I look over at Connor with my mouth wide open. He's smiling at me.
"Yeah so apparently he has changed and close your mouth. You don't want bugs flying in there."
I close it and open it again to talk,"Why didn't you tell me last night!"
"Because I didn't have time. We had a long talk and I was too tired to do anything after."
"I see. Well you never told me he was hot either!"
He makes a face and I laugh. "First of all that's my brother. Second, that's just gross."
"What's gross?"
I look up and see Mr. Hutcherson standing there. I blush and look at Connor. He smirks at me.
"Nothing, bro. This is Katie."
"I see you got yourself a hot girlfriend. Well done."
"She's not my girlfriend. She's just my bestfriend."
He looks at me and says,"I'm Josh but call me Mr. Hutcherson in class. Outside of class, you can call me anything you like." He winks then walks away.
I can tell that my face is blood red. I look over at Connor and let out a little laugh. He just shakes his head and starts drawing.
Class ends and Connor tells me that he'll see me later. I start packing up my stuff and my sketch book falls in the floor. I bend down to pick it up but someone beats me to it. I lean back up and see J- I mean Mr. Hutcherson standing there. I take my sketch book from him and give him a small smile.
"Thanks," I say as I put in in my bag.
"No problem. You need a ride home?"
"No, I have a car. Thanks though."
"Yeah, see you tomorrow."
I grab my bag and walk out the door. I reach my car and get in. I start to pull out of the parking lot when a motorcycle pulls out in front of me. I say a few unpleasant words under my breathe and flip them off.
I pull in my driveway and get out. There wasn't any cars outside so I'm guessing I'm alone. Great. I walk into the kitchen and make myself a sandwich before walking upstairs to my room. I grab my laptop then sit down on my bed. I finish my sandwich then open it up. Logging in on Facebook, I notice I have a friend request. I click on it and my mouth falls open.
Josh Hutcherson wants to be your friend.
I hit confirm then start looking through my newsfeed. I'm about to log off when a message pops up.
Josh Hutcherson:
Hey :)
Katie Addison:
Hey?
Josh Hutcherson:
What's up?
Katie Addison:
I'm about to go to Connor's. Wbu?
Josh logged off.
Hmm that's strange. I close my laptop and walk out of my room. I go down stairs and out of the house. I get in my car and start driving.
I walk into Connors house and hear voices coming from the living room. I hear a loud laugh and know it's his. I walk in there and everyone looks at me.
"Hey guys."
Connors smiles and says,"Hey Katie! I didn't know you were coming over so early."
"Yeah, sorry. I just didn't have anything else to do."
"It's fine. Come on let's go up to my room."
We start walking out of the room and I turn my head to look back. Josh is sitting there smirking at me. I just shake my head and keep walking.
**
My day has been good so far minus the part where my car wouldn't start this morning. My mom had to drop me off this morning. Right now, I'm packing my stuff up to leave. I can feel Josh's eyes on me but I won't look at him. I pick up my bag and walk out of the room.
I start looking for my mom but I don't see her anywhere. I pull out my phone and dial her number.
"Hello?"
She sounds like she just woke up.
"You forgot me."
"Oh, I'm sorry. Do you want me to come get you?"
Yeah, you sure do sound sorry.
"No. I'll ask someone for a ride."
I hang up and sigh.
"Did I hear that you needed a ride?"
I turn around and see Josh standing there.
"No, I'm fine. I'll ask someone else."
"It's no problem. I can give you a ride."
"Well, okay."
I follow him and we stop at a motorcycle. Not just any motorcycle but the one that pulled out in front of me yesterday. My face gets red and I look down.
"You didn't know that was me yesterday, did you?"
I look up and see that he's smirking at me.
"No. I'm sorry Mr. Hutcherson."
"I told you to call me Josh and it's cool. It was my fault," he hands me a pink helmet,"Now, put this on."
I take it from him and put it on. He gets on the bike and I get on behind him.
"You might want to hold on."
I wrap my arms around him and he takes off. I close my eyes and pray that he's a good driver.
We come to a stop and I move my arms then get off. I take off the helmet and hand it to him.
"Thanks for the ride."
"Anytime."
We both awkwardly stare at each other for a minute before I start to walk away. I get half to my door when I hear footstep behind me.
"Katie?"
I turn around and see Josh standing there.
"Yes?"
He grabs my face and kisses me. My eyes widen and I pull away.
"I- uh I have to go. See you tomorrow Mr. Hutcherson."
I run into my house and slam the door. What the hell just happened?
