Our First Encounter

Project

Recap: "Actually this is my class." He responded back and I looked at him in disbelief, he must be stupid. A senior... Still in freshman classes.

-one week later-

Wow, one week into school and we already have an assignment. Yesterday the teacher stated that we need to find pairs for it. No one even likes me but Nathan. He probably doesn't want to be my partner though, I'm going to end up doing this alone. I got up thinking, "Oh my gosh, it's too early to be alive." And went into the bathroom. I used the bathroom and looked into the mirror. My straight dirty blond hair fell in front of my left eye. I could totally rock the EMO look. I grabbed my blue toothbrush and rinsed it off, I put toothpaste onto the toothbrush and started to brush my teeth. Ugh, this toothpaste is disgusting. Who the hell decided to put baking soda into toothpaste?! I spit out the toothpaste that was in my mouth and rinsed the rest away. I looked into the mirror and smiled at myself like a pure idiot. Gosh, I hate my smile. I reached for the comb and combed my hair out if my face. This is going to be a big day. I went into my closet and grabbed a blue checkered collar shirt, and put on a superman shirt as an undershirt. I look like a nerd, but I love looking like a nerd. :) I walked out of my room and down the stairs.

"Don't you want to eat breakfast? I made extra toast." My mom said.

"You know I don't eat this early, I'll be back soon. Love you." I said and raced to the door, hearing a 'love you too' back. I'm going to walk today, I'm not surprised she only drove me to school for the first five days. I don't really hang out with people, not because I don't get along with them... They just don't get along with me. I know I'm super emotional and all, but come on... It's not that bad. I walked and walked and someone tapped my shoulder and I jumped back, fell, and screamed.

"Adam, it's me... Jonathan." The familiar voice spoke back to me.

"Oh, I thought you were a robber. Wait... Are you?!" I said back to him and dusted my pants off.

"No... I'm not. You should probably hold mace or something though. You're too cute to be walking around unarmed." He said in a soft tone. What the hell?! He just called me cute! HE, just called me cute! I had no response, I just widened my eyes, covered my mouth, and blushed like a little girl. We walked all the way to the school and inside. It felt like such a long walk, definitely with him. He's now, in my dictionary, a creep. Then again, there's something about him that's so sweet. He's the first guy to ever be nice to me. Also the first guy to not call me short, he's like 6'2, like jeez. I walked up to my locker, avoiding all the kissing people and started my code. I looked around and put in my combination.

"5-15-35, now I can go through all your stuff." Nathan said, oh my gosh, he needs to go to his own locker.

"Go to your own locker Nathan!" I yelled to him.

"Nathan? That's not my name, plus... My locker is right next to yours, idiot." He said... What?! His names not Nathan? He said it was Nathan twice, he's lying.

"You told me your name was Nathan." I said back in an almost whisper and slammed my locker door.

"I said Jonathan, but if you want to come up with cute little nicknames, alright. Too bad I don't have one for you... Yours would just be, Damn!" He said it a deep voice. Damn... Seriously? That's stupid. Jonathan, I don't like that name... Maybe that's why my brain processed it as Nathan. I walked away and went into the class. I went over to my new seat which was far from that bully.

"Good morning class. As you heard last week, we have a English project to do. Pick your partners. Hurry before I pick them for you." He said it a rough voice. I sunk into my seat and put my head down. Then, that random tap on the shoulder.

"I'll be your partner." Nathan said to me, partners... With Nathan. Doesn't sound to bad. Actually, it sounds perfect. I jumped up and said 'thank you' before he shook my hand.

"Partners?" He said with a creepy wide smile.

"Partners." I said with a side smile. I wasn't about to actually 'smile' I might destroy our friendship with my horrible smile.

-school ends-

"So... You wanna go to my house, or yours?" Nathan said. His house? Does he have his own house? Wow, that's cool. I'd rather be at my own though, after he called me cute... N
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"Let's go to mine, my moms cooking lasagna... You should stay for dinner." I said. He smiled back and we walked to my house. The walk seemed longer than ever, every time I'm with him it seems like ever second is a minute, and every minute is an hour. We arrived to my house and I stupidly said, 'Tada!' And he laughed at me. I opened the door and my mom was cooking.

"Look, Adam, you need to stop leaving your underwear on the floor. I had to clean them all up." She said before looking into my direction. My mouth dropped from embarrassment. Out of all day, today.

"Oh hey, Adams friend? It's so nice to meet you. He never brings any friends. I'm his mom, your name?" My mom said to him, I slowly walked away and sat on a nearby chair.

"I'm Jonathan, Adams English partner, and friend. We have a project to do. So, Adam, get over here." Nathan said. Hey, he can't order me around in my own house.

"English partner? How old are you?" My mom said. Oh shit, of course she'd bring it up.

"17, I'm a senior." Nathan said blankly. Wow... That's all? He didn't even look embarrassed about it. Dude, he has like no emotions. My mom murdered him with questions and we were off to my room. No one else has ever been in my room, so as soon as I walked in I closed the door in his face. I looked around moving stuff out of the way and putting comics on shelves. I opened the door to see Nathan looking at me with light anger.

"Took you long enough." He said and walked in.

"Wow, nerd." He said with a laugh.

"I'm not a nerd. Come on, let's do this stupid project." I said in a low tone. I sat on my bed and he sat next to me, so I sat on the floor.

"Where's your dad?" He said. Seriously, how nosy can you be?

"Work, help me." I said while taking out mad art supplies and the book we have to read. Whispers, I've already read it. We sat there while working on the project and I answered all the questions in a heart beat. I told Nathan to write what I wrote in another sheet so he gets credit too. This is easy, I read this book last year. It's a really good book, about 475 pages. I looked up at him and he was already looking at me.

"What?" I said and wrote down more stuff on the poster paper. He moved closer and pecked my on the lips. What the shit?!

"I love you." He said in a soft tone and turning red. Oh my gosh, what?!! I backed up a little, not knowing what to say.

"I think you're cute." Is all I said before braking into mad laughter.

I hope you liked. :)
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