The first day of school arrived, along side a strong wind, lightning, and drops of rain falling from the sky. While I was running through the rain towards my school, I thought of how nice it would have been to stay in my comfy bed. If it hadn't been September first I totally would have but come on, get real, you can't skip school on the first day! My mom would have killed me. Actually she probably would have dragged my ass to school to collect my books and then killed me. My mom was totally over protective and really well-mannered. If I tried to skip school and she actually found out, she would lecture me about how children shouldn't skip school and how she had found school interesting and went there every morning with pleasure. She could be really weird at times.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdPRzR8be75
Anyway I reached the old school house. There were a lot of other students hurrying inside. The floor was so slippery from all my schoolmates walking on it with wet boots 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJGx30wj6mE
I almost fell. I didn't fall on my ass and embarrass myself though because somebody caught me and held me upwards.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ1W87zN2x0
“Thanks,” I turned and was face to face with the boy I had met on the beach that silent and beautiful summer night. Realization washed over both of us. My jaw almost dropped and he was surprised also. He quickly let go of my waist where he had placed his strong hand to kept me from falling.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAdEY0iHVe
He looked a lot better than I remembered. His black wavy hair was recently trimmed and there wasn't a sign of suffering or sadness visible anywhere in his gorgeous eyes. For a brief second I wondered if it really was him. He didn't look like just a week ago he was ready to kill himself. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBuG5TMD7d
Besides the surprise of our meeting I was also mesmerized by his eyes. They were, at least in my opinion, his best feature. I could just get lost in those brown eyes and not notice the people around me. The fact that I barely remembered that I had only two minutes until the bell rang and the first class of the day began proved this very well. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfLeMYeH7q
He found his voice before I did. “Be careful.” He wasn't wearing a jacket. Was he a student there? How could I not have noticed him for the whole year I spent in the school?823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNLXsFzkgln
He began walking away from me. For some reason I just wanted him to stay with me for just one more minute. “Wait.” I called after him. He turned towards me waiting for me to say something else. “I ahh….I am….. aah… I was just wondering. You must be new here. Would you like a tour of the house.” God, I sounded totally lame! What if he wasn't new and I had just been self-centered and not noticed him.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsXMT4pqYpz
“I believe class is about to start and no thank you. The teacher has already shown me around.”823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqjgzrW1tDt
So he was new around here. His voice came out deep and velvety. What was I thinking? What was the matter with me all of a sudden? Never before had I thought about how boys sounded or what there eyes were like. Actually Carmen always said my lack of interest in boys should be considered a sin. Was this some sort of a new illness I hadn't heard of? Wait. Class was about to start? I hadn't even taken off my soaked jacket.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqJlapSpdb9
I was determined not to make a fool out of myself in front of … I didn't even know his name. And I was also determined not to be late to class. I took of running in the direction of the classroom. When I stopped outside the classroom door to catch my breath and then walked inside.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4qsrMyzpri
Carmen was already in her seat at the back of the class. Almost all the other tables had been filled but there was an empty seat next to Carmen. Nobody had tried to claim my seat. I was happy I didn't have to suffer the rest of the year in the front row of the desks just because I had been tardy on the first day.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpVqL5uv8zy
I stuffed the textbooks on my desk into my bag and then plopped down onto my seat. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGFJietsqKV
“Hey stranger. Long time no see.“ Carmen's statement was true. We hadn't seen each other for about six weeks. Carmen had some relatives in England and she had spent a good chunk of the holiday there.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkSnRjgQoHy
“Hello Carmen.” I had missed her but right now my mind was elsewhere. With a certain boy.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPTYcIKucXP
“Wow Lizzie. I can just hear the excitement in your voice.” Carmen remarked sarcastically. She was right again, which for her must have been a new record.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8dd6aeFr2
I had known Carmen since the fifth grade but she had changed dramatically in the last few years. Now she was a slim and pretty girl whom all the boys desired. I often wondered, if I hadn't known her when we both were pretty much invisible to boys and Carmen's biggest worry was finding a date to the annual school dance, would I have thought she was just a stuck up beauty who had an easy life just because she had good looks. 823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7jaTPhYb23
She had dyed her hair blond, straightened and cut so it fell graciously on her petite shoulders. Her light blue eyes were always heavily coated in eyeliner and mascara, her lips in red or pink lip gloss. In the summer between middle school and high school she must have lost ten pounds. I hadn't seen her that summer so it was safe to say I had been shocked and that, along with all the boys finally drooling over her made her day. Sometimes I wondered why she was still my friend. I wasn't prettier than other girls in the school and I certainly wasn't popular with the guys. Not a lot of girls liked Carmen because they saw her as competition and because she could befriend any guy in the school.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhonNzyrmdx
The teacher, Mr Brown, came into the classroom and started giving us his annual first school day speech. I had heard it the year before. He drowned on about how the summer was over and we better start studying hard.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT6xxfKZocg
I was looking out of the window and dozing off when I heard the words 'new student' from the teacher's mouth. I looked up and saw him, Adam, as Mr Brown introduced him. I can't believe he was in my class. I felt just as I had when we had met this morning. Speechless, mesmerized. Before I had just been looking at his face and eyes. Now I got a good look at his body. He was well built. Not a beefcake but not slim by any means. Just the right amount of muscle.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQfdDoJPW2s
When the teacher told him to take a sit and I finally came out of my trance, I noticed all the other girls staring at him hungrily. Even Carmen seemed to like what she saw, and believe me her standards were high. Had I looked like them a moment ago? Ready to drool over him? I was embarrassed by the thought alone. I would not act like another fan girl, I decided right then and there.823Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDBzSLtrzs
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