Chapter 15 The next day Rie walks to school with Seth next to her side and she's feels great. Somehow, for the first time in her life maybe, she feels like things are going the right way! Seth is back, Marten is her friend (well, sort of) and her father loves her. And on top of that, her schoolwork is good, the sun is shining and she has a free class this afternoon, so she can surf on the internet at school. She wants to find out everything there is to know about Seth. It's gonna be hard, but maybe she will find something. ,,I saw you and Marten... were like...normal...” Seth suddenly says. Suprised he is only mentioning it now, Rie nods. ,,Yeah, guess we're friends. That's cool right?” ,,Yeah, I guess it is.” Seth says and he starts humming and making little hops in his pases. Rie grins and shakes her head. They've almost reached the school and Marten is standing near a tree, apparently waiting for her. When he sees her, he smiles and waves. A little shocked he is waving at her in public, she awkwardly waves back. ,,Hey, did you have a good weekend?” Marten asks. He is wearing sunglasses and Rie can see herself reflected in them. Her daily boring self is staring back at her. ,,I guess. Did you?” Rie asks. ,,I didn't do much.” Marten says. ,,Fanny has a new boyfriend, remember? How would I like to kick his @$$.” He looks really determined. ,,Why? You did it to yourself, you know.” Rie says, starting to walk again, Seth on her left, Marten on her right. What in the world is so great about Fanny? He should spend his time better. Seth is still humming, he is suffering from a great mood and Marten stretches his arms out. ,,Yeah I know and I don't regret approaching you. But I wish Fanny was still my girlfriend. She isn't so bad.” ,,I bet she is once you had another girl for once. One who won't run off with another guy when you have your own opionion not based on The Rules Of The Populars.” Rie mutters, having the urge to ditch him. If she doesn't watch it, he is going to complain about Fanny non stop. She doesn't want reports about how she ditched him and how a great girl she really is. She hates Fanny from the bottom of her soul. Just being in the same school as Fanny is a punishment. ,,What has gotten into you?” Marten says, frowning. ,,I thought we were going to be friends.” On her left, Seth is laughing now. It's not a real laugh, it's an annoying and fake laughter. ,,I'm not planning on being your whining-dog.” Rie says. ,,If you are going to complain and whine about your lost love, who in my opinion is a great dog who crowned me the Freak Of The School, no we are not going to be friends.” With the last words she pokes him in his stomach and looks at him with narrowed eyes. Marten narrows his eyes as well. ,,Why do you have to be so negative?” ,,Because I am!” Rie spits out. ,,I don't have to be friends with you! I don't care if I have friends or not! I am the outcast of the school, but I do have a life. And I don't want you in it if you are going to sob over Fanny!” Seth's done laughing, but is now hanging around Rie's shoulders, also staring at Marten. ,,Populars will always be the same, Rie. Dump him now you can.” He says. Rie launches her elbow in Seth's stomach. ,,I will see you around, Marten.” She mumbles. ,,I don't want to waist my time on this.” And she walks away as quick as she can. Gained a friend, lost a friend, Rie thinks, while sitting in the library of the school, behind a computer. She should have never ever even considered having Marten as a friend. That stupid prick. ,,You know, others would say you were overreacting.” Seth is telling her, while he is sitting on the floor next to her. ,,But I think you did a good thing. Marten is annoying. The typical pretty boy. You are better of without him. And you have me as a friend. I am your friend for life!” ,,Shut your mouth, or I will ditch you too, little dog.” Rie sneers. ,,But we're friends, Rie!” Seth whines, grabbing her arm. Rie feels a twitch in the corner of her eye, but tries her best to ignore it ,,Yeah we are, now let go of my arm, before people think I also have a handicap next to my insanity.” Seth lets go and turns to sit on his knees, to look at the computerscreen. A website is opened and Rie is scrolling through it. ,,How are you planning on finding me?” Seth asks, staring at the screen with no idea what it's all meaning. He reaches out for the computerscreen. His fingers don't even touch the screen, but move through it. ,,Weirdness. It feels tingly.” Seth says with a giggle. ,,Stop being annoying.” Rie mumbles as her eyes move over the screen quickly. She found a databank with missing people. She selected the children out of them. Too bad not every file has pictures with them. ,,I got lost like 7 years ago.” Seth