Monday morning couldn't have come any faster. After spending the whole weekend with my boyfriend and friends cleaning the house from top to bottom and making sure its spotless my mom came finally home.

I was currently downstairs eating breakfast while scrolling through my Instagram, waiting for my ride. My mom already left for work early this morning. After ten minutes I finally heard the honk from her car.

"Hey girl what's up?" Veronica asked

"Hey I'm good" I said putting on my seatbelt. I then looked in the backseat but noticed Steph wasn't there. "No steph today?"

"Nah she's sick. She said she's been throwing up since 3 am this morning."

"Awwww poor baby" I quickly pulled out my phone and sent her a get well soon text.

"So how was your date with Josh" I teased

"It was surprisingly good we went bowling and then he took me to dinner. Honestly one of the best dates I've ever gone to" she smiles

"That's great. Next thing you know you guys will be dating" I teased

"Oh shut up" she laughs. We pulled up in the parking lot and she parks in her regular spot which is close to the school.

We walked to our lockers and got our necessary books for the next few classes. As we were talking and waiting for the bell, we saw Josh and Justin walking towards us. "Hey Sierra, Hey Veronica" Josh greets

"Hey how are you" Veronica nervously asks. I turned over to Justin who was also stifling a laugh from the awkwardness.

"They act like they're in middle school" I whispered to him making him laugh. "I know right. Kill me now" he whispers back

"Hey we can hear you" Josh shouts. I noticed Aaron wasn't with them and when I looked over to his locker he wasn't there either.

"Where's Aaron?" I asked

"I texted him a few minutes ago and he said he woke up late so he will probably be missing first period" Josh answers.

"Definitely sounds like my Aaron" I mumbled. The bell then rang and we made our way to our classes. Thankfully I had English first period with Veronica.

————————————————————————

Lunchtime

I was currently sitting at our usual spot with Veronica, waiting for Justin, Josh and Aaron hopefully. I still haven't seen him all day so I've no idea if he skipped school or not. Finally after a few minutes I saw them walking through the doors and surprisingly Aaron was amongst them

"Hey babe" he said sitting beside, quickly pecking my lips

"Hey where were you?"

"I slept in by accident so I missed a few classes" he shrugged

"So is anybody down to going to the cinema this Saturday?" Justin asked.

"Yeah I'm free but it depends what time" I responded

"It will probably be at like seven or eight"

"Ok then I'll be there"

For the duration of lunch we continued talking until the bell rang. My last two classes was double biology, which coincidentally Aaron and I had together.

At the start of the year I had chosen to sit with Veronica which was on the opposite side of the room to Aaron, so for that class we were separated.

"God I hate this class with a passion. I wish I did art or something"

"You and I both know you can't do art to save your life. I'm pretty sure a two year old can draw better than you"

"That's not true" she defended "with a bit of practice you could be looking at the next Picasso" she smirked

I gasped and placed my hand against my chest in disbelief. "Don't ever disrespect Picasso like that ever again". She rolled her eyes and laughed at me.

"Enough with the talking and let's get to work" and with that we all put our heads down to work and began concentrating on biology.

—————————

After school

School finally ended which meant I could go home and sleep. The whole group were walking to mine and Veronica's locker.

"Yo Aaron practice starts in ten minuets. You coming?" Justin asked

"Yeah I'll be there in a second you can go ahead of me though" he then turned to me and pulled me into a hug. "I have to go but I'll FaceTime you later"

"Yeah sure and be careful with your ribs ok?" Although it's been nearly a month his ribs were healed but nonetheless he still had to be careful

"Yes don't worry" he laughed. "Bye I love you" those last three words made my stomach flip. I still wasn't used to it but it was good feeling.

"I love you" I smiled and gave him a peck on the lips.

I watched as he walked away and turned back to Veronica who was staring at me like I was crazy. "What?!"

"You guys are on the three words stage?"

"Shit yeah. I guess I forgot to tell you and Steph but we said it to each other yesterday" I blushed

"Oh my God! You guys are honestly the cutest couple"

"Awww thanks V"

We walked back to her car and we started making our way to my house.

"So my dads anniversary is this Friday" I said looking down at my fingers which were intertwined

"Shit yeah I'm sorry about that" she removed her right hand from the steering wheel and gently rubbed my left arm in comfort.

"It's ok but I was wondering if you could give a ride after school to cemetery. I would go with my mom but she's working late and probably won't go until after work"

"Of course anything for you Sierra"

I gave her a small smile and reverted my sight to the windshield.

Heyyy lovelies. I hope you are doing well. This chapter was a little shorter than I anticipated but it's all good because the next will be longer. Let me know your thoughts on this chapter and if you enjoyed don't forget to vote.

Precious x

Word count-1018