Saving A Hero

Chapter 4

Emma's POV.

I groaned and my alarm blaring in my ear. I reached over and turned it off, it took me a couple minutes to realize that I'm going to see Nick today. Once the thought of him came to my mind I jumped out of bed and ran to the bathroom to turn on the shower. While the hot water was pouring on my back and releasing the all of the tension.

Once I finish drying my hair and straightening it, I pick out a pair of jean shorts, a black tank top with a plaid shit over it. I run downstairs and grab a piece of toast grab my shoes and I'm out the door.

I see Nick already walking towards the bus with his head down, kicking the gravel with each step.

"Hey Nick!" I say. "Wait up!" I jog over to him.

He looks up at me and smiles, but there's something different. On his left cheek there is a huge bruise, which makes his eye a little swollen.

"Oh my gosh! What happened to your face!" I ask.

"Oh wow thanks. That's a nice way to greet someone." He says sarcastically with a smile.

"Sorry. But seriously what happened?"

"I ran into a tree when I was running home last night." He says with a hint of doubt in his voice.

"Oh, ok." I said. We walked in silence for a few feet until we got to the bus. "Well I'll see you later Nick!"

"Oh... ok. Yeah bye." he says, almost as if he was sad that I'm leaving.

I walk and sit down next to Becca who is resting her head in her hand and staring out the window. "What's up, Bec?" I ask.

"My heart hurts", she says.

"Explain please."

"Okay, so after school I got Ethan's number, and we were texting and stuff, and he was TOTALLY flirting with me! So I started flirting back and was like 'you wanna get lunch sometime?' and he was like 'anything you want baby' and I was like screaming because come on! He is SUCH a totally hottie and he called me baby! Oh Em Gee! That reminds me! Jim! he was all like 'maybe we can get a hotel room sometime' and I was like AS IF!!!!" Becca rambles. 

I tune her out and look forward... I notice Nick is sitting by himself and he keeps looking at me. I catch his glance and smile back. He returns the smile and I notice something... A dimple on his left cheek. It's adorable. Oh my god. What am I doing? Do I like Nick...?