mystery of love.

Chapter Three

Greece.

The beautiful and outstanding crystal clear water was right in front of my eyes. A few hours ago Juli, her parents and I had checked into the hotel we are staying at for the next 5 weeks. I know right? Five whole weeks. Juliet and I are currently at the beach near our hotel. Its absolutely gorgeous, white sand everywhere marked with the footprints of many others who have visited this wonderful attraction. The water is filled with vibrant fish who swim peacefully. I have yet to gone into the water, but right now i'm trying to take in all of this.

Some people might have went to sleep as soon as they got off the flight, but not Juli and I. I guess we were so eager to explore Greece, and we made the right decision.

Juli was in the water already making friends some how. She is the biggest extrovert I know, she loves making friends or meeting new people, while i'm the opposite. Juliet is really my only friend, and the only person I think I really need to be friends with. I look over to Juliet in the water and I smile, she's talking to some other teenagers it looks like. On the plane ride she apparently learned some greek words so she can converse better with people.

If you were looking at me right now you would see a girl in a blue one piece swimsuit laying on the sand and staring at the sky. I squint my eyes as I notice the sky is becoming a little grey as if it is going to rain soon. Then I hear thunder, great. Knowing Juli is terrified I look at her asking if we should go with my eyes. She gives me a look of fear and sprints out of the water and runs out of sight. I sigh and get up off of the sand. Just great, i'm in a different country, on a beach, in a freaking rainstorm. I don't even have extra clothes to get warm in, just a pair of jean shorts. I look up in the sky as I start to feel rain drops on my head. I quickly put on the shorts over my swimsuit and start walking off of the beach when I realize, I don't have a clue where my hotel is.

Once I get back down town I try to retrace my steps from when I went to the beach. My mind is blank. I hear another thunder boom and I jump slightly from the loudness of it, just as I jump the rain starts pouring and I shiver from its coldness. I start walking left following a side walk, maybe this is the way back? Right now i'm just trying to find anything to get out of this rain. The sky is dark and cloudy and of course i'm alone right now. I keep walking until I find myself in front of a house. I groan and shiver in annoyance, why can't I find this stupid hotel. I was about to walk away again when I hear a door open, I look at the house I stand in front of to see a boy around my age i'm guessing same age as me, so 17. I look at him and quickly examine his features, beautiful brown hair thats curly as well, not like ramen noodles, but a little larger and softer. From my distance I can barely see but I notice he has green eyes, kind of dark but on the inside it gets to a lighter green with specks of hazel. His skin is a gorgeous pale completion, not ghost like but definitely not tan.

I snap out of my thoughts when I hear someone say "e-excuse me miss are you lost? It's raining maybe you should come inside. O-oh wait your probably not english um-" I cut him off by saying "no I don't want to be a bother, but I am indeed english kind sir". Kind sir, who the heck says kind sir, what is going on with me. It's like I see this boy and my mind goes mushy or something. "Oh well my names C-Chase and trust me you wouldn't be a bother at all, it's raining you could catch a cold or something and I, I mean you, you wouldn't want that" He says. I blush a little at his kind words and reply with "Hi my names Estella, or Stella or Stel you can call me whatever I-I really don't care". Shoot I stuttered, he probably thinks i'm weird. I mean he stuttered but that was cute. WAIT no, stop I don't think he's cute I just learned his name 30 seconds ago. "Well Estella please come inside" Chase says with a smile. I nod my head and step into the door of the house.

When I stepped inside it smelt of vanilla, which is my favourite sent. Yes it's basic, but I truly love the smell. I was standing on the mat behind the door in Chase's house waiting for him to close the door behind him. He closed the door after a few seconds and grabbed my hand gently and led me upstairs. I was a bit surprised at this action and tried to hide the red on my cheeks as well as possible before he looks at me again. We reached a room and he let go of my hand and I look up at him and realize how tall he is. Well tall to me, I am guessing he is about 6'0 feet, where I am only 5'2. "Oh right sorry about that, I-I'm guessing your wondering why your in my room?" He asks nervously. "I mean yeah a little bit" I laugh. He starts rummaging through clothes and pulls out a shirt and sweatpants, I look at him confused. "W-well if you would like heres some clothes, they are probably a little big but you're kind of soaked and you must be freezing" He says with a chuckle, I smile and take the clothes. "Thank you Chase, where can I get changed?" I asked looking down slightly. "Right, um, you can change in my bathroom which is right over there" he says as he points to a door. I nod and smile as I head to the bathroom. I close the door and quickly change out of the wet swimsuit and shorts I was in and put on the warm shirt and sweatpants.

I look at myself in the mirror and giggle slightly at the appearance, my hair was soaked and the clothes were way to big for me but I managed to make it work. I ruffle my hair to make it look somewhat normal and head back out of the door which leads to the bedroom. I walk out of the door to see Chase waiting patiently, when he sees me he smiles and I smile back. "Thank you for the clothes Chase" I spit out. He nods and gestures with his head for me to follow him. He walks downstairs and sits on a couch in his living room, which is decorated beautifully if I do say so myself, lots of blues and greens and whites, I personally love it. Chase pats the spot beside him telling me to sit down, so I do.

I sit down beside him on the couch as we both look at each other, even him looking at me gives me butterflies. I know I shouldn't feel this way but if I could stop I would. He finally speaks up and says,

"So Estella, tell me about yourself"

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Hey everyone! I just want to say thank you for everyone reading this story right now, I cant believe more then 40 people are reading, I didn't think more then 2 would to be honest. So I know this chapter isn't the greatest, but it'll get better in the next chapter :) I've been waiting to write the meeting of Stella and Chase since I began this book so I had a ton of fun writing this chapter. I also made this chapter a bit longer then normal, probably an extra 100-200 owAlso if you have any ideas for chapters, feel free to comment :) I hope you guys have a great day

-Kayla ♡