The girl with the lip ring - (Beau Brooks Fanfiction)

Chapter 3 - First Encounters

Once English had finished Natalie dashed out of the classroom to find somewhere private. She found a fire exit through one of the classrooms which lead to behind the building. She glanced around to make sure she was alone. She was. Reaching into her scuffed leather bag, Natalie produced a shiny blue box.

Natalie had smoked ever since the loss of her Grandma, 2 months after they'd moved over to Australia.

The next thing Nat pulled out was her red lighter. She'd been waiting for this for days now. As Natalie lit up the cigarette she heard footsteps. She jumped and searched for where it could have come from. She saw nobody.

She put the paper to her lips, drawing in the smoke until her lungs were at breaking point. She held her breath for a couple of seconds before forming and 'O' shape with her mouth and blowing out the smoke. She smiled. On her second drag she blew hoops with the smoke, chuckling to herself.

Natalie was about to take her third puff when a hand suddenly ripped the burning cigarette from her mouth. Nat gasped and spun around in horror. It was Beau.

“You'll thank me one day,” Beau smirked. He winked, threw his Pennyboard to the floor and zoomed off down the back of the school building.

Natalie stood in awe for a minute or two thinking over what just happened. She turned awkwardly and went back into school to find Sarah and Katie.

As soon as she found them in the girls toilets, the bell rang loudly above them. She sighed and walked to her next lesson. History.

For the rest of her first day, Beau said nothing. Natalie glanced over in his direction once or twice, but he seemed to care more about not getting caught on his phone under the desk than about Nat.