12 dates of Christmas [Completed]

Chapter 3

This chapter is dedicated to @Takil89

Zino

So Mateo had a date with Cora yesterday. But that isn't going to stop me from asking her out. And Mateo is acting like a smug asshole today even though he clearly didn't get the kiss. The terms are that she is the one that has to initiate THE KISS for it to count.

I find her sitting in the corner in the lunch room.

"Can I sit with you?" I ask.

"Sure, it's a free country", she says as she goes back to her novel.

"So what are you reading?" I ask.

"A book for English class", she says looking at me.

I try to get her to talk to me the whole lunch break and when she gets up to leave I offer her my company, which she accepts. Finally I'm getting somewhere with her. When we reach her locker I ask if she wants to hang out after school.

"What? Like a date?" she wonders looking into my eyes.

"If that's what you want it to be", I smile brightly at her.

Cora bites her lip looking at me for a second.

"Okay, but you have to come up with something fun to do"

I know some fun things I could do with her but I keep them to myself.

Cora

Okay, so I've somehow managed to get a second date on my third day at school. But this time it's not Mateo taking me out, it's Zino. I don't really get why I agreed to this but at least I don't have to go home straight after school.

I have math and as I enter the classroom everyone looks at me. I hate being the new girl.

Zino is waiting by my locker at the end of the day.

"C'mon lets go", he says and takes my hand as we're walking down the corridor. It's warm and dry and I'm hyper aware of it. He holds it like a mother would hold on to a child. Of course all the snotty girls glares at me as we pass by them.

Zino's SUV is like him-, big and bulky. He helps me inside. It smells new and the plush seats feel really pleasant to sit in. He gets in and drives us to a coffee shop in the city. We spend the next few hours talking and joking about everything and nothing. I can't help but to fall for his flirting.

He drives me home and I've decided not to let him walk me to the door, since I didn't allow Mateo to yesterday. Zino kisses my hand before he bids me his goodbye.