𝐇𝐢𝐬 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 - 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐬𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐱 𝐅𝐞𝐦 𝐎𝐂

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐁𝐨𝐨𝐤

Maybe it was his interest in books or his dorky personality that made me fall but whatever it was it was enough to make him practically live in my mind. Sometimes after school I head down to Jericho library and spend my afternoon there reading books and doing homework but a few weeks ago I started to notice a boy who was only there whenever I was. At first I was freaked out like, who wouldn't be? But everyday I found myself staring over the top of my book at him. It's just he was so... I don't know. I will never tell a single person that I've fallen for the outcast from a school full of outcasts. There would be uproar over it if anyone found out, the smart pretty popular girl falls for the dorky nerd. No one can ever know.

"Valerie? VALERIE HAVEN!" Enid screaming in my ear and snapping her fingers in front of my face breaks me out of my trance and brings me back to reality.

"Sorry I was just.. Never mind, what were you saying?"

"I was saying that my new roomie gets here today! I can't wait to meet her! We are gonna have so much fun having movie nights, painting each others nails, talking about gossip etc!"

"$10 your 'roomie' is an emo," I say tauntingly knowing that I'm most likely wrong but hey there is always a chance I'm right it's like a 50 50.

"You're on!" She places her hands on her hips and stands up confidently, "She should be here within the hour so have that $10 ready!" She yells over her should while strutting away to her dorm confidently. Just before I'm about to stand up to leave I see that same boy from library sitting on a bench looking up from a book every few seconds to.. look in my direction? Every time he looks over I get butterflies in my stomach and I can feel myself burn up a bit. You know what? Fuck it I'm going to speak to him and embarrass myself. Wait, should I really? Stop being a pussy. But what if he judges meee? Fuck up and talk to him already. Ok I'm done arguing with the voice in my head and get up and walk towards him.

"Hi!" I've fucked up already haven't I?

"Hi," he thinks I'm weird abort mission abort.

"what book are you reading?" Please god let this be a normal conversation and don't let me fumble and embarrass myself.

"The demonologist," He doesn't look like the type of person to read that kinda stuff.

"Really? I loved that book! Do you like Ed and Lorraine?" I say back enthusiastically hoping that he does indeed like them and I didn't just make a fool out of myself.

"Yea, their work is fascinating!" He says lifting his head to look me in the eyes for the first time. Now is the time to fight the butterflies and fight going absolutely red.

"What's your favorite case of theirs?"

"Probably the Annabelle case." No way that's his favorite.

"Yea Annabelle case is good but it doesn't come close to The Enfield Poltergeist." I say smirking and folding my arms.

"Nope Annabelle case is simply better I don't make the rules." He says laughing and looking back down at his book. I can definitely feel myself going red so it is time end the best conversation of life.

I chuckle and say, "Alright...wait what's your name? You  never told me it."

"Rowan," Even his name is attractive.

"Mine's-" before I can even speak he cuts me off.

"Valerie?"

"Yea, how'd you know?" I say freaked out but intrigued to find out how.

"I heard Enid scream it at you," He says laughing and burying his head further into the book sitting between his knees.

"Well I'll talk to you later Rowan," I say once again laughing, I can't help but laugh around him he just makes me want to laugh and smile all the time.

"See you," He lifts his head up to reveal that his cheeks are painted a rose colour. Is he going red because of me? I shoot him a warm smile a begin to walk away trying not to scream out of pure joy. I turn a corner when I'm faced with Enid and another girl who I don't recognize but I'm going to assume it's her room mate. She definitely owes be $10. She sees me and waves before running towards me, her room mate following not to far behind her.

"Val! This is my new roomie Wednesday! Wednesday this is my friend Valerie!" I wave at her room mate but instead on waving back she just stares. Doesn't utter a word. Just gives me a cold dead stare showing not a hint of emotion. I awkwardly lower my hand and hiss at Enid.

"You owe me $10."

"Piss off Val," She says half laughing before grabbing her room mate and pulling her towards the court yard. I continue my journey back to my dorm.

"Val? Is that you?" My room mate calls back to me holding a pair of straighteners and pulling them through her hair.

"Yea it's only me! Are you going out with Marcus again?" I yell now lying on top of my bed in a starfish position.

"Yea we are just going down to town for some dinner, I won't be back till curfew!" Yess I love it when she goes down into town for the night because it means I get the dorm to myself and can do whatever the fuck I want. Maybe I should go down to the library for a while? I don't know, if I do I might see Rowan but if I don't then I can sit here by myself.

A/N

I'm so sorry if you don't understand the whole thing with ed and lorraine for some context they were ghost hunter is the 70's 80's. Sorry if it's bad or has bad grammer I'm writing this as 1am while it's snowing.

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