The 'Regular' High-Schoolers

The Usual but, not quite so..

It was a usual Monday morning when her alarm screeched and Ashley woke with a start.
"Gah!" She groaned and sat up pulling up her hair in a just-got-up-from-bed cool pony.
Ashley was a fifteen year old nerd who went to Ivy High, London.She was a nerd who was all through out the day in her own fantasy world which consisted of her schooling in Hogwarts,summers in Camp Half-Blood yet always with a cute guy by her side. That wasn't any cute guy she could meet.He was with her for Chemistry every Monday,Wednesday and Friday plus on swimming and the book club yet she couldn't seem to make herself to go up to him and speak. And mind you, he didn't give in anything so easily. Once so happened that her class was having their class in an extremely marvellous, huge lecture hall. The sat in arcs and he sat right before her. He was a genius by the way though Ashley too was equally good (But,she had low-self esteem issues that her friend took for modesty but she knew better!) Anyway, so there wasn't any pudgy old teacher present and the class was a mess but the two just stared at their books.She secretly hoped that he felt the same for her but...didn't know for sure. Ah!
So,when finally the class seemed to leave he got up and turned around.

Her heart skipped a beat!

Ashley looked up innocently with a straight face . She had dark brown eyes,olive skin and brown hair chopped up to her neck. She was beautiful but,(self-esteem issues) ordinarily so. She hoped her baby face would do some wonders.
He didn't look at her and her heart did a pained judo-flip.
I'm here. Look at me me.

He got out of his seat and took a long U-turn to reach just beside her.
Man! That's when you can get a panic attack!
"Hey" He said.
"Hey!!" Said Ashley clearly bewildered even if she wanted that.
"I'm Nathaniel!"
"Of course I know that.We've been together for more than a year" That's when she realised how long they'd been classmates who always averted each other. That's also when she realised she was going to step into her overtly chatty shoes. That's also when she realised how she'd played around with the word together.

She secretly wished he'd noticed.

"Of course. And you're Ashley! Hi! Would you like to go to the science movie with me?" Said Nathan in a monotone but a smile played across his lips as he finished.
Ashley had her eyes wide and jaws quite literally dropping. Nathaniel gave that intelligent-cute-guy laugh which was barely audible. Every little movement of Nathaniel's gave her a mini heart attack. He could be called her first real crush. He evidently noticed her and smiled again.. Now that was a lopsided one,mind ya!
"Umm..sure." Ashley half-muttered half-whispered.
"Cool..I'll get my things and then we can leave."

Now,She'd never had any boyfriends except the one or two who were just too juvenile.This clearly astonished her! She had no time to look herself in the mirror or get a nice smell of fresh soap and her favourite Sea-Storm perfume.

Nathaniel was also fifteen with sandy blond hair and an extremely attractive pair of lips. He was CUTE! That pretty much sums it up.

"Shall we? And call me Nate by the way." He rushed back to her and piped in with a smile.
Why was he doing this? First,asking out after ignoring for around a year. Then, this enthusiasm and these smiles.It was an overload to be honest!

They reached the Science Hall quickly which gave them little time for any short talk. They sat in the pitch dark hall quietly waiting for the science movie which was still a few minutes late.The movie began but,instead of concentrating on the science concepts ,she dreamed. Slowly, Nate placed his hand on the seat handle and their hands touched. Butterflies fluttered wildly in her stomach. And she looked at him. He still didn't move his face but slowly , slid his left hand towards her. Their hands touched again this time and they locked them, much to her surprise. She kept staring at him but,he kept staring at the screen.

Stupid guys!

Guys don't get anything. Ashley just jumped out of her seat and pulled him along to the door. Surprised stares followed them to the door but soon dropped them off.
"Who do you think you are,Nathaniel Inoa? First ,you ask me out and then lock hands with me in the middle of a science movie. And, you want me to concentrate,huh? Ironic. I've never had a boyfriend ...well,er...technically I've but,..doesn't matter, I've NEVER done this. You cant freakin' mess with me. "
Just then Ashley stopped screaming and all her rage couple with confusion seasoned with hormones drained away as Nate crashed his lips onto hers. She was awestruck but loved it nevertheless. Ashley kissed him back . She could tell it was his first kiss as so was hers. They were so close that they could feel each other's hearts pound rhythmically. She felt his mouth that tasted like Nachos he'd just had.She flung her arms around his neck and leaned on him against the wall. Nate too relished this and had an adrenalin rush within him. Her mouth tasted like strawberries. Nate hugged her real tight.
Then, Ashley pushed him away instinctively.
"Why....why did you wait so long? We've never even been friends."Ashley whispered with confusion with a hint of disappointment in her voice. He planted a kiss on her lips and startled her, and said, "For this!"

This pretty much made up for all the months she'd longed to be with him.

The first thing she did after Nate dropped her at her home was to grab her phone and dialled her favourite friend Liz ,apparently the only one who could truly understand her, and blabbered her heart out. This calmed her down but not enough to give her sleep.
Monday morning when she woke up,her lips still tingled from the nervous energy and anticipation for it was a Monday. She still had the mushy feeling in her chest that morning and so, pretty much grinned like a maniac until she reached her classroom.

She was wearing an indigo tank top with white denim shorts and sported the simple yet cool high pony along with a subtle shade of lip gloss. She was a brunette.It felt cool to have her books stacked in her arms and be wearing oversized glasses at the same time. .It had been two long days since she last saw him. Here comes day!

Finally!