I pick up my books and head down the hallway toward my locker. As I start to walk my good friend, Galina comes over toward me. As we walk down the hall, a huge crowd walks by. My crush, Madison Alamia, is standing in the center. I look at him and he smiles back. My cheeks flush brightly. I walk to my locker still smiling. Galina follows me to my locker and asks," What are you smiling about, Cara?"
"Nothing," I say, remebering his smiling face.
"Sure," she says walking away still suspicious. I grab my books as fast as I can and try to slip away, but Galina is behind me grabbing my shouder. We walk to the next class, math. I look away and try to ignore her until we reach the classroom.
It's a new year at the only public school in this little town in New Jersey. I sit down for my second class. Galina sits behind me and starts poking me. I ignore her for a awhile, then the poking starts getting harder. I finally turn around.
"What?" I say agitated in a loud whisper. She giggles and points to the seat next to me. I hear a deep sexy voice next to me. It's Madison. My heart begins to pound. It feels like its going to come right out of my chest.
"Hey!" he says casually.
"Hi," I say back nervious.
During the class, I sneak in some quick glances. I never knew that someone could be so hot while studying! At the end of the period, he looks at me an waves. I wave back and smile as my heart pounds. I go through the day with him in none of my other classes. School finishes at 3:15. Galina comes to my locker and whispers in my ear, "You like Madison, right?" I nod embarassed.
"You should confess to him!" she says excitedly. "Like, now. Before he gets taken."
"Yeah," I say. running, so I can finish my school duties quickly and tell Madison. I finish taking out the trash and cleaning the white boards before 4 o'clock. I run around the school trying to find Madison. He's in the hallway with someone. They're in the shadows and I can't really see them. I hide behind a wall and watch the scene.
"I like you," a girl's voice sputters out. There's a brief moment of silence.
"I'm sorry, but there's a girl I like and I don't think that I can return your feelings," he says with his deep sexy voice. There's some crying and the girl runs away. She runs past me, but she doesn't see me. As I remain unnoticed, I keep watch over him behind the wall. He looks at his watch and sighs. Then he runs over to the old, rundown building behind the school. I follow quietly to see what he's doing.
"Sorry I'm late," he says to a person on the other side of the building that I do not see.
"It's okay, babe," replies a girl. She walks out to where I can see her. She's tall, skinny, has fair white skin, and to top it off, she has a really pretty face. But, I do wonder what type of relationship she has with Madison. He takes her hand and leads her into the old building. I follow. They walk into a room and sit on top of a table. I look through the window and watch, speechless. Madison holds her face and starts lead in for a kiss. Before he kisses her, he looks at where I'm am standing. I feel frozen and before I can think of anything, I run away. Madison saw me, I think and am totally panicked. What will he do? and other thoughts came into my mind. Will he hate me? I slowly start to walk through the hallways to the front of the school hoping that he won't find me, but I'm wrong. Someone's pulling at my arm. I try fighting back, but that person's too strong. I look back, and it's Madison?
"What did you see?" he demands.
"Nothing much," I say back knowing the whole secret. I look down not able to look him in the eyes.
"Oh," he says lightening the grip on my arm.
"Why did you even follow me?" he asks more kindly like the Madison I know.
"Because... I like you," I finally manage to confess. There's an awkward silence. He pulls me into his arms and leans in for a kiss. I push away thinking about the perfect girl he was going to kiss. I start to run away, but he yells after me.
"What if I let you make me fall in love with you?" he says with a mischevious smile on his perfect lips. I look back confused. "I'll give you a month," he says,"Make me fall in love with you."
"What if I don't except?" I say joking with him.
"Then you'll miss out," he says picking up his backpack and walking away. "But you better not tell anyone else about what you saw okay?"
"Then, I accept," I say confidently not wanting to lose.
"I accept"
