My Sunshine

*Jess*

  Beep beep beep. I rolled over and pushed a button on my alarm clock but it still wouldn't shut up.  I picked up the nearest thing and swing it on my alarm clock.  Unfortunately, that thing was my lamp.  The alarm clock exploded and I quickly unplugged it.  I got up and started getting ready for my first day of my freshman year.  I pulled on a pair of white shorts and a black tank top with white polka dots.  I went downstairs and straightened my caramel colored hair.  The white shorts made my legs look even more tan.  I ate a bowl of fruit loops then started walking up to the bus stop.  The middle school and high school start and end earlier than the elementary schools.  I met a couple of my middle school friends and we walked the rest of the way to the bus stop. 

     When the bus stopped, I was the first on.  I sat in the seat I usually sat in.  I talked with my friend in the seat in front of me.  A couple stops later, the bus stopped at an unfamiliar house.  I was confused.  I knew everybody on the bus.  I was one of the first stops in the morning and one of the last in the afternoon.  I watched as my major crush stepped onto the bus.  I looked around and realized that I had the only open seat left in the high school section.  I was helpless as he sat next to me in the seat. 

     Allow me to tell you a thing.  Caden was one of the most popular kids in our grade.  I am remotely popular.  I have friends from all over the popularity ladder.  Me myself, am not popular.  But I'm also not a total loser.  I'm sort of in the middle.  I took out my iPhone and texted my best friend, Leah.  When she didn't reply, I just started playing flappy bird.  I felt eyes on me and turned my head to look at Caden. 

     "You lose something over here?" I said.

     "No, it's just that, you look familiar." his voice was high pitched but still manly somehow.  I don't know.

     "Well, I've only been going to this school for five years." I said sarcastically.  I had no idea where I was getting all this confidence.  !east year I didn't even want to look at him. 

     "I can't believe I never noticed you before."

     "Well that hurt."

     "I mean, I noticed you, but I didn't notice you.  You know what I mean."

     "Yeah, weird is my native language."

     "How did you get a high score of 163? It's not human."

     "Neither am I.  You just can't focus on the numbers.  It's easy.  You try." I handed him my phone and he played for a minute before handing it back to me.

     "12?" I asked him.

     "What?"

     "Nothing."

     The bus pulled into the drop off lane.  I got off the bus and headed for the doors.  I walked to my locker and found Caden following me.  I opened my locker and he opened the one next to it.  I took a look at my schedule and hung it on the door. 

     "What do you have first hour?" Caden asked me.

     "Ugh, history." I said with a groan.

     "Me too." He said with a smile.

     I smiled and started toward my history class.  I met a couple friends in the hallway and started conversations but had to leave when the one minute bell rang.  I hurried to class and sat down in the back.  Caden came in with a few of his friends and took the only seat left: the one to my left.  My friend Kim was sitting on my right.