Just the way you are [COMPLETE]

PART ONE- Her eyes

Joshua Jones casually walked over to Norday High, wondering why he had to walk that far. His breath fogged in the chilly February air as he sighed. As he crossed the street he saw his long-time crush, Daniya Williams rush by.

 "Hey Daniya," he called out to her, walking swiftly. A breeze blew through the frosty grass, and as if on que, Daniya turned, causing the 16-year-old's heart to flutter. 

"Hey Josh!" she said in her usual happy voice. Joshua had a crush on Daniya for 4 years straight, but could never find a way to approach her... It was awkward. Daniya was the only girl he'd felt that strongly about, but yet, he couldn't tell her that easily. "How are you doing?" he asked. Maybe today... 

"I'm great actually," she replied, turning around. She wore a light sweater, so it was pretty clear that she was shivering. 

"Daniya; you cold?" he asked, prepared to take off his jacket for her. She shrugged. "I dunno," she said. "How do you not know?" She shrugged again and smiled at her "friend". "I dunno!" The two teenagers laughed as they approached the high-school grounds. Joshua slipped off his thermal hoodie and placed it over Daniya's shoulders, which harbored her bookbag straps. 

They silently looked at each other "...Thanks..s?" Daniya said, somewhat confused with the sudden scenarios. Joshua just nodded silently and looked down at his shoes. "Hey...Daniya." He looked back up slowly, trying to mentally prepare himself for what could happen next. "What?" 

He laughed awkwardly. "Ok then... I think we're late." Who was he kidding? He might lose a good friend if he told her. Sure Joshua loved Daniya, but if Daniya rejected him, he'd reject it for the rest of his life, because of how much pain it would inflict. "Frick! You're right!" Daniya said, looking around. "Let's go!" Josh nodded, and he ran behind Daniya, adorably, his hands in his jean pockets. "I'll do it on Valentines Day," he thought. "I'll do it on Valentines."

Joshua pretended to listen to his instructor's teachings as he came up with a plan. His friend, Aprelle Flores tapped his leaned-back-head with her pencil eraser.

He turned his face slightly. "So... like... Are you gonna tell us who you like yet?" He had forgotten that people were trying to guess who he liked. "...You'll find out next week." Next week was Valentines day, so why not kill two birds with one stone? "Ok," she pouted. Aprelle leaned back in her chair as their teacher passed the individual work. Joshua couldn't think about work. Josh couldn't think about work. Josh couldn't think about work. He had his next block with his "girlfriend-in-the-making"....

"We're running the pacer today," his teacher stated, resting her hands on her hips. "Get at least a 60."

Joshua stared silently at Daniya as his derpy friend Brian Bamaca was blabbing about some new song. Daniya; who was carrying a conversation with her friends Ming-Ming Bowman, Roxanne Dalton, Gwen Botin, and Kyleen Garcia-felt someone looking in her direction. She looked up and Josh turned away. She shrugged it off and continued on talking. Aaron Pepsi burst through the gym door, startling everyone. "WHAT'S UP.... NOOBS!" he yelled. Apparently over the transition from 8th grade to ninth, he suddenly became... "cool." Everyone cheered at his simple statement.... some girls even crying. He pointed finger guns and pushing up his glasses. He joined Joshua and Brian in their conversation that everyone NORMAL would find either weird or insane. Gwen Botin rolled her eyes.

"Alright! My girls!" The lady yelled. She pointed to the right wall. Daniya and Roxanne lined up at the starting point. "Your test will begin on the word start! On your mark, get ready- Start!"

The 12 girl began to run swiftly in a straight line. Other boys decided to chat about different girl's *sses, but Josh chatted about no one. He had his eyes on the graceful Daniya who was not going down. Roxanne began to slow at 25, but Daniya remained strong. Josh watched with great interest at the girl and her long legs made to run.... "Wow," he whispered to himself. The remaining 6 began to make their slow at 40, breathing softly as they crossed over the black, thick lines. Daniya began to give in to her physical boundaries at 45 when she saw a shy Asian boy enter the gym shyly. She slowed to a stop, smacking the boy's pink head. They shared a laugh.

"Who's... that?" Josh asked, totally not jealous. "Park Jimin. He's hot right?" Qua'tarious Simsuangco asked. Josh looked at him, judging. "UH- Ok man." "No homo he's beautiful. I mean look at his face. Hot. And then look at his *ss... Thiccccc five c's." "Wait. Aren't you dating Ming-Ming?" Qua'tarious laughed, not answering the question. "Bro..."

Jimin hugged Daniya and vice-versa. Daniya spotted Josh and waved violently. He put up his hand as Jimin and Daniya sat down on the bleachers together, talking indistinctively. Josh looked at the Asian boy and at the girl. "......." Her eyes shone with delight as she spoke. "A threat."

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