Falling for Him

Chapter 4

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School day is over finally, I just want to get home. I can't believe I'm actually kind of falling for Alex. I mean he's really attractive but I told myself not to fall in a relationship again, well not for a while anyways. I start walking to the bus stop hoping Alex wouldn't be there but with my luck of course he was. I see him just standing there smiling and laughing, omg he's so cute. Lucy enough, stop thinking about him, just walk straight past him. Yeah I knew that wouldn't work, Alex says "hey Lucy, I barely saw you all day today, are you trying to avoid me?" "Umm no of course not, I'm just not feeling well" I lied, of course I was avoiding him but I can't exactly say that. "Oh ok well I just wanted to ask you if you wanted to go see the new horror movie with me tonight?" he said in the sweetest voice. I really don't want to see that movie called 'the visit' but if I go and get scared he can hold me, omg Lucy enough! "Yeah sure I'll go" I said and totally regretting afterwards. "Ok awesome, I'll pick you up at 7?" he said, "cool, this is my address 168 hills drive, Huntington" I said finally being sober to tell it. "Ok I'll see you tonight" omg he said that and then winked at me. We both get on the bus and sit together at the back.

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Omg it's almost 7, I haven't even got ready, I don't even know what to wear. Is it a date? Is it just as friends? I have no clue. I start walking around my room hoping an idea will pop into my head, my mum walks in and says "hey darling why are you pacing around your room? I can hear you from downstairs" I decide to tell her the truth "yeah sorry about that I'm just a little nervous and confused of what to wear to the movies with this new guy from school". My mum stops and just stares at me and then starts saying "oh I didn't know you had moved on from Jake, but I think you should wear what you are comfortable in and maybe spice it up with a nice jacket or coat" wow my mum actually had a good idea haha. I finally decide what to wear after hours and hours of thinking, I picked a white loose singlet and tucked it in my high waisted jeans and my black boots and just threw a coat on. I think I looked good but not a try hard.

I hear a knock on my door and go downstairs to answer it, oh it's the one and only Alex. I smile and then he smiles, I don't want to be awkward with him only because I want to be with him but I know I shouldn't. All these annoying thoughts are making me insane, I can't explain how I feel. I really like being around him but then I promised myself not to rush into a relationship again. Everything is all just messed up. After that long awkward silence of me thinking Alex brings me back to the real world and says "hey are you ready? Or are you having second thoughts about the movie?" I said "haha no sorry I'm ready, just thinking about how scared I'm going to be" I lied. We both giggle and walk outside of my house, It's so cute neither of us own a car so we decided to walk 30 mins to the cinema, I mean you would think that there was a bus around here, but in this town we didn't have one, there was only the school bus but it doesn't run this late.

As we are walking we are both silent, it's like we never have anything to talk about. We both just keep looking straight and kept walking. Finally I have some confidence to break this awful silence, I say "hey why did you move to this town?" he stays quiet and I can see by looking at his face that there is something he doesn't want to talk about. He then says after a few seconds "it's a long story for another night" he leaves it at that. I start to say "umm yeah ok haha" I start to laugh because I'm getting really uncomfortable and he can tell because he started to say "look don't worry about me, it really isn't a big deal. Lets just get to this movie haha" "yeah of course, I can't wait to watch this horror movie" I say still freaking out that I'm watching 'the visit'.

After what felt like a lifetime of walking we finally made it to the cinema with just enough time to get some popcorn. We start lining up and of course the line is massive, we only have one cinema here so pretty much the whole town is here. Finally we order our popcorn and start going up the stairs to go to the movie. We find our seats and sit down, the previews are on so Alex and I just sit there silent. The movie starts and so far so good until this one part in the movie jump scares me, I jump and the popcorn goes every, on me and on Alex and even the people behind me, thats not the worst part. I had bought a drink for myself and all the coke went everywhere too, I was drained in it and so was Alex. Im sitting there so embarrassed and Alex looks at me and starts laughing, everyone is telling us to be quiet but then I start laughing and we both leave the cinema without finishing the movie. As we leave the room its all bright and people start looking at us, the popcorn is sticking to me because the coke is making it stick, I'm a mess and so is Alex but we just keep laughing.

I go to the girls bathroom and he goes into the boys, I had to clean myself up. I got a bunch of toilet paper and wiped everything off, I still looked like a mess but at least I didn't look like a dessert haha. I finally finish cleaning myself up and leave the girls bathroom, as I walk out Alex is there just waiting for me with a huge smile on his face (it was more like a smirk). I start to smile and blush a little. He starts walking close to me and his hand is coming closer and closer to my face, he then removes popcorn from my hair. He said "just a little popcorn left over haha" I say "well thanks for taking it off" I blush a lot, I thought he was going to kiss me. My hopes went too high I guess. I still don't get why I am feeling like this, I don't want to rush into another relationship and I feel like Alex isn't telling me everything, I don't know him at all. We leave the cinema and he walks me home, the whole 30 mins walk we were talking about what happened in the cinema and we just kept laughing and laughing.

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Today is Saturday, yay no school. I've decided I am going to have a nice and relaxing day today. I grab my laptop and chuck it onto my bed, I decided to watch reruns of 'charmed'. It's my favourite show if I hadn't told you already. As I am enjoying this amazing show my phone starts buzzing, I pick it up and it says that Jaz is calling me. I pause my show and answer my phone and say "hey whats up?" she goes "Lucy don't what up me, I know you went out with Alex last night, my brother spotted you and told me" "... It wasn't a date I promise, we just went out as friends" I say hoping she doesn't notice the in love tone. "Don't lie to me Lucy, Emily and I both know you like him. Just own up to it" she says in a stern voice like a parent. I decide to tell her how I am feeling because after all she is my best friend and I don't like hiding anything from her, "ok fine I do like him and I can't control the feelings I have for him but I promised myself not to fall for someone so quickly because how Jake ended, I really don't want to hurt again" tears are slowly appearing. "Lucy I didn't know you felt so strongly about him, if I did I wouldn't of bombarded you with all these questions or statements" Jaz says feeling really bad. "Can I talk about this tomorrow? I really don't want to think about it now" I say holding back the tears, Jaz says a polite yes and I end the phone call. I sit there on my bed still, I want to call Alex and just spend the day with him but I know I shouldn't. Does he like me? Do I know enough about him? I know he is hiding something from me and I can feel that it could be something dark.

Alex's POV

I am at home all alone because my parents went away this weekend, Im just sitting on my bed not knowing what to do and all I can think about was last night with Lucy. I have never met anyone like her before, she's pretty, funny and sweet. Not many girls are like that, and they are pretty hard to find but somehow I found one but I don't think she wants anything to do with me. I was thinking back to when she asked me why I moved to this town and I went silent, I shouldn't of done that. My past is the past and it might not be good but now I think she is somewhat scared of me or thinks I have a dark past which is slightly true. I want to call her so badly and just have a long chat with her and maybe go down memory lane but I know that I probably shouldn't. It might look like I'm too clingy or needy.

I am still thinking of Lucy and what I want to tell her but I know that I can never tell her that I have known her since she was a little girl.