Rainy Days With You

Chapter 1 I glance at my surrounding, it was a peaceful day . I have already finish all my projects and assignments, so I decided to take a break and clear my mind. I went to the park, it was peaceful not many people were around. Then I grabbed something from my bag, it was my favorite book, that I've been longing to read, but couldn't because of my busy schedule the past few days, but now that's it's all finished, I won't let anyone interrupt me. As I was about to open my book I felt a drop of water on the top of my head. ‘Come on, why does it have to rain today!’ I stored my book inside my bag, and started walking to search for a shelter, I didn't bring an umbrella. The rain started pouring harder, I started to run when I stumble upon a rock , and I fall to the ground. ‘Ouch! I think I scratched my knee.’ I whispered to myself. Then, suddenly out of the blue I couldn't feel the raindrops anymore but it's still raining. I looked up to see a handsome boy who looks the same age as me, he covered me with his umbrella , he then brushed his hair with his hand which made me see his face clearer, I can't help but turn red! ‘Are you alright?’he said to me with a worried tone , but a blank expression ‘U-Uh, I'm fine , t-thank you‘ He pulled my hand gently to help me get up, my heart was pounding faster. We walked to the nearest shelter, the bus stop. ‘Do you have an umbrella?’ he asked ‘I didn't bring any.’ I replied, avoiding his eyes ‘Here take this’ he handed me his umbrella ‘What about you?’ what about him? He will get wet without his umbrella. ‘I brought an extra, don't worry.’ he smiled , my heart pound even faster and my face turned red. ‘Thank you, uh can I ask your name?’ I was curious to know who he was ‘Ethan, Ethan Castillo.‘ , ‘Uh, can I ask your name too?’ he asked me back ‘Oh, sure, I'm Leah Serrano.' ‘Okay, hope to see you around, Ms. Serrano‘ he smiled back at me , which made me blush harder ‘Hope to see you around too, Mr. Castillo.’ With that, we parted ways , I was actually quite saddened. I know I shouldn't expect that I would meet him again. Next day, I was sitting at the corner of our classroom. I don't actually like to socialize with people, I prefer being alone. I was leaning on the window staring at the view outside, then suddenly my gaze shifted to a familiar face, it felt like time froze, it was the boy yesterday. Wait, what is he doing here? The loud noises from my classmates suddenly became silence, it was because our professor entered the room. ‘Good morning , class today I want to introduce a new student please welcome him with warmth‘ My eyes widened , as our new classmate entered the room. Everyone shifted their gaze on him, stunned by his looks. ‘Good morning everyone, I'm Ethan Castillo, hope to be friends with you all.’ as he introduced himself, I felt weird it's like my surrounding was vague , only his figure was vivid to my sight. It's weird , what is this feeling? I'm not familiar with this emotion or feeling of mine , but I couldn't care less , my heart was pounding fast again. ‘Okay, Mr. Castillo you can sit next to—’ my professor search the room with his gaze trying to find an empty seat, until his stare shifted to me. ‘Oh, there sit next to Ms. Serrano.’ my eyes widened, my gaze search for other empty seats but the seat next to mine was the only empty one. ‘It's nice to see you again , Ms. Serrano.’ I looked up at him, and he gave me a warm smile, which made my face red again. ‘Nice to see you too.’ I cleared my thoughts and responded to him. As each lesson passed by, I noticed that he was quite the genius type. I was the top of my class, but there were lessons that I still find hard or struggle with, but to him it was a piece of cake. *Sigh* I left out a sigh ‘Hm, are you tired ?’ I turned to him when he asked me. ‘Yeah, I'm a bit sleepy.’ I responded to him with a low voice ‘You can lean on my shoulder ’ he offered me to lean on his shoulder, I was quite startled ‘No need, really—' ‘It's fine, I insist.‘ he moved closer to me so I can lean on him. I tried not to sleep, but to my surprise I fell asleep. When I woke up, a lot of time has passed ‘Huh? What time is it already?’ I lifted my head, and moved inches from him. ‘Don't worry, it's just lunch time’ he explained ‘You should've taken your lunch.’ I told him feeling embarrassed ‘I would but I can't because you would wake up if I did.’ he said with teasing me ‘I'm sorry, you should've just waken me up, I'm really sorry.’ I said feeling guilty ‘Don't say sorry , I was just teasing you.’ he said feeling a bit guilty ‘Uh, shall we take lunch?’ I asked with my hand gesture telling him , ‘let's go’ ‘Sure .’ he smiled then took my hand. Oh my god, I can feel my face red again. I opened my door to my apartment, as I went inside the first thing I did was lay down my bed. It was a tiring day, but on top of that I get to know a little more about Ethan and even spend time with him . I can't believe it I just made my first friend, and it was surprisingly a boy. I don't have any friends in real life , I spend everyday of my life uploading stories, until my stories became famous and popular among high schoolers. Writing was my way to earn money, my parents still support me but I like to earn money myself. I went to the convenience store , to buy instant noodles for dinner when I spotted a man and a girl that is years younger than me, they weren't just anybody, they are a familiar existence for me, it was my father and my younger half sister, my parents are divorce both of them has their own life now, my father has his new family. I felt tears streaming down my face, a lot of thoughts start running to my head, ‘Would we have been that happy too?’ , ‘Why her ? I'm also your daughter.’ , ‘Wish we were like that too' I rushed to my apartment, I didn't want my father and 'sister' to even notice me. I tried not to think much about my Dad by overworking myself on writing new chapters for my stories. But ,my mind was blocked and couldn't think of anything, so I just decided to continue my s********e other time. I came out to my terrace to refresh my mind, I closed my eyes, as I was deep in thoughts , when a familiar voice called my name. ‘Leah! Leah!’ it was Ethan, wait what? ‘What are you doing here?’ To be continued....