It Just Happened...

Chapter 3

"So children! That's all for today...our class finishes here and I hope you enjoyed!” said Mr. Brown ending the class.

Finally, the class ended and I was more than happy to go back home... The tuition was not so bad after all.

"Miss Raileigh please wait.” said the deep manly voice. Even if I wanted to sprint and look away as if I didn't hear him, I could not as I didn’t want him to have a  bad impression on me. So, I waited for him to come beside me.

"We haven't had a proper introduction yet. I'm Ashton Boulevard", he said putting his hand forward for a hand shake. I took it and felt as if an electric current passing through me. By the look he had on his face, I knew that he also must have felt it too. "Well can I know your first name” he asked still holding my hand.

"Uhhhhmm.....I'm nnnnaaaoo..."I stammered not being able to pronounce my own name.
"Well, well...Miss Raileigh are you playing hard to get? Because I can still keep calling you Miss Raileigh. Anyway, my parents are here, see you next week!" he said and left, leaving me frozen on the spot. It is one of those rare moments where I was speechless. What was wrong with me? Why couldn't I tell my name or form a freaking sentence?

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Once home, I was in a much better mood than this morning and was pretty excited for school to resume on Tuesday, that is, tomorrow. So I decided to prepare my bag and take a bath. After my twenty minutes long bath, I went into the kitchen to help my mother to prepare the meal.

"Hello dear mother, what are you preparing today??" I asked happily.

"Where is my dear daughter, beautiful girl?” she asked.
"What??" I voiced aloud with my quizzical face.

"Well dear girl, this morning my daughter was so grumpy and annoyed, so I was wondering who is this joyful and smiling girl??"she replied with a smile on her face.

"Mommm.... stop teasing me. Well... maybe because my tuition wasn't so bad and I made a new friend whose name is Ashton”, I replied with a wide smile plastered on my face.

"OH I see... so it's a boy who has brought back your smile”, said my mom, smirking.

"Well, well, what am I hearing? My sister is in love.... May I know with whom dear sister? " asked my brother while entering the kitchen.

"Ohhh shut up! I'm still angry with you for spoiling my bed this morning”, I replied and threw him an angry glance.

"Well , concerning that, I am really sorry .I didn't mean to be that rude...it was just that you were ignoring me and you were going to be late for tuition. You know that I hate people ignoring me!"

"Ok, I forgive you but never do that again and I'm not in love with anyone! I've only made a new friend and that's all."

"Yeah... we’ll see" both my mother and brother replied at the same time.