Girl Meets Boy

Chapter four - Hayes

I awoke to my youngest brother, max,jumping on my bed an landing in a bundle at my side.

"LIA, WAKE UP NOW!"

"What's wrong munchkin?" I moaned in reply.

"Nothing, dad says I can go in the pool but only if you come and watch me, please Melia? Please please please please?"

"Eurgh fine, just let me get dressed"

I stood up slowly and opened my curtains, light flooded the room and smothered my feet in golden sunshine. Max was still sitting on my bed so I sent him of to get his swimming trunks on. I quickly threw on a bikini, it was lilac but other than that it was nothing interesting, I dragged myself down the stairs and after a well earned bowl of cereal headed out back with my town, book at phone.

Max rushed passed me and cannon balled in to the pool, I laid my towel down next to it and checked my phone. 7.34 am, are you kidding me? If I had known it was this early, I would quite happily have stayed snuggled in bed for another hour or two. I sighed and pulled my blonde hair into a long pony tail. I was about to lay down when I heard the door bell ring and knowing my mum would probably still be sleeping I ran to get it,wrapping the towel around my body as I did.

I opened the door to see a olive skinned boy, slightly smaller than me with a toned body and the brightest eyes you've ever seen and warm smile on his face.

"Hey, I hope I'm not intruding, I saw you outside so I knew you were awake."

He must've seen my confusion on my face as he blushed slightly and explained "sorry I'm your neighbour, I live next door actually, I just wanted to welcome you to the neighbourhood and introduce myself, I'm Hayes"

He held a long, olive arm out to me which I shook with a smile and replied "I'm Amelia. Just so you know, my mum, the only other women here, is called Jenna, my stepdad, the tall guy that's basically always smiling, is called Terri, the scrawny, scarecrow-like boy is James, he's fourteen and this" I pointed at max who had joined me at the door "is my youngest brother Max, he's seven."

Hayes beamed at Max who looked up at him in wonder.

"Well I've got a mum called Lizzy, my dads called Chad, two older brothers, Will whos twenty something and doesn't live here and Nash who's Seventeen and is out at the moment or I'd introduce you, and I also have Skylynn,my little sister, she's seven as well. You'll probably meet her soon, she's been talking about meeting the new neighbours for ages.." He ran his hands through his long, dark hair.

I laughed and told him I'd like that and he asked what school I was moving too.

"Erm,just the local one, I'm getting a lift though because it's the first day and stuff."

"Oh yeah, I go there too and so does Nash, I'll see you then I guess and if you need any help just come and ask, okay?"

"Okay" I replied, smiling sweetly back at him.

"Ermm okay then so I'm gonna go, er, bye Amelia."

He rushed off back home and I spent the remainder or the day by the pool, I told mum about the pool and she headed over to the Grier household in her little flowery summer dress to meet Hayes' mum Lizzy. I stayed at home and showered.

I pulled on a baggy shirt and some underwear and looked in the mirror at myself. My skin had tanned exceptionally fast with no burning at all, which was surprising for my fair skin, my face was clear of spots, my eyes an eccentric blue which seemed to glow now my skin was darker, my dirty blonde hair which was wavy and reached my waist, already had light blonde highlights but other than that I looked rather normal, average height, long dark eyelashes, skinny nose, ear piercings. I headed of to bed, knowing tomorrow could either go really well or really bad.