Take Me To Church

Chapter 3

Nathan POV:
Monday, 29th of July

The next day I woke up early with my phone's clock ringtone and strangely my mind was totally clear and away from weird things about that extremely-black-hair boy that I even don't know his name. As it's so freaking obvious I HATE SCHOOL and I hate it even more whenever it's Monday's morning, just like now-  I wore my school's uniform and went downstairs to grab some breakfast on my own.

You may ask why i eat breakfast alone, as the answer I should say that after my dad I'm the only early one in this house, he wakes up so soon because his workplace is in a very far distance. When I wake up my mom and sister are still asleep. My sister working time starts at 10 AM that's why she can sleep more than I do, and my mom is a housewife so she hasn't any specific time to wake up and it just depends on the time she sleeps at night. You may ask again why I didn't mention my brother, I should say again that he spend most of his time in the university and his dorm, he only comes back on the weekends.

So I made myself a cup of tea and picked up a slice of chocolate cake that my mom made yesterday from fridge. After finishing my breakfast I went out of home and walked to the bus stop. In a short time bus came and I entered it and quickly found a seat. I put my headphones on and kept looking at the nature, homes and walking people who were outside of the bus from window.

I was in my own world that suddenly bus stopped. I actually reach my school after 3 stops but this is kinda a habit of mine that whenever bus stops I start looking at the people who enter the bus. Most of the times there's no new face between people that enter the bus every morning but this time was different, there was one, a tall handsome man in cassock. Obviously, he was the new priest of our church, William!! Wait- Why I never saw him in this neighborhood before?! Did he moved here recently? And the most important question, how can he keep the smile on his face so early in the morning?!

He kept standing up and grabbed the handle of the bus to keep his balance. I looked around the bus quickly, all the seats were full of people so I stood up and tapped twice on his back softly. He turned around with a question mark on his face.

I said with a slight smile. "Please take a seat here, Father." Shit.Shit.SHIT. I forgot to say hi-

"Oh!! Good morning Mr. Hamilton. I really appreciate your consideration but I think the old lady over the bus needs it more than I do." By saying that his smile got wider, so wide that his eyes became two tiny lines.

I gulped. Don't smile. Don't smile. Please don't smile to me like that. Oh.my.god. "yes. Sure. You're right." I said in a speed up way as I smiled.

I went to the lady that William mentioned and told her to take a seat on the place I was sitting before. After that I grabbed the handle next to William. You may ask why I grabbed the handle that was next to his handle and I should say that, that was the only handle that was empty. I swear I'm not making any excuses...

The bus suddenly braked. Well... You guys surely watched a lot of movies, so as you know I fell into William's arms with pressure that he almost fell himself but he kept his balance and... Ah- My balance as well. Wow... He has a hard and muscular body... Although I'm not so sure about it because my back touched his body so I can't certainly say that. Anyway, I have to apologize, right?

After I regained my balance I turned around. "Oh- I-I'm so sorry... I-"

He cut me off. "Don't worry, it's okay." He smiled softly as he held my shoulders to help me regain my balance.

Again. That smile of him. Please stop smiling to me like that. And what's with his touch? GOD. I can feel my freaking cheeks getting hot... Why? What's happening???

"Ah... Are you okay?! I'm telling you, It's totally fine!! It sometimes happens so there's nothing to worry about. You turned red." He said the last part in a low tone as he pointed at my cheeks at the same time.

What kind of situation is this... "O-okay- sorry again father-"

"Oh and, there's no need to call me father when you meet me out of the church. It's true I'm in cassock most of the times but out of the church I'm a regular person. Take it easy~" He said the last part in the most soft voice possible and of course he smiled as he always does.

"Oh..." I'm not sure what to say oh my God. "Okay..." Maybe it's okay if I say it out loud?! "William...!?"

His eyes grew wide. After some seconds he responded. "Ah..." Again he stayed silent for some seconds, but this time he gave me a tiny smile. "Yes, I think 'William' will work."

I smiled to him as well. And wait... What are these things in my stomach? Are they... butterflies...!?