Never Leave by Hollie Jones (best fiction books to read TXT) 📖

office is?” He turned the end of his reply into a question.
“Oh, sure! Do you want me to tell you or show you?” Urgh, I was being overly perky, and my mouth was speaking without asking my brain first!
“Erm…” He looked a little confused.
“Oh, don't worry about Megan, she’s a little...doolally.” Thank-you Tia. I didn't want him to think I was the crazy girl that hung around with the two hot ones, so I decided to put him straight.
“What she means is, I’m just stressing about my exams, I am not ‘Doolally’.”
“Ha-ha I figured. You too pretty to be crazy.” Oh. My. God. Totally-hot-guy just called me (I know, me!), pretty! I was trying not to hyperventilate, when I realised that I was acting exactly like Tia did when Ben Hughes (who she had a MASSIVE crush on, by the way), said hi to her in the corridor one day. In other words, I was acting like most other 16 year old girls would. So not like myself at all. I briefly wondered if aliens had eaten my brains.
“Oh...uh...thank-you.” I guess. “So, um, the office.” My mind had gone utterly blank. Just one of the many reasons my behaviour was abnormal for me. My mind didn't go blank. Not normally, anyway.
“Yes.” He looked less worried and more concerned. It was probably because of that strange noise that was coming from somewhere near me, like someone was gasping for breath. I looked away from his eyes for the first time, and whilst I wasn't looking at him, I tried to find that odd noise. It was then that I realised that the noise was me. Hyperventilating. Tia and Lucy were looking at me too, concern in their eyes. For a second their faces went all wobbly, and then disappeared. I looked up to find his face very close to me, and then I felt his arms around me, holding me like he had just caught me. With a start, I understood that he had caught me, because I’d fallen over. What was wrong with me?
“Oh my God, are you okay? You look kinda pale...i should take you to a nurse.” God no, not the nurse! Every time I went she jabbed me with something, either a needle or her finger. Both hurt.
“No, I’m okay.” He started to disagree, so I cut him off. “No, really I’m fine. I just didn’t...erm...have anything for breakfast this morning.” A lie.
“Well...okay then. You really should eat breakfast you know. It’s the most important meal of the day. Do you want me to let you go?” NO!!!
“Yes, thanks for catching me, and yeah I do know. I normally have it but obviously not today. Ha-ha.” He grabbed one of my hands that was curled between our bodies, and took his arm from around my back. Still holding my hand, he carefully helped me up, holding his other hand out to steady me. I liked this ‘damsel in distress’ stuff.
“Are you sure that you’re okay?” I looked into his eyes, and I saw genuine concern there, and that shocked me into giving him the truth.
“Yes. I’m okay now.” I am now you’re here. The words whispered through my brain, and I shoved them out. This wasn't me. It wasn't normal.
“So...the office. Um, I actually need to go there as well, so I can take you if you like?” Well, I needed to go there now, anyway. Seriously, what was wrong with me?
“Yeah sure.” I picked up my bags, and turned to look at Tee and Luce. I realised that throughout the whole of my mini drama, they had just been standing there, staring at me and...what was his name? I turned back toward him, but kept my eyes safely on the floor.
“So, uh, I didn’t catch your name before.” I tried to look nonchalant, but I didn’t feel it.
“Oh, yeah, that’s because I didn’t say. But I’ll tell you anyway.” I could hear the smile in his voice, and couldn't resist the urge to see if his smile was as perfect as his face. It was so much better. My eyes weren’t very eager to stop staring at his mouth, but when I eventually drew them away, I was lost in his eyes again. They were the colour of emeralds, and reminded me of when I was little and would lay down on the comfy mossy floor of the forest at the back of our garden, and gaze up at the never ending leafy green canopy above me.
“I’m Oscar Williams.” he hadn't noticed that once again I was practically drooling over him. I broke his gaze and turned back to my friends.
“Hey, uh, you two coming?” I asked, hoping that they would say no.
“Oh, um…” Tia looked at Lucy with a huge question mark on her face. Lucy glanced at her and then quickly turned her eyes back to me.
“No, we’re fine thanks. We’ll just go and….” She trailed off, and I wondered if they could make it any more obvious that they were trying very hard to think of an excuse.
“Unpack our bags!” Tia burst out, looking and sounding very pleased with herself. And that’s why I love my friends, because they know that it’s not very often that they catch me staring at a complete and utter hottie like I’ve lost my mind. Actually, I don't think it’s ever happened before, and so they gave me a little gift; time alone with an amazing guy.
“Okay then.’ I turned to Oscar and looked around his feet. ‘Speaking of bags, where are yours? Or are you a day-boarder?”
“No, my...um...friends are waiting outside with my stuff. I’m starting today, obviously, and I was told I needed to sign some paperwork and collect my timetable.”
“Okay then’, I said, turning to the girls, ’I’ll see you two later then, I guess.” They looked at me, and I it was a look that I knew well. They wanted details when I got back, and lots of them. Great. The pair of them turned and walked away, dragging their own cases behind them.
Chapter Three

Oscar

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Publication Date: 03-15-2011

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Dedication:
This book is for all of the people that said i couldn't. Well, i can. Ha.