Heartbeat

The Plan

I'm in school when I see him walking down the hall. Ethan. I stop in my tracks and pretend I'm not thinking about him.

My heart starts pounding.

As I look over, I see him with another kid in the grade, Tyler, and Cody. Ethan is by far the cutest one there. He smiles and I can't help but make a little grin too. Why does he have to be so perfect? That's when I realize I have been staring at him talking to his friends for a while. Cody looks at me then whispers something to Ethan that I couldn't hear. I quickly look away and start walking. As I glance over one more time, they are looking at me. Oh joy.

I go to my locker and see Nicole unpacking her books next to mine. "Alyssa!" She says to me when I'm struggling to get my things out of my bag. "Hey," I say, still thinking about Ethan. I hear Nicole say something else about clothes she ordered, but I can't concentrate. My mind is still on Ethan and how he knows I was staring at him. Nicole stops talking and looks at me funny. "Alyssa! Are you there?" She laughs and taps me on the shoulder. I smile and shake my head. "Sorry. I was thinking about... My homework I have to do," I lie. We finish talking and I start waking away. "I'll text you later," I say.

I'm at home and laying in my bed, staring at the ceiling. Ethan. I can't stop thinking about him. Why can't I be normal and just forget about him? If I like him so much, why can't I DO something?

After about ten minutes of thinking, I bring up a plan.

I will try as hard as I can this week to get him to like me.

I'll make myself look stunning every day by putting on extra makeup, doing my hair extra special, and picking out my outfit ahead of time. I'll even set my alarm earlier.

He's only in one of my classes, but he will have to notice.

I pull out my phone and text Nicole.

She responds quickly.

Hey!

I end up telling her all about my plan. I can't help it- I usually tell her everything. She responds.

Lol... Hope it works

I look at it. Lol? If that's what she thinks about this plan, I'm not going to tell her any more of it.

For the rest of the night I pick out my outfit for the next day.

I really hope this plan will work!