Same Love

Chapter 1

Monday

"So today I'll pick your partners!"

Groans can be heard across the room. I roll my eyes before turning to face the window. 

"I will start reading off the pairs, first up is Jean and Lane!" 

I support my head on the palm of my hand. 

It's raining. 

"Chad and Erin."

Friday.. So, four more days huh?

"Morgan and Brandon."

I am going to do it this time.

"Joseph and Samantha."

Nobody will care anyways.

"Zayn and Liam." 

I stop and turn to look at my teacher.  

Did he just say-

I slowly turn my head and catch eyes with Liam who then smiles and waves at me. I am quick to snap my head back in the direction of the window. I can feel my face heat up and my hands are quick to cover my face. 

Please, anyone but Liam.

"Alright class, please get with your partners. I want you to begin to brainstorm the topic you will be presenting on as well as the paper you will write with it."

People start getting up and moving to different spots in the room. I could hear the different chairs scooting across the floor as desks follow behind. I try to calm my breathing as I realize I need to partner up with Liam. I take a deep breath before standing up. I turn around and smack right into him. I start to fall backwards and instinctively cover the back of my head so it won't hit the window. But, before I can, I feel an arm snake around my waist and pull me forward. My eyes widen and I am almost nose to nose with Liam.

"You alright?"

I find myself at a loss for words. 

He is so pretty. 

I find my eyes wander down his face as if I were following the lines of a detailed painting. His eyebrows are a color just slightly darker than his brown hair, how his eyelashes are very long and thin. His left eye seems to be just a little smaller than his right. They look so soft, so kind and his lips- wow his lips. The top one seems to be thinner than the bottom but, they look so delicate-

"Zayn?"

I snap back to reality and am quick to push myself out of his grasp. 

"I uh- sorry I got shaken up from falling." 

I look down at my desk before shoving my hands into my pockets so that I can anxiously pick at the insides of them. 

"Oh- sorry.. I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." He says softly. 

I sheepishly look up at him and nod my head. I turn and take a sit back at my desk. Liam rubs the back of his neck awkwardly. We sit in silence for a moment. Then, Liam begins to sit down next to me. He lays his books on the desk. 

"So, do you have any ideas on who we should have our topic to be on?"

I side eye him to see he is flipping through his textbook. His long, slender fingers begin to glide across the page as he writes down names in his notebook. I look up at him to see he is chewing on the inner part of his lip.

Is- is he nervous right now?

"Well, is there a specific topic or subject you want to stick to? That may help us narrow down what historical figure to present on."

He pauses. Leaning back in his chair and looking up towards the ceiling. 

"hmm."

I rest my chin on my hand as I eye him before looking down at his notes. 

"Oh! What if we did-" Liam says as he quickly sits up and turns to me excitingly. 

Only- he gets a bit too excited as he knocks my notebooks over. 

"Zayn- I am so sorry about that! I get too excited sometimes!" 

I shake my head and begin to help Liam pick up my items. 

I didn't realize how clumsy he is. I  knew this was a bad idea. I am not going to be able to match his energy if he keeps up like this. Maybe I should ask  Mr. Wilson for a different partner?

"Seriously Zayn I really am sorry!"

I get it. There really is no need to apologize so much. It's just notebooks. 

I place the notebooks that I gathered on my desk and I turn to Liam to collect the rest that he picked up. 

"Hey- uh.. It really is okay. You do not need to apologize-"

My eyes widen as I look to Liam. I see that he is reading a page that is in my black notebook. 

My stomach twist and I can feel myself growing anxious. 

Fuck.

He looks up at me from the notebook and his expressions looks so sad, so defeated. 

"Zayn.. What's going on Friday?"

-end of chapter 1.

Hey everyone- It has been a while but I have found myself wanting to come back to this page. I want to edit, rewrite, and fix this so that those who want to read or reread can enjoy.  I also know that this story can be so much better than it was before and I want to do that for myself as well! I cannot say how often and much I will be updating for my stories but- I do plan to fully edit and rewrite this one! Hope you enjoy the updates my friends. 

-Mo