We drove in silence to my house. The only time I spoke was when I was giving him directions. When he pulled into my driveway I took a deep breath. I felt his eyes on my face so I turned to him. "See you tomorrow."
He said and my stomach fluttered. "Same to you." I replied. I smiled then got out. I felt Jace's eyes on me as I shut the door. I looked back at the car one more time. He nodded once then backed out of the driveway and was gone. I walked to the front door and went inside. I shut the door and sighed. There was definitely attraction between Jace and I.
I wasn't sure how I felt about it. I went to the kitchen and found my parents sitting there staring at the doorway. My mom had her arms folded. "You have some explaining to do young lady." She said. I sighed. "Who just dropped you off?" My dad asked.
I threw up my hands up in exasperation. "I told you mom over the phone, I have an English assignment I have to do. That was my partner. Not everything I do is illegal or wrong. If you want to double check you can call the school. My English teacher's name is Mr. Birchwood." With that said I turned and walked out of the room.
I headed to what was now my bedroom and closed the door behind me. I plopped onto my bed and closed my eyes. I heard my parents talking but ignored them not bothering to strain my ears. I had done nothing wrong. I was exhausted so I got up and grabbed some p.j's. I went to the bathroom to change. One I was done I returned to my room turned off the light and went to bed. I was actually looking forward to school tomorrow. Weird, but I knew the answer why even though I denied it. I drifted off and didn't wake up until my alarm sounded.
I looked in my rear view mirror and stared at myself. I for once since my dad had died was actually happy to be at school. I knew it was all because I wanted to see Annie. There was no denying that. Yesterday's library meet was not at all what I had expected it it be. It was like there was no line between us. Seeing as we both poured our hearts out to each other and we don't even know one another. I had talked to her like I haven't to anyone else.
I turned off the car and got out. I scanned the crowd even though I was trying hard not to. I finally spotted her getting out of what must be her parents car. She had an annoyed expression on her face as the car drove off.
"Who are you staring at?" A female voice behind me asked. I jumped and glared at Alice who yet again had managed to catch me off guard. "I think you know who I'm staring at." I replied. She grinned. "Of course I do. Anyone could if they paid enough attention to you." I grimaced. "Let's hope nobody ever does." I said. I didn't want anyone else knowing I liked Annie. It would spread like wildfire and I didn't want to have to deal with her reaction. "Hey you should ask her out." Alice's question snapped me out of my thoughts. "I mean your single, I'm pretty sure she's single." I sighed. "Just lay off Alice. I can handle this on my own. If I want your advice I'll ask."
A weird look passed over her face. It was gone in an instant and replaced with her usual carefree face. "You're the boss not me." She said and skipped away to first period. I watched her go debating on whether or not to go to the forest. My internal debate was interrupted by a voice behind me.
"Hey, are you going in?" I turned to find Annie's intense blue eyes staring into mine. Unlike most girls. She was almost equal to my height. "No, I'm thinking about skipping." I said without thinking. I kicked myself mentally for that one. I'm sure she could care less if I skipped or not. That and I never tell anybody that I'm planning on doing it. What was it about her that made me so open? She didn't look surprised.
But could that be a little bit of disappointment in her eyes? "Oh, well in that case I guess I will see you later. Maybe we can go to the library again after school to work on our English assignment?" I nodded and she smiled at me. "Cool, in that case when are you coming back?" I couldn't look away from her eyes. "I don't know. Probably by lunch." I replied. She shook her head and turned to look at the school. After a moment she looked back to me.
"I think you should be back in time for math. I'm sure if you miss to many periods someone will notice your not in school. I don't think you want to draw too much attention to yourself." She cocked her head waiting for an answer. I just stared at her. We stood like that for what seemed like hours. Finally she looked away. "Okay then, I will see you in math class. You better be there since your the reason I'm late for first period."
She smiled again and walked past me. She didn't say anything else as she disappeared into the school. I shook my head and turned to get into my car. I knew that I would be back in time for math so I might as well get as much time in as possible at the forest. I drove to the trail my mind on Annie and the puzzling attraction I felt for her. She was the first girl I hadn't disliked right off the bat. She wasn't like all the other girls. The ones who fawned over me. In fact I seem to make no big impression on her at all.
Tania on the other hand had tried to own me once she became popular. She was a bitch and Annie had made that and the fact that everything about her if fake very clear. I grinned at the memory of her in the cafeteria. On her very first day at school she had managed to make Tania look like a fool. She may not know it yet but people were already talking. She was getting more and more popular everyday. Hopefully she wouldn't change like most girls do when they become popular. The in-crowd changed them. Turned them into someone they weren't before.