One Or None?

One Or None? - part 3

Part 3

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The day went surprising quick after that. I had good subjects, so the day seemed to have flew by; plus Raymond and Charles didn't dare look at me.

I stuck up my jackets hood as I walked through the side door of the school.

A figure banged into me, making me drop my papers onto the damp ground.

'I'm sorry!' Tom exclaimed, trying to pick up the papers before they got destroyed.

I sighed as I watched him pick up my things, almost annoyed at him.

'Here' he gave me the wet, soggy pieces of paper. He straightened up.

He was maybe a few inches taller than me, but he still captioned my gaze with his eyes. They were so, big.

I looked away, to the lump of paper in my hand. I sniffed, now looking at 3 hours of extra homework I had to do tonight.

I think he read my face.

'Actually I was hoping to bang into you, well.. not as literally.' he laughed 'Em,' he looked down, looking embarrassed?

'I have a lot of homework, and cos I've just came, theirs stuff I don't really understand. Could I come to yours and you could help me out?'

I took a breath in.

'And' he quickly added. 'I could help you re-write that' he moved his head as if to point to the ball of paper in my hands.

Was this a date? No, of course not, don't flatter yourself Zara. But, would Charlie find out about this? Would he take it the wrong way, I wasn't sure.

But yet again, I really didn't fancy spending all night in my bedroom doing endless homework tonight.

'Yeah, sure' I answered with a smile.

He sighed in relief and returned my smile.

We walked to my house, laughing the whole way there. A car went passed and completely soaked him top to bottom. I laughed so much I was crying.

When we got to the house, I let him in after me. I showed him where to put his wet coat and where to pull of his shoes. He was soaking.

I laughed once more, as we took off our wet items in silence. My hair was flat against my head, and my ears were freezing.

Only my older brother Zack was in, since mum and dad were both working late.

But, wait. If it was only my brother in the house. How could I hear two voices?

Zack was on study leave, and he wasn't aloud anyone over during the day.

I peeked through the living room door, to see ......