Alex's p.o.v

When Mr. Barakat left, I was relieved. I'm not going to lie about it, it was awesome to have lunch with him because oh God he's my crush, but I felt so awkward the whole time. He didn't help at all by giving me his food. What was that about it? I was glad he did, I was about to die from starvation but... he didn't have to do that, right?

"Alex, is everything okay?" Tay, Lisa's friend, asked me. I know why Lisa and Zack told her to come, they want to get me a girlfriend. Tay knows that also, but she already told me she has a crush on somebody else, so everything is okay with her. She seems like a really cool girl, so I hope we can be friends.

"Um... yeah, why?"

"I don't know, you seem like your body is here but your mind is somewhere else." She smiled at me.

I shrugged. "Just thinking, I guess."

"If there's anything you want to talk about, you can call me or text me or something. I will always be here for you." she hugged me. "I know I met you an hour ago, but I really want to be your friend."

"Me too." I smiled at her.

"Hey hey hey, what are you guys talking about?" Lisa asked, joining us.

"None of your business." Tay teased. "Right, Alex?" She said, winking at me.

"Right." I said. We both looked at Lisa, who was pouting, and started laughing.

"Where's Zee?" I asked Lisa when I could stop laughing.

She shrugged. "I don't know. He said he wanted some time alone."

I sighed. "I will go and look for him. See you in... Math, right?"

They both nodded and I ran to the school building. I knew where Zack was. The small staff room that nobody uses, that now students are allowed to use during recess. It's obvious.

I reached the room and knocked on the door. "Hey, Zee?" I asked. No response. "Zack?" I said, while opening the door. The room was dark, but I could see Zack's figure sat in one of the small chairs. He was giving his back to the door, his face in his hands.

"Go away Alex. I don't want to talk to you."

I sighed. "If you aren't going to talk to me, then who are you going to talk to? Lisa?"

"Maybe." He said. Ouch, that hurt.

"What's wrong with you?! You were the whole lunch period ignoring me, and then you go away without telling me, and now you tell me to go away!" I said, yelling. I didn't want to, but I had to.

"I-i am s-so selfish..." He said, and then, he started sobbing.

"What? Why? Zack! You aren't selfish at all!"

"You don't understand. You'll never understand... I'm so sorry, Alex."

I closed the door and walked to him. "What's wrong, buddy? You can talk to me about everything." I said, smiling.

He looked at me. "Promise me you won't leave, or tell me I'm a freak, or something." I nodded. " The thing is that... I like Lisa, a lot. But now, when we were at lunch, the way you looked at Mr. Barakat made me want to punch him in the face."

"M-mr. B-Barakat?" I blushed. How did he know?

"Alex, you're like an open book." He chuckled. "The thing is that... I don't like you... That way! But I want you to be all mine... No, no! I don't understand myself!" He sounded desperate. "M-maybe I have something for you?"

I froze. No, this couldn't be happening. He was my best friend since I moved here, he couldn't have a crush on me. No no no, shit. "Zee, I don't think you have..." But I was interrupted by the bell. "... something for me."

I grabbed his hand and pulled him to the halls. "Lets go to English. We can talk about this later at my house." We got to the class and sat at the back. I would have a good view from here... I snapped myself mentally. Fuck, Alex.

Mr. Barakat entered and everybody was silent. Most of the girls blushed inmediatly, me included.

"Well, good morning! I'm Mr. Barakat, but you can call me Mr. B. I'd love if you could call me by my name, but the school doesn't allow that so... Mr. B it's okay. Some of you know me because of your big brothers, others because we saw in the halls and stuff." He was looking at all the faces, when he found mine and we locked eyes for a moment. "Did you eat well, Alexander?" He asked me. I nodded and send him a smile, which he returned with one. "I'm glad to hear that. Okay class! First of all I'm going to write the class rules, okay? I want you to copy them in your notebooks and..." the whole class groaned. "I know, I know, but you have to do it. And then, I can answer some questions, if you have." he started writing, while everybody took out their notebooks.

After a few minutes, Mr. Barakat left his marker on the desk and started talking again. "Any questions?"

One boy raised his hand. "Yes, um...?" Mr. Barakat said.

"Josh. And, what's your name?" he asked.

Mr. Barakat smiled. "Jack. Anymore questions?" Jack? Wow, what a beautiful na- Alex stop it for God's sake.

This time, a girl raised her hand. "How old are you?"

"23. Can I start with the class?" everyone nodded, and he started giving us a short test to know what things we already knew. While doing it, I had a great idea. I erased all my answers.

Notes

Yay, an update! Well, um, hope you like this so far! Sorry for not updating in two days... to compensate, this chapter is longer:D

Um, do you guys like this so far? Just to know.

I will be updating tomorrow morning, where I live is almost midnight! Love you x.