Chapter 14

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I think I finally did it. I asked Ryan out. I walked right up to him when he was near his locker looking as cute as ever, I banged his locker door shut to see his surprised but beautiful face look straight back at me, his stare is strong and I feel myself melt away. He leans oh-so-effortlessly onto his locker, after a moment of hesitation I tug onto his shirt so that he cranes his neck and I tiptoe to kiss him. His lips are so soft, so smooth, so... experienced? Suddenly I taste metal, it shakes me from my kiss and when I look back at Ryan, I realise it's Hunter's lip piercing, it's Hunter's lips and all I can smell is strong peppermint. I've just kissed Hunter.

I wake up, my heart beating erratically in my chest. I've had many nightmares, but I never thought I could ever have a nightmare with Ryan in it. Obviously I had played that dream over so many times in my head over the past few weeks, but none had ever resulted with kissing Hunter. That's why it was a nightmare, I can't ever kiss Hunter, and he's just... not my type.

I have a cold shower to wake me up properly and start getting ready for school. I start laughing, Hunter does one nice thing for me and I'm already dreaming about him, I really was desperate. Perhaps, this was the wake-up call I needed to sort thing out. I needed to actually ask Ryan, but maybe not face to face, after my dream I don't think I was ready for that.

I search for my phone, and for the first time it decides not to play hide and seek and instead to cooperate. I stared at it for a long time, before I thought I might as well get it over and done with.

Hi Ryan,

It's me. I've missed you, maybe we should meet up again. This time I'll save the cake slice, you don't have to worry.

Jade xxx

There, I've done it! I wait for a few minutes, but when I see that I'm not going to get an automatic reply, I go back to eating breakfast and head for the bus stop. Weirdly enough Sadie wasn't there, so I sat at my favourite place and started to listen to some music.

I am suddenly interrupted by a text alert, I feel my muscles tense, and this could be Ryan's text message. It takes me a minute to calm my nerves, for all I knew this could be the text message which could change my love-life forever.

Unfortunately, it was just Sadie saying that she was not going to make it to school today, I feel my muscles relax again. I felt so stupid, I had so much expectancy for the text message that after the relief, I felt hurt almost. Why was it taking him so long to respond, it wasn't a hard question to answer. The waiting game seemed to be dragging.

I look up after my internal rant and start cursing loudly as the bus rushes off without me, I try to run behind it, madly waving my hands frantically, but it's no use. I sit on the curb where I was ditched by my damned bus. Placing my head in the palm of my hands, a wave of frustration washes over me. If I had a car this would never have happened and I can't even call James because he's at university. This day could not get any worse.

I'm stopped with my inward grumbling by the sound of tyres screeching. I look up to see Hunter riding his amazingly posh car, looking as cool as the arctic. I take a sharp intake of air, he looked good- better than usual. He takes off his shades and start to chuckle as he sees me alone on the curb, slowly his window rolls down.

"Missed the bus I'm guessing?" He says slyly, he looks me up and down like a homeless person.

"If you have nothing more intelligent to say than stating the obvious, then could you leave?" I say through gritted teeth. I pick my bag off the floor and get up in, I guess I was going to have to walk it.

"I was going to offer you a ride, it would save you from walking it. But if you want me to leave..." Hunter starts the engine of his car, slowly his window rolls back up.

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