Rosy Cheeks

plannings; 2.01

Unedited per usual, plus there's probably some antibiotic induced oddities in here
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The girl came to school the next day after a sleepless night, caused by her appalling reaction to the boys question. She had managed to work herself up to the verge of a panic attack from how terrible she felt, knowing that she would've been completely shattered if the manner of the situation had been reversed (not that shed ever have the courage to ask anyone out on a date.)  Her friends had sent her encouraging words all through the night, that offered input and advice on how she should proceed with Rosy Cheeks that day; only after she sent all of them a four text message story on how much of an idiot she was. They reassured her that she could fix what she had done, although she admited she didn't think she was quite ready to start a relationship, as she was always rather cautious when it came to trusting new people, despite that the boy had never shown her any reason to question his actions.

As she scurried down the hallways in hunt for the boy before homeroom started, her heart kept in her chest as she caught sight of him entering the art room. After taking the deepest breath she could (which caused the hair that had fallen in front of her face to fly everywhere), she took quick yet graceful strides over to him, and drummed her tiny fingers against the back of his arm to gain his attention.

His head had quickly snapped around, his body entering what seemed like a defense mode before he relaxed after recognizing the girl. When he stopped walking, the girl frowned at his appearance. His short hair which was usually neatly styled was severely dishelved, chocolate brown eyes dreary and haunted by newly forming blue-tinted circles. Had she done this to him? He looked more exhausted than she did, and just taking him in had her subconsciously smoothing out the hair in her messy bun.

"Hi." She greeted softly, her hand falling to her side.

"Uh, hey." The boy replied, scratching at the back of his neck.

They stood silently for what seemed like the hundredth time since they'd met, despite the fact that they both were rather comfortable in each others presence. The girl cleared her throat as she watched the color in the boy's cheeks start to grow.

"Oh Rosy Cheeks.." She whispered, unsure if he had heard her or not. He did, but he made no recognition of it (although he was still a tad puzzled by the name.) "I'm sorry about yesterday, really."

He nodded slowly after a moment of no response. His hands were shoved lazily into his the pockets of his slim fitted jeans again, and he gave her a weak smile. "It's fine, Pale Eyes." 

The girl shook her head furiously. "No, it's not." She said firmly, readjusting the straps of her backpack. "I know how t-terrible it must've seemed.. its just.. I.. I don't.. trust people easily... w-with my feelings. And recently people have done a lot of things to b-betray that."

The boy frowned and was about to say something when the girl continued to speak. She had the need to explain herself to him, to make him understand that she just needed more time to get to know him.

"What I'm trying to say is.. is that I don't want to rush things like I have before. I.. I want to be f-friends with you first. And I was w-wondering if maybe you'd, uh, want to go to um.. The movies with my f-friends and I this Friday." She finished, somewhat pleased that she didn't totally screw up what she had wanted to say.

Rosy Cheeks' mouth opened and closed, taking in what she had said.

Then a smile appeared on his tired face, "Friday sounds fantastic." He replied, scrunching his nose as he often did when he smiled.

Pale Eyes almost clapped her hands in excitement that all her worried had been for nothing. In fact, she was so happy, that she found herself throwing her arms around the boy for the second time that week.

And this time, it took less than a second for the boy to entangle his arms around her and squeeze her back.
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Bella's note: WE HIT 1K VOTES AND ABOUT 9K READS AND THATS INSANE AND I LOVE YOU, YOURE ALL AMAZING WITH YOUR COMMENTS AND VOTES AND SUPPORT WHAT THE HECK THANK YOU!!!!!!! IF I WASNT ON MOBILE ID PUT @ EVERY AMAZINF READER IN THE DEDICATION!

And after that note, this chapter was going to go a whooooole different route with a really late phone call between the two after Pale Eyes hesitating for forever, but I thought it was more important to her character that it shows how badly she worries about things for later parts of the story.

Speaking of the later story, I have planned this WHOLE book out and theres 19 chapters left! So probably a month or maybe more/less of updates depending on how often I can update.

Anyway, much love again!
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