wild and running || a.b. (series on hold)

Chapter 4

My alarm goes off and I panic. Did miss literature? Wait no, it's Saturday. I laugh off my anxiety as I roll out of bed. I do have to work the closing shift at Books-A-Million tonight though. I take my morning shower and get dressed in a sweater and some cotton tight-fitted shorts. I realized that I really panicked when I thought I missed my literature class, which brought me back to last night. Andy Biersack... He's really attractive. I blush at the thought of him knowing I was at the club before I even saw him. When he touched my shoulder... I flinched? I haven't had a boy touch me in years... In any way. The way he pulled his hand back after reaching for me... I sigh at the thought. It brings me back to my one and only boyfriend I've ever had. I was a whole lot younger, but I was a lot more machure than people my age, I had been through a lot of shit. He was my saving grace. He came at the lowest time in my life, and he pulled me out of it. Then he just left me... Out of nowhere. Everything was so perfect and then he was gone. It still hurts to think about, I loved that boy with every ounce I had.

And he just left. That killed me... I'll never forget the numbness I felt that night. The shock. The pain.

"Fuck!" I yell knocking all on my pens and pencils to the floor. I hate when I bring that up. So many broken promises... Such an amazing person lost. An amazing person that I needed, lost. My life was already hell and that just added a massive load to the weight I was already carrying.

I tried to shake off my thoughts of my past, but I couldn't seem to. I got dressed early and went to work. I showed up there and my co-worker, Edward, seemed shocked. "Couldn't stay away from me, could you?" He says in a strong English accent. He moved to America a few years ago from London. "Ah," I say jokingly, "you caught me." He laughs and hits me lightly in the arm. I go to the back of the store and grab as many books as possible. I walked through the store and sorted them accordingly. I love working at this place, it's so quiet and peaceful. You're surrounded by hundreds of books, thousands of words, and millions of letters to get lost in. I just love it... I was reaching up to the top shelf on the tips of my toes to put up "A Farewell To Arms." By Ernest Hemingway when a voice said gently into my ear, "Need some help with that?" I jumped, knocking all of the books off the shelf and dropping the ones I was holding. I quickly turned around to see Andy booming with laughter. I shoved him and he stumbled backwards, his eyes screwed shut with amusement. I stood with my arms crossed until he was done laughing.

He looked at me with his blue eyes and I suddenly wasn't mad anymore. He chuckled lightly, "You're not mad?" He asks. "No." I say putting my head in my hands trying to hide my smile. I shook my head and began picking up the books I knocked over when Andy scared the living shit out of me. "I'll get it," he begins, "I'm the one who caused you to drop them anyway." He bends over beside me and takes the books out of my hands and picks up the rest of them that are scattered on the floor. He can hold a lot more books than me because his hands are so much bigger than mine. He places "A Farewell To Arms" on the top shelf and turns to me, "Do you need some help?" He asks. "N-no." I stutter after my adrenaline level dropped. He makes me so nervous and I don't know why. "What are you doing here?" I ask him while taking the books from his hands, careful not to touch his skin. "You know," he begins, "other people read books too."

He reminds me of Marie with his smart remarks.

"Yeah..." I say. I begin walking around the store and placing books in their assigned spots. He follows me, "Is this where you work?" "Yeah.. On the weekends." I reply. I drop another book, I grabbed too many to carry. "Here, let me help you." He says and grabs a stack of books from my arm. For about an hour we sort books together, he tries to make small conversations but I didn't want to be too open with him... After all, we did just meet. I spent the rest of the afternoon working while he read and drank coffee from the coffee shop located inside the store. I sit down next to him when I get a break and begin to examine the books he's been reading all afternoon. My stomach growls in the pure silence. Wow, thanks for making whale noises around Andy. It's not like I'm trying to get him to think I'm decent or anything. "Have you eaten?" He asks. "Um..." I say.

"When is the last time you've eaten?" He asks. "Um.." I say, "This morning." What a lie... At the perfect time, Edward walks up to us. "Hey..." He says, "since you came early you can go home now. I appreciate you coming earlier today actually... I was falling behind." "It's no problem... Are you sure you don't need any help?" I ask him. "I'm fine." He replies. My stomach growls again, are you kidding? "Wow!" Edward laughs, "You must be hungry. There's a pasta place downtown that just opened if you want to go." He suggests. I'm actually really hungry pasta sounds really good. "Hm... Pasta sounds nice. Thank you Edward." I say. He smiles and walks off to help a customer. I look back at Andy, "Do you want to go get some dinner?" He asks with a smile, "Um..." I say nervously.

Is he asking to go out to dinner?

"Come on..." he says, "I know you're hungry." My stomach growls again at the thought of food. "Okay..." I agree. "Do you just want to meet there?" I ask him. "I can drive you." He says. "My car..." I say trailing off. "I can bring you to pick it up afterwards." He offers. "Okay." I say quietly. I follow him out the door to him white Lexus. Wow... That's nice. I get in the passengers side and he turns on the car which is playing The Fray. We drive downtown and try to find the pasta place that Edward was talking about, with no luck, we end up going to a drive-in taco place. "Do you want to go to my place for a while?" He asks and I look at him, shocked. "You know..." He says slowly, "So we can eat." "Okay." Is all I can say, and he begins to drive to where he is staying.

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I'm excited, things are getting good \|^.^|/

-emma

As I'm editing these first few chapters, I realize that they suck XD I'm sorry XD 

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