Lost In His Smile [BXB]

Chapter 2: Singing

When I came home, my mom was at work. That's a good thing because it means she won't bother me with questions like: "how was your day?" Or: "have you made new friends?"

Instead, I'm just gonna go eat something and finish unpacking.

Or so I thought. My phone rang. It was Ian. We exchanged numbers back at biology class. Except, when I picked up the phone, I was surprised by different familiar voice.

"Hello" I said

"Hey Alex, it's Jackson."

And just like that, my heart started beating 10 times faster. What was this strange feeling again?

"Oh, hi!" I said

"Sorry to call like this, I forgot to ask for your number and I thought it would be wired to call from my phone, and that you might not answer unknown numbers."

"Oh, it's fine, just take it from Ian."

"Okay. Hey I was thinking, do you need someone to show you around town?"

"Yeah, actually, I do."

"Great, wanna meet at Starbucks?"

"Yeah, I don't know where that is." We both laughed

"Okay, then just text me your address and I'll pick you up in 20 minutes."

"Alright, see you then."

"See you."

Was I just about to give my address to complete stranger? Yep.

Let's just hope he is not a serial killer.

As I was getting ready I heard the door bell. Fuck no. Not even 5 minutes passed?! I'm not ready yet. Collect yourself, Alex! I went downstairs and opened the door to see my lovely mother. Why did she attack my poor heart like this?

"Mother."

"Son?"

She was looking at me from head to toes again and again.

"You look unusually nice?" She finally said

"Okay, rude."

"Are you going out with some girl?" She smiled

Well, close. I'm going out with some boy and I don't think we're going out, like going out, he probably just feels sorry for me because I don't even know where a fucking Starbucks is. But I'm obviously not gonna tell her that.

"No, just going out with a friend I met today..."

"You already have friends! That's great! Honey I'm so happy for you!"

"Yeah, yeah... Can I go finish getting ready now?"

"Of course, don't let me stop you."

So I went back upstairs and proceeded. I was ready after about 10 minutes and now I was just waiting for Jackson.

I looked better than usual, but not to good. The good thing is that Jackson doesn't know me so he doesn't know how I usually look and he won't realize I dressed up especially good for this occasion. Why did I dress up especially good for this occasion, again?

After a lot of overthinking, the door bell rang. I was about to go down stairs and open, but my mother dear did it instead of me. So I just watched Jackson and my mom meet from the stairs.

"Hi, you must me Mrs. Matthews. I'm Jackson."

"It's nice to meet you Jackson. You can call me Pam. Come in, Alex will be down in a sec."