Once Upon a Summer

Cinderella

It was the first day of tenth grade, and for once I was actually rather pleased to be back at school and it wasn't because of the learning factor. I never thought I'd be saying this but I wanted to see Jake. He'd been the only thing on my mind since the day I met him, his sweet voice echoed in my head. I found myself smiling just at the thought of it. My eyes searched the crowded hallway for those dreamy blue eyes and then I spotted him......with his friends. Then all of my excitement was gone and was overcome by fear, the fear of being rejected. I sighed, this was all an illusion, all of it in my head, Jake wouldn't enjoy talking to me and wouldn't want to be seen with me. I was about to let go and leave and just as I was going to he looked over to where I was standing and our eyes met. My stomach was doing backflips and my eyes widened, he flashed me a warm smile and my heart skipped a beat. Jake started to walk towards me and I could feel my face growing warmer and pinker and my jaw dropped, I realized how stupid I looked but I couldn't care less. All that matter at the moment was Jake, I couldn't help but stare into his mesmerizing eyes as he walked towards me. "Lily right? Lily James?' he asked. My face flushed in elation, sure I spent hours replaying our first encounter in my mind but I hadn't expected him to remember me. After all I was just plain, boring, nerdy, loser Lily. I opened my mouth to reply but no words came I was just far too astonished. "Hey I don't know if you recall our brief encounter at the park the other day, but I'm Jake,' he reintroduced himself. Didn't remember him? Was he insane? How could I forget him? I did my best to give him a small smile and weakly replied saying, 'Oh no I remember you,' I replied, I sounded like a complete loser. 'Well then I'll see you around Lily James. I'm going to head to class, it was nice seeing you,' he concluded as he walked away. And that marked the start of everything, I had officially fallen for Jake McCullers despite the fact that I barely knew him and that I was like a complete loser who didn't have a chance with him whatsoever.