Ryan****
After a long forty five minutes the first period bell finally rings. I couldn't stop thinking about this girl I barely even knew. They way she just blew me off was enticing to me. No girl has ever done that. Call me a jerk, but I like the chase. What guy doesn't? Usually girls just fall all over me and that's a big turn off, I want a girl that'll make me sweat it out, second guess myself, someone who's confident.
I walk out of the class and meet up with Lou who is talking to some chick. I decide to just go to class and ditch him. I feel like a third wheel anyway.
I walk into my next classroom and do a double take. It's that girl from this morning Riley, looking even hotter than this morning since she's not scowling. I smile to myself and stride into the classroom trying to look confident in case she looks over this way.
No such luck her eyes are glued to some notebook on her desk. Figuring I have nothing to lose I decide to sit in the empty desk in front of her.
As I make my way over I notice finally what she's wearing. Starting from her feet I make my way up her body. She's wearing basic black converse, tight fitting black skinny jeans that make my mind go blank for a few seconds, topped with a kind of loose fitting Whit V-neck tee. Her hair is falling in her face since she's bent over staring intently at that notebook still.
"Hey" I say as I slide into the seat in front of her smiling.
She looks up surprised and closes her notebook swiftly putting it in her bag.
"Oh... erm... hi" she says smiling slightly but the smile doesn't reach her eyes.
"I just wanted to apologize again about this morning. I am so sorry. I wasn't really watching where I was going" I say.
"Oh that's ok I guess I should have just been more on the lookout for flying doors" she jokes.
I sigh to myself with relief glad she's not holding that incident against me.
"So I'm Ryan" I say sticking out my hand. What am I doing closing a business deal? But she just smiles again and shakes my hand.
"Riley" she says.
Her hand is small a little cold. I easily envelope her hand in mine, and our touch lasts a little longer than it normally should have which makes me smile.
She pulls her hand away and so do I resting it on her desk. Trying to make conversation I ask her about her notebook she was engrossed in.
"Oh just a sketchbook for like drawings and stuff" she explains.
"Are you any good?" I ask not ready to turn and face the front of the room.
"I sure hope so" she sighs while staring into my eyes. I hold her gaze for ten seconds before the bell rings. Startled she jumps at the sound and tears her eyes away from mine.
I chuckle and she glares at me playfully or at least so I hope.
"What?" she asks clearly stumped.
"Scared of the bell?" I grin at her.
"I-I... No... it just startled me" she states finally, slightly irritated.
"Yeah... okay, whatever", I say just to annoy her a bit, "It's cute though" I amend and turn my back on her to face the front of the room just as her face lightens
up and a slight blush streaks across her cheeks.
She's gorgeous when she blushes I think to myself.
I am so whipped. She has me wrapped around her little pinky and she doesn't even know it.
I'm screwed, but I don't even care.
Riley****
"Yeah... Okay, whatever", he smiles clearly trying to annoy me, "It's cute though" he says afterward and with that he turns around just as the teacher calls the class to attention.
I blush despite myself at his comment aggravated that it brought out this kind of effect over me. "It's cute though", his words replay in my head again and I smile.
The teacher starts passing out a piece of paper with book titles on it that we have to read over the school year. I can't take out my sketch right now and I sigh.
I glance down at the list and sigh again. Reading, not my thing. First day of school and homework already- just great, this year is shaping up to be a real fun one. Sarcasm intended.
"We have no time to waist ladies and gentlemen so I have already assigned partners for out very first assignment due on Monday after the weekend. I think it will help us get to know each other better. The assignment is to learn everything you can about each other and we will all give our presentations on each other the following Tuesday. Have fun with this assignment. It's meant to be fun" she smiles and with that she turns on the Smart Board where our names are listed next to our partner's.
I scan the Smart Board for my name hoping I didn't get paired with some nerd or worse a cheerleader. I shudder at the thought and keep searching. After my first look at the names I didn't see mine but when I look again, there it is next to... Ryan Crestner.
Please let there be two Ryans in this class I pray.
Ryan turns around a goofy grin on his face, "Hey partner."
I blush again and curse internally for letting him get the satisfaction of knowing he has that kind of power over me.
I frown and his lower lip jets out, a puppy dog look on his face.
"What? Not happy to be my partner?" he pouts playfully a smile ready to break out on his lips any moment.
What a cute face. No... Wait, Not cute. Damn it. His smile at last breaks out over his face undoubtedly because of the look on mine as I battle with his
cuteness in my mind.
I force a smile at last, "Why would I be sad?" I joke.
"Good, for a minute there I thought you didn't like me" he jokes back.
You don't even know how wrong you are Ryan.
I smile for real this time. I can't help it; his smiles are just so infectious. I thank Mrs. Johnson and curse her at the same time for pairing me up with Ryan.
This could either be really bad or effortlessly blissful.
Both scare me.
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