Morning. It's the same routine again. Waking up, getting the bus. At least I wasn't late to form again. I walked in and noticed a boy i'd never seen before sat at my table.
"Lauren, can I have a word?" Mr Wright called me over.
"That's Joshua Stephans, he's new, joined today. I'd like you to show him around, take him to all your lessons, you know, make me feel welcome.
"sure" I replied.
I walked over to the boy.
"Hi, I'm Lauren" I held out my hand.
He shook it "I'm Joshua, you can call me Josh"
"it's nice to meet you Josh"
He is kinda cute if I must say.
He had messy brown hair which suited him well and bright blue eyes.
There was an awkward silence.
I looked down at the floor, and back up at him. Our eyes met. I quickly looked back down at the floor. His eyes were beautiful.
I looked back up at him and our eyes met again. He smiled and I giggled.
"Why talk to her, you should come and sit over with us" Ashleigh said to Josh as she came and sat up close next to him, making sure she showed off her tanned legs under her short skirt. She batted her long eyelashes and twirled her long golden hair around her finger. She gave him a big smile showing her perfect white teeth.
"Um no thank you" Josh replied and looked back over to me.
I smiled back at him with my horrible braces. I looked terrible compared to her. She had perfect tanned skin with rosy cheeks, where as I had pale white skin with freckles all over my nose. She had bright green eyes, mine were a dull brown colour.
Her smile dropped.
"if you'd rather be stuck with HER then fine, suit yourself." and she strutted off.
"you could have gone, you don't have to stay here with me" I said.
"I want to" he replied.
I smiled again. Then the bell went for first period. Maths. I'm so bad at it. I walked to class and took my seat and Josh sat next to me.
He was really good at maths and helped me with some of the questions. We mostly talked through the lesson. We really bonded. We would catch ourselves looking at each other from time to time. I've only known this boy for a while. Do I like him already? Does he like me? No I doubt it. Argh so many questions were running through my mind.
The bell went for break. Josh walked with me to the bench I usually go to read every break and lunch.
We talked about our lives and things.
"So, do you have a boyfriend?" Josh asked. He scratched the back of his neck and looked down at his feet.
I froze. "Nope" I replied.
"Have you ever had one?"
"Nope" I repeated. My face went red and I looked away. "how about you?"
"Well my last girlfriend was last month, but things didn't end well."
"Aw what happened? If you don't mind me asking?"
"She cheated on me with one of my mates"
"Oh, I'm sorry"
"It's fine, I'm over it now anyway"
"I see"
The rest of the day went fast. I talked to Josh through most lessons. Then it came to the end of the day.
I met Josh again at the bus stop.
"295 bus?" I asked.
"Yep" he replied.
"Mind if I join you?"
"Of course" he said with a smile.
Throughout the bus journey we talked and really bonded.
It came to my stop. We exchanged numbers and said our goodbyes.
I'm really starting to like this guy.....
