He'll need a code name. {Ethan Karpathy}

Chapter five

Harry's POV :

Alex is cute; she dresses cute, she speaks cute, she is cute.

I like the way she blushes and stutters sometimes.

But those two things also kinda piss me off, because it's not me making that happen, is it?

It's Ethan! Because everyone likes Ethan!

Don't get me wrong, we're mates, literally cousins, practically brothers, but him and Jake always get the girls swooning and no one even looks at me twice around Ethan I-can-sing-better-than-you-and-you-know-it Karpathy and Jake tall-dark-and-handsome Briggs. I'm just Harry I-can-surf-a-bit Scott.

Today was really fun though, and I had a great time.

Everyone was smiling and laughing, (by the way, have you seen Alex's smile?! Beaut!) it was almost perfect.

Almost because perfect would mean a lot less Alex almost visibly drooling of Ethan!

I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket and see what it says;

Jake : Oi Ethan you lucky man, did you see Alex checking you out!?

Ugh I would actually kill to be able to leave group chats!

Ethan : Naaaa!

Really? Yes she was! Is Ethan blind or something?

Jake : She soo was!

Okay enough of that, I switch my phone off.

So I'm not pissed at Ethan, or Alex. But maybe both.

Alex is the same height as me (just shorter than Ethan and, like everyone, a bit shorter than Jake.) she has dark, wavy, waist length hair.

You can tell whether she's fake smiling or real smiling because her real smiles are big, bright and punctuated with a dimple on her tanned face.

But the main thing I like about Alex is her blue-green eyes that almost glow in the sunlight.

A short version of that last paragraph is : Alex is cute. Very cute.

Alex's POV :

It's been a week and two days since truth or dare, And the only talking between me and Ethan has been awkward hi's and weird kik conversations that don't last long.

I often glance at him during maths, but look away quickly so he doesn't notice. During these glances though, I do see someone else looking my way and have made awkward eye contact with him a few times, he's probably staring because I keep drooling over his friend, he probably thinks I'm weird, Harry probably thinks I'm weird.

Another week passes and still nothing from Ethan, but I swear Harry is staring at me!

It's probably because my drooling.

It's definitely because of my drooling.

~*~*~

I'm on the bus on the way to school, sitting by myself.

At Ethan's stop I look up automatically, I know I'm creepy, he sees the empty seat next to me a grins.

I watch as Ethan walks over and practically jumps into the seat.

'Hi friend!' He beams.

'Hi..?'

'Lets play twenty questions!'

'Uhh okay...'

I find out he has a ten year old sister called Taliah, he plays guitar and keyboard, he takes acting lesson and a few other things.