The REAL Magcon Academy

Chapter 2

I casually try to regain my balance. He's standing right in front of me... I have no idea what to do. I've admired Matthew ever since 6th grade, and now he's at my school. This is the worst and best day of my life. I want to go talk to him, but I'm still shaking and breathing abnormally.

"Y/n?" I hear. Oh, yeah. Mrs. Parker!

"Oh, yes, I'm sorry. Just looking around for people that I could possibly make friends with. You were saying?" I cover up.

"If you want to make friends... see that young boy over there? He's wonderfully sweet and smart like you. I've heard he has a great sense of humor as well. His name is Matthew. I'll introduce you two!" she says. Oh no, I'm screwed.

"MATTHEW!" she shouts. "I WANT TO INTRODUCE YOU TO SOMEONE!"

I feel like I just had a brick smashed into my chest. There's a tornado of questions roaming my head. 'What if he hates me?' or 'what if I mess everything up?' Anything can happen right now; there could be any outcome. My thoughts are interrupted when I feel a hand on my shoulder.

"Matthew, this is y/n. Y/n, this is Matthew," Mrs. Parker introduces us.

Matt holds out his hand for me to shake. "Hi, y/n," he says in the sweetest voice I've ever heard.

"Hi, Matthew." I take his hand, hoping mine isn't sweaty.

"Call me Matt," he says with a wink.

"Y/n was looking for some friends, and I knew you two would be perfect. You guys talk, I'm going to go talk to some kids over there," says Mrs. Parker.

"So, you live around here?" Matt asks. I can't mess this up.

"No, I live about 10 hours away. You?" I ask, even though I already know the answer.

"Nope. I live a while away too. Hey, you wanna go outside and talk?" Good. I didn't mess it up.

"Sure," I respond with a smile.

***MATTS POV***

This girl, she's perfect. Everything about her. I'm so happy Mrs. Parker introduced us.

"So, what do you like to do outside of school?" she asks.

"Oh well, uhm, I make vines and YouTube videos sometimes," I answer.

"Awesome," she answers. Gosh, she's adorable. "How many followers do you have on vine?" Do I tell her? Does she know who I am?

"Uhm, 2.7..." I say.

"Thousand?" she asks.

"Million," I answer. She quickly smiles, but she puts on a straight face again pretty fast. Did she already know that?

"Cool," she says.

"Do you... have a vine?" I ask. Maybe I can get her to tell me she knows who I am.

"Yes," she answers quietly. She definitely knows.

I smile. "You know who I am, don't you?" I can tell she gets nervous right away.

"Well, uhm, maybe, uh...yeah," she hesitates. Man, that was cute. I smile bigger. "I just ruined everything, didn't I," she says.

"What? Of course not. But I probably will soon enough," I answer with a smile. "You wanna do something later? Like go to the beach?" I ask, and I'm clenching my fists so tight my fingernails start digging into my skin.

"Well, duh!" she says. First day of college and it's going perfect.