The Boy Meets the Girl

Chapter 4: Presentation Day

Sierras pov

"I was zoned out for a while, until i heard a deep, husky voice say "Hey we're partners" Jarring me out of my many fantasies about Odell Beckham Jr. What?!? Brain squeals in excitement. But as fast as my fangirling thoughts appear they are kidnapped by self doubt. What if i screw up?

What if i look at him and I forget my lines? What if he bailes on me and doesn't show up?

I was hoping he wasn't the type of partner that sits and does nothing but play game pigeon with his friends, leaving me to do all the work. My hopes and dreams came true when we ended class with a finished script and a few memorized lines maybe some butterflies too. I complimented our compatibility, kind of dying inside, but keeping a small smile on my face. I leave and hope for tomorrow's presentation to go smoothly.

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I walk into class with my heavy ass textbook in my hand, waving bye to my friend. Looking up so i don't trip and make a fool out of myself. My eyes gaze over to Blake who is sitting in the desk next to me, looking prepared and nerdy. Cute. He smiles at me and waves, I stand there frozen.

wave back dumbass, my conscience tells me. I wave back and smile my usual friendly smile, watching his smile grow in response. Sitting down, I take out our script and we do real quick practice run, or at least we tried to.

Laughing is the same as breathing for me. You could tell the worst joke and I will be in tears. i can be looking at a damn tree and i would be laughing till i peed my pants. I end up trying saying my first line, which is " hola blake. necesitas ayuda?"

Let's just say it doesn't work out since i couldn't get passed the word "hola". I blame his face.

I start laughing like a hyena (my normal laugh, unfortunately) and Blake starts cracking up as well. Shit is he laughing at my laugh? Ugh, i know it's gross, but dude come on. After we both finally settle down, he asked me what was so funny.

"I don't know, I'm weird." I replied

"Weird is cute, your laugh is cute." he says while digging through his bag trying to find some sort of writing utensil. Did he just say that? Wait did he beat around the bush and call me cute. What? I'm so confused. Help meeee. Why do i feel butterflies? Oh no. Save me lord.

I was awoken out of my thoughts by Blake waving his hands in front of my face while laughing slightly.

"Let's try this again, Sierra." I agree and a few tries later, we get it down perfectly. We high five and look towards Mr. Party Pooper who started using his big mouth. His voice makes me cringe.

" Who wants to go first?" He questions. Blake gives me a look well, more like a smirk. Oh no.

"No!" i whisper scream. He wiggles his eyebrows and then stands up. Leaving me wanting to punch him. I cover my face with my hands, embarrassed.

"Sierra and i would love to participate first sir." He says emphasizing the word love. I hear Ethan and Wyatt snickering and when I turn back I see them exchanging looks.

I get up out of my seat not trying to make eye contact with the boys because i know for a fact they will do something to make me laugh or make me mess up. Maybe if i just look at Blake, it will make me less nervous. i remember him telling me he gets nervous while presenting too. We can make this work, just look at Blake. That's it. I know my lines, there's nothing that can go wrong. Right?

" START ALREADY" Our teacher yells.

Blake looks at me and gives me a reassuring smile, lifting just a little less than 300 tons off my shoulders. A few minutes later we are back in our seats, high fiving once again.

"We did great!" he whispers to me.

"We did!" I agreed, feeling good.

Next was Ethan and Wyatt. they weren't prepared at all and they made a fool out of themselves. Not surprising but it did give the class something to laugh about.

A few more presentations later, i get a paper on my desk that was passed to me from a girl that sits behind me. she tells me " Pass it to blake." I shrug it off and hand it to him. He looks at me with a confused look on his face until he opens it and his facial expression changes. His eyes sort of bulge out of their sockets and he gets red within a matter of 1 second.

"What does it say?" I question, curious of what could cause such a reaction out of him.

" Oh nothing, it was just a drawing that Ethan made and for some weird reason wanted me to see it. He's weird too, but you're a better weird. If you know what i mean." I laugh and make intense eye contact with him. i can tell from the look in his eyes that something else was on that paper. I look away and ignore it.

The bell rings, i stand up and all of a sudden Blake side hugs me. I was taken aback but i had to get to class so i shrugged it off. He crumpled up the "drawing" and tries to throw it in the trash can like he's a basketball player. That's cute.

He misses without noticing and walks out of class with the boys. I gather my stuff and when no one was looking, i grab the paper that fell on the floor and carefully unwrap it.

"Dude ask for her number. you've been wanting to just do it. it seems like she's into you too" Shit is it that noticeable. he's not into me. no. that can't be. they are just messing around. I stuff the paper in my pocket and head out the class thinking about what I just read.

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The end of the day finally came and i felt so tired, i just wanted to go home. I get to my locker, unlock it with my clammy hands, and think about which books I need to take home to complete the shit ton amount of homework i have. I take out my books from my bag and throw them in my locker effortlessly. Feeling a presence, I close the locker door a little bit and see a smiling Blake right beside me.

"Hey, is everything okay?" i ask, wondering why he was at MY locker.

"No not really, it's not okay that i don't have your number." he says, followed by a wink that made me melt.

"Good one, now what do you really want?" i ask while laughing.

"Your number.. i thought i was clear about that, i guess that pick up line wasn't a good one." he says, laughing. I smile while holding out my hand and he gives me a confused look.

"Your telefono por favor" i say.

" Ah si, si senorita." He says while unlocking his phone for me. I add my number and he texts me right away so i can get his number.

"This is Blake" it reads.

"No shit sherlock" i text back. He sees the text and starts laughing. Wyatt comes over and wraps his arm around Blake's shoulder

" What's going on over here slappies?"

"Slappies?" i question.

"Yes that is what i said." I facepalm and tell him that we were just talking.

"Just talking" he mocks me while doing air quotes. Blake rolls his eyes, telling me he has to go home, while telling me he will text me later.

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I was doing my spanish homework while i feel a buzz in my butt pocket. i take out my phone and see the screen.

Blake: hey :)