A Foreign Touch

Papercuts {3}

                                       Ryan's POV

     When I heard his name I knew I was in for a treat. Apparently his name is Matt. I really liked that name. I looked towards him and saw he was staring at the wall and grinning.

     Pff, Ryan that could be because of numerous things! I still smiled and felt my cheeks go slightly pink. What if he was smiling because of me? He's not! But what is he is? I often argue with myself so it wasn't that big of a deal. I felt something hit me in the back of my head so I snapped back to reality. I turned around to be greeted by a tall figure. My eyes started at his torso, up to his chest, then finally up to his eyes.

     "Don't you know it's rude to stare?" he asked sarcastically, "where's the answers?" he boomed.

     "Uh, I-I have them right here!" I dug through my bag to find the papers, "here you go Xander."

     "Oh, shut up!" and with that he snatched the papers out of my hands and pivoted out of the room.

     I looked across the room and saw that only two other people were in the room. One of them was Matt and the other was a girl I had in 2nd period. I think her name is Sarah. I quickly grab my stuff and hurry to lunch.

                                                 Matt's POV

     After the last bell I grabbed all of my stuff in my locker and started on my way out the front door, down the steps, and onto the sidewalk. Before I had the chance to put in my earbuds, I heard footsteps behind me. I turned around hoping it was Sarah, but to my dismay, it wasn't. It was Ryan. I turned back around and continued to walk, letting a small smile slip. The pace of his steps started to speed up as he caught up to me.

     "Hey! Uh, Matt? Wait!" he called.

     I slowed down and wiped the smile off my face to erase all traces of affection. "What do you want?" I said maybe just a bit too aggressively. I saw his eyes soften.

     "Uh, I just wanted to, um, ask you if you could meet with our English group during study hall tomorrow. I talked to Sarah, Daniel, and Mark about it and they agreed."

     "Uh, sure but what about Matthew and Nate?"

     "Oh, they don't have to same study hall period."

     "Uh, yeah, sure I'll be there," I said turning around.

     "Oh, wait! One more thing," he hollered.

     I turned back around and raised an eyebrow.

     "Uh, I-I'm sorry about this morning. I was in a rush and had to get to my locker and I wasn't looking where-"

     "Calm down. Its fine," I cut him off. He looked up from the ground and smiled. "Bye, Ryan," I say softly.

     "Bye, Matt."

     I started to walk home and all I could do was replay what happened today and smile.