Chapter 3 - First Impressions

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"This assignment is to be completed and handed in by the end of the term. No 'ifs', 'buts' or 'whats', comprende?" the teacher explains but I only manage to gather the last words of his sentence. 

"What did he say?" I ask Jayda, my partner, the girl I was forced to sit next to for the duration of the assignment.

"Does anyone want to explain to Miss Frank here what I juat said?" Mr Sparrows sighs and rubs his forehead with his hand. Majority of the class mimic the teachers words forcing my ears to listen to the grueling voices of the students I hate in the class. 

"Comprende?" Mr Sparrows leans up against my desk invading my personal space breathing in my face.

"Understood!" I reply in a bitchy tone and lean away from the presence of his body. 

"Now take out your piercings otherwise I'll confiscate them." I groan effortlessly and do as Im told - thats a first - and start taking out the first of my many ear rings. The rest of the period painfully progresses on until the bell for 4th period sounds. 

"Hey, uh, wanna come to my house after school and-" I interrupt Jayda "Nah, you're on your own pal" I smack her a fake smile and walk out of the class selfishly slamming her books out of her hand causing them to ungracefully fall to the floor.

----------HATTIES POV----------

I was preparing to leave for 4th period until I was stopped.

"Hey" a boy stops in my path.

"Hi, Jye is it?" I impatiently wait for his reply while tapping my foot on the ground.

"Its uh, Jai. I, uh, I was wondering if you wanna come round my place tonight to work on our, uh, assignment" he blushes and suddenly becomes more interested in the ground rather than my face.

"yeah, whatever. I'll meet you by the school gates after school." I smile and two step around him continuing to make my way to my next class. 

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I strut alongside Tayla and spot Jye waiting exactly where we had planned to meet. His eyes lay upon mine for a brief second until he sets his eyes once again on the ground. 

"Bye Tay" go in to give Tayla a hug

"Bye Hun" she smiles and we air kiss twice. We take our seperate ways and I head towards Jye who was still patiently waiting. 

I was welcomed by him with a smile and a friendly 'hello' and we start walking. The first few steps towards his house was awkward, neither of us spoke a word. 

When I look into your eyes,

It's like watching a night sky,

Or a beautiful sunrise

Well, there's so much they hold...

Jye starts singing quietly to himself oblivious that I was listening. Listening closely enough to realise that his voice wasn't too bad, in fact it was quite good. I open my ears wider and let his glistening voice sing into my ear drums. 

"Sorry" he apologizes letting a small grin hit his face. 

"No, continue" I offer waiting for him to start singing again. He shakes his head and chuckles. His voice breaks the silence as I hear him singing again. I keep listening and he breaks out in little smiles throughout his solo.

...And just like them old stars,

I see that you've come so far,

To be right where you are,

How old is your soul?

"Hm, I wont torture you any longer" he stops singing and looks down at his feet instead. I dont reply, instead I let out an awkward laugh. 

The rest of the walk stays quiet as neither of us continue to talk or sing, yet it wasnt as extremely awkward as I expected. 

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"Home Sweet Home" Jye proudly shows off his quaint little brick house that was situated down a little street which seemed surrounded by friendly neighbours. We both walk up his front steps and he opens up the front door gesturing me to enter before himself. 

"Thank You" I step into his home for the first time taking off my shoes in respect. 

"Looks like we're the only ones here. Im just gonna get something to eat for the both of us. Make yourself at home" he exits the lounge and walks into the kitchen, I think, and I make myself comfortable on the couch. 

"Catch" he throws me a bag of chips and a can of coke which I surprisingly catch both of them and piggishly rip open the chips. I start eating, as does Jye and we collect our science books that were hiding in our bags. I wipe the grease off my fingers and onto my skirt before opening to the page I needed inside my book. I skim through the writing trying to figure out what I was supposed to be doing. 

"Uh, let me help you out" Jye inches closer towards me, closing the distant gap between each other so that our legs were almost touching. 

"Uh, do you mind if I uh-" he hesitates to reach for my book within the grips of my fingers.

"Go ahead" I release my fingers and he reaches over half my body to retrieve my book. I feel small tingles spread all over my body giving me goosebumps as he does so. These smalls tingles that I haven't felt in a long time. 

But I cant like this boy, I barely even know his name.

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Hey all you readers. 

SO... how did you like chapter three? I thought I would focus it a little bit more on Hattie, as you can see.

How do you like it so far? Please Vote/Comment on what you think, I'd love to know. 

ALSO... You should check out my other story 'Lost (Beau Brooks Fan Fic)' its pretty cute.

Love y'all xx

- Claudia xx

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