Chapter 19: Chapter 19

Burying myself deeper in my blanket, I yawned. After a few minutes of staring inside the dark blanket, I grabbed my phone and checked the time. I had about 2 hours before leaving for school. Usually, I woke up 10 minutes after my alarm went off but today, I was up early. I stifled a yawn while rubbing my eyes. Walking over the window, I opened the curtains and found myself staring at trees with white flakes on them. It snowed! I’ve always loved snow. The view was spectacular. The green lawn was completely covered with snow, a few cars which were parked outside had frosted windshields and snow resting on the wipers. Without wasting another minute, I ran to the closet and grabbed some warm clothes and put them on. Quietly, I ran out of the silent house. I stepped on the clear snow, my soft boots sinking in the huge pile of snow. Smiling, I dropped down on my knees and touched the snow. I should have worn gloves but I was too excited to care. After a moment, my palms felt numb and I shivered. I’m definitely going to end up getting a frostbite.

“You should have worn gloves.”

My head snapped in the direction the voice came from. Ethan. I felt myself smile and blush at the same time. He looked cute, as always.

“I should have,” I said, nodding. “Why are you up this early?”

He shrugged. “I’m usually up at this time everyday,” he said, walking towards me and sitting down. He gave me a pair of gloves and I smiled.

“How did you know I didn’t have gloves?” I asked with curiosity.

“I saw you without gloves from my balcony.”

“Oh, thanks,” I said softly and pulled the warm, soft gloves on.

“Anything for you,” he said with a wink, making me blush.

“Your cheeks,” he said, chuckling.

“What about them?” I asked, suddenly feeling conscious.

“They’re bright red,” he said, letting out white smoke.

“Because of the weather,” I said quickly.

“Don’t worry, you still look cute,” he said, making me blush again.

I rolled my eyes and shoved him playfully. We just sat there in silence for a minute, listening to his calm breathing, when he suddenly he threw some snow on my face. Wiping my face, I narrowed my eyes at him. I started to gather some snow, feeling the cold breeze fan my face. He noticed what I was doing and got up, jogging away from me.

“Ash. No,” he warned me.

Giving him a sweet smile, I threw the snowball towards him. He ducked and smirked at me. But I was already ready with another one and this time I managed to hit his shoulder.

“It’s on.” He bent and gathered snow.

Before I knew it, we were running across the lawn, dodging and throwing snowballs at each other. I couldn’t stop laughing. Making a small snowball and trying to dodge the one threw at me, I slipped and landed on my butt. I started laughing loudly and Ethan was standing above me laughing as well and blocking the sunlight. He outstretched his hand and I took it as he lifted me halfway up and then dropped me back down. I shrieked as he laughed even more and outstretched his hand again.

Narrowing my eyes at him, I said, “No, thanks. I’m good.”

I got up and felt someone shove snow down my shirt. I screamed and turned to see Michael standing in front of me with a grin.

“Michael!” I whined with a shiver.

“Yes, Ash?” he asked with an innocent look.

Laughing, he gave Ethan a high five.

“Shut up,” I said and shoved Michael playfully.

“Hey, I’m going to go inside and make something to eat,” Ethan said and started walking towards the door.

“I’m going to go as well,” I told Michael with another shiver.

Michael nodded. “Hey, Ash?”

I stopped and turned to face him. “Yeah?”

“I’m going to ask Abby to go on a date with me today,” he said with a grin.

Squealing, I ran to him and hugged him. Laughing, he hugged me back.

“Whoa, you’re really cold,” he said.

Pulling away, I gave him a smile and said, "I know."

He shook his head, "Come on, let's go inside and warm you up."

Chuckling, we walked into the house.

*

Abby’s POV

Giving dad a quick kiss on the cheek, I rushed out of the house and hopped into the car.

“Sweety, are you sure you want to go to school today? You could take another day off,” mom asked, fiddling with the house keys.

I sighed, mom had been pampering me for the past week. She freaked out when she saw me in the hospital with the plaster. But all I could think about was that Michael ditched the play for me. For me.

“Mom, I’m fine,” I said, giving her a bright smile.

Mom rolled her eyes and we were driving down the road.

The photos of the play were still not out and I seriously couldn’t wait any longer. I just had to see Ash as Juliet and Ethan as Romeo. I was sad at first that I didn’t get to be a part of the play but when I realized that Ash and Ethan would share a kiss, I was more than happy to not be a part of the play. Because if the accident didn’t happen, then probably Michael wouldn’t have come to get me and Ethan wouldn’t have taken over the role as Romeo.

The car stopped and I got out carefully.

“Take care and if anything happens, give me a call and I’ll be here, alright?” mom instructed.

I smiled. “Alright, mom.”

