Behind Closed Doors- By 'Celeste'

First an Introduction then Straight to Love

I walked into the school yard and was looking around for my friends in a sea of unfamiliar faces. Everyone had gotten into their pre-formed cliques and were already making plans on how they would take over the school during this coming year. I was late, as usual, and my friends didn't care much for world domination anyway so I took my time getting to my group. Listening in on classmates conversations was a favourite pastime of mine and what better place to do it than a crowded school yard.

Eventually I saw Amber and made my way over to her only to see that Faith, Brooklyn, and Margaret wasn't who she was talking to. Instead she was talking to and hugging Dawson. I didn't care much for the kid, we had talked every so often in the passing years but nothing that could create a friendship. I would be almost fine with going over there if the school's It Girls hadn't branded him the hottest guy in school. As I walked towards the pair all eyes were on me. Amber was new last year and, though we seemed to be friends, people changed ties quickly. A slight hush went over the yard once I stopped in front of Amber and Dawson, waving at him and giving one of my best friends a hug. People grew bored of the normalcy of our encounter and went back to taking. I envied them, if only they knew how weird this actually felt. 

"Celeste, this is Dawson. Dawson, this is Celeste," Amber introduced us in an over excited voice. Both Dawson and I sighed reminding Amber that we had met before. The look in her eye at that moment scared me. "You too seem to be getting along just fine. I'm going to go find the other girls while you two talk." 

As she walked away Amber gave me a reassuring squeeze on the arm. I knew what she was doing. All summer she texted me explaining how Dawson and I would be perfect for each other and that we needed to get together as soon as possible. I always shook my head at her and told her that that would never happen but she didn't listen. I couldn't believe that I was dumb enough to fall for one of her set ups. 

Awkwardly I looked up at Dawson and started a conversation. "So, Amber didn't talk to you over the summer, did she?" I surveyed him as I waited for his answer. He wasn't tall but he was a little taller than me, being a little over 5 feet most people were taller than me, and his dark blond almost brown hair complemented his blue eyes. He had crooked teeth and a slightly off smile to match but it was cute. He played lacross which that kept his body looking athletic and healthy. 

Lacross wasn't a sport people played competitively where we were. It was seen as more of an activity for rich people and because of that it was taken over by the rich. Most games were plain rides away which you had to pay for yourself. 

"No." Dawson spoke, shaking me out of my thoughts, "she did mention some girl that she wanted me to meet. Apparently her and I are really compatible. I don't know. She only talked about it once and it was late so she was probably high on sleep." His eyebrows shot up at the sound of my buzzing phone in my pocket. "You have a phone? Let me get your number. You seemed like a cool chick last year but it was kind of hard to talk to you."

To me Dawson was still some privileged rich kid with an inflated ego so even if I didn't think twice about giving him my number, I didn't think about it at all. ".....681. That's my number." I made an involuntary giggled and was about to mentally kick myself until I saw the boyish smile on his face. I wasn't stupid, Dawson looked good, but that didn't mean he wasn't also stupid and superficial. 

Trying not to be rude I opened my mouth to say something but was cut short by a chorus of screaming coming my way. Turning I saw the rest of the girls running towards Dawson and I with a angry Amber trailing behind her. All three girls hugged me but Brooklyn and Margaret's face fell the moment they saw Dawson standing there. Faith was her usual self and didn't really notice much, giggling and making pointless comments. There was a weird tension in the group but I didn't knew where it was coming from or why and Dawson had closed up emotionally sometime during the confusion.