"TEEN ROMANCE" ~ Malachi Barton

Chapter - 12

A/N: hi everyone, thanks so much for the reads and votes, I really appreciate it. Tw warning for fainting and foul language. I hope you all enjoy this chapter and have enjoyed the ones previous to this.

Mrs.Barton pulled away from the school and started driving, she started conversation, "how was school?" She asks Malachi and I.

"Good" he answers.

"It was good" I say.

"So, Giovanna what are you into? Do you have any hobbies?" She looks in the rear view mirror and makes eye contact with me.

"I play soccer, I sing and I also play guitar." I state, and she smiles. "Malachi plays guitar as well!" She exclaims. "You guys should play something together!" She suggests.

Malachi looks back from the passenger seat at me, raising his eyebrow at the suggestion. I shrug at him and he turns back around.

"What soccer team do you play for?" She asks again.

"SoCal Elite FC" (a/n: I searched up teams and this one came up.)

"Are you good?" Malachi asks.

"We are." I confirm.

"That's great, hunny!" Mrs.Barton compliments.

"Thanks!" I smile at her.

"Of course! We are almost at the library, do you guys want to leave your bags in the car and I'll bring them in the house? Or are you bringing them with?" She asks, and Malachi turns around again from the passenger seat and looks at me.

"What do you want to do, Gi?" He questions.

"Oh, I don't really care," I say.

"We will just bring our backpacks," Malachi says, and I nod in approval.

We pull up to the library and she parks the car up front, I open the back door and hop out, and shut the door behind me. Malachi does the same and we start to walk towards the library together.

"You sure it's ok to walk home?" Mrs.Barton asks from the car.

I nod and Malachi says yes.

"Ok, sorry I can't pick you guys up. When you get home Mal, neither I or dad will be home." She says.

"Ok, by mom!" Malachi waves as his mom drives away.

We walk into the library together, and go up a flight of stairs to get to the main section of the library. We go up to the front desk.

"Do you have the book, Night, by Elie Wiesel?" Malachi asks the lady at the front desk.

"Let me check for you." She says and starts typing something into her computer, clacking the keys as she stares intensely at the screen.

I notice her white and pink nails as she types. "Your nails are so cute!" I compliment her, and she stops typing and smiles at me, her dark brown eyes lighting up. She pushes her dark braids out of her face, "thank you!" She turns her attention back to the keyboard and continues typing.

"So, we have two left!" She exclaims and she stops typing.

"That's perfect," Malachi says, "could you show us where they are?" He asks.

The women nods, she walks out from behind the front desk, towards the shelves. We follow her and she walks to the non fiction section. She walks down a row towards the back and scans the shelves. She bends down and stops, she pulls out two books with a dark blue and gray cover. She stands back up and hands both to Malachi, "I can check those out for you up front." She walks back down the aisle and towards the front desk, Malachi and I follow her.