Year: 2010
*AMBER'S POV* (Age 11)
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"Mom! Can I please go outside?" My unmatured voice calls through the upstairs hallway.
"Is your room clean?" She asks me, walking into the doorway of my bedroom. I nod my head in annoyance. I've been cleaning this room for the past three hours and it still doesn't 'meet her expectations'.
"Yeah, you can." She nods her head in approval. "Just stay close, and cone when I call for you." She scowls. I smile and nod ny head.
I quickly make my way downstairs and shove my dirty play shoes on my feet. "Grace!" I call.
"What?" My step-sister yells back at me.
"Let's go. " I smile pointing to the door. She smiles back at me and nods her head.
"Her boyfriend is comming over today. Isn't he?" Grace asks me as we step onto my fifteen year old neighbor, Breanna's porch.
"Yep." I smile. "I'm kinda exited." I giggle.
Bre always tells us about her sappy love stories with all of her boyfriend's, and this one happened to be named Luke. I've only met one of her boyfriend's before, James. That one was an odd-duck I tell you!
Im pretty excited to meet Luke though. From what I've heard, he sounds... normal.
My thoughts are interrupted by Bre opening the door with a smile on her face. "You guys can come in. It's freezing." She laughs, covering her arms. "He's here." She whispers as we walk past her.
As soon as I walk in, I see a brown haired boy sitting on the couch. For some reason my nerves start to flow as I kick my shoes off.
I smile, ignoring the sudden awkward-ness in the room, and sit in the chair next to Luke's end of the couch.
"Luke, this is Amber and Grace. Amber and Grace, this is Luke." Bre smiles, waving her hand between us.
"Hey." Grace smiles, all cheery. My nerves take over, not giving me the strength to say anything back. So I just smile and give him a small wave.
The awkwardness might have been too much for him, causing him not to do anything. Not to wave, say hi, smile, nothing.
. . .
"Amber, Jake is here." Bre smiles, raising her eyebrows at me.
My heart starts to race, and I soon feel the small comming of a panic attack. Jake is my boyfriend. Well, not really. He asked me to be his girlfriend, and out of panic, I said yes. But because of my shy-ness, anxiety, and trust issues, we don't talk. At all. We've been 'dating' for about three months and I've literally only said about two words to him.
The next ten minutes are consumed with everyone pressuring me, telling me to talk to him. He eventually comes downstairs with Bre's brother's, and just stares at me along with everyone else in the room. I build up as much courage as I can, and finally say the most embarrassing thing ever. "Sup dude." Telling by the small giggle and smile after saying that, apparently I was trying to be funny. Nobody laughed. It only made the situation more awkward. Everyone stared at me, and they all looked like they might have been embarrassed for me.
The whole rest of the time we were there I just sat in the chair without saying a word. Slight giggles escaped when someone said something funny, but that's about it.
For some reason my mind and eyes kept finding a reason to look at Luke. Either because he was smiling, laughing, or positioning his arm another way around Bre's shoulders.
Eventually my mom called us back home and I was saved from the awkwardness. I want to get over my shy-ness more than anything in the world. But I can't.
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A/N
First chapter! Just letting y'all know now, the first few chapters might be a little confusing with all the time switching. I just wanted you guys to get a little inside on Amber and Luke's past. Eventually, in the next couple chapters, the time will eventually come to the present, and the story will level itself out then. Thank y'all so much for reading. Please vote and comment. ♡
