"And last but not least, Emily, you'll be working with Keaton." My head shot up as I heard my name being called and met the teachers eyes briefly. Keaton. My eyes scanned the room as I looked for my soon to be project partner. I smiled as I saw him. At a lab table in the front, looking down and fumbling with his hands with slightly reddened cheeks. He met my gaze for a second before frantically averting his eyes.
I guess you could say people classified him as one of the "weirdos" in class. But, other than the fact that he always seemed to be wearing his obnoxious headphones, I couldn't see why. He wasn't bad looking. He had a dirty blondish color hair, and beautiful eyes. His smile was gorgeous, one of my weaknesses by the way. I almost always felt my eyes drawn to Keaton. He was by no means popular; the opposite actually. But that's what I liked about him. He didn't give me a dirty smirk whenever we made eye contact like every other guy at school. Instead, he would usually look away, his shy side over powering him, or hold my gaze for a few heartbeats, before his cheeks turned an adorable shade if crimson and he would look down.
The shriek of the bell ripped me from my thoughts and I heard the teacher mumble something as everyone walked out. I gathered my books into my arms and slug my bag over my shoulder. Keeping my gaze on Keaton, timing everything just right, so that we would run into each other on the way out. Sure enough, as we both went to walk out the door, our shoulders bumped. He looked down at me with wide eyes "O-oh sorry Emily" he stuttered. I gave a light chuckle and walked out in front of him before turning around to talk to him again. " It's fine Keaton." I watched as he blushed and scrunched up his nose. I had to bite my lip to stop from smiling at how adorable he was. " So about our project" I started walking again, and he had to hurry to catch up and keep walking with me. "Well, I was thinking we should start right away. How about right after school?" I turned to look at him, only to see that he was already gazing at me, with his lip nervously tucked between his teeth. "Y-yea." he muttered "after s-schools fine"
"Yours or mine?"
"Well, my m-mom won't be home so-"
"Great. I'll see you after school then?" his hair flipped as he nodded vigorously, and I gave another chuckle before smiling warmly and walking away.
