped down onto my bed and took a deep breath.
Yesssss

OMG! Ok I'm not that excited...probably because I'm already planning what's going to happen next...yeah be prepared.
Love,
Mere