sweet angel 💕 (ddlg)

Two

Rosie Jae

The next week I was apprehensive about going to bio lab again. All of my other classes were the same boring old routine and everyone kept to themselves thank god. I was hoping that that boy would keep to himself this time too.

I don't know why but I felt the need to dress up a little today. Maybe subconsciously because there was a cute boy in my class- but he's way too cool for me anyways.

I wore my sparkly hoop earrings and a pink t-shirt dress with white converse. I had even put on all of my lucky bracelets today. In short-I felt cute, and maybe even a little confident.

I strutted my way to class feeling happy and cheery because the Barista at Nirvana Coffee said she liked my hair clips. Nobody really compliments me that often so I kept thinking about it. And my latte was amazing!

I was smiling to myself, being weird, I knew it. Until I went up the stairs to find my seat in class. The boy wasn't there. I let out a sigh in relief and continued my happy thoughts.

I set up my desk in the same spot as before and brought out the book and my binder. While I was getting everything set up I noticed that I still had Mr. Fluff in my bag.

I looked around me before zipping him in a different compartment of my backpack just Incase someone saw me opening my bag like last time-so embarrassing.

"Hi again," I heard someone say cheerily above me. I flinched super hard, meeting eyes with Liam. He looked even better today than last week. My heart sunk in my chest and I started to feel less confident than before. Great. I knew that wouldn't last long.

"Hi," I said shortly, zipping my bag.

"I like your bracelets. You like Disney stuff huh?" He said pointing at all of the mickey charms on one of my bracelets.

I rubbed my wrist subconsciously, "Yeah, I love Disney," I mumbled, not meeting his piercing eye contact.

He laughed, "You look so sad about it. Don't be embarrassed, Disney is the shit," He said cheerily, biding my arm. I laughed too, trying not to seem too awkward. I just didn't want him to see how red my face was, so I looked down, maybe that's why I appeared sad.

"You like swimming," I examined, seeing he had on our college swim warmup jacket over his t-shirt.

"Yeah, I've been swimming ever since I was young. This school's team is kicking my ass though," He sighed leaning back in his chair. "I'm always in practice I never get the time to look around the city. Sucks cause I'm not from around here."

Maybe that was a ploy for me to ask him about where he was from, but I felt to shy. "There's a nice coffee shop near the lake," I said.

He raised an eyebrow at me, "Really? Is that what you've got there?" He asked motioning to my cup.

I nodded, "They're called Nirvana coffee. They use local artists' designs on every cup," I said showing him the cup.

"Mind if I try some?" He asked.

"You can," I said quickly, which made him laugh. I felt weird knowing his mouth was going to touch something that I drank off of. Of course I wasn't going to drink it after because...ew germs, but I always was up to share.

He took a long swig, unbothered, "Is this pumpkin?" He asked.

I nodded, "Cinnamon Pumpkin Latte with almond milk," I replied as he handed the cup back to me.

He licked his lips, I felt myself staring. "It's great. I wish I could have one of those right now I'm so tired," He sighed.

Stupidly, I spat out, "Y-You can have mine!"

He smiled, laying on his desk looking over at me, "Nah, I'll just go with you next time."

My heart skipped a lot of beats, it was definitely unhealthy how I was feeling. I couldn't have a crush on a boy I literally just met, not now at least! Fuck.

Class started and we both started taking notes. I kept thinking about his smile and his deep brown eyes. I was definitely feeling some type of way about him.

"Rosie, can I have your number?" He whispered to me mid lecture.

I clumsily knocked my water bottle off mid sentence. Everyone in the quiet room looked over at me and I sunk in my seat trying not to draw attention to myself.

"Sorry," Liam said, picking my water bottle up for me, which I really didn't need him to do. He was just so nice and caring. I hope it wasn't just an act.

"It's okay," I whispered back. I wrote my number on a tiny ripped sheet of paper and passed it over to him. Our hands brushed for a second, my stomach churned. I couldn't believe how I was so attracted to him in such a short amount of time.

he smiled as he looked down at the note, it made me blush even harder. I couldn't wait to receive his text or call.