Summer Romance

Chapter 2

I laid my head back and closed my eyes. It didn't take long until I fell asleep.

When I woke up again, it was already light outside. I stretched a bit and checked the time on my phone, it was just 9 am. I sighed quietly and looked at Nat, who was still sleeping, her mouth wide opened. I laughed quietly and pulled out my book.

I was just reading 'Shades of Grey'. I didn't want to, but Nat talked me into it. And to be honest, after I had started it, I really liked it. There were some scenes that made me turn dark red, but between these scenes it was a pretty cute book - obviously a fanfic, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. So, I had read the first one before we left and now, I was reading the second one. But I only read two chapters until I put it away again, because my head started to pound. Nat was awake now, too.

"Did you sleep well?", I asked her and smiled. She shook her head.

"Hey, do you have a pain killer with you? I feel like someone's hitting my head with a hammer..."

"Umm... not sure, let me check.", she said and started digging through her bag. "Nope, sorry.", she said.

I sighed and hid my face in my hands, then my sigh turned into a grown.

"Here.", I suddenly heard. I looked back up and saw the man with the brown hair leaning over his seat. "It's a pretty strong one, better just take half of it.", he said and smiled at me, flashing his white teeth at me.

"Oh... Thanks.", I said and took the pill out of his hands.

"Anytime.", he said smiling and sat back down.

I broke the pill in half and looked at Nat, who was grinning widely. "What...?", I asked confused and annoyed.

"Oh, nothing, nothing.", she just said, still grinning. I rolled my eyes and took the pill with a sip of water. I leaned back in my seat and continued listening to my music, while I looked out the window and started daydreaming.

At twelve the bus finally stopped for a break. We all got out and started stretching.

"Ugh... Every muscle hurts.", Nat whined, while she stretched herself.

"You don't even have that many muscles that can hurt.", I countered.

"Oh and you do?"

"Touché."

"I'll go to the restroom. Wanna come with me?" Nat nodded and followed me.

After we came back again, we stayed outside a little longer and kept stretching a bit.

"Feeling better?", I suddenly heard a voice behind me. I turned around and saw the man standing in front of me. He had both hands in his pocket, smiling a cute smile at me. I just looked at him, a bit blinded and confused. "Your head, I mean. You feeling better again?", he asked again.

"Hm? Oh, right! Yes, it's much better, thank you."

"No problem.", he said smiling. He pulled one hand out of his pocket and reached it out to me. "I'm Aaron.", he said smiling.

I took his hand and shook it a bit. "Scarlett. But, please, call me Scar." He smiled and just wanted to say something, but his friend called him. "Aaron, come on!" He nodded. "Sorry, I have to go. Guess I'll see you inside. But I'm glad you're feeling better!", he said, still with a smile, and entered the bus.

"Me, too... Aaron...", I whispered quietly to myself.