Chapter 1
Michaels POV*
There she was. reading a book with her hair in a low ponytail and her bangs tucked behind her ear, curling under to show itself. She lived for books. At school or anywhere else I saw here, she sat crouched reading a book, gazing intently at its words. She looked up, as if searching the crowd of people for someone, before her eyes stopped on me. I smiled at her and waved. She gave a little smile back and went back into the world of the book. I sighed. She noticed me, but probably doesn't think of me the way I think of her.
Tessa's POV*
I looked up from my book to see him looking at me. He smiled and waved. I gave an embarrassed smile back before going back to my book. I felt my ears burn red. He noticed me I thought. Just thinking of him looking at me and even smiling and waving gave me butterflies. No. It was more like a zoo. I couldn't read my book, continuously getting distracted by the thought of him noticing me.
Michael's POV
"Get yo ass up boy. You're gonna be late for school." my brother said, yanking off my blankets and switching the light on.
"Dammit , Greg. I don't start school til later." I groaned, rolling onto my stomach.
" You said that ten minutes ago. And I'm not kidding. You ARE going to be late if you don't get dressed in about three minutes."
I jumped out of bed, tripping over the blankets on the floor. I rushed to my drawers and pulled out simple looking articles of clothing and switched them with my pajamas. I quickly brushed my hair and teeth before going downstairs and grabbing a packet of pop tarts. My mom was in the kitchen reading the paper as I kissed her head. I quickly grabbed my backpack and jogged to the garage, searching frantically for something to ride on to get to school. I was happy to see a skate board and grabbed it and quickly left the house.
The air gave my skin a needle like feeling. It felt nice, riding in the quiet. I continuously pushed my self forward when the board slowed down a bit too much for my taste. As I got to school, the bell that started school rang. I made it I thought . I jogged over to my first class and went inside, met with the usual look of disappointed look from my teacher, Mr. Taros.
" Alright, class, get out a piece of paper to take notes with." he said.
I slumped in my seat as I got out my notebook. I was poked in the arm by one of my friends, Matt.
" Why so late, as usual?" he asked.
" Overslept, like usual." I whispered back.
" Is there something you two would like to tell the whole class?" Mr. Taros asked.
"No, sir." Matt and I said together.
" Good." and with that, he went back to teaching
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath. I heard a little gasp from the other side of me and my eyes snapped open. I looked over to her, and she had her mouth hanging slightly open, eyes wide.
"Are you alri-" I was about to ask until she placed her finger on my lips to quiet me.
Her eyes moved back and forth from one sentence to another, until she finished the chapter. That last chapter to the book she was reading.
"Yes. I'm fine, thank you. There was just a really good part of the book I had to finish." she removed her finger from my lips.
" What's your name?" I asked.
