Forever and Always

4. First Days

Kaleb's POV

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"Hey man! What's up!" My best friend, Logan greets me just as I'm about to enter the classroom. I stop and turn around giving him a one arm hug.

"I can't believe we're back in school!"

"I know! There's so many hot chicks here!" I shake my head. Logan is a big time player and is usually seen with a different girl every week. I notice the crowd in the halls getting thinner and I start walking towards my class.

"I gotta go Logan but I'll see you afterschool. You're trying out for the soccer team right?"

"Yea I am. Great now I have some actual competition." I chuckle and leave without giving him a reply.

Just before the bell rings, I walk into the class room. I see the an empty chair near the right wall and settle myself at that table with 4 other guys. Nodding slightly in their direction, I listen to the teacher talk about the importance and significance of history. 

My eyes wander around the classroom and stop on a brunette sitting at an almost empty table with her head down and her hand furiously scribbling on her notebook paper. My breath catches in my throat as she raises her head and looks directly at me. Her honey colored eyes spark with curiosity and hold mine hostage. The guy next to me sneezes and I suddenly break the eye contact and distract myself with writing the notes from the board.

 Unable to help myself, I glance back at the mystery girl and she's already looking at me like she's trying to figure me out. I drop my eyes again and focus on my notes for the rest of the period. As soon as the bell rings, I head on over to my next class that's just across the hall with images of honey colored eyes swimming in my head.

When I walk into the science classroom, I can't believe my eyes. The girl is in my science class too! She sits right in front of me and every time she shifts, I can smell her vanilla shampoo. 

Most of the period goes by quickly before we finally split into small groups of two or three to work on some kind of get to know you project. 

I spot my name on the board next to two girls named Sammi and Maddelyn. As I'm headed to the lab tables, a small soft body hits me and falls down with a oomph. The scent of vanilla assaults my senses as I see the brunette sprawled out on the ground with her books thrown around the floor. I start picking up the books that have fallen. 

I can feel her eyes following my hand movement and I suddenly feel very self conscious.

"I'm sorry. I shouldn't be touching your stuff"

"That's okay! You can touch anything of mine that you want!" 

My eyes widen and I start to smirk at her blushing face. She quickly diverts her eyes and keeps her hand to her head. Guilt hits me and just as I open my mouth to ask if she's ok, the teacher is already instructing me to bring her down to the nurse.

A couple minutes later, the nurse has another set of instructions for me so I bring Maddelyn to the cafeteria so that she won't pass out anytime soon. I shove her carefully to the nearest table so that she can rest while I go get burgers for the both of us. 

Just as I'm paying for lunch, I hear a whimper by the potted plant so naturally, being the idiot I am, I drop my things by the side and move closer to investigate. The sight I see has me seeing red. I practically run towards Aaron and yank him away from my gir-I mean Maddelyn. 

I'm in a red haze and all I want to do is pummel my fists in Aaron's face so that's exactly what I do. I hear Maddeyln crying behind me and rage fills me. Then I feel a small hand on my fist that's about to hit Aaron's face and my body suddenly tingles and relaxes. Before I know it, Maddeyln has dragged me into the girl's bathroom because she noticed the cuts and blood on my knuckles.

She turns around and locks the door and I can't help but get close to her to try and catch a whiff of her vanilla scent. I sound like a pedophile but I can't help it. There's something about her that draws me to her like a moth towards a flame.

"Are you okay?" 

At the sound of my voice, goosebumps rise on her skin and I move her hair to the side so I can touch her neck. Suddenly she turns around and and pushes back against the door when she realizes how close I am.

"I...I...um yea! I'm fine!" 

Her voice is raising in pitch and I smirk. Her eyes are darting nervously at everywhere except for me.

"Do I make you nervous?" 

Her cheeks turn a light pink and I have a sudden urge to touch her. I trail my index finger down her arm and delight in the way she shivers. Just as I'm about to intertwine our fingers, she suddenly pulls away with a grimace.

 I glance down and I see Aaron's purple hand print on her tiny little wrist. Anger fills me again and I hear her say something but I'm too focused on my rage to listen. She leads me to the sink and cleans out my hand. Her cheeks are still slightly pink and her lips are pouting as her eyebrows draw closer together as she focuses on cleaning off all the blood.

"I'm sorry" 

I feel guilt seep into my anger and suddenly I just feel tired and sad. She says nothing. She just nods and continues rinsing out my hand.

Captivated by her expressions and her focused gaze on my hand I unconsciously start to lean in. Just before my lips touch hers, I crumple to the ground.

She kneed my in my nuts! I realize. 

Groaning I try to hold back on the embarrassment of being turned down and ignore the pain. I avoid her eyes and regain my composure as soon as I can before making hasty exit from the bathroom. Maybe I should take this as a sign and stop trying to get involved with her.

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