Darkness

Sam

Sam's POV

Luce was perfect. Her soft, blonde hair fell delicately onto her face as she walked onto the bus. She rubbed the sleep out of her dark, green eyes. I automatically called her over, ready for the familiar adrenaline rush that came with her attention. But she hesitated. Her eyes slid to an empty seat beside her. I frowned. Maybe she didn't hear me? "Hey Luce!" I called a little louder, waving her over and patting the seat next to me. She looked up and finally started making her way over. She sat down. Silence. 'This is awkward,' I thought. I noticed that there was a hastily shoved on head band in her unbrushed hair. It still looked perfect. "Hey do you want me to do your hair again?" I asked, remembering how amazing it felt to run my fingers through those wavy strands. Her posture relaxed a tiny bit, although I hadn't noticed how stiff she'd been. "Yeah sure," She replied in her rough morning voice. I could tell those were the first words she had spoken today. I felt somewhat privileged to be the one she had delivered them to. I thought for a second. Braid? Ponytail? Fishtail? A thought occurred to me. "Lu I just realised your hair would look amazing cut shor.."
"Do you like me?" The words came out of her mouth quickly, like she'd forced them out without thinking. My stomach tightened. She couldn't know. Only one other person knows. My feelings for Luce had been strictly confidential until Danielle had bullied it out of me when we were working on our science assignment. Had Dani told Luce? No way!  She promised that my secret was safe. "Um yeah of course I do we're best friends," I said, trying (and miserably failing) to sound like I wasn't freaking out inside. Luce didn't reply. I continued to brush her hair with my fingers and started on a fishtail braid. It wasn't the best and I looked at it doubtfully when I finished. I was too distracted. "Oh nice a fishtail," She said when she felt her perfect hair. I could feel my cheeks burning at the complement. "No biggie," I shrugged.

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I'm sorry if this is kinda short and not very progressive but I was really intrigued by Sam's character and desperately wanted to explore here more. Sooo what do you think of the story so far? Btw if I've made any grammar or spelling mistakes feel free to point them out cause then they'll never get fixed.