A Classic Teenage Romance

Chapter 25: The Wheels on the Bus

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After a long,  slightly stressful day I was relieved when the final bell rang signalling the end of school. I hurriedly made my way towards the bus, looking forward to getting home. Hopping onto the already crowded but I headed towards the back, awaiting the arrival of either Dane or Christian. I was reading a text from Dani when I felt someone lower themselves into the seat next to me. Looking up I was happy to see Christians ocean blue eyes meet my own. "Hey Belle, mind if I join you?" he asked his lips turning up into a smile. I shot him a smile before replying, "Sure thing Christian, that would be absolutely great"."How was your day?" he asked with a grin his eyes showing genuine interest, so much so that I found myself staring. Oh hot damn, I could stare at his eyes all day I swear. "it was good thanks, and yours? I replied, snapping out of my blatant drooling state. The two of us exchanged small talk before falling into a comfortable silence. I leant my head against the bus window and in minutes found myself falling asleep to the bumpy rhythm of the bus.

"Hey Belle, wake up" a soft gentle voice said, slowly pulling me out of my slumber. I sat up realising three things. One, it was Christian that had awoken me. Two, that I had moved from my previous position against the window, to leaning on his shoulder, explaining the stiffness in my neck. And the third of course that I was still on the bus. "Oh my gosh!" I exclaimed turning to face Christian with wide eyes, "I totally missed my stop! Damn!" I hastily ran my hands through my hair panicking slightly. The almost melodic sound of Christians chuckling brought my eyes back to him, his eyes were alight with amusement and his head was tilted slightly as he gazed at me. "What?" I asked, "Christian this is so not funny!" I said before a grin slowly found it's way onto my face. "Oh Belle," he said still chuckling away, "You were totally out of it so Dane said he'd borrow his moms car later and come get you from mine, he texted Chris and told him to tell your mom what was up" I let out a sigh of relief and made a mental note to thank Dane later when he came to get me. "Oh, okay, thank you so much Christian, I'm so sorry for falling asleep on you" I rambled, he smiled at me before shaking his head, clearly still amused with the whole situation. "It's okay Belle, well hey at least now we can get to know each other more" he said suggestively winking. I shook my head, eyebrows raised, "I knew introducing you to Dane was a bad idea, look at you now," I said in mock disappointment, "You used to be so sweet...What a shame." We both looked at each other for a moment before bursting out laughing, "Hey, I thought I'd give it a go" he said though the laughter.

We continued to chat away before reaching his stop, which I realised was about fifteen minutes from my own "Well here we are, shall we?" he said holding a hand out to help me up. " We shall" I stated grasping his hand which he didn't let go of until we were off of the bus. I grinned to myself before looking at him and stating seriously, "I hope your fridge is ready to meet me because I'm planning on the two of us becoming very well acquainted today" he shook his head before walking towards a large grey stone house. "I'm sure its ready, considering Jonah just went shopping yesterday" I shot him a glance as we came to his massive tinted glass front door, "Jonah's my older brother," he said fumbling with his keys, "he kinda looks after me, which I guess I never really mentioned" he unlocked the door and turned to me his blue eyes searching mine before nodding almost as though he was reassuring himself and opened the door, gesturing for me to step inside. As I did I absorbed the new information, so Christian had an older brother named Jonah who looked after him, I pushed back the questions that were currently invading my thoughts, knowing he'd fill me in when he was comfortable. Snapping back into the present my eyes shot around the room trying to take in everything I was seeing. His house was massive, the decor was modern, the walls the same grey stone that one saw from the outside and the floor a dark wood, large metal framed industrial style lights hung from the ceiling and black couches matched the dark colour of the walls and floor, the only colour I could see came from the large paintings that hung from the walls. There were four and unknowingly I began walking towards them my eyes wide and scouring the canvas trying to take in all the details. They were bright vibrant graffiti style pieces, layers and layers of spray paint created a mixture of colours that totally drew me in. I was so enraptured with the paintings that I didn't even notice Christian had come to stand next to me. "They're my brothers, he's really into art, " I slowly dragged my gaze from the painting to look at Christian who smiled back at me, "I take it you are as well?" I nodded vigorously still wide eyed and grinned at him. "Christian your place is great! I mean seriously!" I said throwing my hands up gesturing to the room around me. He smiled at me, "Well thank you" he said heading over into the large kitchen. I sat on one of the stools leaning my elbows on the large marble countertop. Walking over to the fridge he turned to me asking what I wanted to eat, "Make me a sandwich woman!" I replied, he shook his head at me grinning before taking out some ingredients. "So what do you think of school and everything so far?" I asked watching him slice tomatoes. He looked up from his slicing his eyes roaming my face. "It's great Im glad I asked you to show me around, your friends are awesome" I grinned, "Well, you're pretty awesome as well". I noticed a faint dusting of pink form on his perfect cheekbones and couldn't help thinking that it was one of the most adorable things I had ever seen. "Oh my gosh your blushing, thats adorable" I said hopping up and rushing around to his side of the counter, where I stood poking at his cheeks. "Stop Belle" he said laughing clearly embarrassed. I just grinned back at him chuckling away.

We were snapped out of our playful moment by the sound of keys at the front door. I turned to Christian, eyes wide, wondering who was about to come through the door. He just grinned at me and whispered playfully, "My brother" as he uttered the last word a loud expressive, friendly voice filled the house, "Honey I'm home!" My expression immediately turned to one of amusement and Christian chuckled shaking his head, "In the kitchen Jo!" he yelled. I braced myself, straightening my posture and patting my hair wanting to make a good impression. Nothing could have prepared me for the extremely handsome, paint covered man that stepped through the door.

Authors Note:

OOOOO Christians brother is a hottie, and arty at that, my gosh I'm swooning! Don't you guys just think Cristian is adorable ugh! Okay, there we go! I finally updated! Hope you guys enjoyed it! I actually really enjoyed writing it even though Ive been feeling really uninspired lately!

This is totally unedited, please point out any errors and I shall fix them ASAP!

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-B x