With just one glance, I could tell that he was the kind of person who walked around with a sign in neon letters on his forehead that said A-M-A-Z-I-N-G. The bell rang and I left the classroom in a rush, I was trying to avoid David, he made me very nervous, but while trying to rush out of the room I forgot to close my backpack, and my sweater got caught in the door. Then I saw that David eagerly run out to help me unhook my sweater. I felt embarrassed and I fidgeted a lot. Suddenly it was raining school supplies, my phone, books and pens flew out of my backpack. I had no idea what to tell him, I wanted to thank him for unhooking me, but I also wanted to tell him he was an idiot for making my textbooks fly out my bag. I decided to pick up my stuff before anybody else broke something else or created another accident. David got down and helped me, while I was distracted grabbing my supplies, we both reached out for my favorite book and our hands touched. It was an amazing feeling and he had the best smile I had seen so far, his eyes were glistening like little stars on a clear summer night. From that moment on, I knew that he was mine until the very end.
The day finally ended, and I waited for my mom to come and pick us up. It had not been a bad day after all. I had just met the most amazing person ever. I waited anxiously to see David the next day. The next morning came and I dressed quickly for school. I felt like a nerd, I was already ready and out the door and waiting in the car impatiently before my sister finished brushing her teeth. I was excited to see David again. When I got there, he was waiting by my classroom next to this cute guy who had a nice smile. His name was Tait. I said hi to both of them and David asked me if I was ready for school, I shrugged my shoulders I never liked school. While we were talking, he noticed I couldn't stop staring at Tait and David started to get jealous or at least I thought he was. Lucky for us, the bell rang and we went to our classroom. I was silently praying that the math teacher had lost our examinations; I knew I had done poorly. Sadly, the teacher had corrected them and decided to pair us up with those who he thought could help us. It turned out to be that Tait was going to be my tutor, I felt rather awkward, I wanted to spend time with David, but Tait was a lot of fun and it made me feel reassuring and comfortable. During that hour, I realized that Tait loved to goof off and have fun.
We were working in pairs trying to solve the exam, or at least we tried to do so, I could not blame Tait, I had ADD and he just loved telling jokes, it was the worst idea my math teacher could had ever had. Eventually he called our names for being too rowdy and we decided to quit goofing off...as much.
David looked at Tait with a glance full of hatred and jealousy, but I preferred to not mention anything. I tried to make him smile but I guess he was frustrated, of course, who would not be with the incredible amount of homework we were already assigned the first day and just for that class! Tait asked me if I wanted help and of course, I didn't want to reject him, he was very good looking. I smiled and said that I would really appreciate his help, he told me we could stay after school and work together in the library. I agreed and gave him a smile. Before the teacher could make a comment about my "new" flirting, the bell rang.
When I took out my schedule, I groaned it was English class. I did not want to go through the horrors of getting asked questions again. David followed me to my English room and he was quiet the whole way. I asked him if he studied for the exam and he just shrugged his shoulders while he looked the other way. When we walked into the room a girl was very enthusiastic to see him, her name was Roxie. She ran to his arms gave him a kiss on the cheek and a big hug; he seemed to enjoy her hug, because he kissed him back on her cheek. I murmured to myself "what a git" Tait overheard me and told me that they used to date, last year and that she still liked him. I felt embarrassed, Tait had not only overheard my comment but he had also caught me staring at the girl several times with killer eyes.
We sat down and waited for the exams to be handed out. I looked at the test and started immediately, I finished in 15 minutes, I got up and turned in my exam, I looked over at David and he just stared at me blankly. I smiled at him, he tried to smile back, but Roxie caught him and said, "Amor porque no has terminado para eso te fuiste a Canadá" (Honey why are you not done? That is the reason why you went to Canada) I rolled my eyes at her, while David stayed quiet, blushed and tried to finish his exam, I fell asleep the rest of the class, and waited for the bell to ring. I did not want to say, "see you later" to David, I wouldn't be able to enjoy the rest of my day, it would be boring and somber. Luckily, I had classes with Marcus, we talked all through physics and chemistry, I had no idea those classes could be so much fun. Finally, lunchtime came; I was very excited because I would be able to see Francisco's smile.
I was completely shocked when I got to the place where we sat yesterday and chilled during lunch. Roxie was there, it was like this wanting to rip her head off emotion that had overcome me; I think the term is jealousy; she was flirting with him and touching his hair. Tait came in the door, and I started talking to him very exuberantly, then he asked me if I would go with him to the library, and I agreed. While we were there, he said that he could not stand Roxie, I was laughing and I told him I agreed. I did not like the way she was staring at him, Tait eyed me very curiously, he finally found the book he was looking for and we left to go back to our lunch spot. We entered the room with air conditioning, and I saw David's face of "please save me I'm being tortured to death" I looked over at Tait and we started to laugh. That really offended David. He was so mad he refused to talk to me the rest of lunch. I thought that he deserved it; it was really his fault for letting her being all over him.
The bell rang and that meant only two more classes to go before I was to spend an amazing afternoon laughing in the library with Tait. The other two periods were music, which I found very boring, and Spanish, which I majorly disliked. The day droned on without my friends. Finally, the bell rang and I walked outside, to my surprise as soon as I walked outside the door I saw David waving very happily at me. He asked me how my classes were, I said they were hell and he smiled, that melted me. Manuel crept up behind me and I yelled. David's beautiful smile changed into a frown when Tait hugged me. We then walked over to the library and David decided to offer his knowledge of math to finish my homework. I decided to accept both of their help, I really did not want to do my homework. After half an hour or so, the three of us were sitting outside in the hot weather, we got kicked out for laughing to hard. David offered us a bottle of coke and we both accepted so he went to the cafeteria and bought one for us. While I was talking to Tait I noticed that he had pencil shavings in his hair, I remembered that David was sharpening his pencil but I had no idea that he would put it on his hair. I reached out for Tait's hair to take it off, his eyes were glistening in the sun and he reached for my hand and smiled. I smiled back. David's arrival caused a small accident; he tripped over a non-existing object pushing Tait away.
My mom arrived to pick me up and I said goodbye to my friends. I was anxious to go to school the next day, I liked hanging out with my friends, we seemed to have same interests, and I enjoyed laughing with them. Life had become a routine for several weeks. It was finally September, I was very excited because it was going to be 15th and 16th of September in Mexico, their independence day. I had never participated in a celebration of this sort and I was thrilled that I was to spend my vacation with Marcus, Tait and David. There was going to be a party at school and the four of us went to chill and so that they could introduce me to Mexican traditions. I had so much fun with the three of them, nonetheless David seemed to be very cold towards Tait. I tried to be rational and tried to think that it was because we made a great team at games, and him and Marcus really sucked at being partners. Tait decided to ask me out that day, of course I was thrilled that I was going to go out with such a cute guy. When we told our friends we were seeing each other, David was furious. He immediately excused himself from the game we were playing and said that he had to go home. I looked over at him and saw him staring back at me he had the cutest puppy dog eyes I had ever seen. I then felt funny, I noticed that my heart was trying to tell me something but I ignored it. Before David left, I saw that Roxie was approaching us to spend time with us and gave David a big hug.
Tait, Marcus and I decided to walk away; we did not want to interrupt David and Roxie. Our date the next day was incredible, I laughed through the whole movie, threw popcorn at him, cracked up jokes and towards the end of the movie, he held my hand. I was beaming on the outside, but on the inside, my heart was telling me that he was not the one.