《 shy ~ greece, nhc 》{COMPLETED}

Ch. 15

When I get into the house, I feel the tears pricking at my eyes. I run up to my room, completely ignoring my mums greeting, and I fly into my room. I flop onto my bed, letting out a few tears. I'm so confused. I rack my brain for what I might have done wrong, but I'm left with nothing. I decide to ring up Blake and ask him what he thinks. I lie down on my stomach on the bed, my phone resting on my pillow. Blake picks up at the second ring, his face showing up on my screen.

"Hey G!" He cheers, sending me a smile.

"Hi Blake." I mumble, sniffling slightly. He immediately notices and frown.

"George, what's wrong? Are you crying? Are you hurt? Do you want me to come over?" Blake suddenly rushes out. I hear shuffling from his side of the phone and I can no longer see his face.

"No! No. I'm fine Blake. Just a little confused. I need some advice." I sigh, hearing Blake stop his shuffling.

"Yes, I'm here, I'll help. What's up?" He asks, settling back down on what seems to be his bed. So, I decide to tell him everything that had happened, from the oral presentation to when he had abruptly left me standing on the street. Blake's quiet for a few minutes, thinking.

"I think I may know what's wrong with him." He says eventually. My ears perk up at this and I raise my eyebrows expectantly.

"Well?" I hint, wanting to know. He shakes his head.

"I can't tell you. If it is what I think then he should tell you himself. Besides, it's just a hunch." He explain. I groan dramatically.

"Are you serious?" I whine, stuffing my head into my pillow.

"Yes. I'm going to talk to him tomorrow. Anyways, what about the party on Friday? You planning on coming?" He asks.

"I wasn't planning on it, but I might. Who's is it again?" I question.

"It's Jack, that nice guy in the year above. You know, the one that helped us on the first day." Blake reminds me. "But everyone's gonna be there. You've gotta come, please G?" He begs.

"Fine I'll go. Maybe I'll try to get my mind off of Reece." I sigh, my mind wandering off to the blonde boy. Blake looks at me sympathetically.

"You really have it bad for him eh?" He says softly. I nod.

"I don't know what it is about him. He's just so... I don't know." Blake gives me a grin, and I return it. How is it that Reece can make me so happy and so confused at the same time?

"Anyways, I need to go. I'll see you tomorrow, at seven thirty outside your house, okay?" He says. I agree and we eventually hang up. I go onto Instagram, looking through my feed and quickly getting bored. I go to WhatsApp and my fingers hover over Reece's name, before I decide to send him a message.

To Reecey-boy:

Hey Reece, I'm not sure what's going on but I hope you're okay. Remember, I'm here if you need help. Good night xx

I wait a few minutes before getting up and preparing myself for bed. Once I'm ready, I get back under the covers and check my phone. No new notifications. I frown and check the text.

Read, 10:35.

It's 10:57 now. So he's actually ignoring me. With a heavy heart, I leave my phone, get under the covers and attempt to go to sleep.

*****

As soon as I wake up, I realise I'm extremely late, only having ten minutes until I'm supposed to meet the lads, so I jump out of bed. I throw on a random pair of jeans and a hoodie that's a little oversized. I run downstairs, grabbing an apple and trying to stuff everything into my school bag. I whiz past my mum, who's preparing her breakfast.

"Good morning." She chuckles as I drown my scorching hot coffee.

"Morning, I'm late so bye, have a nice day." I rush out, placing my mug in the sink. I swing my bag over my shoulder and take a bite out of my apple. Right before leaving, I squirt some gel onto my hand and try to give my hair even the slightest bit of volume, probably failing quite miserably. Once I'm outside, I see Blake waiting at my gate, typing on his phone. I notice him look up when he hears the door slam.

"Morning mate. Sleep in?" He chuckles as I make my way towards him.

"Yep. Fastest I've ever gotten ready." I chuckle. I then notice Reece isn't here and I frown. "Is he not here?" I ask, knowing Blake is aware of who I'm talking about. He shakes his head sadly. I pull out my phone and see an unread message from Reece.

From Reecey-boy:

I went ahead. Don't wait up.

I feel my frown deepen, but I stuff my phone into my pocket and begin walking.

"Let's go." I mumble. Blake follows after me silently.

I don't know what's going on. But I don't like it.

*****

Reece doesn't talk to me for the whole day. I try making conversation and asking what's wrong, but he just says he's tired and stops talking. I eventually convince Blake to go talk to him, and I wait with Ali and Sam at the lunch table.

"So, George, how are things going with Reece?" Sam smirks at me suggestively.

"What do you mean?" I play dumb, even though I'm completely aware that they have noticed my fondness towards the boy.

"Cmon mate, you can't fool us. We know you like him." Sams says. I roll my eyes and pretend to be annoyed.

"What are talking about, I don't like him." I chuckle.

"Yeah, sure. Sam, you should've seen them during the presentation. They literally didn't stop looking at each other the whole time, they literally looked at each other as though there was no one in the room." Ali says. I blush deeply, looking at my hands.

"What, so they were having eye-sex?" Sam exclaims. I look up in shock, feeling myself blush even deeper.

"What? No we weren't!" I protest. Ali and Sam laugh at my defensiveness and I pout. Then, out of the corner of my eyes I see Blake and Reece approaching us. They arrive to us just as the bell rings, meaning I can't talk to Reece. Thankfully, next period is English so I can try an talk to him. Everyone scatters out of the dinning hall and into their respective classrooms. I turn to Reece once I'm seated, finding him already looking at me.

"G, I'm sorry about how I was acting last night. I didn't realise I'd hurt you, you know that wasn't my intention. I just... I got very insecure when I met Mia last night. She was so confident and pretty, she made me feel... I don't know, just insecure." Reece eventually admits. I smile, forgetting how I was feeling before, just happy to have him back.

"It's fine Reece. Just be honest with me next time, I'll understand. I was worried." I admit.

Even though he's admitted this now, I feel like there's something he isn't telling me. Something big.

Hey guys!
So I'm kinda in a rush but I thought I'd update either way, although that means I haven't proof read so it could be full of stupid mistakes hahah.
Hope you enjoy, I'll try and update again on Tuesday cause tomorrow I'm going on an overnight trip with my school...
Have a good day xx
P.S. sorry it's so much shorter than usual! Next one is really long haha.