Life is Hard

Chapter 11

Laura's POV

I walk out of the library, about to walk home.

"Hey, Laura!" someone says behind me. I turn around. It's Will.

"Hi, Will," I say shyly.

"Can I walk you home?"

"Sure."

"What brought you to the amazing library of BOOKS?" I can't help but to laugh.

"I needed to get some books for school," I say, holding out my 5 books with my good arm [the non-broken one].

"Do you need a hand?" he asks.

"Oh, not re-"

"Let me help you with that," he says, taking my books from my hands.

"Thanks." I smile. Am I blushing? He sure is nice and cute. And smart. Wait, am I falling for him?

"You're really pretty when you blush," he blurts out. So I am blushing.

"Thanks. You're really nice," I say. I bring voice down to a whisper," And beautiful."

"You think so?"I nod."Can I sign you cast?"

"Yeah, of course. Just let me get a marker." I pull out a silver marker. He signs my cast and adds some numbers facing me.

"I hope you don't mind I out my number on there..."

"Not at all. I have my phone with me right now. I'll add you as a contact right now."

I start typing in the number and add his name.

"Can I get a quick picture of you for my contact picture?"

"Yeah," he says.

He takes the picture and hands me my phone back. We continue the walk home.

Once we're about a quarter mile away from my house, I feel something in my hand. I look down. It's his hand.

"Do you like me or something?" I say. "Not that it's a bad thing..."

"Yeah. I really like you..."

"Well, I like you too. But I just got dumped last week..."

"Josh?"

"Yeah."

"He's the biggest jerk ever. What were you doing with him?"

"I don't know." He stops and turns to face me.

"I'm better than him."

"I know you are."

"You deseved better than him." He moves closer to me. He sets the books down and grabs my waist. My stomach does a million flips. I grab his shoulders. He moves his mouth in close to mine and kisses me. After our looong kiss, we rest our foreheads on each other's. "I know this might be a bit early for you considering....Josh, but, will you, maybe...be my...g-g-girlf-f-friend?"

"Yeah," I say. He picks me up and twirls me around. He kisses my forehead very lightly.

"Let's get you home," he says and we get home, right on time.