says, trying to be a help. He pulls Rie's arm. ,,7 years ago! I'm 17.” ,,Maybe you are like 13 and I will laugh my @$$ of.” Rie says. She is so happy the library is a little noisy. This way she won't be overheared so easily. ,,I am not 13!” Seth cries out, flapping with his arms. ,,I am not 13!” ,,You act like a 13 year old.” Rie whispers, her eyes still on the screen. She isn't stupid, she did select the missing kids from like 5 till 8 years ago. But there are a lot of missing children in the world. It's a lot to go through. Maybe Seth isn't there at all! Maybe he was never put in there as missed, maybe they figured him dead and now his name is in the file of Dead People. And how is she gonna find him in there?! Or maybe Seth has been visible? Maybe he has been like this for his whole life already? But then she wants to know why he is like that. One thing is for sure. She isn't done with Seth for a long time. Just as she could have guessed, Marten is waiting for her after school to walk her home. Seth sees him first and he glomps Rie. ,,Scary guy is back! Kill it!” He screams. ,,Holey shoot, Seth, quit it. You're hyperactiveness is getting on my frikking nerves.” She mutters from the corner of her mouth. Marten doesn't wait for her to say anything but grabs her at her shoulders. ,,Stop being so annoying, Rie. We are friends. I won't talk about Fanny if you dislike her so much.” ,,It's not disliking. It's pure hate.” Rie says. ,,Whatever you like the best. Just don't get so pissed of. I only want to be your friend.” His eyes look so determined. And Rie just melts for those eyes: ,,Yeah whatever. You want icecream? Your treat.” Marten stares at her for a moment, but then he cracks up in a smile. ,,Okay!” He clings his arm on hers and pulls her along. ,,Icecream it is!” Seth is staring at them with big eyes. ,,Hey! I thought the plan was to dump him!” He cried after them. ,,Rie! You're so low! I never expected this from you! You should have hit him in the face like you always do to me!” But Rie ignores Seth wisely. She doesn't want Marten to think she lost it. Luckily Seth gets the hint and follows them, but a lot quieter then he was earlier this day. ,,You are really mean, you know that?” Seth mumbles, as he stares at Rie who is sitting on the bed, demontaging an old alarmclock with great care. ,,Yeah okay.” She mumbles, not even paying attention to what Seth said. Seth frowns and stretches out his hand, his fingers land on her cheek. ,,Rie?” ,,Huh?”And she turns her face without taking her eyes of the alarmclock, but Seth's full hand now touches her cheek. ,,I can feel that you're soft... but nothing else.” Seth mumbles. ,,I wish I could feel more.” Now Rie does focus her eyes on him. ,,Huh?” ,,I always hear people say they feel cold or warmth... or itchy...” Seth mutters, petting her cheek. Now Rie frowns. ,,Itchy? Why would you wanna feel itchy?” ,,I dunno what it feels like.” Seth says. ,,Is it a good feeling?” ,,It's like that tickling feeling you have when something moves through you, I guess, but then more annoying.” Rie says. ,,Like pain?” Seth asks, looking at her with the eyes of a 5 year old. ,,Itchy feels much worse.” Rie mumbles, turning back on her work. Watching her in silence for several minutes, Seth places his hand from her cheek to her neck, to her shoulder, arm and wrist, until finally his hand is resting on hers. Annoyed Rie turns his eyes on him. ,,You are so annoying today?! What is it?!” ,,I'm bothered... that...” Seth starts, but he doesn't know how to finish his sentence. He chews his lip and tries to find the words. Impatiently Rie looks at him. ,,Does this has something to do with Marten? You are such a jealous @$$, if you ask me.” she spits out. She throws the alarmclock down on her bed and turns around to Seth, who has a very pretty color of red on his cheeks. ,,You know what, goofball? I am gonna find out who you are and how to change you back!” She says, catching ahold of his shoulders and urging him into a hug. ,,And then you can make Marten jealous, understood?” Seth gives a little cough. ,,Ehm... huh?” ,,I said: you can make him jealous. Are you deaf?” Her cheeks glow red now too, because now she realizes what she meant with what she said: that Seth can make Marten jealous with her. Well, no reason for him to be jealous, since he loves Fanny still. But her crush fro Seth is developing with the speed of light. With every look he cast on her. And sometimes she pushes him away, while other times she reels him in. It's really weird. If only he was visible, then this would be a lot easier. Like thunder strikes her, so suddenly is she aware of Seth's hands cupping her face and before she can even defend herself, the soft presure of cold lips touch hers. It's like