Girl on wheels

Eight

Last lesson was alright, nothing really happened to be honest. But the teacher did actually talk to me unlike all the others for once. We have a project to complete which is on Nazi Germany. We have two weeks to complete it and me and James are partners for it, which works out rather well.

The bell had finally rung, dismissing us from school. We made our way to James car where everyone was waiting for us. We did the same thing as yesterday, I was in the front with James driving and Lea and Chloe were sat in the back with parts of my chair on them and in the boot. Oh and of course Bandit was sat in the middle enjoying life. I put the radio on and we all started to sing to Thank you,next.

We arrived home after a fun car ride of us three girls horribly singing songs and James telling us to be quiet. I kept patting him on the head and saying he was a good boy which was making us all laugh again. We were all sat on the sofa now getting comfy. Wait we don't have snacks. "James, could you get the snacks please?" I ask him with puppy dog eyes from beside him. He looks at me and smiles then gets up and walks to the kitchen. "How are you doing that? He doesn't do anything for anyone, including us! Tell us your secret!" Chloe and Lea whisper-yelled at me. I just laughed it off not really knowing why he does all of this for me. He returned a few minutes later with two bowls of snacks for us to share. "Thanks." I said as he sat next to me, our shoulders touching. He put the bowl half on my lap and half on his, then realised no one has put a movie in the DVD player. He sighed quietly and got up, moving the bowl fully onto my lap. He picked one off of the shelf and put it on. He closed the curtains, which made the whole room near enough pitch black, and tiptoed back to me on the sofa. But he did manage to stub his toe on the coffee table which earned a laugh from all of us while he silently sweared. The movie began playing and now I realised why he had closed the curtains. It was a damn horror movie. He grabbed one of the many blankets from the sofa and covered us both with it and I moved the bowl to my left side. He leaned over to grab a sweet from the bowl and planted a little kiss on my cheek. I could feel my face heating up but no anxiety has kicked in. Yet. Maybe it was an accident. Why would he want to kiss you? You're gross and haven't showered in like a week. Move away from him before he starts asking questions. Now I was getting a little sweaty I must admit. Then he did something I wasn't expecting at all. He took my hand in his underneath the blanket and just held it, and occasionally rubbed the back of my hand with his thumb. What is actually happening right now? He leaned over to get another sweet but this time he didn't plant a kiss on my cheek. in not gonna lie, I did pout.

We sat there watching the movie until about half way through when Lea and Chloe had fallen asleep and I was near sleep. It was only 5pm and my mum wasn't home until late tonight. Late as in 9pm, so I had to stay home alone. Not fun. "What you thinking?" James asks putting his legs over the side of the sofa and resting his head near my thigh again. "Not much. What about you?" I reply smiling, but trying to keep quiet so I don't wake the others up. "Not much either I guess. When's your mum home?" He asks as I yawn a little too loudly. Lea and Chloe move a little bit they stay asleep. Thank gawd. "Not until nine." I reply taking his hand in mine again. I have no idea where the sudden burst of confidence came from not gonna lie. "I'll stay with you until she's home." He replies looking up at me. "You don't have to." I reply quickly. "No, I want to. I'll take Lea and Chloe home and then I'll come back here." He says. Just then Lea jolts awake. She looks over at me and James and when I realised she was staring at our hands I quickly let go and felt my face heating up. She shrugged and laid back down, now near enough crushing Chloe under her. I laughed a little as Chloe wakes up swatting Lea off of her. Lea ended up on the floor with a loud thud and Chloe immediately started apologising meanwhile, me and James were now laughing hysterically. "I'll take you two home if that's alright?" He asks after he had pulled himself together. "Yeah that's fine. Chloe don't you dare hit me again." Lea says with a little laugh. "I'll try. No promises though." She says standing up and getting her stuff together. I wave good bye from the sofa and watch the three of them leave (four if you include Bandit). I grab my phone and text James "keys in the plant pot." I press send, lay down, grab a blanket and fall asleep.