'Started with a' series

Started with a prank

"Kyra! Get your pretty little ass out here or I'm coming in." My best friend James roared from the other side of my bedroom door.

"Patience James. We still have ten minutes." I said tying my hair up in a ponytail as usual and opened the door.

"Yea the ten minutes we spend on arguing who drives." He said with a straight face.

"Okay smarty pants. You drive today. Happy?" I said going downstairs.

He grabbed my hand and turned me around turned me around so I was face-to-face with him. Well more like face to chest because he was a little taller than me. Okay a lot maybe four inches. I looked up into almost got lost in the depths of his sea green eyes. He looked at me straight in the eyes and said,"You've got drool on your chin."

It took me a couple of seconds to take in what he said and when I did I pinched him. On the cheeks.

"Ow!" He cried.

"Oh don't be such a baby."I said "and thanks." I said wiping my face with a tissue.

"Bye mom. We're leaving." I shouted.

My mother came out of the kitchen and said,"Okay children. Have fun!"

"Bye mom." James said with a giggle.

We call each others mothers mom ever since I saw Jane(James mom) enter the house next door when I was five. So I followed her thinking it was my mom since they both had the same honey blond hair. Turns out she wasn't my mom.But our moms instantly became friends and so did we.

My mother waved at us as we both headed to the motorcycle waiting for us infront of his house. He passed me my helmet and we drove to school. I loved riding motorcycles.

We got to school and parked under the shade of the big tree.

James said as he checked the watch and said, "Lets go."

We headed to our lockers and I could feel the envious glares the girls were throwing at me. I looked at my best friend and took in his appearance. Tall, tan, structured face, a jaw line people would kill for, disheaveled brown hair, full lips, etc. The list could go on. I had one good looking best friend.

"Bye Kyra!" He said as he made his way to his locker and was instantly joined by his friends from the basketball team. They started talking in hushed voices and looked at me with wide eyes more than once. I rubbed my chin thinking that there was still drool left. The bell rang and everyone made their way to their classes including me

The rest of the day was pretty uneventful except that I didn't see James all day. He wasn't even in astronomy class. We both love astronomy. As soon as the last bell rang I went straight to the big tree and found his bike right where we parked it this morning. I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned around to give him a good scoulding but to my surprise it was Drew, one of his team mates.

"Kyra. Something's happened to James. He's bleeding and he has a knife wound and he's asking for you."

I felt my heart stop.'No. Please let him be okay.'

"Let's go. Which hospital?" I asked in a rush.

"He's in the auditorium."

"What? Why?"

"There was no time to take him to the hospital. We had to take him to the nurses room.But fortunately she was there." He explained.

I ran as fast as my legs could take me to the auditorium. I opened the doors and there he was with a small pool of blood near his torso.I ran to him and put his head on my lap and started crying.

"What happened? Did you get in another fight you dickhead. You promised you wouldn't." I looked at his friends who were in a circle around us and said,"Call the ambulance you idiots."

"It's gonna be okay James. I won't let anything happen to you." I said.

"Kyra?"He said in a weak voice.

"Yea?"

"Will you go out with me?"He asked.

"What?"

"Answer the question Kyra. I'm dying here."

"Of course I will. Anything for you James."

His eyes that were almost closed became wide and they were sparkling. He sat up all of a sudden and kissed me. There was a chorus of 'Ooo's and 'Eww's.

"I love you Kyra." He said after he broke the heart warming kiss.

"What? You stupid idiot " slap "moron" slap "asshole." He took my hands and pecked my lips again. He was full on grinning.

"I love you Kyra." He said.

"I love you too James." I said in between sobs.