lovestruck {F.W}

Chapter 16

HARPERS POV
"wait, i still don't understand" jack says, "if you two aren't a thing, if that's what the kids call it these days" he jokes, "then why are you skipping school together?" he pulls grass, mirroring my actions.
"we're just friends" he says, i nod in agreement, not wanting to look him in the eye. jack raises his eyebrows and shakes his head.
"any couple starts off as 'just friends'. anyway i have to get to class and you two should too" he points his finger at us.
"oh shut up jack!" josh snaps, we both stare at him in shock. wow talk about moody.
"josh? what's wrong?" i touch his hand softly.
"n-no it was my fault for interrupting I'm sorry" he stammers, "bye harper" he waves and runs off to where a girl was waiting for him.

josh and i sit in silence for a few moments.
"why didn't you tell me about him? it's really no biggie" i ask him blatantly
"i don't know why, and im sorry i lied" he plants a kiss on my forehead.
i feel all warm and smiley. i think it's my turn to be happy.

FINNS POV
i walk to school with gaten and the girls, holding rivers warm little hand in mine. i watch her as we walk, ignoring the excited chatter coming from the members of the group her face lights up when she smiles, dimples and all, her hair swaying slightly in the wind. she's beautiful. i can't believe i almost lost her, never again am I letting that happen.
we pass lola, who just completely ignores River. she drops my hand quickly, colour rushing to her cheeks.

we finish school and skip to our trailers, hanging back to give river a quick hug. her perfume stays in my nose the walk to the trailer, strawberries. i smile stupidly to myself.

LOLAS POV:
"yeah and then they kissed i heard her admit it in the trailer!" clara squeals as i fill her in on all the details. "how dare she!" She says quickly, when I glare at her.
"are you gonna tell?" She asks me as if I'm 10 years old
"well not matt or anyone, ill talk to Tim" Tim's our camera man, i know I can trust him.
"he won't tell will he?" She asks wide eyed
"oh for god sake clara we're not 5." I snap at her. "he'll listen, don't worry and i told you Clara, River keeps on getting involved when nothing concerns her, it's probably luck that brought here, i should be with finn, me. and if im not allowed to date on set, then neither is she, even if it is secretly. i walk over to matt and ross' office.  i knock and enter. they look up and sigh. how rude.
"look lola we told you, you have to tell us before you come over okay?" he says, slightly irritated.
"yeah yeah I know, but it's urgent, we have a problem...it's about river and finn"

HARPERS POV
we rush back to class, we've skipped 4 and a half hours and now they're only 2 classes left. we're in big trouble. the hallways are silent, just like my first day, wondering the halls with- jade! i smack my forehead. id been so wrapped up in skipping and josh that id completely forgotten about my new friend.  i feel instant guilt, have i been ditching river too? no, she's with millie and all of them. ive just been making new friends, right?
"Harper Wilson, Joshua Grazer! skipping classes?" miss taylor yells at us and we roll our eyes. miss Taylor is a horrible teacher, tall and thin, shouts at everything. josh and i exchange glances and we run as fast as we can down the hall way. holding each others hand tightly.
"GET BACK HERE!" She shouts, chasing after us, "YOU WILL BOTH HAVE A SATURDAY DETENTION" we burst out of the doors and stagger round the side of the building. we wait until she's stopped calling us and we splutter with laughter and try to calm our breathing.
"Saturday detention? she can bog off the silly old hag!" i yell fiercely, and turn to find josh staring at me before he burst out laughing, i feel the colour rush to my cheeks.
"you know, we have to work on you're cursing skills, you just sound funny when you call people 'old hags'" he mimics me, he face bright red. "what does that even mean?"
"oh shut up josh. yeah well that means we can work on your dreadful accents" i fire back at him.
"it's a date! meet me Saturday noon sharpish, at the coffee place, oh and bring your camera" he rushes, i smirk at him "a date?"
a smile plays on his lips, "yep but don't get your hopes up, im sure I'm older than you" i frown, "you are but not drastically, you're 15?"
He shakes his head, "a joke harp, looks like we're going to work on you're sense humour!"'
Just then a car pull us behind me, i turn quickly, oops. it's not tom or those weird creeps, it's lilly, rivers mum, the school rang her. how fun, it doesn't bother me, what bothers me is that it isn't mark sitting in the passenger seat, it's my dad...and he's angry.