The new guy

Annie's P.O.V

    I wasn't the type of girl to go around believing in love at first sight, but this time it felt different. 

When I reached down to grab my pen, I had held something else instead. Someone's hand. I looked up at the owner and my eyes nearly fell off. This guy was hot. I mean, he was extremely hot, like…

I didn't know how to describe him. He had the perfect jawline, straight nose, sexy lips, and his eyes were brown and beautiful, which makes me think of the brownies I ate last night. 

“Uhm, sorry". I said as I let go of his hands and stood up but we hit our heads in the process. “Ouch, sorry". We both said to each other. 

”So ummm…. Here". He handed the pen to me..

“Thanks". I said and tucked my hair behind my ears.

“Yeah". He dug his hands into his pockets..

“Okay, I gotta go".I said in a somewhat awkward way.

”uh? Hey". He called out as I walked past him .

“yeah?".  I turned to face him again.

“My name is Louis by the way". He introduced, and stretched out his hands for a handshake.

”I'm Annie''. I replied, placing my hands into his. His hands were warm and soft, and I liked it.

“Nice to meet you Annie. I'm new here so..".

“Oh, I noticed. I haven't seen you before". I said, taking my hands off his. 

”Yeah, so you in a hurry? I was hoping you'd show me around". He said. 

I would have loved to take this new guy around, but I couldn't ditch my friends. I mean, no, I can't.

”I'm sorry I can't, my friends are waiting for me". I apologized and he nodded in understanding. 

“Well, I'll unm, see you around". He said and I nodded..

I rushed out of the room and I felt him looking at me, but I didn't turn back. 

   “Hey girl, what took you so long?". Malison asked soon as she saw me. 

”Did you guys see that new guy?".

“What new guy?".

”I swear there was a new guy, and he was hot and.. gosh. Well, I think he's into me or something". I chuckled at the absurdity of my words.

They looked at themselves and laughed out loud. “Into you? I mean, pfttt, look at yourself, do you think anyone would be into you?". They laughed and I stuck out my tongue at them.

”I'm serious. The way he looked at me and damn, why would he just see a random girl and decide to help her pick a pen up? He is really into me! Ugh". I gave up trying to make them believing as they obviously didn't believe her.

“I bet she's imagining it all, including the guy".

”Okay, it's one thing not to believe that he's into me, but it's another thing to say that it's an imaginary guy. He is real. His name is Louis and..".

”And what? He is from Alaska?".

“I mean, I don't know. He only told me his name. We didn't have much time to talk as I was trying to catch up with you guys".

”Pftt, as if". 

I was upset now, but I tried not to show it. I was gonna prove to them that the guy is real.. I smirked at how I pictured their faces to be when they saw I was telling the truth.

“Fine, whatever. Are we going or what?".  I asked impatiently.

“Yeah we are. Say bye to your Louis so you won't have to miss him too much". Yeah yeah, they were making fun of me, but I kept shut..

    We went to the mall and shopped like crazy. We bought so many things, some were slutty, the others were cool. I literally tried on a dozen dresses, and each one I tried on, Malison would say it looks good and would purchase them. Malison was the richest amongst us. Her father owned a multi- millionaire company and her mum owned a salon, which was where we were headed next.

The bell sounded as soon as we pushed the door open.. Malison's mum, a middle aged woman turned at the direction of the door and her face was full of surprise when she saw us 

“Hello ma'am". Gabby and I greeted her politely.

“Hello pumpkins. Good to see you two again". She said 

”Hello mum". Malison said, leave in and kissed her on the cheeks.

“What a pleasant surprise that you dropped by. You know, you've never come here on your own, unless I drag you along". Her mum pointed out.

“Well, we needed a makeover so…".

“Oh nice, you've finally decided to look good". That wasn't a compliment. We all looked at ourselves and realised we looked bad. We looked like divorced women, who couldn't cope with life anymore. 

”All of you, have a seat, and my girls would reform you". Malison's mum said and we did as told. 

Our nails were cleaned and painted, and they did magic on our hairs. When they were done, I first looked at myself in the mirror, and I almost didn't believe it was my reflection looking back at me.

“Wow". I said out loud. 

“You can say that again". Malison's mum chipped in. “Thats the cool thing about this salon. We can turn ducklings into princesses". Did she just call us ducklings? Well, fuck it!

I looked at my friends and our mouths were wide apart from the shock. We looked good. Like, really good. 

      I had totally forgotten about my mum until I was heading home. I covered my hair with my hoodie, thankful I carried one, and I walked into the house 

“Mum I'm home". I shouted as I rushed upstairs. I got no response, but who cares? That was a good thing for me, right? I quickly entered my room and slammed the door, but my eyes widened when I saw my mum in my room and she was with….. Oh no!!