Something In Between

Chapter 1; Page 3

                                                         Grace
     
                                                          

*continued from part 2*

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I exclaimed as I wrapped my arm around Elijah's shoulder hinting to the fact that I'm not alone. I don't even know why, I did that if I'm being honest."Y'all already together or some?" he asked with a hint of annoyance in his voice. I couldn't care less. He was probably jealous, anyway.

"Um no?" I stated as I narrowed my eyes on his face. Elijah side eyed me probably because I sounded disgusted/annoyed with the boy's question. I felt bad but I'd explain it to him after this boy shut up. "So you're single?" he smirked, his eyebrow raising. "I mean..i guess but i'm not looking for anything serious right now.." I said as me and Elijah looked at each other, an expression of grossness appearing on him. "That's ok i can fix that..i can fix you.." he said and i immediately cringed and my skin started to crawl. I gagged. "What? Don't believe in love at first sight?" he asked, his smirk never leaving his face. I looked at him and then at Elijah and we both burst out hysterically laughing.

The boy rolled his eyes and turned around finally sitting down. The ride went by sort of quickly. Elijah got off the bus on the stop before mine. When we got to my stop I stepped off and that same boy did as well. I scoffed and rolled my eyes. He was possibly following me but I doubt he was. He could have just lived near me. I started walking down the sidewalk to my house. He sped up behind me. I opened my phone and went to my camera, he was just walking and staring at his phone. He looked up and saw my camera. He waved at it and started making a huge fake smile.

      I continued walking as he did the same. I hope I wasn't being stalked. I eventually made my way to my street and he was STILL behind me. As I was approaching my home he went to the house in front of mine. No. NO. He was not my neighbor. ugh. He is. 

I went inside and the sweet aroma of tres leches filled my lungs. I took a deep breath. I walked into the kitchen and there stood my mom taking out a delicious desert from the fridge. I took off my back pack and dropped it beside my feet before taking a seat at our island.

"hey ma...." i smiled as she looked up at me.

"hola mija..." he gleamed as she grabbed two forks from the drawer behind her and handed one to me.

     We immediately both dug into the cake and it was delicious. The sweet sugary flavor and the soft texture and moisture of it flooded my taste buds. Just like i remembered. She used to make this all the time for papa. After about 5 minutes of just eating i finally spoke. "ma, why'd you make this today?" i asked with curiosity as my brows furrowed. "I don't know..I just missed your papa and this reminds me of him" she gave me a slight smile as she continued eating. "so how was your first day?" her smile glowed. "It wasn't as bad as i thought it would be honestly." I stated before stuffing my mouth again. "really?" my mom asked with a hand covering her mouth as she chewed. "yeah, i actually made a few friends that seem like really nice people."

    The corners of her mouth tipped up into a smile as her happiness grew for me. "i'm so glad!" she beamed in joy. Seeing my mom happy is what made my day. She deserved to be happy. She's earned it. "So, any.....males?" she tried asking hinting at something. "Yes mom, there are many attractive guys." I chuckled at her trying to cover it up. "But, I haven't been there long enough to get to know any. My newest guy friend is Elijah or Eli for short. He's very sweet. He was by my side all day long." When I said those words I instantly felt happy about having him as my friend now.

     "Is he nice enough to be a boyfriend....?" she asked curiously trying to get all the details she could. "mom...he's my friend. and I've only known him for a day." I scoffed at her question. "BUT, I didn't hear a no in that." she chuckled. I smiled at her laugh. She was so easily pretty and mesmerizing. There's no wonder why dad fell for her. "I have homework to do." I sighed annoyed. "Already!?" my mom asked just as shocked as I did when I was told. "exactly my reaction." I stood up from the chair and picked up my discarded backpack and slung it over my shoulder before walking upstairs to my bedroom.