Saving The Nerd *SLOW UPDATES*

Chapter 18

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My hand lazily moves over to my phone which I feel vibrating by my back. I pick it up and bring it closer to my face and see that it's Belle calling me. I click the accept button and put the phone to my ear. "Hello?" I groggily ask. 

"Morning you!" She cheerfully responds.

"Can I help you? What time is it anyway?" I ask her since she woke me out of my beautiful sleep.

"It's about 8 in morning. I was calling to ask if you wanted to hang out."

"You could of called me at another time to ask to hang out?" I groan out.

"Shut up and get up. Let's go get some breakfast at The Crushed Coffee Bean. I'll be there in 20 minutes to pick you up. Toodles doll face." And just like that, the line went dead. Typical Belle.

I throw off the covers and climb out of bed, walking over to my closet to see what I could possibly wear today. I didn't went to do anything fancy, so I pulled out a black tank top and white jeans, along with my silver sandals once again. 

I walked over to my mirror to see how my hair looked. It wasn't too much of a mess, just needed a simple brushing.

I finally finished getting ready, and just before I was about to head downstairs, I got a text from Belle letting me know she was in the driveway. I grabbed my key that was in the small key basket that we had, locked the door, then closed it behind me before doing a slow jog over to Belle's car and climbing into the passenger seat.

"Zelda!!" She shrieks and throws her arms around me, squeezing me tightly. "I missed you so much! We need to hang out more I never see you anymore!"

"Well if you want to hang out more don't kill me this time!" I struggle to tell her. She lets go but still has a big smile on her face. She puts the car into reverse and pulls out of my driveway, heading towards breakfast.

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We arrive there around 8:45 and there were almost no cars in the parking lot. We walk in and the place was empty besides a woman standing behind the register with her apron on and her face glued to her face. When the door closed, the bell attached to it rang loudly and her head snapped up. She looked at us for a moment before giving us a warm smile. 

"Well well it's nice to see you faces again," she tells us. Betty was a forty year old who worked there and recognized us by heart since we go there so much.

"Nice to see you too Betty. Are we allowed to order now?" Belle asks.

"Of course dears! What would you like?"

"Uhhh, I would like a cranberry scone and a medium hazelnut latte please," she tells Betty. She pushes the buttons on her monitor in front of her and looks up at me, ready to take my order.

"I'll get two breakfast burritos and a small cappuccino, extra foam sugar please," I tell her. While she enters in the order, I reach into my pocket, digging out the money I brought. I was about to hand it to Betty before I saw her handing Belle change.

"Thank you so much girls. It'll be all ready soon enough." She gives us a big smile before we thank her too and turn around to find a table.

"You didn't have to pay for me Belle," I huff out to her.

"Shushy, it's already done." 

We find a table by the window and look out to see the early morning. It was so pretty. I'm glad Belle got me out of bed.

"So tell me Zelda.." her voice extending my name.

"Uh, yea?" I ask her, giving her a weird look before we both laugh.

"Tell me. Lover boy, you. What's the whole deal?" I let out a sigh and looked away.

"I don't know." I let out.

"What do you mean, 'I don't know'?" She asks me, repeating my statement. I opened my mouth, ready to answer her before we hear Betty call out to us, letting us know all of our stuff is ready. We both stand up and walk over to the counter and grabbed what we ordered. We sit back down and Belle immediately takes out her scone and shoves it into her mouth, letting out a little moan and closing her eyes slightly. 

"Ok eww," I say, my face cringing. She tries to control her laughter since she didn't want to choke on the food in her mouth, but she manages to swallow it. I unwrap my burrito and take a bite, but start to freak before spitting it out onto the paper and started waving my hand at my tongue.

"Careful, it's hot." Belle smirks at me.

"Yea no shit Sherlock." I snap back at her playfully.

"You still never answered my question about you and Lover boy."

"It's just...weird I guess." I answer her while blowing on my burrito.

"Explain."

"Well...you know I like him. Like I haven't liked anyone more than I liked him. The thought of him sends a rush through me. I don't even know if he likes me..." I drift off, feeling myself sadden slightly.

"Belle, come on now. I'm sure the kid might like you. He's probably too shy to do anything."

"Well, we almost kissed again."

"Whoa whoa hold the fuck up. What happened?!" She yells in the quiet coffee shop. I shush her and she apologizes.

"Ok well the one night, the day I was almost...you know..."

"Yea yea I know, continue before I get angry over that again."

"Well he was comforting me in my bed and we kind of looked at each other and we started leaning towards each other. But then my parents busted into the room. The second time was the morning after when I woke up and started crying and he calmed me down. We then leaned in again and I kind of sneezed in his face." I tell her and her jaw was agape.

"Ok it's official, he so likes you." 

"I don't want to get my hopes up..."

"He likes you Zelda! Open your eyes!" She yells again. I really want to believe her, but we're friends. I don't want to ruin that.

"Zelda I really don't-" my sentence was cut off by the loud sound and buzzing of my phone. A second later, Belle's started doing the same. We both pull out our phones, and from what I saw on mine, there was an alarm for an Amber Alert.

"What the hell?" I say out loud. I unlock my phone for the Amber Alert and started to read the given information. My jaw dropped and my phone fell to the floor.

"Zelda?" Belle asks me softly, as if trying not to scare me. I look up at her, completely shocked and stunned. I almost couldn't breathe. "Zelda what's wrong?" She says a little this time. I finally found the words to speak.

"Corey has been kidnapped."

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