A Christmas Kiss

3.

My eyes flutter open as I feel the icy autumn air wrap itself around me.
The air is clean and fresh,with a hint of snow coming soon,which is always my favorite thing to smell.
Lazily I outstretch my arms,climbing from under my comfy covers to pull back the blinds.
The sun blinds me for a moment as I groan in discomfort,turning to make my way down for breakfast.

Unusually,the house is empty,as though no one had been and gone since I came in from my shift last night.
Suddenly,the events of last evening reply through my mind and I smile to myself ,letting the butterflies overwhelm the feeling inside my belly.
As I sit down with a bowl of Curiously Cinnamon,I analyse the situation.
He kissed me.
Daniel Tipworth kissed ME, on the lips.
Why would he though? Especially after just meeting. My brows furrow in confusion as I stir my cereal in its bowl.
Well,he is a player,I tell myself,so that's his thing I guess.
The happiness that previously occupied my mind vanishes in an instant,replacing itself with a sadness that almost questions as to why he'd want me instead of someone like...
Charlotte! I need to tell her as soon as possible!
Pulling out my mobile I double take at it. The time is ten to nine and form is at nine.
I ignore all my missed calls, Snapchats and texts and abandon my bowl,leaping up the stairs and into my room.
In two minutes flat I'm dressed and hurtling down the street. Glad its not too far,but I still usually catch the bus. Its too late for that now so I jog gently down the streets until I finally can see school kids in our uniform milling about.
I'm not that late...
Glad that I successfully made it in time,I look down at my phone,tapping through unnecessary Snapchats from the idiotic school kids from yesterday and reading peoples statuses.
That's when I notice,seven missed calls off Char and a few texts.

CharCharDAcat:
!!!
Rosawhereareyou?!
Iseverythingokai?
IsortedthosedickheadsoutBTW
Howdidyagethome!???
Pickup!!!
Ohmigod,whathappenedwithDanny

I smile about the Danny thing,wondering how she suspected anything as I stroll into the school gates,shoes crunching on crisp leaves.
Quickly,I make my way to form,making it just one minute after the bell and receiving a mere warning.
I plonk next to Char and she turns her body completely towards me.
"What happened last night? I came down to the diner after cussing them lads out,but you weren't there! I asked the manager n he said you went off with some young chap from our school,and Danny was the only one who stayed back with you! " by this point I was smiling like a maniac waiting to spill all the details of the previous night to her.
"Have I missed something?" She asks quizzically,scratching her hair with her perfectly done nails.
"Well you know how he said I went off with Dani-Danny?"
She nods eagerly ,wanting a juicy explanation. Well that's exactly what I'll give her...
I explain the whole chick-flick saga to her,spreading it out so it lasted the whole form time and by the end her mouth is hanging over.
"So you and Danny....kissed?"
I blush wildly,tying my hair back because we have PE first period.
"I won't tell but-WOOW...! "
She gazes forwards as if she's lost in another dimension as we stroll arm in arm down the corridor.
Suddenly I hear a group of familiar laughs and shouts coming from round the corner and my heart races,butterflies returning to my stomach.
From around the corner emerges seven of the most popular guys,and amongst them but lagging behind ,Danny and James are speaking in hushed voices and Danny's face is a mask of concern.
Char looks mischievously at me and throws herself at James,wrapping her arms around his neck and planting gentle kisses on him.
The rest of the group surge forward ,leaving me and Danny awkwardly avoiding conversation at the same time as wanting it as well as trying not to look at two students practically making out next to us.
"Hi Rosa..." He says,glancing around as if he's embarrassed to be seen around me.
Anger fills me and all the magic of the past twelve hours vanishes. I mumble hi back and I stare away while he stares at me.
Finally, Char gets pulled away from James and we link again,making our way out of the building and to PE.