Ivory's POV
The rest of the day flew by. Soon the bell rang and I was at my locker packing up my things to go home. I was shoveling all my books into my bag when someone pushed me from behind screaming BOO! I stumbled forward from the force and dropped my things. Without making a single sound I just started collecting my things from the ground again. This was a usual for me; people were always knocking my books down. What happened next though, wasn’t a usual for me; it was actually a shock which says a lot.
“Opps! I’m so sorry Ivy! I didn’t mean to make you drop your books!” Drake rushed out while bending down to pick up some of my books
At the sound of his voice, I looked by. He was grabbing my books of the ground while repeating “sorry”. I watched him curiously. Once he picked up all my books he got up and held his hand out for me to grab. I stayed there on the ground staring at his hand. His smile started to fade,
“What happened?” he asked, his smile completely gone now
I grabbed on to his hand and let him pull me up and I dusted off my jeans.
“What happened?” he asked me again
“Nothing” I shrugged, why was he asking me that?
“You just looked so confused and curious a second ago” he stated while taking the rest of my books and my bag out of my hand. He put all my books neatly in and closed the zip
“You didn’t have to do that you know” I smiled at him. Wow, he really was sweet!
“Do what?” he asked looking confused
“Help me pick up my books of the ground and put them back so neatly” I said in a duh tone, but still smiled
He looked even more confused now “obviously I helped you pick them up! I’m the one that made them fall!”
I stared at him for a minute, trying to figure him out; he seemed to be doing the same thing. I got the feeling he would have helped me pick them up even if it wasn’t him who made me drop them. He was just so sweet. He didn’t get that no one was like that here. No one would help you even if you were dying! It’s just not how it works out!
“Never mind, but thank you” I said and reached out for my bag
He pulled my bag out of reach, “You walking home today?” he asked me instead
At the thought of finally being allowed to walk home from school got me beaming. “Yup” I said popping the p. I loved walking so much. The fresh air, the breeze, the sounds of kids laughing and birds chirping, I just loved it.
He chuckled lightly and I looked at him a bit confused “What’s so funny?” I asked him
He chuckled again, his low, velvety chuckle, “You just looked like a child who woke up on Christmas! You looked so happy that you were walking!” he laughed
I felf my cheeks burn, I looked down at my feet and couldn’t help but smile too “What can I say, I like the outdoors” I said
When I looked up again, I saw him staring at me “What?” I asked
He seemed to snap out of it and looked away “nothing” he replied with a shrug
I tried reaching for my bag again and he pulled it away again. I put my hands on my hips frowning “Why aren’t you giving me back my bag?” I asked
He smiled “because I’m walking you home and I think I should carry it from you since you seem so clumsy” He said with another low chuckle
I was a bit taken a back “how am I clumsy!”
He laughed at my face “Oh my …..god…..your face!....it was hilarious!” he choked out between laughter, I put my hands on my hips and tried to snatch my bag out of his hands
“Ivy chill! I was just joking!” he said, still laughing
I sighed and turned around. I started to walk towards the exit, not waiting for him to catch up I left the building. I smiled as the air hit my face and the wind blew my hair out of my face. I really did like the outdoors.
Drake came up behind me “want some ice cream from there?” he asked as he pointed to a little ice cream shop down the street called “Cream of Ice”. I looked towards it and saw my brother and his friends sitting in one of the booths threw the glass and frowned. Just as I was about to say something, Drake grabbed my hand and started pulling me there.
I looked up and saw him smiling, but it his eyes were cold and hard. He looked down at me “Just because he’s there, doesn’t mean that you can’t go” he told me and pulled me all the way.
I'm starting to write again. Yay! thanx to all of those who convinced me too! I owe it to you guyz, I really would have stopped. The next upload will take time because these nxt 2 weeks are my exam weeks....sorry, anywayz, i hope you liked the chap. Thank you all for reading and fanning! it really means a lot!!
Diya
