Time To Brace Yourself

☆1- The New Hunt

☆1- The New Hunt

°Scarlett Shepard° POV

Braces can be a bitch sometimes.

Especially when people have the audacity to squish your cheeks together. Yep.

My dear best friend, Natalia, thought it was funny to prod my cheek whilst teasing me about my crush on Nathan Sanders, a boy I have had a major thing for since fifth grade when he sweetly leant me his favorite Spiderman pencil.

To me that spelled True Love. I mean it was his favorite pencil for crying out loud! It obviously means he was like totally into me, right?

So now there I stood, with my head shoved into my locker so I could calmly unhook my cheek that had been caught on the side of my brace.

It hurt like hell but just seeing the horror on Natalia's face was worth the pain. She stood there with frantic eyes and flapped her arms like a wild chicken, screaming "OMG! OMG! OoooMmmG! Your cheek! Oh me gawd! OMG!"

It was pretty hilarious if you ask me.

I let out a hiss when my index finger gently hooks the last piece of skin, peeling it away from the wire. The taste of blood popped on my taste buds making my stomach grumble in nausea. Great she made me bleed.

My tongue gently caressed my open wound in attempt to soothe it but instantly I pulled it away with a wheezing sound. Arg! Natalia is going to pay for this!

My head immediately swung itself out of my locker when a familair scent wiggled into my nostrils. Axe deodorant mixed with lavender clothing softener.

I craned my neck and instantly I felt my stomach flatter.Nathan Sanders was walking down the hallway, seeming to be oblivious to his surroundings, with his hands shoved into his washed out jeans. He swiped away his brown locks that just reached his green eyes. He has freckles that litters his nose and a bit of his cheeks. To me, he was cute. He was my someday man.

He continued to stride towards me and I felt my trachea beginning to constrict.

"Okay Scarlett. Now's the time to say hello to him." I whisper to myself, "Stop being chicken. Stop shielding your face with a book every time he walks by. You can do this" I inhaled as much oxygen as my lungs could take, ignoring the fact my heart was smacking violently against my chest. He was slowly creeping towards me, looking all cool and relaxed while I looked like a hyperventilating sweating seal.

When he was in ear shot, my mouth seemed to have a mind of its own when it let out an ear piercing scream, "NATHAN!!"

Echo... Echo... Echo.

I quickly slapped a hand over my mouth, my eyes had widened to the size of golfballs. Did I seriously just scream his name?!

Nathan's head whipped around revealing his terrorized yet handsome face. His green eyes landed on me, still so wide I feared it may jump out of his precious Lil' sockets.

"I-i mean hi." I stammered, giving him my famous braced smile along with a flirty wave. (Well I think it was a flirty wave)

He brought his hand up and waved it side to side. My heart leaped in excitement. Oh my word! He waved back at me! My chest warmed at he gesture so I broadened my smile and waved again.

Suddenly his face scrunched up and he narrowed his eyes to my teeth. He brought a finger to his own teeth and began to knock on his incisors with a disgusted face.

Confused, I turned to my locker's mirror and pulled my lips apart to see what Nathan was talking about.

As soon as I noticed it, I nearly peed my panties. I felt like I was gonna puke.