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twenty-one.

The weekend was over way too soon and my parents were back again. I preferred being alone, I was already 18 and my parents acted as if I was still 12. You'd think that I'm able to do whatever I want because I'm already 18 but my parents think differently. It's their house and their rules. I have to obey them and I am not allowed to decide things on my own.

"Rose!" I recognized the voice that belonged to Andrew and I turned around to see him hurrying towards my locker. "Hi Andrew," I smiled at him and put my things in my locker before closing it again.

"I wanted to ask you something." We started walking towards the cafeteria together and I pursed my lips. "What is it?" he stopped walking and so did I. I turned my body towards him and waited for his answer.

"Would you want to go out on a date with me this Friday?" he smiled nervously at me and I had to admit that it was somehow cute how nervous he got. But that doesn't mean I'll say yes. I wasn't shocked, I knew he would ask me again sometime but I just hoped that it wouldn't happen.

"Listen Andrew," I started picking on the skin of my fingers, "You're a really nice guy, but this thing," I gestured towards us with my finger and his smile dropped slightly. "It just won't work out. I don't have feelings for you and I don't feel comfortable with you flirting with me constantly." I bit down on the inside of my cheeks and I felt bad when I saw how sad he looked.

"Oh, okay. You'll change your mind sooner or later," and with that he walked off. I sighed loudly and went to the cafeteria.

I spotted my friends in a matter of seconds and Andrew was already sitting with them. I felt weird knowing that I was about to sit down and act like nothing happened. It didn't necessarily feel bad about rejecting him, I just felt uncomfortable with how he reacted. I wasn't going to change my mind. Andrew was just simply not what I looked for in a guy and other than that I was already interested in a certain curly haired boy.

"Hi" I heard his raspy voice and I turned around to see him standing there. I felt like everyone's eyes were on us and it made me feel awkward. Even though Harry was mostly hanging out with Carter, Stan and Logan, he was really popular. Girls were constantly drooling over him, which is quiet understandable, and boys were jealous that he got so much female attention.

"Um, Harry- Hi." I smiled at him but he didn't return the smile. His lips were pressed in a thin line and he frowned.

"Logan told me that he heard Andrew asking you out for a date." His voice was cold and he glimpsed over to the table Andrew sat at and he sent him a death glare. I had to bite my lip to prevent myself from giggling. It seemed as if he was jealous and to think about the fact that he's jealous of Andrew was funny to me.

"You didn't say yes, did you?"

"No, of course I didn't." I giggled softly and he looked at me with confusion. "What's so funny?" he raised his right eyebrow and I shook my head, smiling. "I told you that I'm not interested in Andrew. You don't need to be jealous."

"But I am. He needs to know that you're mine." He took me by surprise when he wrapped his arms around my waist and leaned in to kiss me. His lips pressed against mine and my eyes fluttered close. I was overwhelmed; I didn't expect me to kiss in front of basically the whole school. I wasn't a big fan of pda but right now I didn't mind him kissing me. My palms pressed flatly against his chest and I still felt everyone's eyes on us.

He pulled away and smirked at me. I was left speechless and my mouth was hanging open slightly. "Sit with me," he removed his arms from around me and grabbed my hand. He entwined our fingers and walked over to where Carter, Logan and Stan sat. I turned my head to look at Cassidy and I saw that almost everyone's eyes were fixed on us and there was barely any noise. As Cassidy and I made eye contact I gave her an apologetic look but smiled understandingly. She was definitely my best friend, I could trust her and she was a really chill person overall.