Page 6 of Meant to Be

“Hey, Shelb.”

Turning around to face him, Jaxon and Harry start walking towards me. A flush covers my whole body as my body begins to heat up.

“Hi.” I stand still and let them catch up. I try not to look at the handsome looking boy at his side and look past them casually.

“No Addison today?” Harry asks.

“No, she has Drama.”

Pretty much all of the girls in our year do one or the other, dance or drama, with the small percentage doing sport; personally, I hate P.E, so I chose Dance instead.

“I thought you girls did everything together?”

“Oh no. She doesn’t like Dance.” I look in Harry's direction and see his intense eyes burning holes into me. “And if you know Addison, you’ll know she’s very much a drama queen.” Smiling nervously, I see him nudge Harry with his elbow.

“Oh sorry. Shelby, this is my cousin Jaxon.”

“Hi.” Reaching out my hand to him, he takes it and shakes.

“Hey.” His voice is deep but smooth.

“So you’re cousins.” I grin. “I can see the resemblance.” Jaxon watches me closely and winks.

“Yep,” Harry answers smiling. “We’re walking this way if you want some company.”

“Yeah okay.” I nod. We start down the street with Harry in the middle of us as we make small talk.

Addison is gonna freak.

Jaxon

Looking across at her, she’s just as pretty as what I remember, but that was at a distance. Up close; she’s gorgeous. Her hair’s the colour of milk chocolate, and she has warm hazel eyes. She must feel me looking at her, as her eyes meet mine. She smiles again, but she seems kind of nervous, shy. She looks down at the floor as Harry looks at me. I motion with my head to get rid of him. He winks and grins.

“Ah man, you know what I forgot I’ve got to go to the shop for Mum.” His hands lift to rest on his head, and he closes his eyes, maybe he should do drama…

“Oh well, don’t worry, it’s okay. I can walk the rest of the way.” Shelby says in a small voice.

“I’ll walk you if that’s alright with you that is?” I say quickly, not wanting her to leave just yet. She bites down on the corner of her lip and bows her head. Lifting her head slightly to look up at me, she smiles…

“Yeah okay,” she answers shyly nodding.

“Right, I’ll see you later then,” Harry says as he walks away from us. I smirk. “Have fun.” I shake my head. We both turn back and head up the street.

“You don’t mind me walking you back, do you?” I ask her.

“No. Not at all.” She smiles again.

Shelby has a pretty smile. Her hair falls into her face, and I get the sudden urge to move it out of the way. I lift my hand, but she beats me to it and tucks it behind her ear. I grin back at her, and we start walking again.

We walk in a comfortable silence until we reach her house. I look at the front of her home, it’s bigger than where I live and better.

“Well, thanks for walking me home Jaxon.”

“You’re welcome, maybe I could do it again sometime.”

“Erm, yeah why not?” She looks up at me as she scrapes her teeth along her bottom lip giving me an urge to just kiss her. I've never had an instant attraction to a girl. I'm eighteen, a quick lay and I'm happy, but she has this innocence about her. She's not like some of the girls that cross my path, she's different. She blushes under my stare, a small smirk forming, she probably knows I'm checking her out.

“What?” She asks looking away from me

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