***Rowans pov*** {The Past}
I was rushing to my next class when I knocked over this beautiful yet mysterious young girl. I frantically said "I'm sorry!" and then I helped her up off the floor. Once I helped her she was giving me a weird facial expression. So I just smiled and I realised that I caused her to drop everything she was carrying. It consisted of a few textbooks and her now open pencil case. Since her things were all over the floor I decided that I would help her pick up her belongings. The last item left on the ground was an industrial technology textbook. I reached over to grab it, then our hands accidentally touched. I heard a weird sound that came out her mouth so I just smiled and handed over all her things and I quickly said "I hope I see you around sometime" and ran as fast as I could to my next class before my teacher yelled at me for being late. Luckily I made it in time before I got in trouble and sat next to my best friend Aaron. In our science class. Mrs Marchel always used to get mad at us for playing around in class and disrupting people around us.
Science was boring anyway, she never taught us much any way it was basically all practical work not much writing down notes. But she set a lot of homework which sucked, life as a teenage boy sucks. At least I got to meet a pretty girl today. I wonder what her name is hmm I'm curious. I really want this period to be over already. Next to me Aaron was whispering trying to get my attention, when he finally did he asked me "Dude why are you daydreaming?"
I answered quickly "No reason". The period ended and I was finally free to do what I wanted.
I headed home after the period finished and sat on my bed wondering when my parents would come back from their jobs abroad and I'm an only child. I hate being in this big house all alone with nobody to talk to. It's actually depressing. I decided to head to bed because there wasn't much point staying up. I woke up and did my normal routine like everyone else. I got up, stretched, ate my cereal and maybe toast and got changed like normal didn't have any special clothes to wear though. I decided to get most of the housework done as I didn't want to do it on the weekend. I started with the vacuuming, then mopping and wiping down the cabinets and tables. I still have to go shopping because I was running low on food but that could wait. I finished the house chores pretty fast compared to normal so I headed out to the park to relax. The mailman just passed by just as I closed the door, he kept throwing my newspaper at the window. I kept walking down my street until I passed this nearby footpath and I happened to look there and saw that girl from before. I picked her up like a princess and carried her to my house and laid her on the bed softly without making a noise.
She suddenly came to after a few hours after being violently bashed by what looked like three people. She asked "How long have I been here" to which I replied "Only a few hours." I also told her I just happened to be walking by and found her unconscious on the footpath. I carried her back here to look after her injuries, and that she still has to take it easy. "You took a few hard hits, and I don't think you will be able to stand for a while." I said, hoping she'd understand. I calmly handed her a cup of water and a pain killer.
I told her "You look like a ghost. I think you need some rest." she took a blanket from my hand and didn't object as I made sure she got to sleep. I watched her for a few minutes before she fell sound asleep.
I sat on the armchair watching her rest until I eventually fell asleep myself. I think it was a few hours later but I woke up to the sight of her staring at something. I was really curious so I asked: "What are you staring at?" I think talking all of a sudden made her jump. She replied in a sweet tone "Um, the beautiful moonlit forest," "It is gorgeous isn't it?" I said, sighing she took her time to reply "Yeah it is". I figured she would be hungry and so I said, "I assume you must be hungry, it's been a long while since you have eaten." As I said that I heard her stomach start to softly grumble. I started to chuckle as I left the room I said: "I'll take that as a yes." and went to grab food for her. It took a few mins to decide what to give her and then make it. After it was all prepared I entered back into the room and placed the tray of food on the bed. I decided to do a range of things some of which was a few slices of toast, a steaming cup of hot chocolate and a small glass vase with a single red rose inside.
"I didn't know what you liked so I gave you a few options," I said hoping I didn't sound stupid. A few seconds went by (however in that time I seriously felt like five minutes!) she looked up and smiled at me then said: "Thank you so much for this, I certainly have to repay you somehow".
"No, no, no, of course, you don't." I replied quickly, however, I realised that wasn't the end of that conversation not for a long shot. she was being persistent and said, "well, of course, I do." It went back and forth for a while until she finally said: "It seems we are both going to be very persistent about this." I totally agreed so I replied, "Oh definitely I will not back down, you need to be cared for so I helped when the opportunity arrived."
By the morning we sat on the balcony enjoying the sun rising in the sky. We talked about school, how things were going and then I asked her what she was thinking about but she completely changed the topic. After all that I finally agreed to let her go home however, there was a catch. "I'm just making sure you are ok!" I said. I decided that I had to come with her to make sure she was alright. But before I even took a single step she said,
"Ok, ok! Fine but you don't need to worry, I feel a lot better now."
We arrived at her house and she suddenly remembered she left her keys somewhere, I stood thinking for a moment and ran around back to see if I could find a ladder or something useful to help us inside and no luck finding anything, but an open window.
We were locked out. Well, for now. But I at least got to spend more time alone with her.
Wait... am I starting to like her?!
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This chapter was written by my boyfriend! (Don't judge him, I kinda made him write it 😂) Also please tell me if there are any holes or things that aren't the same in the previous chapters and I will fix it. I've tried but I may have missed a few things.
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Bai ❤️️💜