*Chapter One*
"Did you get the homework yesterday?" I asked my good friend Shuichi Minamino that early morning. "But of course." he said, reaching into his bookbag. I smiled. He was always like that, so kind and caring. We had been friends ever since we met each other on the long walk home and discovered we were next-door neighbors.
*FLASHBACK*
As I rushed out of the school that afternoon, my heart was pounding like crazy. Why, oh why, did I have to finish that science project today? Mom is going to kill me!! As I sprinted hurriedly down the paved road, rustling through my papers to make sure I had everything, I didn't notice the person in front of me until I ran into him. "I am so sorry!" I said frantically, scooping up my papers that had exploded all over the road. "Do you want some help?" he asked me. "That would be great." I said, relieved to have some help in my time of panic. "Why don't I help you get these home. You've got way too many papers." he offered, neatly organizing my papers into a single stack. "Great! I live at 1354 Lakeview Rd." I told him, wondering if it would be too out of his way. A wave of surprise washed over him. "Are you kidding? I live at 1356 Lakeview Rd." He said. "Cool! Were neighbors!" I said happily. As we started to walk, he turned to me. "What's your name?" he asked. "Hyacinth." I answered. "My name is Shuichi. Nice to meet you." He said, extending his hand for me to shake. I warmly grabbed it. "Nice to meet you too."
*END OF FLASHBACK*
And the rest, I say, is history. We walk to school together, we walk home together, and talk about everything imaginable in between. As he pulled out the paper, he said, "Oh, and would you mind telling Calandra that I had a wonderful time last night. She is just such a great person!" he gushed. I groaned (Inside my mind, of course.) Zone-out mode activated. I had gravely regretted the decision I had made to set him up with my best friend Calandra a couple of weeks ago. They were crazy over each other, and he couldn't shut up about her. As he droned on and on about how wonderful she was, my mind started to stray to the deepest pits of my soul. As I stared into his beautiful green eyes, I could feel my lips trying to move, to say the feeling I had inside, but it was no use. I was such a wimp. He was such a wonderful person. Caring, compassionate, loving, kind, generous, the list goes on and on. And the fact that he was completely gorgeous also helped. As I closed my eyes in pain, I knew that I could never let it out. It was going to have to stay within me forever. Every single girl in our grade said they loved him. Why would he pick me? So, for the time being, I'm just going to stand back and dream...
(NOTE: I don't particularly like Mandy Moore, but this song is so.....pure....innocent...It really describes the feelings I'm trying to express.)
Crush-Mandy Moore
You know everything that I'm afraid of
You do everything I wish I did
Everybody wants you, everybody loves you
I know, I should tell you how I feel
I wish, everyone would disappear
Every time you call me,
I'm too scared to be me
And I'm too shy to say,
I've got a crush on you
I hope you feel the way that I do
I get a rush
when I'm with you
Ooh, I've got a crush on you
a crush on you
You know, I'm the you that you can talk to
Sometimes, you tell me things that I don't want to know
I just want to hold you
You say, exactly how you feel about her
And I wonder, could you ever think of me that way?
I've got a crush on you
I hope you feel the way that I do
I get a rush
when I'm with you
Ooh, I've got a crush on you
A crush on you.
*FLASHBACK*
I think that this all started when all the girls were gathered by the big oak tree right outside the school, talking about who liked who. That was when Selena turned to me and said, "So Hyacinth, who do you like? Shuichi? You guys always walk together." Screams of "No, he's mine!" followed and then a chorus of giggles erupted. "Well?" She asked, eyeing me suspiciously. "No way! We are just friends." I said calmly. I noticed Shuichi walking out of the side door at that moment. I waved to him happily and he waved back. To this day, I'm still not sure what happened, but all my emotions were replaced with new ones. Ones that made my heart flutter, and ones that made me start breathing hard.
"Just friends..."
*End*
Oh, I wish I could tell somebody
But there's no one to talk to
Nobody knows
I've got a crush on you
A crush on you
I've got a crush
You say everything that no one says
I feel everything that you're afraid to feel
I will always want you
I will always love you
I've got a crush on you
I hope you feel the way that I do
I get a rush
when I'm with you
Ooh, I've got a crush on you
A crush on you
"Hyacinth?" Shuichi said, snapping in front of my face. "Huh?" I whispered, snapping out of my spell. "I asked you if you would ask Calandra if she would like to go out tonight." he asked. "Sure, I'd love to." I gritted. As we walked through the doors to the school, we split up and I was alone. Why couldn't Calandra be me and I could be her? WHY?
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