Starting New by Kirsty Cassia (bill gates book recommendations .txt) 📕

and almost falling through the door. Cursing I hopped to the kitchen and almost dropped the bag to the floor. Maggie took my bag and help me to the kitchen table chair. I sat down clutching my big toe painfully, I had stumped it pretty badly and it hurt like crazy.

“Ok, your even redder than before, what happened?” she smirked not at all concerned for my painful toe.

Glaring, I grudgingly answered, “I just went to get the bags and I felt his gaze on me, I don’t know if he was actually looking at me or if I was just thinking he was but it felt like it and I was so caught up on the fact that he was noticing me that I tripped on the door frame and stubbed my toe which really, really hurts,” I whimpered.

 She waved a hand around, “ehh, moan to mum about that, she’ll give you your sympathy, on the other hand, you felt him staring at you? So like openly always staring at you? He likes you,”

“do you think my toe could drop off? Is that possible?” I felt like I might start crying, what would it be like without a toe? Would I still be able to walk the same? Would it affect me mentally? Would I have to wear big shoes?

Maggie slapped her hand over her face groaning. “oh my god, your such a baby,”

She disappeared and I started worrying, where was she going? What if my toes got worse? What if I needed to go to hospital?!

“Mum! She’s hurt herself and she’s about to cry, come here and reassures her that her toes not going to fall off please!”

“Maggie!” I yelled.

“what?!” she yelled/asked from the front door.

I banged my head against the table; he probably heard that and was probably thinking what a complete baby I was – which I was…

5 minutes later, my mum came through the door with a happy smile plastered to her face.

“Finally! She wouldn’t shut up about her toe falling off and then I thought she was about to cry about it, she kept thinking we should take her to hospital,” Maggie said as soon mum came through the door.

“shut up Maggie! I did not!” I exclaimed even though I had.

“Guys! Chill! Maggie, finish the shopping, and you, my little baby, your toes not going to fall off and you don’t need to go to hospital, you only stumped it, stop worrying that cute little head of yours,” she said coming over to me and wrapping me in a big bear hug.

“Mummy’s girl is she?” a manly voice asked. I instantly froze in my mums arms wishing over and over it couldn’t be.

“mummy’s girl and a big baby,” Maggie answered, I could picture her rolling her eyes.

Mum let me go and I blushed bright pink.

“I'm Maggie by the way, that’s my little sister Ivory and my mum,” Bossy grown up Maggie mode.

“I’m Riley,” the boys voice said. In other words ‘Riley’.

I didn’t look up from staring at my bright red toe, I was too afraid.

“here you go sweetie, something to cool it down.” My mum gave me a packet of the un opened frozen peas wrapped in a tea towel. I glanced up and didn’t miss the smirk on Rileys face. We locked eyes and I instantly saw right through his façade.

He was the start of this story. 

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Publication Date: 03-02-2013

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