Saving The Nerd *SLOW UPDATES*

Chapter 11

I groan out loud as I hear my phone alarm ring in the early morning. I turn it off and sit up from the flor, stretching up. I look up at my bed to see Corey still sleeping peacefully. I push myself off the ground with a grunt and walk over to him.

"Corey, wake up." I shake his sleeping body until I see his eyes flutter open.

"What time is it?" He questions in a groggy voice.

"Six in the morning. Get your butt out of bed." I joke and he pulls the covers over his face. I rip the covers off of him and he curls up in a ball.

"You better be ready soon. We leave in forty minutes!" I yell to him as I go to the bathroom to clean up. I hear him climb out of the bed and walk around.

"What am I going to wear?!" He yells to me.

"Hold on!" I yell back with the toothbrush and toothpaste in my mouth. I run back to the room and see him standing in his boxers. I feel my face flare up from the sight.

"What are you looking at?" He asks, oblivious to the fact that he's in his underwear.

"Doesn't matter." I change the subject and walk over to my closet, going to the very back and grabbing another pair of old guy jeans and a plain white t-shirt. "I'm sure this will fit," I tell him while shoving the clothes into his arms. "Now go change!" And he scrambles away. I turn back to my closet and pick out a gray sweater, jeans, and my Sperry's to wear for my presentation. I quickly change into the outfit and put on makeup.

"Is it acceptable for me to come in?" I hear Corey say from outside my room.

"It's fine to come in." I turn around to see the clothes I gave him and my eyes widen. Even though it was a plain outfit, it looked really good on it. The plain white t-shirt really made his already bright green eyes pop even more. "You look nice." I comment and he smiles at my compliment.

"I would say the same for you as well." He replies back to me. I smile at him and turn to put on my necklace.

"Alright, I'm ready whenever you are."

"Are we allowed to eat?" He asks, putting a hand to his stomach and pouting slightly.

I let out a small laugh. "Yea sure. It's 6:30 now, do you want to get going?"

"Let's do it."

On the way to school we stopped at this small cafe called The Crushed Coffee Bean that has incredible breakfast burritos. I grab one for Corey and I, then continue our way to school. Once we arrive there we get out of the car and into the freezing cold, running towards the warmth of the school. Once we get inside we both go to our lockers dropping things off and grabbing things.

"Let's go meet up with Belle." I mention to him as I send a text to her as to where to meet. He nods his head in response and we begin to make our way to the front of the main office. As we approach it I see Belle waiting there, looking at her phone. She looks up at us and smiles and we greet each other. "So," I begin. "You guys ready for the big presentation in English?" They both groan in response. "I'll take that as a no."

"My partner is so emotionless when it comes to it. He says his lines with such a boring tone to it," Belle complains, flipping a piece of hair of hair over her shoulder.

"I'm sure you'll do fine though." I reassure and she shrugs her shoulders in response. We all carry on a small talk conversation before we realized it was time to go to class. "I'll meet you outside of English, ok Corey?" He nods once more. I wave goodbye to him, then Belle and I walk to our first period together.

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I speed up my pace in the sea of students to make it to English so I could give Corey a pep talk. I approach the classroom and I see Corey standing outside of it.

"Ok, I'm here," I huff out. I look at him to see his face his ghost white and his hands trembling. "Corey..." I start, feeling sorry for the kid.

"I-I'm so nervous. I-I don't kn-know if I can do th-this," he stutters out. I pull him in for a big hug, feeling his small arms grip me hard.

"I know you're nervous Corey, but we will make it through. I will be with you. Keep your eyes on me and you'll be fine. I don't know how the kiss will go... But we will make it work."

"Do you promise?" I hear him muffle into my shoulder.

"Promise. Let's go."

We walk into class together, seeing everyone looking very anxious and frantically talking with each other, probably doing last minute practice before the start. The bell rings as Corey and I take a seat and Mr.Marks rises from his chair.

"I have a list of who is going today, which will be most of you." Mr.Marks then brings the list to his face and reads the first pair of people.

As I watch each pair perform, I noted what each one did right and wrong, and noted what Mr.Marks says afterwards.

"Alright, there's ten minutes left of class and the last pair is-" he looks down at his list. "Zelda and Corey." I look over at Corey and he looks like he's going to pass out. We both rise out of our seats and walk to the front of the room.

"Remember, keep your eyes on me," I whisper to him and he nods feebly. We then begin. We say our lines to each other, acting it out just like we did in practice, except for the fact that Corey was showing obvious nervous, but he doesn't forget his lines.

He then grabs my hand like he's suppose to, expect he doesn't state it out loud.

"Oh Lysander," I say my line. I then see his eyes reflect both of our thoughts: the kiss.

Well, here we go.

We both lean in, inching closer to each other.

And then our lips met.

My face flared up more than it has ever before and a whole nest of bees broke out in my stomach. His lips fit perfectly with mine, and it felt so good to finally do this. After several seconds, we both pull away, more reluctantly for me. We stare into each other's eyes for a moment before everyone starts clapping, breaking our gaze.

"Very well done, both of you. That has so far been the best performance, and I don't think it can be beat." Mr.Marks praises. I smile and I look over at Corey in pride.

"Your cheeks are really red." Corey points at my face. I touch my face in embarrassment.

"So is yours." I point out as well. He looks away, his whole face turning bright red. "Corey, that was so great."

"What was?"

"The performance. You did. We did it. I'm so proud of you." I smile at him and a smile breaks out on his face. We then go back to our seats and collect our things. I then feel a presence near me and I look up to see Belle standing at my desk.

"Well, that was great."

"Really?"

"Hell yea! That was so believable!"

"Thanks Belle. It really means a lot."

"Well now I have a question for you."

"Go for it."

"And you can't deny it." I cock an eyebrow at her, curious of what is going to spill from her lips.

"Do you like Corey? That kiss was so, passionate. And you were both red faced. And it looked like neither of you wanted to pull away." I stand there for a moment, thinking about she had said. I still feel Corey's lips on mine, how soft they were and how out of all other kisses in the past, his was so romantic and I've never felt my stomach flip like that.

I lift my hand and trail my finger over my lips lightly, having quick flashes of what had happened only a few minutes ago, and what has happened in the past. I look back at Belle who is still staring at me, patiently waiting for an answer.

"Yea, yea I like Corey."

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Heyyyyy you guys! Nice to update again. Thought I would since I'm sitting at home doing nothing and having my brain fill with inspiration. Song and picture of Zelda's outfit on the side. Thanks for reading! Toodles! xoxox~

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