The Magnetic Attraction

Carter

The fortnight after

My alarm buzzed, I put it on snooze for an extra 30 minutes (it's a technique that makes the brain feel like it's had 30 minutes extra sleep even though you aren't ever going to wake up 30 minutes earlier.) I checked my phone, 57 notifications... I read through them while looking for something to wear. I put on some denim, high waisted shorts with a pastel pink crop top. I raided my cupboard for some 5inch wedges.

I slid in at the table next to Jonah, I tickled his tummy and we both ate cereal. I whispered into his ear, "mummy has some margarine above her lip it looks like a bogie!" He laughed, I laughed with him. I love making him happy. Mum glared at both of us and we struggled to hide the laughs.

"What is so funny?" She raised her voice. I asked Jonah if we should tell her and he said, "mummy, you have a margarine bogie!" He laughed. Mum wiped at her face vigorously, "why didn't you tell me Carter!" She was angry at me for playing with my little brother... She looked at me to start a conversation.

"Mum, it's not my job to start a conversation, just ask the oblivious man!" She looked surprised at my outburst. I lightly hit dad around the neck, "pay attention to your wife and descendants!" I grabbed my jacket and shoved it into the back of my car. I waited inside my car for Sierra and when she came we left immediately.

"Babe, is something wrong?" Sierra asked
"Just family troubles... Nothing worth talking about." She shrugged her shoulders but she kept her thoughts to herself. When we parked at school, we separated to our lockers. As I closed my locker a girl was there, she wasn't taller than me, I would say we were the same. When she slammed a fist on the locker beside me I realised it was Giselle.

She spat in my face, "don't bitch with my boyfriend!" I didn't want to cause any attention so I mumbled a sorry and moved along. She was following me, I could hear her shoes clip and clop behind me. She turned me around. She wanted to mess around well I wasn't going to stand for it. I talked before she opened her mouth, "bitch listen, if he's your boyfriend why was he trying to impress me with a long dick that he found on Google? Keep your dog on a leash, and stop being a pussy, it belongs on your body not to your personality." She lifted a fist but somebody grabbed her arm, I recognised the blonde hair, Luke's. She kissed him, after a second, he pushed her off him, "don't be a bitch, I don't love you. I don't want you so stop being cheap to some new girl." She scoffed and walked away. I instantly turned on Luke, "I can handle my own battles."
"I know I saw but she's persistent." He smiled.

In Physics Luke slid into the seat beside me. Our teacher said, "you have to get to know each other so discuss stuff about yourself." We wrote down some things in each other's notebook. He smiled while giving my book back to me.

"Luke and Carter go first please." I looked down at what he had wrote. He wasted such beautiful handwriting on crap words: you, me hot sex Friday. X. I cleared my throat and produced something better, "Luke is snobby. He is a dumb blonde and he secretly would love to do something important in his life."
He said, "Carter Rolans is not innocent, she wants to be married to me one day; her secret is she wants to have sex with me this Friday!"

Miss gave us a detention and he was pleased with his work. He winked at me and I moved my seat as far away as I could go remembering the table limits. He remained where he was. We spent our detention with Miss in the library. He was being cocky so I punched him in the arm. He just chuckled.