Pretty Smile | Charlie Conway

(3) butterflies

⁕PRETTY SMILE⁕

↧03. BUTTERFLIES

By the end of the day, the exhaustion of being at school all day began to affect Molly and she wanted to go home and sleep in her bed. The final bell rang and Molly ran out of the French classroom and toward her locker to grab the rest of her books that she needed for homework (that was already given although it's only the first day of school).

When she approached her locker, she saw the same boy again, the one she shared first period and her lunch period with. He was speaking to a girl, who Molly guessed was one of the girls on his hockey team, and it seemed as though her locker was right next to Molly's.

Molly internally groaned and thought of a way to avoid this interaction, such as not even go to her locker, but she needed the physics textbook that was inside. 

So, Molly mentally braced herself and went up to her locker, unlocking it and grabbing the book out of it, avoiding any eye contact with the boy standing next to her.

"Hey! You're the girl in my first period right?"

Molly felt the wheels in her head stop spinning and she looked over at the boy talking to her. She noticed that he had a smile on his face and he was holding two books for his classes, an algebra and Spanish one. Now, the girl that he was talking to, was looking at her with a smile on her face.

"Uh, I'm Charlie, if you didn't know already," he said, holding out his hand to her. Molly looked at it, smiled, and shook it.

"I'm Molly, and yeah, we have Mr. Grant's class together, I hope today was welcoming to you," she said, raising a hand towards him as a greeting before mentally face-palming in her head. They had one of the most embarrassing moments in school history this morning and she just said that?

Charlie and the girl chuckled and she pressed her lips together in frustration, looking at her feet in embarrassment. 

"I would say it was quite the opposite," The girl laughed, focusing all eyes on her. "But it got better as the day went on. I actually got a few compliments for having such a killer introduction this morning," the girl grinned before extending her hand out to Molly.

"I'm Connie Moreau! One of Charlie's teammates."

Molly took Connie's hand and shook it. "It's really nice meeting the both of you and I would stay and talk, but I gotta go! If you need anything, just come and find me!"

"Thanks!" Charlie said with a big smile, looking Molly up and down swiftly, trying to be inconspicous. Yet, Molly watched him do it and she felt her cheeks burn so she turned around and walked away.

Molly had to find Tessa, considering that they go home together until Tessa's father is done working and the whole way there, she thought about Charlie and the way that he gave her butterflies. 

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When Molly made it home with Tessa, her mother was in the kitchen, preparing dinner. Molly's father was still at work and wouldn't be home for another hour. Rick had hockey practice and wouldn't be home until their father came home, and Matt is tutoring one of his friends at school.

So, overall Molly and Tessa had the majority of the house to themselves.

Molly walked into her house, took her shoes off at the door, and put her school bag on the couch. "Mom?!" She called out, seeing that her mother wasn't in the living room.

"I'm in the kitchen!" Her mother's voice echoed, so Molly and Tessa made their way over there after Tessa finishing taking off her shoes at the door. They walked into the kitchen and saw Molly's mother by the stove, stirring something in the pot.