It was Freshman year. I wore a flower top, with blue jeans and a blue jean vest. My hair was curled and my makeup was done. I walked into my second period class which was math and thinking about how hard it would be compared to middle school. Like every teacher we were sat according to where she wanted us to sit. I was seated next to a guy I didn't know. "Hi. My names Alyssa" I said. "My name is Nikai." he resonded not as inviting as I was. Our math teacher then began to talk and introduce herself and hand out a bunch of papers that our parents would have to sign and a list of rules we must follow in her class and blah blah blah. Afterwards she handed out a "Get To Know The Class Bingo" it was the corniest thing. The idea of the game was to go around and ask questions and get people to sign your paper according to things they liked to do. I was shy because I didn't know over half the class. I didn't talk much. I was too afraid to let people see the real me. Although, before school I vowed to myself that this year I would be me. There was no way on earth I would do that the first day of school. So instead I walked up to the people that looked nice. As I walked around the room I noticed a guy. With glasses and short black hair. He walked up to me. "When's your birthday?" he asked while blushing. "Its in July" "damn it" and we both began laughing then I asked him a few questions off of the list. "Have you ever broken a bone?" he replied. "Um ya." Then, he signed my paper and we walked seperate ways.
After the game was over I walked to my seat and sat down. There was five minutes until the bell rang. I sat quietly listening as my math teacher went on and on about the things we would learn that semester. The bell finally rung and I must admit I felt so relieved.
Later that day I arrived home and like most mothers when I walked through the door my mom was on the couch watching CNN news. She jumped up and asked "how was your first day sweetie?" "It was good" I said. Me and my mom have a special bond to where I could tell her anything. I mean anything and everything. "You look so gorgeous I bet all the guys were checking you out" she assumed. "No only two guys really. They both were really cute." I said in response. "only two guys ? what's wrong with people ?"
"I don't know mom. You know im not as attractive as you make me out to be"
"Alyssa shut up. You are beautiful!"
I always knew she has just been saying that because she was my mom. I have a face only a mother could love I thought to myself. I went to my room and pulled out the bingo paper and read the names out loud trying to remember who was who. Then I stopped. "Sam" I said whispering. Then I thought to myself who exactly that was. Was it the kid with the glasses? or the other awkward kid? I don't know. But I was hoping it was the kid with the glasses and black hair. I remembered him specifically because I was memorized by his light green eyes and beautiful smile as he looked at me. You could tell he was (what my mother calls) "smitten" over me.
I stayed up until nearly 12 o'clock like most teenagers do. With a few thoughts on my mind. One of them being what the hell was I going to wear the next day and the second being that I needed to figure out that boys name.
I woke up the next day at approximately 5:30 AM. I straightened my hair and did my makeup to try and make myself look decent. In my head I thought "Ok this year your going to be yourself. And your mission for today is to find out what the boys name is."
I was on the bus. It was fairly warm outside in the August weather. I looked out of the window at the green trees and birds flying. The sun was still coming up. I sat and thought of every possible name for (who I called) the boy with the glasses who seemingly likes to blush over girls whos face only a mother could love. Was it Robert? Benjamin? Alek? Stewert? Yup. Definitely Stewert. Then I laughed.
I got to school and waited two periods until the next time I would see "Stewart" or whoever he was. All I knew was I needed to see his smile.
