Hayes Grier fanfic: Hope for the Helpless

Chapter 1

     What the hell am I thinking? Has this one boy driven me so insane to the point where I'm going off just to find him? My god how am I-

     My thoughts were interrupted as the bus hit a bump and my head made contact with the cold window. "Fuck," I muttered, "I hate winnipeg."
    
     "I wouldn't say you hate it because of the windows and buses, probably because of the brutal winters." Seth shrugged before sputtering an awfully good point. I rolled my eyes as I gave him a smile. It was then I realized how long his light brown hair has gotten, almost as if it has gotten a life of his own. His skin tan from his vacation in Los Angeles a couple months ago, winter was around the corner and surely would make everyone pale and colourless.

     "By the way Seth, how was your vacation in Los Angeles?" Cora asked as her eyes beamed at him.
"Not bad, not great either, however I did manage to receive a WONDERFUL sunburn at Santa Monica beach." He sarcastically emphasized with a dramatic extension of his arms.

"Didn't I tell you to wear sunscreen?" I asked and everyone giggled, more loudly than expected that it received attention from several people on the bus.

"Oh shut up, Mom." I shook my head before staring at the foggy window. It was only the middle of November and you could already feel the temperatures dropping. After the buzzing of the bus and several stops, Cora sparked up the conversation again.

"So...Aurora...are you really going through with this plan?  to look for Jack?" Seth and Cora both examined me, trying to create their own answer with my thoughts. "I-I honestly don't know."

     "Is he even worth it?" Seth hissed
"She loved him!" Cora muttered defensively
"But he left her. Why even waste your time on someone who doesn't love you?" The minute he said those words he paused frightened. His eyes going wide along with mine and cora's. "Oh my god, I'm sorry Aurora, I didn't mean it like that. I just meant-"

"It's fine. I know what you meant. But that's the thing I'm unsure of, he never told me if he still loved me or not, he just kinda...walked out."
"What a fucking idiot" Seth said and i snickered.
    
     After an interesting conversation about avocados and how Mr turner, our english class teacher who was apparently eyeing cora's chest, the bus had finally reached my stop and I said my goodbyes to Cora and Seth before they became involved in their own conversation about the Vma's last night and I hopped off the bus and into the cold air for the second portion of my route home, walking. Just past a few houses though, so I suppose it isn't that bad.

     I kicked at a rock that hid beneath the cool colours of the ending story of fall, red, orange and even a dusty yellow. Was I really going through with this plan? Is Seth right? Was he even worth it? Well...if you had your first love and they walked out for 3 years, wouldn't you want an explanation? I surely do.

     During my stroll down memory lane I heard a voice from the distance behind me, I spun around and saw a boy. "Miss," He was quite tall, broad but young, around my age. His brown hair that wasn't fairly long but definitely just right, ending right about his eyebrows. A lip piercing shone along with his blue eyes that were radiant. "You dropped this." He handed me my bracelet that must've slipped off due to my scrawny wrists. It was a bracelet my mother gave me, she isn't around much. Always flying across the world for book signings and meet and greets with the author. I never knew who my father was either, but I wasn't really interested in finding out who had walked out from my mother. 

     "Um...thanks." I responded before just turning my heel and continuing my walk home.

     "Wait," he mentioned "I heard you were going to look for a guy, Jack i suppose is his name. And he's also been described as a fucking idiot." he said proudly with a venomous tone to his voice. Who does this guy think he is?

"Has anyone ever told you that eavesdropping is rude?" I hissed
"Woah, calm down princess I-"
"Aurora. Not princess." His lips perked up for he knew that he had captured my attention and was pushing me on edge. "Well, hate to burst your bubble princess but Aurora is a princess. Sleeping beauty." I scoffed and crossed my arms before responding reluctantly "and how exactly would you know that?"