My Second Heartbeat

I could feel the sweat just dripping down my neck as we pulled up to our new home. The sun was beating down on me through the car window and it felt like a scorching glare as I stared down this foreign place. The house looked like a small shack. Definitely looked a lot smaller than our previous home. The grass was browning from obvious lack of water and the serious sunshine. I scoffed and shook my head in disbelief. I hated having to move. I know we had to move for good reasons, but I hated leaving the friends I had in Ohio. Why did my mom have to pick Huntington Beach, California?

“It's so fucking hot, Mom. I can't stand it already.” I said as I pulled my headphone out of my ear. " This place looks dingey and depressing. I hate it."

“Aurora, watch your mouth. You're going to have to get used to it. I moved us here to get away from your asshole of a father. You know this. This will be better for us in the long run,” my mother said sternly. I could tell she was worried and stressed. You could see it in her sad and worn out eyes. I sighed deeply and put my headphones back in, letting Metallica drown my thoughts.

I got out of the silver ‘94 Toyota Corolla that my mom traded her car for on our way out of town. We switched cars to make it harder for Bill to find us. I grabbed the few bags I packed and headed for the door. I looked around our street and saw a boy dressed in all black with a Pantera shirt, dyed, spiked up hair walking down the street. I stopped and watched him for a moment. Obviously he felt me staring and looked up at me. He flashed a smile my way and started to say something. My face flushed red and I immediately hurried inside and closed the door. “Who was that?" I thought to myself.

After about an hour of unpacking, I was sick of it. I decided to take advantage of the nice weather, considering it was fall and is usually getting colder around this time in Ohio. It definitely felt like it was at least 70° here. I grabbed my mp3 player and headphones as I headed out the door. I sat down on the swaying bench on our itty bitty porch, if it could be called that. I put my headphones in and let Metallica's “Master of Puppets" wash over me. I closed my eyes and felt the warmth of the sun on my skin. As the chorus came on, I couldn't help but headbang a little and start singing along with James Hetfield.

All the sudden, I felt a tap on my hand. Startled I jumped up and ripped out my earphones. It was the boy from earlier!

“Didn’t mean to scare you, jumpy!" He grinned, flashing his dimpled cheeks. " It's just that I was walking by and I heard you singing to Metallica and couldn't help myself. For one, Metallica fucking rules. And for two, you have a very rad voice.” His cheeks turned a little red as he started to mess with a lip piercing that I didn't noticed he had earlier.

I blushed and bit my lip slightly. “Sorry about that. I just wasn't expecting that. And thank you. I really love Metallica. They're like my favorite metal band.”

"They are definitely one of my favorites. Are you new here?” He flashed a smile at me, showing off his dimples.

My heartbeat quickened a little and my face turned hot. “Oh what made you think that?" I asked sarcastically.

"Ooh, sarcasm. I love it. You're definitely one interesting gal.” His smile grew a little, making his dimples more defined. He held out his hand, “I'm Matt. And you are?"

“Um, my name's Aurora, but you can call me Rori for short.” I went to grab his hand to shake it and he held my hand up this lips and kissed it softly.

“Enchanté, Aurora. Such a beautiful name." He smiled as he was still holding my hand. He had the softest hazel eyes. My face burned as I gulped from embarrassment. I quickly pulled my hand away and looked back to my house.

I cleared my throat. “Um, it's nice meeting you, Matt. I should, uh, probably get back inside and finish helping my mom unpack.”

I started backing toward the door and Matt stepped toward me. “I'm sorry if I freaked you out. I've just always wanted to do that with a pretty girl. And you seemed like just the girl to do that to.” He smiled shyly. " I didn't mean to scare you away."

I bit my lip and looked at him a moment. He was literally so handsome. He was tall and very muscular. He had the sleeves cut off on his Pantera shirt that his muscles just bulged out of. You would think that the sleeves ripped on their own. Not to mention his gorgeous eyes and heart melting smile. I could feel my face getting hotter and I shook my head a little.

“No worries, man. I'm okay. Thank you for the compliment.”

" Hey shithead, I see why you ran off,” a mysterious voice yelled from behind Matt. " Who's the chick?"

Matt groaned as he turned to face him. “Knock it off, Brian. This is Aurora. She's new here, so you better be fucking nice to her.”

Brian raised his eyebrow and looked me up and down. He focused on my Metallica shirt. “Metallica, eh? Not many girls we know like Metallica. I definitely see why you ran off now.”

" I said knock it the fuck off, Brian.” Matt growled.

" Oh calm down you big baby. This dude, so sensitive.” Brian started chuckling as he headed towards us. " Obviously, I'm Brian. It's nice meeting you, Aurora."

“Yeah, same.” I said nervously. " I uh, really should be getting back inside."

“Well, you should come hang out with us and the guys later. We're going to shoot pool at Johnny's Bar on Beach Boulevard My aunt owns it and will even let us drink a little.”

" Um, yeah, I'll think about it." I said as I bit my lip.

Matt looked at me as a grin formed. “Yeah, please come out tonight. I'd love for you to meet the rest of the guys. We're fucking badass. I promise you'll have a good time. Please?” Matt flashed me a pouty look and gave me puppy dog eyes. I couldn't resist.

“O-okay. Sure. I'll come out tonight. See you later?" I couldn't stop from blushing.

Matt lit up with excitement. “Yeah! Of course. See you later, Aurora!"

“Oh, I can smell love blossoming!” Brian teased.

Matt gave Brian a hateful look and punched him on the arm. " How many times do I have to tell you to knock it off? Do I HAVE to kick your ass?” Matt growled.

" Bitch, please. As if you could kick my ass." Brian slapped Matt in the back of the head playfully and took off laughing. Brian shouted back to me, “See you later!"

Matt shook his head and smiled apologetically. He then took off after Brian. I went inside and leaned back against the door. “What the fuck, Aurora?"

Notes

First chapter! Let me know what you guys think! I'm still writing the next chapter and would like to know if you would like me to keep going??