First Kiss by Elizabeth Hill (accelerated reader books .txt) 📕

I moved up the line and was able to see what was on the menu. Hot dog, with tatter tots and cherry crunch. I loved their cherry crunch nice and crispy; now I was eager to get to the front of the line. But not so much when I looked behind me and saw Chase looking as casual as ever. My heart took off; I was close enough to see that he had the lightest darkness under his eyes. Even though he didn’t look that tired he looked relaxed, happy, and cool. He glanced at me and smiled. I inhaled and turned around.

I felt the heat of the kitchen and practically floated towards it. When I got my lunch I went to sit at my table. Brittany and Gabby were sitting at the table. I noticed that there was no room left.
“Uh, Britt don’t you usually sit at a different table?”
“Yeah but today I am sitting here.” She said smiling.
“Okay, I guess I’ll go sit with Taylor.” I said annoyed at her. For the past three months she has been sitting three tables away not once did she even say hey or talk to us. Now she thinks she can all of a sudden take back her seat? When we already had to squeeze; I was left sitting on the edge everyday. I started to the benches by the window but Britt stopped me.
“Hey um,” She said catching up to me standing next to me. “You know that new kid in our math class?” I hopped this wasn’t going where I thought it was.
“Yeah?” I said slowly.
“Well I saw you two passing notes and um,” She paused looking alittle embarrassed. “I was wondering could you get his number for me.” She smiled at me pleading. I bit my lip and thought for a minute. I really, really, really did not want to! I sighed.
“Sure, I guess. I’ll ask him.” I plastered a fake smile on my face.
“Eeeeeep!” She shrieked. “Thank you a billion times!” She ran back to Gabby. Of course I was the friend of the hot guy that secretly wanted to date him but he had better girls on the menu. Read about it a thousand times.

I made my way to the benches and spotted Taylor talking to Janet. It looked like a fight was about to start and that wouldn’t surprise me. Taylor was the type of girl who wanted attention no matter what type it was. She’s a tiny blonde who always complains that she has no boobs.
“Hey, what’s going on?” I said as nonchalantly as I could.
“Oh Janet said that I was talking trash about behind her back but I wasn’t!” Taylor said
“Yes you were! Alexis said that you called me white trash and more!”
“Well she is a liar!” People started to gather around them. Wanting to see the fight, I thought about it and figured that stopping it would be better for everyone.
I got in between both the girls.
“Guys just shut up and walk away! Seriously, I know both of you probably been suspended one too many times.” I said not raising my voice. Barking back only makes it worse.
“Shut up and stay out of it!” Janet yelled though I say wonder in her eyes. Wonder like she was considering that I was right; they would end up being suspended. She backed up alittle.
“Stupid here’s right; my mom will kick me out if I get suspended again.” I watched as the crowd started to realize there wasn’t going to be a fight.
“Whatever, I really did not want to fight you anyways.” Taylor said sitting back on the bench. Janet walked away and so did the rest of the crowd. I blew out a sigh of relief.

I sat next to Taylor and started to eat my lunch. It was good especially the Cherry Crunch. I watched as the one remaining person from the crowd came walking over. I felt Taylor pinch my arm; it was Chase.
“Hot guy,” she checked her phone. “11:14 a clock.” She whispered laughing. I couldn’t talk, from this seat he looked like a model. His sunrise eyes were focused on me, which made me alittle jumpy but I loved it. Ridiculously enough, no guys ever looked at me like that. Only just a friendly face not a . . . well I didn’t really know what the expression on Chase’s face was but I liked it. But so did every other girl in the school.
“Hey,” Taylor said to him overly batting her eyes. I rolled my eyes at her.
“Hey, Jamie that was . . . interesting what you did.” He said smiling. I narrowed my eyes some how it felt like bait.
“Yeah well, anyone would have done it.” I said shrugging.
“Shut up! I am so grateful for what you did! Seriously I have been suspended like 19 times this semester!” She said not even looking at me.
Chase laughed.
“What?” I said smiling, though I knew exactly what. Taylor is trying to get his attention and he finds it funny. I would find it funny when he can’t find an answer and says the truth. Then Taylor would get hurt feelings from the hottest guy in school.
“Oh nothing, I just find it funny that someone as tiny and cute as Taylor gets in so much trouble.” He shot my smile right back at me. I glared at him but noticed when Taylor giggled and elbowed me in the ribs.


