Page 27

She gives me a soft look before turning her attention to Cole, giving him an approving look.
“Well then, I guess all that is left to say is: welcome to the family.” Mia squeals with joy over me becoming the new babysitter, which causes me to chuckle.
CHAPTER SEVEN
Allie and I are standing in the courtyard of the main English building. We’re due to be in our other classes, but this is the building we will be in later.
“Are you ready for this?” I ask Allie, fidgeting nervously.
Students loiter around, sitting on walls, benches, or stairs, chatting or just sitting quietly with friends, some even drinking coffee.
It seems Allie and I weren’t the only ones who stopped off at the local Starbucks on the way over.
“Are you?” she fires back, her voice full of nerves.
Not wanting to scare her, I take her hand in a tight grip and squeeze. “Let’s do this.”
We take another step towards the English building, when two strong arms wrap around my waist from behind, swinging me around in circles.
Squealing, I beg whoever it is making me feel sick to put me down. I’ve already lost my coffee; I don’t want to lose this morning’s breakfast too. I’m pretty sure everyone is staring at me right now too, which isn’t helping.
When I’m down, I take a few steady breaths. Once the dizziness subsides, I turn around, ready to rip the culprit a new arsehole.
I beam, walking up to my boyfriend and kissing him good morning. “Alec.”
“Mmm, good morning to you too,” he greets. “You look fucking good.”
I blush at his compliment. Today, I’ve tied up my mousy blonde hair in a high ponytail, leaving a few strands loose. I kept my makeup light. I even put on my signature pink lip gloss I love so much.
Clothes wise, I’m wearing my favourite pair of black skinny jeans and a white, long-sleeved blouse that flows nicely over my curves and chest.
At five-foot-two, I have to wear heels to give me some height, so I put on my black leather ankle boots. I finished the look with my black leather jacket, a scarf, and a few bits of silver jewellery.
Looking Alec over, I admit he doesn’t look so bad himself. He’s wearing the university’s tracksuit and he looks good in it, really good. He’s not big, but he does have muscles on him, and it shows in his outfit.
“You ready for your first day?” I ask, ignoring his compliment.
“Yep.” He pulls me closer. “What about you?”
“Gonna rock these classes,” I boast.
He laughs, looking down at me. “I’m sure you will. I need to go over to the sports centre, but if you want, we can meet up for lunch. You up for it?”
“Sure. We finish around one-ish.”
“I’ll meet you in the cafeteria.” He bends down and kisses me. I kiss him back, wrapping my arms around his neck.
When he pulls back, we’re both breathless. “See you later.”
“Wow!” Allie smirks, walking up to me, her cheeks pink. “Now that’s a good morning.”
I chuckle, looking to my best friend. She looks so adorable today. I’ve always admired her fashion choices and wish I could pull off some of her looks. Today, she’s wearing her tartan leggings and a black crop top, showing only a little bit of skin at her slim waist. The top has red writing reading, ‘I’m the nerd’. She’s finished her outfit with a pair of red pumps and her favourite black coat. She looks every bit the nerd as her T-shirt suggests.
Beautifully so.
“You okay eating with Alec later?” I ask her, feeling stupid for not talking to her about it before.
“Yeah. We have Creative Writing together before lunch, so we’re good. We need to get going. What do you have first again?”