somebody breaths cold air in her face. But not uneasy cold. Pulling herself back into the real world, she cuts off the kiss by yamming her fist right up, collapsing with Seth's jaw. He gets lifts up a few inches and thumbles over on the floor. ,,Aaaah! Whawadahfow?” He cries out, covering his jaw up with his hands, giving Rie hurtfull looks. His sky blue eyes burn in her eyes and she backs away on the bed. ,,You pervert!” She breaths, because she doesn't know what else to say. Seth is really offended now. ,,Pervert? Me?!” He says, leaping back on his feet and moving closer to Rie again. ,,You practically asked for it, Rie!” ,,I never asked for anything!” Rie cries out. ,,You can't just kiss people!” Seth swings himself around her neck, making them both crash down on the floor at the other side of the bed. ,,You are the only one I can kiss! So I finally did it, okay?! Blame me! Kill me! I had my first kiss and I did it because your face just asked for it!” Dumbstruck Rie remains on the floor with Seth on top of her. Was the expression on her face so obvious? Is she so see-through? Hating herself for this, she now eyes Seth, who is staring back at her looking really comfortable with his current position. ,,Did you like the feeling, Rie?” He asks, with a happy note in his voice, but however no smile on his lips. His eyebrows point at the sky and his eyes seem even more blue then before. ,,What feeling?” Rie mutters, feeling her cheeks go red again. ,,You stole my first kiss, asshole.” ,,See it more as sharing our first kiss together.” Seth says, sounding like an actor from a Shakespearian Play, and he rests his head on his hands and stares at Rie, who feels mentally so weird she can't afford to lift her head of from the floor on the moment. So she stares back at her. After a few seconds of staring contesting Seth gently aims forward and let his lips land on hers again for just a second. ,,Now we shared our second kiss. Isn't this fun?” Rie rolls her eyes. ,,I don't know if these counted you know. Nobody can see you. There must be an unwritten rule you can only receive your first kiss from somebody visible.” Seth's eyebrows lower. ,,There is no law like that, Rie! They don't make laws about kisses.” ,,Ow shut up.” Rie snaps. ,,What about sharing a third kiss then?” Seth says, smiling, already attending to bend over. ,,Die!” And Rie holds her hands in front of her face. ,,You are such a horny little bastard, Seth! You are so rude to steal a girl's first kiss without even asking.” ,,If I asked you would have said: No and Go to hell!” Seth mutters. ,,So I took the gamble and just did it. Plus, like I said, your face asked for it. Well how did you like my kiss?” Rie narrows her eyes. ,,My mouth is poisoned.” ,,I thought it felt soft.” Seth says with a thoughtfull look on his face. ,,But I don't know what else. It was just one feeling of touch. I know visible people feel a lot more. Like 'taste' and stuff. But I did feel a lot of stuff going on in my body. I was feeling happy.” A true love confession, Rie thinks, going red in the face. But she can't have him as her boyfriend when he is in that state! He is frikkin invisible! It would really ruin her image if the nieghbours would see her walk hand in hand with air. ,,Rie?” ,,What?” ,,How did your first kiss feel?” Seth asks. Finding the straight to sit up, Rie bites her lip. ,,I don't know. It tasted like you, I guess.” Sitting up, Seth still on her knees, she ruffles through her dark hair. ,,Did you feel happy?” Seth wants to know, placing his hands on her hips, bending over a little to face her, making her look at him. Rie does her best not to look at him. ,,Whatever you want.” She mumbles, not knowing how to handle this thing at all. She wants to jump up and run awyam but at the other hand this is a reliefe too. Seth confessing and she kinda avoiding. She can never tell him she is having a growing crush on him, how could she when they don't even have a future when he is invisible? Seth's hands steers her face up to Seth's again. ,,I want to share more kisses, Rie. It feels so nice.” Feeling a twitch in the corner of her mouth, Rie pushes him aside. ,,I think we had enough for today, you frikking pervert.” But apparenlty Seth is having a hang of it and he tackles Rie down on the floor in a hug. ,,Never ever leave me again, Rie! Okay?” ,,Ow brother.” Rie rolls with her eyes. ,,You wanna know why?” Seth asks, still clung into a hug with her. Rie finds her hand petting the back of his head, gently stroking his blond hair. It feels so nice, like silk or water or something. ,,Why?” ,,Because I'm sure I love you.” Seth says, rubbing his cheek in her neck. Rie stays silent, pets his hair, feeling really confused now he literally confirmed his feelings for her.