Matthew thanked the girl at the cash register and quickly grabbed his bag, leaving the store quickly and rushing to his bike. He peddled quickly down the busy street, taking a right and heading into a more suburban area. Turning a few more times he turned to see a large apartment complex. Jumping off his bike and locking it to a small tree out front he ran up the stairs and walked into the apartment.
He walked past his mom and made a b-line for his room, closing the door and sitting down on his bed. He pulled the small journal out of the bag and opened it to the first page.
He had filled up his previous one, he was glad he had finally gotten a new one. At first having one bothered him, he thought it was to girly but that was pushed out of his mind quickly when he learned how nice it felt to write things down.
Pulling a pen out of the cup sitting in his nightstand, Matthew scrawled down what had happened that day, before pausing and writing "I wish that everything I wanted always happened." He sighed and laughed, that was just ridiculous. He stashed the new journal in his secret hiding place before getting out of bed and going downstairs to see if his mother had made any food.
The next day he got home from school with Alfred, they stepped off the bus. "And then, Arthur ran into the WALL!" Alfred laughed. "He is so funny." Nodding his head, Matthew kept walking. "Dude…" Alfred poked Matthew's forehead. "What's up bro?"
Matthew shrugged. "Today just kinda sucked you know?" Nodding his head Alfred and Matthew walked up the stairs and into their house. "I'm gonna go do my homework. Just tell me when dinner is done ok?"
After getting a grunt back from Alfred who was already watching tv, Matthew ran up the stairs, and quickly went into his room. Flopping down on his bed he reached for his journal to vent.
He had gotten to school today, and left his jacket at home, and it was raining in the middle of a surprise fire drill. Then, at lunch time, some kid wasn't looking where he was going and threw Matthews food onto the floor. The only good thing that happened was that he and Gilbert had to a presentation on cells in biology, and just being around Gilbert made Matthew feel a hundred times better.
Even though Gilbert talked to him every once in a while they somehow managed to be lab partners, He was mostly ignored by him. It was a shame; Matthew was head over heels for Gilbert. He was sure he wasn't the only one that knew, it was probably obvious to everyone. He just WISHED that Gilbert felt the same way he did.
Closing the journal, he heard his name being called by Alfred. Quickly scrambling downstairs he was ready for dinner.
The next morning was a usual routine, he got up and showered, got dressed, and ate cereal before waiting at the bus stop about half asleep while Alfred chugged half a pot of coffee.
The bus ride was boring, so boring that he was happy when he finally got to school. Stepping off the bus he continued through his day, in fact, it was one of the most normal days he'd had in a while.
By the time he had gotten to third period Matthew felt like he could jump in joy. He was so happy to see Gilbert. Walking into the room, he sat down at the table next to Gilbert. "Hi." He muttered as he set his bag down.
Gilbert smiled at him "Hi Matthew. So what are we doing today?"
Pulling out the paper, he handed it to Gilbert. "Were putting all the info onto a poster." Nodding Gilbert pulled out a piece of folded up paper and slipped it into his pocket. Matthew looked at his pocket for a second before looking away. "I'll go get a board from over there…"
Walking across the room he grabbed a board before walking back over to the table. Picking up a marker, he started to draw a picture of a cell in the corner. Out of the corner of his eye Matthew saw Gilbert put a hand over his mouth. "Gilbert are you okay?" The teacher walked over. Shaking his head, the teacher looked at Matthew. "Take Gilbert down to the office Matthew."
Walking out of the classroom they walked a few doors down before Gilbert removed the hand from his mouth and quickly grabbed Matthew's hand, pulling him into the bathroom and locking them in a stall.
"What the heck Gilbert!" Matthew started to yell. Smiling, Gilbert grabbed his head and kissed him with haste, taking the piece of paper out of his pocket and slipping into Matthew's hand. Leaning out of the kiss, Gilbert unlocked the stall and looked at Matthew. "Go back to class, I'll take myself to the office and just pretend to be terribly sick."
Nodding, Matthew walked out of the bathroom in a haze. Looking down at the paper in his hand he read Gilberts number along with "Call me cutie ;)" Folding the paper back up and shoving it in his pocket he went back to the classroom and finished up the poster, still in shock from what happened.
The rest of the day went by great, And Gilbert even talked to Matthew during lunch. That day when he got off the bus he was grinning from ear to ear, and decided to run in front of Alfred all the way home.
Running up to his room he wrote all about it in his journal, and how happy he was. He couldn't believe this! It was like a dream come true!
Sending a text to Gilbert, Matthew walked downstairs to eat dinner and watch some TV with Alfred for once.
Hi! This was my first chapter to my first story, i'd love if you'd review with any way for me to write better, any suggestions, whether about my writing or my story. I hope you enjoy, I have chapters to come! I'll update as much as I can :)