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[4] The Ugly Duckling

It was the first day after spring break and sadly enough I had to go back to school. I was a first year college student, majoring in Graphic Design. I only had classes in the after noon and my school was just a ten minute drive away from my house so I just stayed at home instead of at the campus. My best friend Jess on the other hand did have a dorm of her own. We were on our way to the last class of the first day. I had told her everything that had happened with Dylan but of course she didn't believe me. Well she believed the fact that I fainted and that he had helped me but when I told her that I had been to his place she just simply laughed and told me I had way too much fantasy. She wasn't so into Dylan as I was.

"I'm telling the truth Jess." I growled. She just rolled her eyes at me again.

"Of course sweetheart." She let out a dry chuckle and now it was my turn to roll my eyes. Why would I even try to explain it to her? We walked over the grass field and into the building were we had Typography. Seriously my least favourite course. I sat down at my usual spot in the second row and Jess sat down next to me. I grabbed all the stuff I needed, opened my laptop and then the teacher walked in. My teacher was a tall and quite handsome man. He just turned twenty-eight I believe, or at least that was what I was told. He had dark brown hair and always wore a suit. For an art teacher that's quite a achievement. The only strange thing about him was that he had this intens gaze. He would always stare at me or Jess from behind his desk and then when I looked up at him he'd smirk at me and pretend nothing happened. He had been my teacher for the whole year and he also taught other classes I took so he knew me quite well but still. His staring drove me crazy.

"Good afternoon." He started. "How was your break?" He sat down on top of his desk, his feet on the chair. All the students started shouting their answers at once and he just chuckled. "Calm down! Calm down!" He shouted. "Let's do one by one okay?" Our class is quite small, like maybe fifteen people, so it shouldn't take to long. He started with the first row, asking the guy I didn't know the name of how his spring break had been. I didn't really care so I just focussed on my laptop, scrolling through Facebook. I lost all my attention to the teacher so I almost jumped in my chair when he shouted my name.

"Charlotte!"

"Hu? Oh yeah I'm sorry." I mumbled, looking down at my lap. I could hear how Jess was laughing at me and I shoved her with my elbow.

"How was your spring break?"

"Nothing special really. I just stayed home, went to the beach once or twice."

"Met some famous actor." Jess murmured under her breath but luckily the teacher didn't hear her. He asked Jess the same question as he had asked all the other before her and then went on with the rest of the class.

It was six p.m. when the class was over and we could finally go home. I walked, with Jess next to me to the parking lot. She was complaining about how idiot the assignment was that he had given us and I couldn't agree more. It was just really stupid. We walked over the parking lot and I was rumbling in my bag to find my car keys. When I looked up again something caught my eye. Leaning against a black Volvo, his hair was perfectly messy and wearing a dark long sleeve T-shirt with buttons. A smirk appeared on hisp lips when our eyes met. I just stared at him, not really sure what to say. Jess' words snapped me out of my trance.

"Hey Charlie what are you looking at?" I grabbed her arm and pulled her with me towards Dylan.

"Told you I wasn't lying." Her eyes landed on the young celebrity that was waiting for me and I could hear her gasp. "Dylan!" I shouted once we got to him. "What are you doing here?"

"I was bored." He said, shrugging. "Figured I could pick you up and take you out for dinner?" I remembered that I had told him my classes always ended at six.

"You really didn't have to do that."

"I wanted to." He smiled at me, that irresistible smile. Jess tugged at my shirt and cleared her throat.

"Oh right. Dylan this is Jess, my best friend." Dylan stuck out his hand for her to shake it. She stared at it for a minute before taking his hand in hers.

"Nice to meet you Jess." She just nodded her head, totally lost in words. He then looked back at me. "So you wanna grab some dinner?"

"Sure." I smiled at him and then turned to Jess. "I see you tomorrow?"

"Yeah see ya. Have fun you two." She turned around on her heels and disappeared into the rows of cars. I got into the passengers seat of Dylan's car, tossing my bag in the back.

"So where do you wanna go?" I asked.

"I have something in mind, just wait." He smirked at me and then drove away. Dylan drove to what must have been the cutest restaurant in the world. It was a little cottage named The Ugly Duckling and it was basically a grill house. Dylan had told me that this was one of the only restaurant he could come to without getting attacked by fans. I had smirked with that, knowing that if I'd see him here I'd probably freak out but that was before I got to know him. We sat at a table for two in the corner of the restaurant. I was studying the menu carefully. I eventually went with the grilled chicken and Dylan ordered spareribs.

"So how's it going with that movie you wanted to do?" I asked, cutting my chicken into little pieces.

'Fine. The audition is next Monday. I'm excited. I've been so bored the past few weeks, I'm glad I get to do another movie. If I get the part of course."

"I'm sure you'll get it, you're a great actor." He smiled thankfully at me, wiping the sauce from his mouth with one of the tissues.

"I hope so. I've read the script over and over again and the monologues are going fine. I normally have someone to practice with but not this time." When the words came out of his mouth I couldn't help but feel like they were somehow directed to me.

"I can help you if you want. I took some acting classes when I was in high school." I said those words without really thinking them through. Yeah I had some acting classes but I was a sophomore back then, I didn't know if I still had it in me.

"Would you do that?" He asked, looking up from his plate. I pulled my lip between my teeth and then nodded.

"I'll be busy with assignments this week but I can come to your place Friday after school if you want to."

"That would be nice." He smiled at me and I returned the gesture. I asked him what the movie was about and he explained to me that it was about a guy who pretended to be someone else just to get the girl and he got her to fall in love with him but then she found out about it and well, a whole lot of drama followed after that. A typical chick flick, he said. The evening went by pretty fast and I couldn't get enough of it. We laughed, ate, drank and I honestly had a wonderful time. I hoped Dylan would stay in my life for a long time because I was pretty sure I found a great friend in him.

A/N: This is like a major filler but a great chapter is coming up! Maybe it's the next chapter or the one after that I didn't completely figure it out but yeah :) wait for it!

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