little miss popular

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i remember seeing him sitting across from me

on the opposite side of the classroom

i remember being very curious and intrigued; not only by his presence but his speech

he's very eloquent, i remember being surprised by that, seeing the worn jeans, black sneakers, fringe, gauges, black/red shirts and his very aggressive body language and attitude towards others.

(not to mention that people told me very negative and untrue things about him that i soaked up like a sponge)

but he opened his mouth for the first time and i became curiouser and curiouser (hey look an alice reference)

i started to pay less attention to the work and more attention to "studying" him (okay that sounds creepy but granted i wanted to know more about him but my social awkwardness kinda got in the way of that)

that's until my teacher decided to make us her fucking OTP of 6th period and rearrange seats so that the two of us were sitting in front of her desk

right next to each other

i was terrified and very flustered the first day we switched seats, especially since i didn't even know his name

but at the time i didn't realize how greatful and also so angry i would be at my teacher for putting us next to each other

so we had time to be together, but not enough; and yet, it was also still

a lot

(okay ik i said i didn't know what this book was going to be and it may include fantasy but i swear to god, everything i've written so far is 100% factual and it's kinda cheesy and cliché but that's okay because i'm a hopeless romantic and yet so lonely so i'll take what i can get

in addition, i should mention that he's a 17 year old and in an accelerated 9th grade english class with me, and i just turned 15 last month

also our area is really against in-school couples that are different ages, idk why cause i'm not but whatever

*i'M EDITING THIS BECAUSE I REALIZED THAT I MENTIONED DIFFERENT AGE COUPLES BUT HE AND I AREN'T A COUPLE, HAD TO CLEAR THAT UP)