Until We Meet Again

Chapter 4

*beep* *beep* *beep* *beep*

I opened my eyes slowly. Ughh I hated the sound of the alarm clock. I'm still getting used to waking up early again. I tried to find the snooze button. I tried reaching further. I am now at the edge of the bed, still trying to find the button. My vision is still a bit blurry. Finally, I felt my alarm clock, I reached for the snooze button on top of the clock. *thud* Before I knew it I am laying down on the floor. "Ouch. Why did I put the alarm clock so far?"

I put my alarm clock a bit further because it forces me to get up from my bed. But today I did otherwise, I fell. I went to the bathroom to take a shower and brush my teeth. I went to my wardrobe and picked out a black skirt and a grey shirt. I just felt like it for some reason. I put a bit of makeup and straightened my hair. I don't really enjoy my waves. I wish I had straight hair like Claire. But, might as well live with it.

I decided to use flats today. I put them on and grabbed my bag. I went out of my room. It's quiet. Everyone must still be asleep and Shay is probably in her room getting ready. I prepared breakfast. I made scramble eggs with some toast and put them on the dining table.

A few minutes later, Shay got out of her room. "GOOD MORNING EVERYONE!!" I don't know why she was so cheerful today....and loud. "Ssshhhh! You could wake up mom and dad. Why are you so loud and cheerful anyways?"I said.

"Ooh. *whispers* sorry. What did u make for breakfast?" She said. "Scramble eggs with toast." I replied.

"Really? I didn't know you could make those. Let me try some." *eats a bit of the scramble eggs* "Omg, what is that? I think you need to put salt." she said. "Oh yeah. I forgot. Here put some onto the others too.

"We should probably go now. Mom and Dad probably worked hard yesterday." I said. "Yeah, wait. I'm going to leave a note."

I saw the note she put on the table
'Good morning Mom and Dad! Rosaline made breakfast for you guys. Be careful if it's too salty :).'

I rolled my eyes. Technically, Shay was the one who poured the salt, not me. But oh well.

We went out. As my sister was locking the door, I looked across the street. I saw a guy with brown curls around my age walking to his car. He looked up. He looks familiar. OMG. I just realized that's Harry. I didn't know he lived right across my house. In fact, the only thing I know about him is he just moved to California last year, along with Niall.

I rarely talk to him at school. I only talk to other classmates when I need them for a group project or something. The people I mostly talk to are my friends.

I looked away before he caught me. My sister looked at me weirdly. "What's wrong? You look like you've seen a ghost." She said. "Nothing. Just-yeah nothing." I said.

She looked curiously at me. Then she said,"Ok then...let's go." We both started walking. I knew she was looking at the area I was staring at before. I'm so thankful that Harrys' car had drove away before she saw it. Then, I assumed she had forgotten about it and we continued silently walking to school.

I went to my locker. I opened my locker and put my bag in and prepared the books for my next class. Then I felt a tap on ny shoulder. It's probably Claire trying to scare me but failing. I know her plan. I shut my locker closed and turned around with a smile.

A pair of green emerald eyes looked straight back at me. I felt so surprised since it isn't Clair at all. It's Harry. "Umm...h-hi?" I finally managed to say something. "Hello." He said.

"C-can I help you?" I said back. What is he doing here? I've never been this scared talking to anyone before. Please, Claire, help, me. Why is she so long? He rested his hand in one of the lockers and gave a small chuckle. "Wh-what's wrong?" I said.

"Nothing. You're scared. Do I scare you or something?" He finally said something. I've never quite payed attention to his voice before. He had this sweet husky British accent. I kind of like it. I studied his features. I noticed he had dimples. He looked cute.

"Umm...Rosaline is it?" I realized I stayed silent for too long. Finally I said "Oh um sorry. Umm...yeah it's Rosaline. You're Harry right?"

He gave me a smirk. "Yeah. You seem surprised. Like what you see?" I replied,"Huh? What? Umm..no..I mean, I'm not saying you aren't attractive, you are. I mean..but um...i-is there any reason why you are here?"

He still had that smirk on his face. "Yeah um.... I saw you staring at me yesterday. Any reason why?" He started biting his lip waiting for an answer. Idk why I am even studying his facial expression.

I stood speechless. Omg I totally forgot that that actually happened. I thought he would act like it didn't happen. Why oh why did he have to bring it up? Why did he even care? I wish the bell will ring already or that Claire will come rescue me or at least I die right now.

Finally I said,"Oh umm..nothing. just that you know...mid in thought I guess.. and apparantly it looked like I was staring at you. My bad. Sorry if it felt disturbing."

He chuckled. "Wh-what's wrong?" I asked. "Nothing...just that you are a terrible terrible liar." He said.

*gasp* How can he know? I'm pretty sure I said that in a truthfully sounding way. "Umm...what do you mean?"

"You know what I mean. But I have to tell you something. *whispers in my ear* I don't quite mind it." His breath felt warm in my ear. It kind of made me shiver. He chuckled and said,"Well, I need to go. Pretty sure you are waiting for your friend. See you in class, Rosaline." He gave me a small wave and I saw him walk towards his friends.

Then Claire came to me with a wide grin. "Eek. Ohmygosh. Was that Harry you were talking to? Omg what did he say? Tell me pleeassseee." "Alright jeez, where were you? I desperately needed help. I thought I was going to die."I said.

"I was there talking to the others since you know....you and Harry are busy." *putting a quotation mark sign with the word busy* "Omg what?! You were there all this time when your best friend needed your help the most? What were you thinking?" I said.

"What? I wanted to see how you two play out. And besides, I would't want to interupt your conversation anyways. Quite fun actually hahah. So what were you talking about?" She said.

*sigh* "Not much, he basically surprised me before and I thought it was you trying to scare me. He also talked about me staring at him yesterday."

"Really? What did you say? Wait..let me guess..you lied. Didn't you?" She said. See, she basically knows me more than I know myself.

"Yeah, you guessed it. But he knew it was a lie. I'm so surprised yanno? Then he said he didnt mind it and gave me a wave and went to his friends."

"Wow. I don't think I've seen him talk to a girl like the way he did before."She said.

"Idk about that. BUT guess what? I just found out he lives right across my house. I saw him today when me and Shay went out of the house. He didn't mention about that though so I assumed he didn't notice. I'm so thankful."

Claires' face was full of shock right now. "Claire? You okay?" I asked. "OMG SERIOUSLY OMG HOW DO I NOT KNOW THIS OMG OMG OMG!" she finally said. She is really loud. Almost everyone is staring in her direction. "Oops sorry guys. Carry on heh." She said.

"Heheh I know right. We should go to class now. Now I'm scared to go to class actually." I said.

"It's alright. You've got me remember?" She said. "Pfff...yeah right. He sits next to Niall. How am I supposed to trust someone who will probably be nervous too? Where is Fay, Claude, and Monett anyways?" I replied.

"Haha, you are so right. They are probably in class, remember? Guess we need to survive on our own then." She said.

I am going to die. Sooner or later. Why am I so scared? It's just Harry. Why does he scare me so much? Okay, take a deep breath Rosaline. Take a deeeep breath. You can do this.