Distant {{boyxboy}}

Two

'Robin, come on! We're going to be late!' My mother called from downstairs.
I wasn't looking forward to the meeting of this new guy at all. He sounded popular and boring and stereotypical.
I sighed and dragged myself downstairs, slipping my hands into my pockets.
'Stop sighing and smile a little!' She encouraged with a grin, opening the front door. 'If the wind changes, you'll be stuck with a foul frown forever.'
'I don't mind,' I shrugged and brushed past her to get in the car. She joined me and slid into the driver's seat.
'Oh, you might want to sit in the back today,'she said as I opened the passenger seat door, 'I'm picking his mother up too to have a little chat with her in the cafe down the road. You know, a little girl time. To get to know each other.'
I rolled my eyes and climbed into the back. 'I hate sitting in the back.'
'I can't have my new friend sitting there, can I?' She asked, igniting the car. 'So you can be in the back with yours.'
'We aren't going to become friends,' I turned to look out the window. She pulled out of the driveway and began to head down the road. 'I don't need friends.'
'Nonsense!' She laughed. 'You two will get along fine!'
'Even if we did, by the sounds and of things he'd probably become popular quickly,' I reasoned, 'he'd forget about me fast, even if I wanted to be friends with him. I'm forgettable.'
'His mother told me that he is very kind and gentle and finds difficulty in making friends, actually,' my mother glanced at me. 'So just try to hit it off, kay?'
'Whatever,' I frowned.
In around five minutes she pulled into a driveway of a very neat and tidy house. It was painted a bold white and looked fairly new, with hedges trimmed perfectly and clean windows and fresh lawn.
I stayed in the car as she climbed out and walked to their front door. How could my mother be so happy about meeting complete strangers? They could be rapists, for all she knows. This new guy could be a murderer. I slipped my phone out of my pocket just in case.
She knocked and for a second there was no answer.
Suddenly the door gently opened and appeared a short woman, looking not too much younger than my mother. She had a neat and tidy bob that fell just above her shoulders, which was a noticeably brown colour. I couldn't see any visible grey hairs. Her eyes were also too far away to fully acknowledge the colour.
The woman turned and called something.
A second later a tall guy emerged from the house. He fit the description that my mother had given him, so I assumed that he were the new guy. And if I must say, he was handsome. But that didn't mean his personality wasn't utter shit.
The guy talked to my mother and his own for a minute, before turning to look in my direction. I attempted to hide but he had already noticed me and conducted a smile and a wave toward me.
He turned back around and his mother closed their front door, presumingly priorly locked, and pointed toward our car. It irritated me because I couldn't hear what they were saying.
The three started then walking toward the car, with my mother doing an indication toward the new guy to walk around to the other side.
My mother and her new 'friend' hopped into the front and the the guy slid into the back next to me. He closed the door and my mother ignited the car.
The new guy turned to me and smiled. 'Hey.'
I said nothing but turned away with a shrug.
He tilted his head in the corner of my eye. 'The name's Ellis.'
'Don't be so awkward!' My mother sighed from the front. The two women then resumed in conversation.
'What's your name?' He asked, as if ignoring my mother.
I continued to stay silent.
'Are you shy?' He questioned gently.
'He's usually not very talkative,' my mother spoke up. 'Hun, talk to him.'
I sighed and turned to look at him and my eyes widened. His optics were so bold and bright and calming it made me feel uneasy, and they were staring straight into my own boring green ones.
'I'm Robin,' I said after a second.
'I hope we can become great friends,' he smiled warmly.
'You don't have to be friends with me if you don't like me,' my eyelids lowered. 'I'm just a bother anyway. I'll be wasting your time.'
'Why would you be wasting my time?' His eyes widened and he leaned closer toward me, too close for comfort.
'Because I'm boring,' I raised a brow.
'Hm,' he looked up and leaned back, 'I don't think you're boring.'
I shrugged and turned away. 'Sure.'
'You don't believe me?' He asked. 'I see.'
'We should organise something with all four of us!' I heard my mother say from the front. 'Maybe a picnic or a dinner?'
Her friend gasped. 'Oh, what a marvellous idea!'
Ellis perked up. 'That sounds lovely.'
I looked out the window. 'You three can go.'
'You don't want to come?' Ellis turned to me.
'I don't need to come,' I said.
'What a shame,' he hummed. 'I was hoping we could have organised something to get to know one another.'
'No point,' I reasoned.
'I'm sorry about him,' my mother apologised.
'I don't see what there is to be sorry about,' Ellis smiled, 'but it's okay.'
He's too cheery. He's too pretty. He's too intelligent. He's too truthful. He's too kind. He's too.. Perfect. It's unnatural. He's too bright for me. It's blinding.
My mother parked into the school lot and allowed the two of us to exit the car. I immediately started walking away from the car, proposing a small wave of goodbye.
'Wait, Robin!' Ellis called after me. My eye twitched irately. 'We have math together for third period! I'll see you later?'
I shrugged and walked off.
He's annoying. And getting on my nerves.
If my mother expects me to have to be friends with that shitbag, then she's wrong.

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Hi! Hope you're having a lovely day!
So the second chapter is out! It will get more interesting, DW.