Give me my Beautiful Back

2. Anxiety? please...

Belle

Waking up from my beautiful nap, I continued my never-ending train of thought about...Ethan. Strangely I've been thinking about Ethan an awful lot today. Like in Walmart, I was checking out some cute Teddy Graham's and thought about how Ethan had eaten those honey ones in first grade. I never knew much about Ethan, but I've known him for a while.

Ethan's POV

I never realized how much I was really interested in Belle. She was just so...unique in her own way. She walked around the halls not judging herself compared to the other Victoria's-Secret-looking girls.
I guess I've stalked her multiple times this year, but she's never seemed to catch interest in me. Maybe she just doesn't really think I'm all that worth it. I'm probably not either. Nobody really likes me anyways.

Belles POV

My mother died in 2006. It's 2016 now, just another year of her death. Right now, I'm 17.

My father began leaving me with a babysitter when I was 10. Ever since the..incident- he has never trusted anyone else in my care. Except himself.
Dad never did remarry. Not so far, he doesn't really talk about it much. I'm glad he's happy though. Although- it'd be nice to have some girl talk around here other than "baseball huh?" All the time.

I didn't have many friends in middle school or elementary. High school?- I guess I have a small group of friends. But they are always too busy for me.
Usually the reason I didn't make friends was because I'm not really sure what to say to people when I first meet them. I'm lucky I even have a friend.

Now...Ethan....I guess we're...friends. I prefer the term "acquaintances."

We have a healthy staring relationship. But a crushing relationship? Not so far. But I could see myself falling for a guy like Ethan. It would be incredibly awkward though- knowing myself and people.