When the Bell Rings♥ - A Matthew Espinosa love story

"Gabby, come down already, your going to be late for your first day" my mom yells. "Coming" I replied. Today was my first day in school. Well, in a Virgina school if you may. I hurry down stairs, my cardigan black covering up a little bit of my tribal print tank top. My black jeggings were very comfortable, for being so tight. I walked down stairs, grabbed my granola bar, and a starbucks cup filled with carmel frappe, my favorite! I grab my coral Jansport bag, and get into my moms car. When I arrive at school, it's not much differnt from my last. A tall brick building, with a patio filled with friends talking while stepping on a green grassy field. I start walking to the office, when I bump into a cute boy. "Careful" he says. "Sorry, I was rushing a bit...to find the office". "Come on, I'll take you, you must be new". I finally look up to see who this 'mysterious' boy was. His hazel eyes glowing by the reflection of the light hitting the windows of the glass door. Brown hair, with a little bit of blonde. He was the most perfect person I had ever seen.

We started walking side by side. "Another white girl I see" he says looking at my starbucks with a smirk. I blush. "I never knew it was a bad thing to be white" I retort a him playfully. "Whoa, we have a bad one over here, and hint hint, I never said it was". I laugh. He smiles, the most beautiful smile ever. I fell in love instantly. We finally reach the office, but I didnt want to go. I didnt want to leave him, oh wait I dont even know his name! "Hey, what's your name by the way" I yell over. He smiles and replies "You'll find out". I didnt know what he ment, but it sounded as if he ment it not jokingly. Weird.

I go into the office, and the secrectary leads me into the princpals room. "Gabriella Mays, I suppose" he says. He was a tall, dark man, with grey streaks in some spaces in his dark curly hair. "Yes" I reply. " I'm Mr. Johnson, and I'm the principal, if you havent noticed already...here is your schedual, and your locker number is 177 and the combo is 1145". I will lead you on your journey to the lockers but after that, you are on your own to find Miss. Levies class to science, okay"? I was alot of words for such a short explanation but I agree anyway.

As we walk he goes through the rules, lunch schedual, and so on. I had "C" lunch. It was the best at my school. It was exactly the right time to eat, and it was when they cooked up new lunches as well. I wasn't sure about this school, but I was fine with it. He also said that I had to go to his office at 3rd period to pick my 2 electives. As we get closer, I see the boy from this moring talking to 6 other guys. He sees me and whispers to his friend something, and they all smirk, and look over at me. Mr. Johnson shows me my locker and leaves. As I open my locker, one of the guys that were hanging out with the boy comes over to me. "You see that guy in the blue and white shirt" he says reffering to the boy from the morning. "Yea, what about him". "He likes you" he says and runs off. I was confused and I think my cheeks got red too, beacause of the warm sensation coming over my cheeks. I have butterflies in my stomache. Why am I acting like this? It may not be true. Get your act together Gabby, I tell myself. I dont want to look over, but from the corner of my eye I see the smirking and the "boy", standing there anxious. I dont know why. As I was about to go run somewhere the bell rings. I find that my class is not far, which I was really excited about. When I walk in, everybodys already there. I guess you could say I did have a little bit of trouble along the way. " You must be Gabriella ...welcome, I'm Miss Levie, your science teacher". "Nice to meet you"
I reply. She was pretty, despite the wrinkles. She was a brunette, with pretty green eyes. Glasses hovering her eyes. She turns to the class and introduces me. "Class the is Gabriella, she is a new student, she transferred from North Carolina". As she was speaking I saw someone wave. It was the boy. He was in my class! I couldnt belive it! "Gabby, why dont you sit right there...next to Matthew, Matt can you raise your hand". The one from the morning raises his hand and pats the seat next to him, with a toothish grin. I roll my eyes and walk over. As the teacher talks about the rules, since it was the day after spring break, "Matt" whispers "So Gabriella huh"? "So...Matthew then"? I retort. "Yea, I told you that you were going to find out". "So you knew I was in your class"? I question. " This was technically not my plan, but we can pretend I can sense the future right"? He says with the most toothly smile I had ever seen. "Yea, we could...or we could say your the boy that wears the blue and white shirt". I remark. "Oh yea, sorry about that" he looks at the ground. "So, is it true"? I ask. "Maybe, maybe not, why are you so interested"? he asks jokingly. "To know if it's true or not". "And if it is what you do"? "Umm...". Right then the teacher calls on Matthew. "So tell me what's the first thing you should do when you come in, Matthew"? "Take out your supplies, and get ready". "Good now I would appreciate it if you and Gabriella both stop talking and actually listen. I redden. Just as I was about to say "sorry" the bell rings. I walk quickly trying to look fast for my class. Matt runs up behind me. "Hey, sorry about that, I didnt mean to put you on the spot" he seems nervouse, which makes him look so cute. It's fine" I reply. "So are you going to give me an answer" he asks with his most serious face. "Well, you'll have to snatch it out of me first" I retort. "Fine I will, but answer this...when you lived in North Carolina, did you know a boy named Carter Reynolds"? "Carter? Omg, me and him were best friends, so what about him"? "That's the answer I was hoping for, hes coming over Friday, I was hoping you could come over to hang out, here's my number he says taking my phone from my hand and entering him into my contacts, text me". When we get to class we realize we have the same one. He grins at me. I sit down next to him, in double desk. I look at the book...Math. My. Worst. Subject.
He handed me back my phone, I noticed he still had. "Really good friends with Carter I see" he says looking at my screen saver. It was a picture of me and him next to a pond, kinda hugging. "Yea, I miss him". I looked down sad. I had practically known Carter for 6 years and leaving him was hard, even though he texts me everday. "Well, if you say 'yes' you might get to see him" Matt says. "I still have to think about it'' I replay. All the thoughts about Carter made me sad. It made me feel homesick.