The Hook Up

I see you

I see you
I parked about a block away from school ready to start my new class, science. I had just finished my five weeks of gym so I was feeling pretty good about myself. As I crossed the road to the school I ran my hands up through my light brown hair and made sure it was in its usual fluffy middle part. I readjusted my rings and pulled my backpack further over my shoulders. I asked around and I knew barely anyone in my class, I had met a few people but no close friends.
Let me tell you about myself a bit first. I am indeed an only child, I don't know if that's bad or good, there is always the pros and then the cons. I am 17 years old, in my late junior year. My name is Thomas Cutler and yeah that's really all the basics. You now know my name, my age, my height, wait, my height. I am 6'2, impressive right? It gets pretty useful in basketball.
When I entered the science room there was three rows of paired desks. I saw Mark and decided to sit in the back with him. Mark was on my basketball team, didn't know him that well but you could spot his blonde hair from a mile away. Mark and me were pretty different, he liked the classic jock look while I dressed completely different from my interests. I wore some dark blue cargo pants, not the big dad ones they were more thin and a light material. I had my normal white nikes on with a plain white t-shirt topped off with a brown flannel. I know this is just as basic as the track pants with the track jacket over it but no one else wore it so it stood out in a way.
Mark and I chat for a bit before class started. More kids started filtering in and I saw some kids I have seen before but most were brand new to me.
When the teacher finally started to quiet us down the door opened revealing one more student. And must I say a beautiful student. Her dark brown hair flowed just past her armpits and ended in perfect curls, her face was defined with a jaw line and her perfect nose held up her glasses. "I am so sorry I am late. I can go to the office. It was completely my fault I am so sorry." She pleaded the teacher but honestly I don't think the teacher had those intentions in the first place. I felt Mark lean over to me, "she looked like a fine piece of ass until she whimpered out that apology for being two minutes late." I could not have disagreed more but as much as I wanted to stand up for this beautiful, kind, late girl, I needed a buddy for five weeks so I stayed silent but my eyes kept on her.
The teacher gave a small laugh, "Sarah is it?" Sarah. She gave a small nod and a gulp. "Go sit down at that empty desk please and thank you." The teacher pointed to the desk in front of Mark and me but the only spot open was in front of Mark. She walked towards the desk and we made a quick second of eye contact but let me tell you, it felt like an entire minute of us staring at each others eyes. She simply sat down and the teacher then tried to grab our attention once again but all of my attention was fixated on the back of Sarah's head.
Before I knew it, we were on our 10:00 break. I decided to go over and see the few acquaintances I knew. I made sure I was leaning on the edge of the desk so I could keep my eyes on Sarah. She sat with her hair dangling over her face while creating a path for her glasses. As she tucked a piece of hair behind her ear, she kept writing down notes. When break was almost over, I had noticed that Sarah never stopped working, she must also be alone in this class. I made my way back over to my desk behind her and we made our slight eye contact again.
As soon as I sat down she turned around with her pencil and paper in hand. "Hi, I'm Sarah. I'm having trouble on question 8." My mouth just hung open. I just heard an angles voice, I always thought people just said that for fun but like honestly her voice was just so nice. I clued in after I processed what she had said. "Uh ya, I'm Thomas. I got chemical energy for number eight." She wrote my answer down and then looked me in the eyes again, "and you are sure about that?" I let out a small laugh and nodded. She then turned back around with a look of pleasure.
As class began again I still just stared at her. We went over a few more topics about electricity and stuff like that, and as bad as I wanted to ask her my questions I just asked Mark and then wrote down the exact opposite.
When lunch began I just decided to keep working on our worksheets. As much as I love sports, I actually do care about my school work. I was doing pretty good on the worksheets just one question kind of stumped me and Mark had gone off somewhere so I couldn't ask him but Sarah was still working so I decided to ask her. " Hey Sarah, do you have question 13 done yet?" She turned and her hand landed right in front of mine, our fingers grazing each other's. I could feel her heat and I know she could feel mine because she had started blushing but soon enough she snapped me out of my trance, "Oh my god, I'm on that question right now," she smiled, "come work with me." I smiled back and gathered my sheets.
I decided just to lean over the side of her desk, I don't know, it made my arms look bigger. She looked up and my chain was dangling less than 2 inches from her face. "Ok, so it's a parallel circuit and has two loads." She looked at me like I was supposed to finish the question so I did just that, " and three batteries and one switch." Be both wrote stuff down and then we talked about how we would draw it out. We went with her design because it was just ultimately better. I decided to pull up a chair because we were just in a really good conversation about how our class roster sucks.
When lunch was about to end I offered to get her a computer for our next block. She smiled and my chest went warm. I put her computer down and she grabbed my hand, "thank you." She said it in a warm voice and it sounded sincere. I put my hand over top of hers and said "you're welcome." I laughed a bit and went to go sit down still eyeing Sarah's new natural blush for me.
Later in the day I decided to spend my breaks just talking to her, it was nice. I learned that her sister used to know my sister before they graduated and that she doesn't have her license yet. We got in to talking about our families and honestly I've never opened up like that before to someone. "Speaking of families, mine won't drive me home." She rested her head on her hand while lightly sketching on my hand. "I could give you a ride home," I smiled. I was super stoked I came up with the idea. Her face lit up with a smile, "that would be great!"
Later in our last block I decided to switch seats with the girl in front of me so I could sit with Sarah. Mark gave me a wink, I'm not sure if it was for me or the girl that was going to be sitting beside him.
We worked for a bit as it was nearing the end of the day. "Hey Thomas," my heart warmed as she said my name, "how do you spell definitely?" I scooted my chair over so our legs were touching, "uh, let me write it down." I wrote down the word for her when the bell rang. As we packed our bags I put away her chair for her, "you're such a gentleman." She said as she bowed and I proceeded to bow back. We walked out of the school and I stopped to say hi to some of my friends who were in the other classes. Sarah did the same.
My friend Jack hit me on the shoulder, "how's the hot nerd?" Everyone laughed except me. "I will agree she's hot man but stop with the stereotypes." Jack put his hands up innocently, "hey man I just wanted a name," Jack said, "and a phone number." I hit I'm in the arm before heading out. "You ready Sarah?" I came up beside her, "ya, let's go." We started walking away while I could hear Jack say "bye Sarah!" She nudged me on the arm, "I see you are already talking about me." I smiled back as I reached for my door handle, "maybe I am."