*RIIIING!* the bell goes off snapping me out of my reverie and signaling the end of homeroom. I get up cheeks flushed when the boy walks over to me. "Hey, I'm Alex," he says with an easy smile, like he's a pro at talking up girls (which he might be..) "Hi, I'm Alaina," I barely manage to get out. Damn! I'm completely wrecking my 'couldn't care less' facade before first period's even started. He seems to notice that I'm internally kicking myself and asks with an amused look, "where's your first class? I'll walk you." In a total daze I just nod. Alex clears his throat, "Can I take a look at your schedule?" he says totally sounding like he's holding back laughter. "Oh! Yeah, of course" and I reach into my bag and hand him the paper. "You have Mr. Garcia first period. Come on, I'll walk you." As we're walking his hand and arm brush against mine every once in a while and I can't help but love the delicious electric tingle I feel whenever it happens. He walks into the room without even glancing back to look if I'm still following (which I am, of course. I feel like I would follow this boy across the states just to be near him) and takes a seat at the back of the room. When I walk in he smirks and motions towards the desk next to him. I sit down cautiously, watching him the whole time. He's watching me back. "So while I was looking at your schedule I saw that you and I have 5 classes out of 8 together. I wouldn't mind walking you to those ones too. Uh well, if you don't mind that is.." he adds the last line self consciously, like he's unsure what i'll say. I smile and reassure him, "thanks I would like that a lot. It's nice to have a friend in a new school already." And I playfully punch him on the arm, like we've been friends forever. He chuckles at me. "You better watch yourself, Anderson," he says this with a devilish grin. "Anderson? You creeped on my schedule so much that you got my last name?" although I'm being accusatory I say this with a laugh, besides, on the inside I'm totally thrilled that he thought it would be important to know my last name. "Well of course, I had to know the last name of the most beautiful girl I've ever seen." he winks at me and I can feel my face go cherry red. My arm shoots into the air, "may I go to the restroom?" I'm standing in front of the mirror disecting my entire appearance. I have long reddish brown hair and thick, but sculpted eyebrows. I have a tiny nose with a diamond stud pierced into it and dark green eyes. My lips are full, but not too full. I go to my body. I have all the curves in the wrong places. Pretty much flat chested, not twig thin but a normal size for my height, which is 5'8, but I do, if I may say so myself, have a pretty nice ass. I've never been happy about the way that I look. No guy has ever made me feel as beautiful as Alex just made me feel with one sentence. It wasn't that he used a totally cheesy pickup line, but the look in those brown eyes when he said it. Sincerity. Now I've had boyfriends before and they've told me that I'm hot, cute, yada yada yada. But they only ever wanted one thing from me, and I wasn't willing to give that to these guys. But Alex... I feel like Alex might be a different story. I realize how ridiculous I sound and curse myself. "Great, you're in love with a guy that you met an hour ago and are already thinking about letting him in your pants. Nice going." I feel like one of those girls that swears she's in love with the new boyfriend she has every week. I definitely need to slow this down. Besides, he might not even feel the same. Hell, he might have a girlfriend, it wouldn't be hard to believe considering how gorgeous he is. I enter back into the chem room that is Alex's and my first period. "What took ya so long?" says the note that sits on my desk. I write back in my sloppy left handed writing. "What's it to ya... Damn I never was creepy enough to get your last name." I throw the note at him and watch him smile as he replies. "It's Gaskarth. Don't wear it out. Hey, I noticed your shirt and it totally kicks ass that you're into Green Day. Ya know, My friends Jack, Zack, Rian and I are in a band. We don't have a whole lotta fans other than our family and some friends, but you're welcome to come watch us play. If you give me your number I'll drop you a text and come get you. I noticed you getting off the bus earlier. Haha that sucks. Actually, I could give you a ride from now on. Uhh if you want... Well this class is almost over. Don't worry though, I'll still walk you to your next class. See you at lunch beautiful. -A.W.G."