Romance Shorts

#7 - Photos

"Hey, Emily!" You shout as you run across the school field to meet her.

"Hey!" She shouts back.

You slow down as you come closer to your friends. Most of them are chatting or in the boys sake being idiots. Emily has a vintage Polaroid slung round her neck and a panda beanie on her head.

"Did you bring it?" she asked excitedly

"Yes!" You reply equally as excited.

You take your bag off and rummage inside. Pulling out another vintage Polaroid, Emily squeals.

"Unfair! Yours is older than mine." she exclaims.

You put yours round your neck as well and smile at your best friend.

"It even came with a cartridge, but my dad acedentley took a photo of the inside of the box." you tell Emily

"Where did you get it from?"

"I got it from a charit- Oh!" You exclaim

"What?" Emily questions

"Hide me!" you squeal as the guy you have a major crush on walks past.

"Oh." Emily said after she saw him.

You crouch down behind her.

"He's gone now." she tells you.

You get back up as the bell goes for 1st lesson.

*****

Your first lesson is English and your excited to be doing your speech. And even more excited that you sit opposite your crush! He always looks up at you and and you look up and then you both move your eyes away - as if you were playing a dangerous game and couldn't be caught. Your speech had to be about something that interested you - vintage stuff and Polaroids!

Last lesson when you peer marked, he asked to read your work and you were overjoyed. He asked if you had a Polaroid and you said yes. And he asked you to bring it in! (but seriously, who could refuse a chance like that!) so that's why you now enter your English lesson with a camera round your neck.

"Hi." he says and you almost die - he has never said 'hi' or any greeting, I mean he is like one of the populars and you are just, well you.

"Did you bring it?" he continues.

"Yup!" you smile, and you are just about to take it out your bag when the teacher walks in. Damn!

"{your name}, {his name} sit down now!

You both take a seat. Your lesson is relatively boring, apart from him keep looking up at you!

"Right, pack away your books and stand behind your chairs!" the teacher called.

He picked your book up and his and put them away and you got the camera out. "Oh my gosh! that so cool!" someone says, but you ignore them and pass it to him. His face is smiling widely and he looks like a kid on Christmas morning. "Wow" he breathes. "It's so cool! Can I take a photo?"

You look into his happy face and tell him that your so sorry, but no. That there is no cartridge so they can be taken. But not being able to bear upsetting him you tell him that you are going to get new cartridge and he can take a photo then. "Thanks. This is so cool!" he tells you.

"Okay class, you can go." says the teacher as the bell goes for next lesson. As you go to leave the teacher tells you that both of you can't leave as you haven't tidied all of the paper scraps and scissors away. As you start packing them up, he tells you that he will do it, so you start talking to him about the classic cars and things you like and that your dad owns. You walk out of the class together and he makes you promise to buy new cartridge and let him take a photo. You promise. And he smiles at you. "I've got Spanish, so I'll see you later." He says still grinning.

You smile shyly and say bye and he says bye as you walk away.

You can't wait to tell Emily!