Page 10 of Meant to Be

“I may seem sweet and innocent, but I’m not quite that innocent.”

“Good, because I want to kiss you.”

He leans forward cupping my chin, turning my face to his, putting our lips together, touching lightly at first, then adds some pressure, kissing me again; it’s soft but a firm peck. It’s nice. He pulls away from me slightly as I lick my lips. All the moisture from them has evaporated, and I feel like I could drink a gallon of water.

“I better get going and let you get changed.”

“Okay.” I nod.

“Can I text you later?” Leaning forward he pecks my lips again, but for longer this time.

“I’d like that…” Reluctantly, I stand up, grab my bag and let myself into the house.

Jax hasn’t moved from the wall, and I know he’s watching me go into the house. I don’t look back though. Instead, I go inside and shut the door. Going into the front room, I watch from the window. He smirks as he gets up from the wall and turns away, then stops and looks back towards the house, seeing me straight away, he lifts his hand. I wave back with a grin just as Mum pulls up from work. The look of frustration on her face before she walks into the house tells me she knows he was waving at me; she watches him walk away.

My mum is a funny one, she doesn’t trust the male species since my dad walked away from us, but me - I think everyone deserves a second chance. You get one chance with her and if you screw it up, tough. I used to see my dad every weekend up until I was around six, maybe seven, then he stopped coming for me. He met someone else and just didn’t contact me anymore. His new partner had her own kids.

The door opens as I walk away from the window.

“Hello, darling. How was school?”

“Oh, normal.”

“Normal good or bad?” She’s quickly pottering away in the kitchen looking to see what we can have for dinner. “What do you fancy to eat?”

“I’m not sure.”

“How about chip shop, I don’t fancy cooking.”

“Yeah sounds good. I’ll go if you want.”

“Only if you’re sure, I can go in the car.”

“No, I’ll go,” I say too quickly. “Let me get changed out of this and I’ll go.” I turn to walk away when she speaks again.

“Who was the young man outside when I pulled up?” I turn slowly to face her.

“Just a friend. His name’s Jaxon.”

“Just a friend huh? The smile I saw didn’t look like he was just a friend.”

Instead of answering her, I grin and run up the stairs with my phone in my hand. I pull up my WhatsApp app and tap out a message.

You can totally say no, but I have to go to the chippy to get some dinner, do you want to meet me?

I start to change my top but hear my phone sound with a message.

Yeah of course. Where? Was that your Mum?

Yeah it was

She didn’t look too happy about me being outside.

Don’t worry about it. I’ll meet you at the end of the street in 10 minutes.

My phone rings as I put it down, seeing it’s Addison I quickly pick it up.

“Hey biiiitch, how are you?

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