ethereal || ruelvdijk

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amara

the rest of the day went by quickly and it was my last class before lunch.

"hey how was photography with ruel?" anna asks me in math.

"it was ok, we're paired for this big project though." i respond and she laughs.

"good for him, he needs someone else in his life. he's always around us." she says and rolls her eyes sarcastically.

"oh hey, the teacher said something about tour? what does that mean?" i ask confused.

"ohhh yeah ruel is this big famous singer, he went on tour over the break." she says nonchalantly but my mouth hangs open.

"...oh." i manage to get out and she laughs.

"yeah don't worry about it, he's just like every other teenage boy." she says and i manage a little laugh. soon the bell rings which signals it being time for lunch. we both get up and walk to where the others were sitting.

"there you guys are!" riley says.

"yeah we got let out late." anna says and rolls her eyes. we sit down at the table and begin to eat our lunches.

"so amara where did you move from?" rio asks.

"oh california." i say with a smile and his eyes go wide.

"oh that's so cool i've always wanted to go there!" he says and i smile.

"it's not that special." ruel says and i look over to him.

"he speaks?!" milo says after hearing ruel speak. i don't say a word. i have a very deep feeling that ruel hates me, for what? i wouldn't know.

after ruels very unnecessary comment it got really quiet. we just sat there and ate. soon enough the lunch bell rang.

"anyone know which direction the dance room is in?" i ask and see riley point behind me. "perfect thank you." i say and walk off in the direction of the dance room.

"so." i hear from behind me and turn around to see ruel following me down the hall.

"so?" i respond confused, i swear he was so hard to read.

"well we kinda need to work on that project so i was gonna ask when you wanted to do that." he says with little to no emotion.

"oh uh well do you wanna start tomorrow after school?" i ask continuing to walk to the dance room.

"yeah sure that works." he says and i smile.

"ok see you tomorrow."

i went to dance which wasn't very exciting, we didn't dance at all today considering it was the first day of school. but i really liked the teacher, she was super sweet and really knew what she was talking about. i actually really liked this school, everything here was great.

and i had managed to make friends on the first day, i'm still not sure exactly how that happened but i'm grateful. everyone seemed really sweet, maybe australia won't be so bad.

i got home and had to tell my parents about my entire day top to bottom. i tell them everything then head up to my room and relax for a little while. i give in to the curiosity and look up ruels name on instagram. he can't be that famous...

i tap on the first account i see.

1.5 million followers.

oh.

was i stalking? no right?

then i looked up his spotify, i mean i had to make sure he wasn't a county singer or anything.

the first song i see come up was called 'painkiller' with over 100 million streams. damn okay.

it was good, he was good wow. i listened to most of his songs and every one was good. his voice sounded- ugh come on. attractive and talented jeez save some for the rest of us.

i went back to his instagram and hit the follow button.

ruel

"hey hun how was the first day?" my mom asks as i walk through the front door.

"it was pretty good, the usual." i respond and make my way into the kitchen to grab something to eat.

"any new friends?" she asks.

"uh yeah one potentially but i don't know shes more friends with anna and riley." i say and she smiles.

"you know, making a new friend might be good for you hun. you're always hanging around the same people. open up a little yeah?" she says and ruffles my hair.

"yeah well actually we were paired for a project together so."

"well that's not a bad thing." she says with a smile.

"never said it was, she's coming over tomorrow." i say and go to my room.

"she?!" i hear coco say and run up to my room  closing the door on her. i did not wanna have to deal with coco. she's always bothering me every time i mention a girl.

i don't have time for a girlfriend, i'll never have time for a girlfriend. that's that.

riley
here's amara's number she said you guys have a project together and i thought having her number would be helpful, and she never would've given it to you herself 🙄

me
thanks, and why?

riley
ruel ur terrifying
if i hadn't known u my whole life i would be scared of u too

me
aw im scary 😝🖐🏼

riley
yeah u are, stop that 😡🔪
also pls be nice to her don't pull ur bad boy shit u usually do

me
k whatever thx.

riley
aww r u mad now? 😿

me
Bye Riley!👋🏼

riley
whatever bye dickhead 🙄

i laugh at the text and put my phone down. riley was probably my best friend, ive known her my whole life. i felt a ding from my phone and looked down to see a follow notification.

*amaraa followed you*

i didn't even care and scrolled through her posts. sure yea i need to get to know her but i already knew one thing.

this girl was beautiful. and not a over the top drop dead gorgeous beautiful. a subtle beautiful, a beautiful that starts on the inside and radiates out...