The Invisible Girl

Chapter 2 The Charming Gentleman

Sean decided to have Chinese food for dinner, so he drove to the restaurant they liked the most. They asked for dumplings, sour and sweet chicken, and wonton. They ate dinner and at the same time they discussed their day, it was something they always did when they lived with their parents, and somehow, they kept that tradition even though it was only the two of them now.

" So, my students got mad at me for having them write an essay since they said there's a huge party this weekend. I told them they have to have their priorities well defined. Can you believe it?

Sean was an English teacher at Western Miami University. He enjoyed his job a lot, however he would mention how troublesome his students were. Amy had a great admiration for her brother since he was hardworking and determined: Sean had fifteen years old, and she was ten when their parents died on a plane crash. They were having an important business on Boston and their presence was required. After that Sean and Amy went to live with their aunt Beth, a divorced woman. However, the siblings were not happy since it was clear she saw them as a burden, two more mouths to feed when she had three sons on her own.  Their parents' will was read and it was explained that both Sean and Amy would receive their half million trust fund when they were both eighteen, and she felt relieved as it meant her nephew and niece would eventually be responsible of themselves. 

Sean inmediately understood she didn't want them there and secretly earned money from small jobs he had, like tutoring. A few days later after he turned eighteen, he took Amy with him moving to a small apartment, enough for the two of them which was still their present home. 

"And what else happened today?" Sean asked grabbing a dumpling with his chopsticks.

"Sean, do you think i'm pretty?" She asked.

"Where does this question comes from?" He asked surprised then spoke again. " I get it, it's because of a boy, right?" 

"Yes. " She answered nervously scratching her arm. 

"What's his name?" Sean asked placing his two hands together. 

"Jonah Parker. But relax, it's not as if he likes me. And he won't ever like me."

"Don't tell me that dude said something rude to you because if he did i will break his face. "

"No, he's a popular guy. He will never look at me that way. No guy ever looks at me. " She shrinked her shoulders.

"Amy, any guy will be lucky to be with you. However, this is not the time, you're too young to date." He said after biting a wonton. 

 "And according to you, when should i date?" She asked placing a hand on her cheek.

"When i die and add three more days. " He answered. 

"Was that a joke? I didn't find it funny." 

"I know you're laughing in your inside, you just won't admit it. Let's pay the check and let's go home. "

When Jonah Parker arrived home, he looked through his stuff on his closet, looking out for his yearbook from last year, when he was the new student. He looked thought the pictures of all his classmates and his eyes stopped on Amy Wilke's picture. It was her, her face expression was the same she had today when speaking to him, as if she was scared. He tried to remember her in his sophomore classes, and he understood that they weren't classmates last year, until now. He looked at her picture again. She was a pretty girl with no doubt, and he couldn't explain himself why he felt curious about her since it was the first he spoke to her. Usually, girls flirted back by waving their hair or smile back at him when he spoke to them, however her reaction was way different this afternoon when they spoke. She barely had eye contact with him, and yet she had hypnotizing green eyes.