Who’s That Girl?

(BRAD’S POV)

“I just can’t believe you’re back.” Henry said to me excitement still sounding in his voice.

I had just driven in to school and he had hurried to see me. I didn’t really want people to notice that I was back and so he and I were still seated in the car having some water as we watched everyone meeting and welcoming each other back.

It all seemed very rowdy.

“You are going to cause a stir! You used to be our golden boy until you left.” Henry said not being able to get off how excited he felt.

“Are you going to audition for the football team?” He asked me.

That was a question I knew he was going to ask. Everyone knows first round of tryouts happens on the first day of school.

“Yes I am.” I answered.

“What happened though? Why did you come back?” Henry started to ask me and I was very relieved when the other guys came tapping at my window.

“What the hell! So this is actually true. Bradley Johnson!” Mark exclaimed as he came closer.

“All in flesh and blood, Mark.” I said as I opened the door of my car and let myself out. Mark enveloped me in a bro hug and held me at arms length so he could look at me.

“You got more handsome, you devil!” Mark greeted.

I exchanged handshakes with the rest of the guys and we were all talking at once but then Mark froze, his eyes looking somewhere distant. The rest of us fell silent too as our eyes followed his.

A girl had just dropped from a car. A car that looked pretty familiar. This girl looked like a hottie!

Her hair was dark and looked so lush that I couldn’t help but imagine how touching it would feel. She was dressed with a simple shirt and jeans but it accentuated her curves so well that she looked like the clothes had been painted on her.

I could not see her face properly from where I stood but something about the way she walked made her seem familiar to me.

“I thinks she looks really familiar to Me.” I said thoughtfully shutting the car door quickly.

“Of course she does.” Jerry teased laughing and the other guys joined him.

“Serious, man.” I said with a chuckle as I still kept my focus on the girl.

“One of your hot babes followed you back here, huh?” Mark said continuing the teasing.

I didn’t pay attention to him or the other guys laughs, I just focused on this girl and I was waiting for her to walk closer to the main entrance to the school building. I believed that I would see her face more clearly from that angle.

And when she was closer to the main entrance, I moved forward and got a flash of her face.

I felt dazed.

“Bella.” I said to myself in surprise.

Was this how she dressed to school now? But I had just seen two days ago and she was still wearing her glasses. She looked different even then. Now, she made me feel star struck.

I cursed under my breath.

Leo let out a low whistle that seemed to just pierce right through my thoughts.

“Well I’ll be damned! This is such a nice welcome back to school. A new hot chick waiting to be explored.” Leo said dreamily .

“That is one hell of a babe.” Mark said and then he added. “She’s new isn’t she? I wonder what her name is, Damn I got to go find out.”

“She’s not new.” I interrupted them immediately. I could not take what they were saying. It simply annoyed me very much.

I did not want to hear them say one more word about her.

They turned to me with the ‘what do you mean look?’

“She’s not new. That’s Bella.” I said now knowing why the car that dropped her off was familiar.

It was Bella’s mum’s car. A dark blue ford that i can remember from four years ago.

“Bella?” Leo repeated just as Mark said .

“You mean Olivia’s friend? Olivia, your sister?”

“Yeah.” I answered in a gruff tone.

“Well Fuck it! It must have been one hell of a summer holiday for her.” Mark said looking after her wistfully.

“I’ll see you guys later.” I told them and without waiting for their reply, I hurried in to the main building.

My eyes scanned around so fast looking for Bella.

“Hey Handsome.” Someone said as she blocked my path.

It took a few seconds for me to realize where I knew her from, who she was and her first name.

“Valerie .” I said.

“Yes sweetie.” She said with a bright smile.

In the four years that I had not seen her, I could say that she looked pretty nice for herself. We follow each other on I*******m and she always sends me a lot of her hot pictures.

Years back, Valerie and I used to have some sort of on and off situationship. It was never a relationship but it was definitely back and forth a lot of times.

“I was so disappointed when I heard that you were back and you couldn’t think to tell me, Brad.” Valerie said as she pouted.

My eyes were still looking around to try and locate Bella. And then I sighted her from a distance. Some guy was trying to talk to her and she didn’t seem comfortable.

“Excuse me Valerie. I have to run.” I said and tapped her shoulder hurriedly dashing off to where Bella was walking away from a guy who didn’t stop moving around her.

“Get out.” I hissed at the guy. He turned and saw me and then gritted his teeth but he walked away.

I focused my mind on Bella. She looked surprised to see me and then a little shy as she narrowed her eyes.

I couldn’t help but marvel at her beauty. Those eyes. Those eyes that have always been my weakest link .

Two nights ago when she came to drop off a drunk Olivia, I tried to talk to her and she seemed uncomfortable. Looking at how much she had grown in to someone so beautiful and looking at her eyes through the glasses she had been wearing still gave me the same feeling that it did now as I looked directly in to her eyes.

She was literally breathtaking.

But there was something else. She really didn’t look happy to see me.