MEETING

As we neared her house, I paused.

   "I'll wait here while you go and grab your stuff." She smiled and nodded.

   "Alright then. I'll be right back. She takes off, jogging up her driveway. I turned around to go to the bench that was placed by her place, and suddenly hit something hard, making me fall back and land hard on my butt. I hissed, cringing as I moved to stand up.

   "Oh my gosh, I am so sorry. I wasn't paying attention!" I heard a male voice say. I looked up and was stunned. The first thing I noticed was his beautiful eyes. Both like crystallized pools of water, shining as the sun hit them. His short black hair fell in soft curls on his forehead.

   "Miss?" I shook my head to clear my thoughs and noticed he was holding his hand out to help me up, as i was still sitting on the ground.

   "Yeah, no. Sorry. I spaced out for a moment, but yes, I'm fine. Thank you." As I put my hand in his and started to pull myself up, a zap of electricity shot up my arm,startling me and causing me to let go. Which of course, cased me to fall back on the ground. I groaned in pain once again and looked up at him in embarrassment. I stared at my hand in confusion. The shock didn't hurt but it definitely startled me.

"Sorry, I was shocked." I said as I grabbed his hand once again and pulled myself up. I felt the shock again but this time it wasn't as intense.

"That's alright. I'm just glad you're okay." He smiled and I nearly swooned.

"What's your name?" He asked.

"Angel. How about you?"

"Beautiful name for a beautiful girl. My name is Xander. Nice to meet you." I blushed and looked down, playing with the ends of my hair. Just then, I could hear heavy footsteps coming towards us. I glanced over my shoulder and saw August jogging up to us with a confused look on her face. She stopped next to me, panting slightly.

"Who's this?" She asked, looking at Xander.

"This is Xander. I just knocked into him when I went to sit on the bench over there." She laughed.

"Angel, you're so damn clumsy!"

"Honestly it was my fault." Xander said as he looked at me apologetically.

"Oh no, that's okay. I should have been paying attention more to my surroundings." I said and laughed slightly. I looked over at August.

"Are you all ready to go?" She nodded and lifted her bag up.

"Yeah I'm good. Mom and dad are going on a trip this weekend, so I would be by myself anyway. Thanks for the save." She said, winking at me and laughing. I looked at Xander and smiled.

"That's okay. Like I said, it was my fault. I was walking up to ask for your number right when you turned around." I blushed hard and he chuckled.

"So do you mind if I get your number?" He asked. Before I could answer, August spoke up.

"Nope. Not at all. Here you go!" She said and handed over her phone so he could copy my number. I glared at her through my hair. She looked at me and rolled her eyes.

"Oh shush. We both know you would have been too shy to say yes, so I did it for you. You're welcome." She said and winked at me. I stuck my tongue out at her. Yes, I know it's childish, but I don't care. I heard Xander laugh and I looked back at him.

"Well you girls have a great day." He smiled and looked at me.

"I will text you later Angel." He smiled again and I swear I died right there from embarrassment. He turned and started walking away. Waving at us as he turned a corner. August elbowed me in the ribs.

"GIIIRRRRRLLL! He was GORGEOUS!! I'm so jealous!" She squealed. I rolled my eyes and laughed.

"Oh don't even start. He was probably just being nice."

"You're delusional if you that was just him being nice." She said, her hands on her hips.

"Anyways. Let's go. My mom and dad will be home from work soon." I said, trying to change the topic, as I started off towards my house.

As we rounded the corner to my street,  I watched as my parents car pulled into the driveway.

   "Well that's awesome timing." I heard August mutter, and I nodded in response. We started walking up the driveway as my parents got out of the car.

"Hey mom. Hey dad." They both looked and my and smiled. My mom was beautiful. She had long dark hair and bright green eyes. Her stature was tiny, like mine. Though I was curvier. My father was the opposite. He was tall. With blonde hair and green eyes.

   "Hey kiddo. Hey August. What are you doing home so early?" My dad asked.

   "Are you okay honey?" My mom said, a worried look on her face.  I looked down and scratched the back of my neck nervously.

   "Uhhh.... Honestly I'm not really sure. Could we go inside first?" I asked, looking up at them.

   "Of course honey." Said my mom as she shut the passenger door and headed up the walkway with us following close behind her.