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Chapter Three

I was so nervous.

Here I was sitting in my teacher’s car while he drove us to the football field, well that's what he told me. He could really be an axe murderer for all I knew.

Ok, I was over exaggerating on that last part.

"Mia, stop worrying."

"Why are you doing this, you could get in trouble with the school, do you not know my dad is a cop?" I asked in a panicked rush looking over at him, his hazel green eyes looking into mine as he glanced at me then went back to the road.

He let out a sigh and shrugged "You're lonely, you never talk and you spend all your school time either in the library studying or reading under the tree outside"

I frowned "How do you know I'm lonely, I'm not. Just because I sit alone doesn't mean I don't have friends, I have friends"

He scoffed with a cute smirk "Your lonely, well apart from hanging out with James, who by the way is in love with you and your too busy shooting the guy down to notice"

My eyes widened as I spun in the seat to look at him "Love? No, we've been friends for years and I agreed to go to the movie's with him Thursday, not that it's any of your business" I hissed at him while giving his shoulder a punch, my eyes widened and realised I had just punched my teacher "I'm so sorry"

He laughed loudly and shook his head "It didn't hurt, I get hit worse than that during a game of footy."

I ignored him and turned back around, looking out at the dark sky and trying to calm my erratic heart beating. I was sitting alone in a car with the hottest man I knew and I didn't know how to act, how I could stay calm when he's right beside. Breathing in the same air and in the small amount of space.

My mind travelled back to James, he didn't like me. He was one of those guys that dated all the hot girls, the pretty cheerleader types and I wasn't that type of girl. Plus he liked to sleep around and I didn't want a guy like that. I wanted someone who didn't need to get laid each weekend to have a good time.

"Come on, let’s go have some fun" I looked out the window when the car came to a stop and noticed we were at the football ground. The lights lit up the dark green playing field and Mr Wade was already starting to walk towards the oval with a red football, he can't be serious!

I jogged to catch up to him as he was almost at the middle of the oval, I couldn't believe he didn't wait for me "Thanks for waiting" I muttered slowing down.

He laughed a laughed that had me insides squirming "Mia, You’re a big girl. You don't need your hand held" He paused and tilted his head "Unless you want it held?" He winked holding his hand out to me.

"No!" I slapped his hand away and ignored the shoot of electricity that ran through my veins from just a simple touch, the fact that he held it out had I more than embarrassed, he just laughed and dropped the ball and kicked it.

"Go get it" He spoke casually.

I looked at him confused "Why, you’re the one who wants to play"

"Mia, if you didn't want to be here you would have told me to get lost but instead you didn't, you got in the car which tells me you want to be in my company."

I rolled my eyes "You’re so full of yourself" I then took off to the other side of the field to get the ball.

We had spent a good time kicking back and forth, just talking about random things. He was more or less playing 20 questions, but this was beyond 20, we were up to 30. I had told him everything he asked and he did the same. I found out he's an only child. He lives alone. He spends weekends playing and then usually goes out and has drinks with his friends afterwards, win or lose.