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Jack's POV

Sunday was great. I got up and did my usuals. I went downstairs to see my mom and dad having breakfast. My mom had made pancakes and those were yummy. I finished it and my dad asked me about school academics. We finished talking and I went to my room and started on my Archeology assignments. I finished it rather quickly and started checking my phone for any notifications. My phone buzzed at that moment and I freaked out at the message.

Anna-Can I stay at your house for a few days?

I quickly replied

Jack-Whattttt?

Ok that was a stupid reply . She probably had a fight with her parents. I called her on the phone straight away.

"Umm hello?" I asked.

"Yeah hi Jack " She said somewhat sadly.

"Ok tell me what happened." I said and she told me how she told the whole truth to her parents and her parents wanted to change her school. I heard it all but I was not satisfied. It felt like she was hiding something and didn't tell me the whole story.

"Ok let me ask my mother first" I said and ran back downstairs. I saw my mother and told her about Anna and her fight with her parents.

"So how many days does she wanna stay for?" She asked me.

"Well she didn't tell how many exactly but she said a few days" I said and she nodded.

"Hmm okay tell her she can stay, but you have to sleep on the couch as she will take your room" She said and I nodded.

"Okay I can manage" I said and went to my room and messaged Anna.

Jack- Yeah my mom is cool with it. Are you coming today?

She replied immediately.

Anna- Yeah probably, thank you for letting me stay at your house.

Jack-Yeah no big deal :)

I started to clean my room up and made some space in the closet for her clothes.

It was 5 pm and the doorbell rang. I went downstairs to see Anna with a suitcase. I smiled and she smiled back.

"Come in" I said and she thanked me. My mom came and hugged Anna.

"Good to see you Anna dear, Jack take her to your room. Anna you can sleep in his bedroom. He will sleep on the couch." My mom said and smiled and I took Anna to my bedroom.

"Wow you have a clean room, Jack" She examined the room and went to sit on my bed. I sat beside her.

"So your parents allowed you to leave their house?" I asked her and she looked down.

"I just told them that I will stay at a friend's house and I just left the house" She said.

"Won't they come looking for you?" I asked

"I don't know , they don't care about me and just want to push me into things I don't want to do. How can any parents do something like that to their daughter?" She said and her eyes were filling with tears.

"Anna, they do care about you. They are just strict" I reassured her and she looked at me.

"Easy for you to say. You have such amazing parents. Everyone in school likes you. Who am I? Just a loser who thought someone liked me just to be embarrassed in front of the whole school. I have no one." She said crying and her last line just felt like a spear pierced into my heart. After all this, How can I be still 'no one' to her ? I got up from the bed stared blankly into space. She realized what she had said. She got up too and stood in front of me.

"Jack I didn't mean to call you no one. I was angry at my parents and I spilled it out without thinking . I am sorry if I hurt your feelings" She apologized staring right at me. Her blue eyes were shining and she had a sad smile on her face.

"I will forgive you if you stop crying like a big baby" I teased her.

"Hey I am not a big baby" She snapped back and slapped my arm. I didn't feel a thing but I let out a fake 'aw' and she laughed. I laughed too and seeing her laugh just warms my heart. We stood her facing each other. She started leaning in towards me and my body responded by leaning in too. We were so close I could feel her breath fanning my face. I have never admired her as beautiful but I gotta say it now. She is gorgeous, her pale milky skin, her sharp nose,her golden blonde hair and her beautiful ocean eyes. I wanted this moment to last forever but as unlucky as I am it ended pretty quickly.

"Anna dear, can you come down, I want to talk to you a little." My mother called as soon as we were about to kiss. Anna pulled herself back and was surprised to see what we were doing.

"Ok I gotta go" She said and blushed and quickly kissed my cheek before going down.

I stood there awkwardly, touching my cheek where she pecked me.

Anna's POV

I was standing in front of him, feeling guilty of calling him 'no one' . How stupid can I get? How could I do that even after Jack did so much for me? I was standing very close to him and looking him in the eyes. He had beautiful brown eyes and his black hair was always messy. Can I call him handsome? I questioned myself. He had a good body and he was tall, he had a pretty big scar on his lower lip(that was caused because of me) and his face was a little tanned. Yeah, he was handsome. I was leaning into him and he looked surprised but he leaned in too. Our lips were centimeters away when Jack's mom called me. I quickly pulled myself back but kissed him on his cheek before leaving. I looked behind at him and I giggled seeing him turned to stone.

I went downstairs to the kitchen to meet Mrs. Smith. She saw me and smiled.

"Oh, Anna dear please sit down. I hope Jack is not troubling you." She said and I shook my head.

"Not at all mam, umm thanks for letting me stay." I replied. She gave a grin.

"Oh don't call me mam, just Mrs. Smith ."She said always keeping that warming smile.

"Ok Mrs.Smith. Umm you called me? " I asked.

"Oh yes, Anna dear you can share your problems with me, just tell me what's bothering you. Maybe I can talk to your parents" She said I hesitated but told her my fights with my mom and the most recent one. I didn't mention that my mom didn't like Jack. She listened to all I said and I drank water when I finished.

"Umm Mrs. Smith, can you contact my mom after a few days? I don't want to meet them now" I asked and she nodded.

"Ok, Anna you can go to your room now. You are very sweet, Jack is lucky to have a friend like you." She smiled and I blushed and went to Jack's room.

I entered the room and saw him watching a movie on his TV. He saw me and his cheeks turned red.

"Wanna watch a movie? There is still time for dinner" He asked me.

"Yeah, so what are we watching then?" I went and sat with him.

"Umm 1917 , do you want to watch any other movie?" He asked.

"Nah it's ok" I said

"Ok it has just started, let's watch" He said and started focusing on the movie.

"I thought you always studied, getting those good grades in school" I said and he turned to me, his eyebrows raised.

"Why would I study all day? I am a human you know that." He said and I laughed.

"No it's not that. I mean you are serious towards your dream, so I thought..." I said

"Yeah I really am serious towards my future, but you gotta have fun once in a while" He smiled

"Yeah you are right," I said and started watching the movie. I was tired so I put my head on his shoulder and he looked at me. He then put his head on top of mine and we watched the movie. The movie was good but I realised why Jack was eager to watch it. It was based during WW1 and Jack was interested in history so it was perfect for him.

"So how was it?" He asked after the movie finished.

"Ehh good, not my top picks though" I said and he nodded.

"Yeah I bet Jaws will be your favorite" He said laughing.

"Shut up" I said playfully and we both started laughing.

We went downstairs for dinner to meet Mrs. Smith ready with dinner.

"So your dad isn't home? I asked Jack.

"Sadly no, he is having an important project so he staying there" He replied and I nodded.

We sat for dinner and started eating. The food was delicious. Mrs. Smith had made pasta and it was yummy. We finished and took our plate to wash our respective dishes.

I went toward the hall and Jack came towards me.

"Good night Anna," He said smiling.

"Ya good night" I replied and kissed his cheek and went upstairs.

I don't know why I did that but it just felt right.