Just Friends

Chapter One

I watch the girl enter the store. She has long blond hair and from what I can see, blue eyes. She's looks my age, a little taller. She heads straight toward the junk aisle. She wears jeans and a tank top. I wish I had the guts to go introduce myself. I could really do with a friend right now.
"Uh..Hello, do u want a bag for this?"
A more masculine voice interrupts my thoughts. My eyes drift from the mysterious girl to the boy in front of me. I realise he'd finished scanning my items and I've been waiting there for the last five minutes. I stare at his face. Its covered in pimples. His name tag says Jack.
"Um.." I have lots of items and my cars all the way across the car park. I dig out a gold coin from my back pocket.
He stares at me. I feel sorry for him. The Line behind me begins to grow as I hand him the dollar coin. He grabs a bag from behind the counter and the line shuffles down. I sneak a glance toward the junk aisle. The girl isn't there and weirdly, I find myself hoping she hasn't left. I feel a tap on my shoulder.
"Daydreaming will get you nowhere in life." A big man behind me says. I stare at his pudgy face and shrug apologetically. I grab the bags quickly and load them into a trolley before venturing back out into the summer sun.

That morning:

"Grace!" Mum calls my name from downstairs.

I'm sitting on my bed watching YouTube. A normal Saturday morning.

"Yeah!?" I yell. She says nothing so I heave my laptop off my lap and put it on my desk. Downstairs mums cooking what looks like a literal storm.

"Um, yeah?" I come up behind her. My mum who's name is Susanna reads over the recipe book she has open.

"Mum?" I ask.

"Hmm..?" she says, concentrating on the food.

"You called me?"

"What? Oh yeah, we're having guests over tonight and I'm making my special garlic bread, roast duck and chocolate pudding but it seems I've run out of garlic, cooking chocolate, oil, bread and.. Oh, we don't have duck."

I roll my eyes and laugh.

"let me guess, you want me to go down to the shops?" I question.

She looks at me hopefully.

"Okay okay, I'll go."

"thanks honey" Mum says handing me a list of things she needs. I grab the keys and pull some sneakers on. I tie my wavy brown hair into a messy bun birds could live in.

"bye!" I call. I get nothing back so grinning to myself I head off the shops.

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Omgg, hi everyone! This is my first book on wattpad, I hope you guys enjoyed this very short chapter. I'm really excited about this, I've had this Idea in my head for awhile.
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