I walked towards Ashley’s locker. This is basically what I did every morning. Instead of going to my locker, I would go to Ashley’s where I usually met her and Erica. I got to stare at Michael too, who would be with Ethan on the opposite side of the hallway.

“Abby!” Erica exclaimed and hugged me. Ash hugged me as well.

“How are you?” Ash asked, gesturing to my plaster.

“I’m alright,” I said with a shrug. “It hurts sometimes but it’s alright.”

Ashley gave me a sympathetic smile while Erica started rummaging through her bag for something. After a second, she had a pen and she moved towards my plaster to write something on it.

You could’ve called me instead of Michael –Erica.

Reading what she wrote, I chuckled. Ash took the pen and started writing something as well.

You didn’t have to get me a flower crown, Abby –Ash.

Shaking my head, I said, “What happened to messages that say ‘get well soon?’”

Erica and Ash exchanged a look and shrugged. I shook my head again. It’s Friday. So, my first lesson would be French. I smiled to myself, the only lesson where I sat next to Michael.

“What are you guys doing tonight?” I asked.

“Nothing much, we’ll probably just watch a movie,” Erica said.

“Let’s go out somewhere,” I replied.

“No,” Ash said quickly.

“Why?” I asked, frowning.

She hesitated before answering. “Because-”

I waited before questioning. “Because?”

“Because I’m going to need Erica’s help for packing my stuff,” she said with a closed-mouth smile.

“What? Why?” Erica replied, knitting her eyebrows. “You have quite a lot of days before you leave.”

Ashley shot her a look.

“Are you guys hiding something from me?” I asked.

“No,” Erica said, glancing at Ashley.

“Never mind, we can do something tomorrow night then,” I suggested.

“Totes,” Ash said with a grin.

“Ew. Don’t say that,” I said with a scowl.

“Why?” Ash asked, confused.

“Because it sounds lame,” I replied.

Ash rolled her eyes and faced her locker to get something.

I saw Michael walking down the hallway towards Jared, his bright eyes twinkling. I didn’t get the chance to thank him yet. I could do that in French. I still remember when he was in a relationship. I would see him walking down the hallway with his snobby ex and he would kiss her passionately. I always felt a sudden pang of jealousy rise inside me.

“Stop drooling over Michael,” Erica said playfully.

I rolled my eyes and mumbled, “I wasn’t drooling over him.”

Ash chuckled. “Yes,you were.”

“No,” I responded quickly.

“Yes,” Erica and Ash said together.

“No!” I said but my reply drowned because of the shrillness of the bell. Ash and Erica laughed while I rolled my eyes and tried to hide my blush. Ash shut her locker and they started walking after saying bye to me.

Sighing, I started walking to the French room. I felt a tap on my shoulder and I turned to see Michael grinning at me. He grinned at me as we started walking and I returned it with a closed-mouth smile.

“You seem really happy today,” I observed.

“Yeah,” he said, nodding. “Well, I’m a bit nervous too.”

“And why is that?” I asked him as he motioned to enter the classroom with his hand like a gentleman.

“I’m going to ask a girl out today,” he said, sitting down.

In that moment, I felt all the happiness inside of me rush out.

“Oh,” I said.

“Oh? That’s all your going to say?” he asked, furrowing his eyebrows.

“Well, I-I hope sh-she agrees,” I stuttered.

“I hope she does too,”  he said confidently and we fell into silence because Mrs. Giselle entered the classroom. Michael usually didn’t talk when teachers were around. Weird. I know.

He was going to ask a girl out. Alright. Okay. Maybe this is a sign for me to get over him. Maybe it’s time for me to move on. How long am I supposed to like him in hopes that he would like me back someday?

I glanced at him and saw him reading the messages Erica and Ashley had written. His perfect lips formed into an adorable smile. He removed a pen out of his pocket and wrote something on the plaster too. After he finished writing, he glanced at me and I leaned forward to read what he wrote.

Abby, what are you doing tonight?

Confused, I took my pen and wrote – Nothing much.

He broke into a grin and took his sweet time to write – Great! You’re going out with me tonight then. I’ll pick you up at 6:30.

My eyes widened and I looked up at him. He raised his eyebrows, studying my face and waiting for a response.

“Mr. Brooks and Ms. Anderson,” Mrs. Giselle interrupted, pronouncing my last name as An-dayer-son. “Pay attention.”

Michael and I looked away instantly. Feeling giddy, I wrote – I’ll wait for you.

I showed it to him and he smiled at me.

By the way, it’s quite hard to write on a plaster.

Oh my god! Oh my god! Oh my god! The boy I’ve been liking practically forever just asked me out!

A/N: Helloooo! Yay! Michael and Abby are finally going on a date ;) hehe. And trust me, it really is hard to write on a plaster. Oh! Did you like Abby's point of view? Just a little teaser, the next chapter is going to be Abby's POV as well :P

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