England to America

20-Running

"Oh hey Adam, how are you?" I ask taking in his shaken appearance

"I'm alright, my Mum insisted on a walk at the beach and I didn't bring a coat, ha wrong thing to do!" I laugh, it's nice that he's close to his family

"Yeah, it sure is windy outside, not to mention cold!" He shivers in mention of the cold and I watch a girl with the same red hair as him approach behind him, his sister. She puts a finger to her lips and I smile, I avert my attention back to Adam, who appears to be talking about some new Xbox game. 

She reaches to put her hands on his eyes and he suddenly grabs her hand and spins around, "How many times do I have to tell you not to try and scare me?" He says scarily calm

I laugh lightly, which brings his attention back to me, "I should probably get going," I feel as if I don't belong here, "I'll see you at school though" I say putting my now empty hot chocolate down.

"Yeah, bye" He smiles goofily and I chuckle, I head out the door and wave to him when I walk outside the window.

"Who was that?" I hear a deep voice ask behind me, I turn around still walking and stumble slightly but whoever it is catches me and spins me to face him. I take in the dark hair, tanned skin and dark green eyes and sigh with relief; Jacob.

His arm is wrapped around my waist puling me close, his face is near to mine and his eyes are twinkling slightly, I shudder at this realisation. "Who was that?" He repeats and I meet eyes with him, 

"A friend from school, why?" I tilt my head and pout my lips slightly

His eyes flutter to my lips and I stop pouting embarrassedly, my cheeks grow warm and I struggle out of his arm, my heart beating fast. "Just curious" He mutters and I nod, I face the beach and he copies my actions. Why is this awkward? Is it because we almost kissed? Well duh. Wait, we've seen each other after that, and it wasn't awkward then...Oh, I've got it, now we're alone together again.

"What're you thinking about?" He says softly

"I-I-I ummmm, is this awkward?!" I blurt out and instantly regret it at the sight of Jacob's shocked expression "Sorry forget I-" I start but lose my speech when Jacob pulls me closer to him and brushes his hand against my cheek.

My heart beats dramatically fast and I look into his dark eyes, I feel something cold touch my head and I look up to see snow falling softly down, I smile and look back at Jacob, he slowly pulls my hood over my head and starts to lean down towards me when a huge dog runs straight into my side and knocks me onto the sand.

It licks my face generously before getting off me and running back to its owner and I clench my hand into a fist, why?! Why did he have to interrupt us?! We were about to kiss!! "Fuck!" I hear Jacob say and I look to him and see him clutching his fist as well. I pat beside me and he gives me a nonchalant stare, which I then return and say "C'mon" 

He rolls his eyes but nevertheless comes to lay down beside me, I look at him and can't help but laugh "What?" He says but that just makes me laugh even more, my uncontrollable giggles seem to affect him as he soon starts to laugh as well, I roll over and press my face into his shoulder, all the while still laughing my head off.

"What's so funny?" He asks once he's finished laughing

"I don't even know" I sigh and smile still into his shoulder, I love laughing like this

"I'm sorry" He suddenly says and I whip my head up to look at him

"What for?" He looks away

"For, well, kissing, but not kissing you" His tanned cheeks turn a slight pink and I laugh

"Your so upfront!" I start but then wonder if this could be offensive and add "Not that that's a bad thing..." 

I get up as I start to get cold, I shiver and then offer Jacob a hand up. Which I regret almost seconds after. He grabs it and I attempt to pull him up whilst he attempts to pull himself up, so this results in me falling onto his rock hard chest.

"Holy crap! You're so heavy!" I laugh

"Hey!-" He starts

"With muscle! With muscle dumbass." I shake my head and he nods his smirking

I try to get up unsuccessfully and end up straddling him, my face grows incredibly hot and I quickly stand up. He does too and I can tell we are both looking away from each other with red cheeks. Well this is awkward.

"So, um, do you want to walk home together?" He asks

"Yeah"

We walk back along the beach, I think the awkwardness fades, although for him I'm not sure. I shiver inside my coat and pull my hood up, "You cold?" he asks quietly meeting my eyes, I nod and he grabs my hand and pulls me closer to him. He rubs his fingers against the back of my hand lighting up my skin, my heart beats a little faster and I smile.

"Thanks Jacob" I say quietly

"It's fine, what were you doing here anyway?" He asks and I sigh

"Running away from my problems" I laugh 

"Problems? Want to talk about it?" He starts and I shake my head

"I don't want to think about it, in fact it's not even my problem really..." I trail off

"Well if its making you uncomfortable then it is your problem" I nod at his statement but then think about it,

"Yeah, but pizza makes me uncomfortable and I don't have a problem with that, people like you do" I add cheekily on the end, he laughs

"Are you saying that you not liking pizza is my problem?" He asks unbelievingly, making me laugh

"Yes, yes I am" I say with another laugh

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We reach his house and I say goodbye, he kisses me on the cheek to which I'm sure I turn bright red. I cross the street and notice that Mum's car is in the driveway, they must be back. I unlock the door and go inside, I'm instantly greeted by my Mum saying "Hey Evie!"

I walk into the front room where she is sitting watching a film with Alex, "Hey Mum, hey Alex"

Nothing.

He doesn't acknowledge my presence, "I said hey Alex" I repeat and he doesn't even look at me, "Oh how very childish of you" I say, I look at Mum and she gives me an apologetic glance. I walk out the room and go upstairs to my own room. He's such a brat, I did nothing wrong, although admittedly I did insult his crush, but she's been nothing but bitchy to me, she deserves it.

Hey! Sorry I've been gone so long, I couldn't be bothered to write and I'm on holiday so... I'm leaving the world of E2A (England to America) to go and start my homework, I can just see my Mum reading this and laughing, saying "as if", but ya know, I try, I try. Au revoir! 

Thea x