It was high school, junior year; Stark and I were best friends since kindergarten. We were always together, nothing could separate us, that is until I knew I had feeling for Stark…that was my secret that could destroy or blossom our friendship into something special.

Walking down the halls to first period I shivered at the cold winder air, it was my favorite time of the year because it was always raining. After wandering around I spotted Stark with a figure next to him, I instantly knew it was a girl. His eyes sparkled as he watched her, smiling, laughing, I never seen him so happy. I turned around and walked out the school doors, my vision became unclear and I bumped into a pole, hitting my head in the process. Gosh I'm such an idiot I thought.

"Hey are you okay?" a voice asked. When I looked up I saw a tall boy my age, dark hair, a tan, built muscular body and a huge smile on his face.

" Uhh…yeah I'm fine, thanks for asking" confused I got up and pain shot in my head, kneeling I put my hand over my head and did the last thing I would expect, I fainted.

When I woke up I saw the guy I was just talking to, with a concerned face. What happened to me?

"Oh hey your awake, finally I was beginning to worry you would never wake up." He said

"Thanks …by the way what's your name?"

"The names Derek, what's yours?" he asked

"Grace"

"Nice to meet you Grace"

"So…what happened to me?"

"Well I was walking along an I saw you bump into a pole, by the way not a smart move, and then you fell so I went over to help you." He explained with a twinkle in his eye.

Getting out of the school beds I walked toward to door but the first step I took I stumbled forward. Luckily Derek caught me but he was too close I could hear his breathing, and his face was close to mine. When I looked up he was looking down and our lips an inch away from mine.

"Grace are you okay I heard you fainted and I …ohh..Who is this?" Stark flashed me a worried expression but looked at Derek surprised. Stark closely looked at Derek and put his protective instincts on. Realizing he was waiting for a response Derek and I moved away from each other blushing.

"Hi my name is Derek and I saw Grace run into a pole and I took her to the nurse's office when she fainted"

Ding the sound of the bell made all of us jump.

"Well I better get going, see you around Grace" Derek said as he headed toward the door.

"Bye"

"Stark what time is it?"

"Time to get a watch…schools over"

Wow I was out a whole six hours. After a few seconds of awkward silence I walked toward the door.

Stark tried the conversation with "Sooooo…looks like someone likes you"

"Yeah I guess, you know I'm really tired, see you around Stark"

Shutting the door I heading toward the school gates where I walked home. Was Derek a new door to a happy relationship? Could he be able to help me forget my feeling over Stark? Wait a minute I'm getting ahead of myself…I don't even know if Derek even likes me. Sure there was that smile and twinkle in his eye when he talked to me. Maybe I should just stay away for both of those boys. Lost in thought it started to pour out of nowhere, soaking my clothes and damping my hair. Cars drove past one by one just like every ordinary day but when I heard a loud BEEP of a horn I turned and found Derek looking at me.

"Need a ride Grace?"He asked.

"No I'm fine I don't want to soak your car seats I mean look at me I'm soaking wet."

"All the more reason to come in, its no big deal you must be freezing" he persuaded.

Part of me was dying from the cold while the other half felt guilty for some reason. Teeth chattering I climbed into the car only to be surprised by a jacket wrapping my shoulders.

"You shivering so I thought you might need warmth I also turned the heater on."

He's so sweet I thought, oh get over yourself girl, my mind was seriously out of control today.

"Thank You Derek this is really nice of you"

"Anything for you Grace, you've helped me in the past remember?"

"No not really.."

"Since you don't remember I guess I'll just remind you."