More than that

Chapter 4

I wake up to my brother Jacob arguing with my mom, he's in 8th grade and thinks he is sooooo much better than everyone else. He is saying something about going to a party this upcoming weekend.

I slowly force myself out of bed, practically flopping on the floor. I look at my phone... No new messages, which makes me happy that Justin actually listened and didn't respond.

I hop in the shower... I have to look good today for the sake of Nylan. I laugh in my head thinking of how embarrassing that would be if Nylan knew I liked him and I barely knew him.

I drive my self to school today, in my silver Ford Focus. It isn't my dream car but it works. I get to school on time and take my time walking to science.

Keeping calm-although I'm radiantly estatic inside-, I walk through the door to my classroom and am immediately filled with disappointment; to the left of Nylan was a girl about my height with amazingly bouncy, caramel colored, curly hair. She had a really nice smile which she was using to charm Nylan... Her olive skin contrasted perfectly with her coral sun dress. I've seen the girl around before and I somehow remember that her name is Kathryn or Kate.

Kate had this glow to her, this natural beauty. She was winning him over... I didn't realize I was staring at her until she gazed at me with a simple, genuine smile. I blushed, embarrassed that I was snooping, and walked to my desk with my head down.

The whole class period I sat quietly sharing a small conversation with Rori but nothing major went on that whole period.

As I was getting out of my seat I made eye contact with Nylan. It looked as if he was going to say something, but I was caught in the moment. I walked briskly out of the room frustrated and went to the bathroom.

I looked in the mirror, my face was red and hot from blushing. I was mad... Not at Nylan, at myself for allowing me to be attracted to someone like this. It was cliché, falling in love with one that was well... Desirable by a lot of people.

I should of seen this coming I thought to myself and continued on to my next class.