The bell rang and I got up to dump my tray, I was followed. I watched as the tray splattered into the trash can, not wanting to look at what was in front of me. I inhaled and spoke before he could.
“You are such a funny person!” I said with the biggest smile I could manage. He laughed.
“Oh but I was serious.” My heart stopped and even though I knew this was going to happen I couldn’t help feeling sorry for myself. So Taylor was going to get what she wanted and I was going to be watching from the back round. But then he continued and I became confused.
“You really are an interesting person.” He said the smile become less laughs and more concern. I couldn’t stop my heart from racing at UN human speeds. My mind was trying to think of anything to say that wouldn’t come out stupid or unreal. I bit my lip. Thanks? You are too? Nothing was coming to mind. So I just nodded.
“Do I get anything nice back?” He smiled.
“Of course,” I thought and thought and only one thing came to mind. “You’re cute.” I didn’t mean for it to be bait. Or I did but part of it was true. He was amazingly cute, handsome, and hot. All of that! He laughed then turned to walk away.
“Wait!” I called after him.
“What?” He walked back over.
“I want to walk away first.” I said walking away laughing. I heard him chuckle behind me and then I was gone.

School ended with my last three classes not involving Chase. This disappointed me alittle; I mean all morning I wanted to avoid him and just when I wanted to see him fate went against me! Just as it always has. I walked home as I always did; loving mom and dad were too cheap to buy me a car. They had offered to buy me a used old car that could barely run but I turned them down. When I get a car I want it to be nice and cool, not the junk car they could buy without spending their “important” money. My parents were loaded, but they didn’t like to spend money. This made sense but really! They spent more on me when I was little than now when I can really use the stuff.

I walked through the many streets of my little old town and finally arrived at my house. It’s one of those really big old houses that you see when you go through old towns. Like Dover Delaware where I actually live. I looked at the old flower patch that my mom had tried growing; our dog had dug it up numerous times, there was just no point. I remembered she dreamed of having lilies and tulips. Then roses in the far corner, and some sunflowers. I asked her for the sunflowers because cheesy enough, they were my favorite. And I loved to eat sun flower seeds in the summer time. But it never worked so instead each weekend we would buy flowers and put them in a vase in the kitchen. It was kind of like our way of a garden, a dog proof garden.

I walked into the house already knowing that our dog Ollie would come running to sniff me. I had asked for him four years ago. Mom’s friend had a black lab puppy she didn’t want so we took him in. Mom always joked that his full name was Ollie Ollie Oxen Free thinking of her childhood hide and seek game.
“Mom, Dad?” I shouted. I looked into the living room and the kitchen but only to find out they were taking naps. I hadn’t woken them up but Dad’s arm fell off the bed. Dad’s a brown haired blue eyed pretty boy. Or that’s what I call him. He and my mom are the same height, and kind of like me my mom had blonde hair but blue eyes. She always made everyone laugh and all my friends thought she was cool, which was so strange it was laughable.
I took myself and my book bag back downstairs and into the kitchen. To eat a snack and do home work. Funny fact I am a procrastinator. So instead of doing homework I started to text my friends. A minute later Britt texted back

Did you get that guys number?
-love<3

I completely forgot to ask him! God, what am I going to do? I didn’t know so I just wrote back his name is Chase! Two seconds later,

Really? That’s sooooo hot!
-love<3

I knew I wasn’t going to be the only girl thinking he was good looking but I didn’t think it was going to be this hard. But I didn’t want to tell that I unbelievably liked him. That would give him too much satisfaction and I would be very embarrassed. So I wrote back why do you like him so much you