Who does he think he is ! Talking to her like that!

Tessa had never been this angry before, she never really had a reason to be so .. well not until she had met that annoying prick!

Tessa had wiped away the few tears she'd shed , and she made sure they were going to be the last tears she'd ever cry for Will Herondale.

Normally she didn't cry at all, she was tough like her aunt, never caring about what other people said or did . And look now! She's cried two times in one day

Never again!

She walked towards the parking lot and started looking for Sophie , when she realized almost every single car had left. And so did her bus

Oh damnit! What was she supposed to do now?

Tessa decided to sit down on a nearby bench and tried to call Sophie .

Ten calls and a sore but later, she started muttering to herself

Sophie! Pick up the damn phone! How am I supposed to get home now!

"I could give you a ride ?"

Tessa jumped up in surprise, in front of her stood one of the most beautiful guys she had ever laid eyes on

- he was tall and lean but surrounded by muscles , his face had handsome features and his hair was like pure silver

so were his eyes

She had never seen anything like that before

Even his voice sounded like music to her ears.

"What?" Tessa asked, not sure if she'd understood him correctly. Cause why would someone like him talk to someone like .. well her

"I heard you over the phone and I thought maybe I could help?

Not that I was eavesdropping " He added quickly , and was it just Tessa or did he actually blush?

"Uhm.." she said , not really knowing what to say

For once , she was at a loss of words

" I'm James Cairstairs btw , but you can call me Jem" He smiled , it was a heartwarming smile

Tessa decided to trust him

"I'm Theresa Grey, but my friends call me Tessa"

"You have a beautiful name , Tessa" he winked

She felt the heat rise to her cheeks and blushed furiously , no one had ever mentioned her name and beautiful in the same sentence. Except for her parents ,but they were kind of obligated to do so

"so.. do you want me to take you home?" He asked a bit nervously, Tessa couldn't help but smile at him " That's very kind of you , but I don't want to be of any trouble"

"Well in that case come along, my car is over there" Jem pointed at an ink black Mercedes which looked pretty expensive , it probably was.

"Why did you even think you would be trouble?" He asked genuinely surprised

"After what happened today.. I just thought you wouldn't want to be seen with me" she started to blush again, by the angel it was starting to get embarrassing!

"I don't care what other people think, you seem like a nice person and I'd like to get to know you" he said and she saw his eyes widen and looking around if anyone heard him , he probably didn't intend to say that out loud .. So he was ashamed of being seen with her

Tessa couldn't help but feel a little pang of disappointment .

"You okay?" He asked standing there awkwardly waiting to get in his car

He just wants to go so the others won't see them together

Well she didn't want to be seen as some kind of charity , so she decided to walk home.

"Yeah , but I'm just going to walk or something " Tessa smiled and started to walk away " You don't have to drive me home"

She put in her music ears and didn't hear Jem say : " But I want to .. "

When I came home, Sophie had already prepared dinner

It smelled delicious! Well .. everything would be delicious after I just walked for an hour

It really wasn't my lucky day ; Will , missing the bus

– And all that the one time ever I didn't wear my clockwork angel ..

Coincidence?

I think not

The moment I dropped my backpack on the floor , Sophie came running in

"Tessa! I'm so sorry! I totally forgot about you, I was waiting for you when Gideon came and asked if he could sit with me and – " Sophie stopped abruptly and blushed

I wonder who this Gideon guy is

"It's okay Sophie, some exercise is good for me" I smiled in an attempt to cheer her up

" well okay then " She clapped her hands together " Let's start eating, I'm starving!"

Tessa laughed , so was she!

After dinner we decided to watch a movie, I insisted on watching the hunger games since Sophie hadn't seen it .. Can you believe it!? I've seen it almost a hundred times, and they might say girls are from Venus (and guys from Mars) but I'm sure even there they've seen it at least once!

We were at the part where Peeta confesses his undying love and tells Katniss how he watched her go home every day (-so cute!) when Sophie asked playfully :" so.. tell me have you found your Peeta yet? Is there a special guy at home?"

"Nope, the only thing I've found here is trouble with that annoying Herondale .. what about you?

You seem to like that Gideon , don't you?" I raised my eyebrows suggestively and laughed at Sophie's expression .

Saying she blushed is an understatement

"No , he's just a friend really"

"Sophie my friend , you are a terrible liar" I laughed , but I decided to leave it at that . She'll tell me when she wants to

"hm since you're so interested in my love life, let's begin with yours . Seen any cute guys yet? Our school has plenty " She winked and I couldn't help but smile at the thought of Jem

Even though it was wishful thinking , I couldn't stop wondering about what would've happened if I'd stepped in that car . I can still clearly remember those beautiful silver ..-

"Tessa! Tessa you there? Helloooo"

I looked up to see a hand waving in front of my face, a hand that belonged to a curious looking Sophie

"What was that?" She smirked at me

" what was what?"

"Naha, don't avoid the question! I saw that look on your face , who's the lucky guy?"

"I.. I don't know what you're talking about"

Of course I know what she's talking about, but I'm not planning on telling her about my little encounter with Jem . It didn't mean anything anyway , and it's not as if I like him so ..

"Of course you don't" sophie raised an eyebrow

Oh I wish I could do that!

"Let's watch the movie, this is my favorite part!" I lied, but it worked

And that's how we ended up falling asleep on the couch after eating 3 bags of crisps and a chocolate bar . Hey! A girl has to have a good appetite!

The next morning I looked at my locker in annoyance

It was surrounded by Jocks and Cheerleaders , well Will Herondale was surrounded by them to be precisely .

Why would he be there?

Tessa wondered , when the only two reasonable explanations popped up in her head

1)He was about to finish what he started yesterday

2) He has his locker next to hers

And she liked neither of them

Hey everyone!

So this was the chapter you all waited for , I hope it wasn't dissapointing

Well we saw some Jessa today - if you even say it like that ? :)

Let me know what you thought , R&R so I know what to do different next time

I couldn't help but put some THG in here - to the people who haven't read THG

STOP READING THIS MESSAGE AND GO READ IT

to all the rest , see you next time!

-btw I deleted the author's note , so the new readers wont get their hopes up thinking this story already has 7 chapters ( I hate it when that happens to me)