Hailsmith Academy

Chapter 24: Rambling

Omg J, would u stop? Enough already

Haha nope. This is too funny

I hate you

That kiss u gave me says you don't

I rolled my eyes, blushing hard over the flirty texts Jeremiah was sending me. He was currently teasing me over a whole bunch of things, and I was just about ready to find him and whack him on the head.

I'd kissed Jeremiah Evans a week ago. He'd wanted to kiss me. He wanted me.

I still couldn't believe it.

We hadn't been alone together since then, and it was crazy annoying. Every single time we thought we might finally get to be alone, someone or the other would show up and ruin it. Either one of his friends or mine. I never thought the day would come where I'd be addicted to the thought of kissing someone again.

I wasn't sure if we were officially together or anything yet, since we hadn't spoken about it. After that super intense make out session (that must have lasted half an hour), every conversation we'd had, had fallen into a void of endless flirting. Mostly through text.

I made my way over to English class, giddy with excitement. I used to dread this class because of Jeremiah, but now I look forward to it even more because of him.

When I walked in however, he wasn't at his desk. He hadn't shown up ten minutes into class either. I started to worry, since he told me he was coming today. The entire class was busy doing some worksheet Harvey has given us, while he corrected papers at his desk. I looked around the room, shocked to find my eyes meet Jeremiah's.

He was standing by the window, his head peeking out from behind the wall. He grinned at me, giving me a flirty wink before ducking back. I tried not to act too weird, slowly pulling out my phone under my desk.

What r u doing?

Come join me

Are u serious? I can't just walk out of class

Make up smtg

But what?

Just do smtg!

I took in a deep breath, stuffing my phone into my bag before raising my hand. "Professor Harvey, may I leave the classroom please? I don't feel well."

He raised his eyebrow at me, probably suspecting the old get out of class trick. He didn't question me however, since I'd never really been the kind of person to do that. He let me go, and I quickly packed up my backpack and ran out.

I walked down the deserted corridor, almost screaming out loud when I felt a hand grab me out of nowhere and pull me into a side hallway.

I grinned instantly when my eyes met Evans, his face full of humor. "Hey." He said.

"What exactly do you think your doing?"

"Ditching class, duh."

I rolled my eyes at him. "I was trying to actually learn something, you know."

"Oh, whatever. I had to find some way for us to actually hang out together. I've been going crazy over here."

I blushed at that, looking down so he wouldn't see my face. He grabbed my arm, making me follow him through the door behind him. It led to the grounds, and I immediately tried to pull him back, since I was sure someone would see us from a window. "Are you stupid?"

He simply smirked back at me. "Relax, I've done this a million times. Just follow my lead."

I decided to trust him, pulling my hoodie over my head as I followed him. He stuck close to the wall, ducking and crawling below any windows. I copied him, until we reached a part of the building that didn't have any. It was a small wall, but it worked just the same. He gestured for me to move faster, running up towards the edge of the woods, which wasn't too far from this part of the school.