Enemies to lovers

Chapter 5

The next morning I wake up and I feel horrible. My eyes are all puffy because of all the crying, I have a knot in my throat and a little stomac ake. On top of all that I have to go to school alone, Sarah has a bad flue. Great! So I do as usual, I don't tell my parents anything about yesterday, and they don't ask either. To my surprise Matt is waiting for me outside.

"What are you doing here?"

"Well I heard Sarah was sick, and I know you don't have many other friends like her and I knew you weren't feeling well yet, because of yesterday so I was thinking we could stay together today. If you want." I don't know what to say to this. He looks quite sincere, but he and I don't have the best track record. He is right though, I don't have any other friends. And I could use the company. And he was pretty nice to me yesterday.

Seeing that I don't answer he adds, " I know you're hesitating, and I can confirm that we got off the wrong foot, but I don't have any other friends either. So I say we restart and at least give it a try."

"Well alright, I can't come up with any excuses not to." He smiles at this, and I start walking towards school.

"What are you doing?"

"Well I'm going to school, I take this way with Sarah."

"Yeah, I know but I don't do walking. We're going my way." he has a nervous laugh, and moves, and that's when I see it, his motorbike.

"Yeah right! I'm not getting on that. It's super dangerous. I prefer walking, even if it takes me longer. I'll see you in school."

"Oh come on Kathy! Don't be a chicken. I have a second helmet, and I'll go slowly."

"Nope, that's the last thing I'd get on to."

I turn quickly and start speed walking. But he catches up to me really quick, and grabs my arm.

"Come on Kathy." He looks at me with big eyes, and he pouts his lip, like a little baby. I role my eyes.

"What?!"

"That face won't work with me, I have experience with my little sister. I know how to say no without feeling bad."

"Oh come on. If you walk you'll be late, we have ten minutes left. If we take the bike it will take five minutes to get there."

"Alright, but promise you'll go slow."

"I promise."

"Pinky promise?" I put my pinky in front of his face. Now he's rolling his eyes,

"You can't be serious?"

"I'm very serious, a pinky promise to me is very important. I would never break a pinky promise." That said he takes out his pinky and promises. He pulls me towards his bike and puts the helmet on me, which is a bit big and I can't see much. He laughs.

"Don't laugh! I can't see anything."

"I'm really sorry, but it's funny."

"Just help me get on." While he is he says, "You know you'll have to hold yourself to me. Or you'll fall."

"I will do no such thing. I'll hold myself to these two metal things around my seat."

"Suit yourself." I manage to catch a grin on his face, that doesn't reassure me. He gets on and it feels like he's going to start going but instead he just makes the motor start and presses to breaks, which makes my jump, I lean forward and put my arms tightly around him and my head against his back. I don't move until we get to school. We finally stop and got there in even less then five minutes. I feel him get off and he takes off my helmet. And then he just laughs.

"Why are you laughing!" I see in the little mirror that my hair is literally everywhere. I take out my comb and it's soon back to normal. While getting off I say, "You did it on purpose to make me hold on to you. And that wasn't going slowly, we got here in less them five minutes!"

"Of course I did it on purpose, if not you would've fallen off. You have to admit it was fun though."

"That wasn't fun at all. I was terrified. My parents got killed in a bike accident!" I'm panting, I haven't said that out loud in a long time. His face changes as well.

"Kathy, I'm sorry, I didn't know. Calm down, it's ok. Why didn't you tell me?"

"I don't want to talk about it." I'm panting harder, and people are starting to stare. He comes closer and hugs me. That feels so good, I release all my stress and calm down. He lets go and we stare at each other for a little bit. Then I look away and we head to class.