Losing Hope

Hailey's P.O.V

„Hurry up, please, we are late!", I said when I went to choir with Emily and two other friends called Yamila and Holly a few weeks later. ,,Don't worry, we're almost there", Emily answered.
I was a bit nervous because I would see Jakob again and I didn't want to arrive too late.

I remembered how we had leaned closely towards each other and looked into each others eyes 'til I turned my head away 'cause I didn't want him to see how I blushed. That happens too often unfortunately and it's a little annoying, but what can you do?

I tend to romanticize these kind of moments often and that's what causes problems in my life sometimes.

I mean he was just polite, that didn't mean anything. So I opened my eyes and decided not to think about it anymore.

My friends and I climbed up the stairs to the room we were practicing in. Wow, we were the last ones, like always. When we reached the little crowd, a few heads turned towards us. Also Jakob's.

I could feel his gaze on me and I felt uncomfortable because I really hate it when people stare at me. And he didn't take his eyes off me until Emily, Holly, Yamila and I walked past and sat down a few meters away from him.

Then I took a deep breath. Why did he stare at me for so long? Does he like me? Do I have something in my face? Or is something wrong with my hair? I really didn't know, but I didn't have the time to think about it.

Now that the choir was complete, the teacher, Mrs. O., started practicing with us. We sang one or two songs together and it went fine.

Suddenly I could feel somebody's eyes on me again. I tried to ignore it, but in the corner of my eye I could see that it was Jakob. For a short moment I held my breath, but then I thought: Why should he look at me?

Sometimes I think that people are looking at me when they aren't, and I was too shy to turn my head in his direction anyway, so I fixed my eyes on the sheets of paper in my hands.

But my attempt to ignore him failed, now and then my glance accidently darted over to Jakob. I watched him sing for like a second before I fastly looked at my papers again because I didn't want him to catch me staring. That would just be too awkward.

A few minutes later I had the feeling that he was looking at me again, but I pushed the thought of him in the back of my mind and watched Mrs. O. conduct to stay in tact.

The 45 minutes passed quickly and the bell finally rang. ,,Yayy", I sighed relieved and needed to yawn because I hadn't slept enough, like any other school day. Then my friends and I packed our things and left school to be picked up by our parents.

When we said goodbye, I took one last look at the school building before I got into my father's car.

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Hey guys! So this is a longer chapter since it is written out of "Hailey's" (mine) perspective. The author aka "Emily" asked me to write this chapter 'cause it's about me obviously, I really hope you enjoyed it☺ Please don't be too strict with me, this is the first time I'm writing on a book, but let me know your opinion or tips in the comments if you want to :P
Oh, and remember, we're not using our real names for this story!🌞