As I walked inside to the medium sized building, I could only concentrate on the boy who walked into the shop over the short weekend. I was honestly excited to seeing him again, but I couldn't discard that repeated beating in my chest or the dampness of my palms. I took in a deep breath of Montressor air and prepared myself for another day of learning.

As I walked down the seemingly crowded hallway and made it to my locker, I kept an eye out for a certain someone. I didn't realize how lost or desperate I must've looked, playing with the lock on my locker while looking around for Jim. I sighed, giving up hope as I began to realize that I most likely wouldn't find him in this small school.

"Looking for someone?" A voice popped up next to me, causing me to gasp loudly out of surprise.

I looked over towards my left and saw none other than Jin standing there, an amused look on his cute face and his gold earring shiny as ever. I gave him a not so amused look back as he finally let his laughs free.

I rolled my eyes in response, "Haha. So funny," I told him sarcastically.

Although, I couldn't help the tiniest smile coming about my face. Jim looked at me as his laughter died down and smiled back attractively.
"Sorry, I just knew you were looking for me. Looking pretty hard there," he pointed out with a smug looking smile as if he had caught me doing something embarrassing or bad.

I just shook my head and smiled, "Maybe I was looking for someone else." I suggested.

"Mm, and who might that be?" He asked, a smirk on his cute face as he leaned on the locker beside me.

I sighed and leaned my back onto my locker and pretended to think, "Well... he's relatively tall."

"Hmm." Jim nodded with a smirk on his face.

"Has brown hair, " I stated.

"Mhmm."

I continued, "A nice smile."

He nodded, "Mhmm."

"And the... cutest big, brown eyes." I finished my description of the boy, knowing it all matched Jim perfectly as intended.

After I said this, Jim looked up at me and I looked at him, a small smile on my face. I didn't exactly hate the way we stared at one another for a while and began to awkwardly chuckle as we realized we might have been too comfortable standing in the crowded hallways at school. The bell rang loudly and people began to stampede to their first class of the day. I smiled at Jim and waved to him as I tried to make my way to my first class of the day.

Jim moved in front of me to stop me from leaving, "Do you wanna... hang out?" He asked me.

I smiled and nodded, knowing I'd be dumb not to take the offer up, "Sure. Um, when?" I asked him.

"After school," He suggested, "I'll meet you by your locker after 8th period."

I nodded my head, "Yeah, yeah, that'd be great." I told him.

"Cool," He smirked and nodded.

We both went left to get around each other but ended up bumping into each other. We laughed and apologized and tried going right. We laughed once more and I went around him first, this time we didn't bump into one another. I smiled and waved bye to him for he last time, he smirked that attractive smirk of his and nodded his head once. We both continued going our separate ways and all day long all I could think about was Jim and I hanging out once that final bell rang.

"Wait... so Jim Hawkins asked you out?!" My best friend, Jack, exclaimed for the twelfth time today. I rolled my eyes at this as he kept repeating it as if it were the most unbelievable thing in the world to him. It was the end of the day and we stood next to my locker as I began taking my books and things out to bring home.

I sighed, "Well, he said he wants to hang out; he didn't ask me out," I corrected him so he wouldn't get the wrong idea.

"Star, when a guy says hang out, it really means he's asking you out, meaning he likes you... meaning it's a date... meaning Jim Hawkins actually asked you out-" I interrupted him as he once again repeated these words.

"You know would really be nice if you'd stop saying that, please," I forced a small smile.

Jack laughed and shook his head, "Look, Star, I know guys and this guy probably really likes you," Jack said which made me stop what I was doing to look at him, "I mean, why wouldn't he? You're like the smartest nerd in school," He joked with me and I giggled a little, "You're sweet and fun- well, sometimes," He joked once more and I playfully glared at him as he continued. "And you're... cute," He said but trailed off as he got towards the end.

I looked up at him in his russet brown colored eyes and chuckled a little while looking down. Jack laughed as well and it got quiet between us.
It's no secret that Jack likes me... but it's also no secret that he likes over half the other girls in the school either. I guess you could say he's once of those "popular, sport-obsessed" high school guys who gets all the girls. Well, it's understandable, from his brown hair that shades his forehead and his tall, toned build. But the fact that I am not attracted to his type at all is why it's so easy for me to talk and be friends wit him. On the other hand, I'm the exact opposite of what Jack is - he always jokes about how much of a nerd I am, but I don't mind.

I mean I'm not a loner or anything, I guess, but I wouldn't mind if I was either. I just don't talk to a lot of people here. I have Jack and he's tried to introduce me to his friends, but they aren't exactly the kind of people I want to be around and I think they would rather not be seen with me either. However, I have made friends with one of Jack's female friends, Capell, but Jack is really the main person I hang out with. He's been my neighbor since the beginning of time and he was the first person to ever talk to me here, which is how we met and now we're almost inseparable.

"Thanks, Jack," I smiled at him and he smirked down at me as one of his sports buddy's came over and they did a short handshake as he walked by.

Jack then used his height to look over the crowd and he rolled his eyes, "There's your prince charming," He said.

I turned around and looked behind me and my heart began beating faster as I saw Jim walking down the halls, only stopping once to talk to a few guys. As he talked to them he looked over at me near my locker, feeling my stare, and I immediately looked away the second we locked eyes.
"Pretend you're talking to me," I whispered to Jack, hoping I wouldn't have to look back at Jim again.

My best friend scrunched his eyebrows at me, "But I am talking to you," He pointed out.

I ignored his remark as I looked back over my shoulder and noticed Jim leaving his friends and continue to walk towards me.

"I kept my eyes on Jim but was simultaneously talking to Jack, "Go, go, go," I snapped. I began slapping his chest repeatedly, trying to shoo him away.

Jack just laughed. "Alright, alright, I gotta get ready for practice anyway," He smiled at me and looked up at him as he pulled me into a side hug. "See you, shorty," He joked about my height, as always.

I smirked at him and waved bye as he walked away and once he did, almost as if on cue, a group of girls accompanied him, all smiles and giggles. I rolled my eyes but laughed slightly as he obviously enjoyed the attention as always. I felt a nudge on my shoulder and turned around and smiled a little as I looked at Jim, who was now in front of me.

"Hi," I laughed, a little nervous, but tried my best not to show it.

Jim just looked over my shoulder, "So, uh, you know Jack Overlander?" He asked, confused.

I followed his eyes and looked at Jack who was leaning on the lockers down the hall, flexing his biceps and letting a short, blonde girl feel his muscles. I rolled my eyes at this, seeing as how he was just doing Jack things.

I turned back to Jim and he didn't look impressed. "Yeah, um, it's just one of those things where we've known each other for years and he's like my neighbor," I explained, leaving out the part that mentions how he's also only one of my two friends in the whole solar system.

Jim nodded, "Oh, that makes more sense." He chuckled and I tilted my head a little confused by his reaction.

"W-what do you mean?" I asked him with a small, forced smile on my face.

He looked at me and shrugged, "You know, he's... him. And you're... not like them," He somewhat explained.

We both looked back to the crowd who were laughing loudly at things that were probably not that funny or simply idiotic and Jack flexed his muscles. I just nodded, not caring for him to go into detail.

Jim noticed my actions and smirked at me. "That's a good thing," He clarified.

I looked up at him and smiled a little, "Thanks," I said quietly.

Jim smiled, "Come on, let's go-"

"Uh, what exactly are we gonna do?" I asked him, knowing nothing of his plans for this afternoon.

He looked at me and smirked. "Um, have you ever been surfing before?" He suddenly asked me.

I simply stared at him, not knowing what the devious look was for or what possibly was going on in his mind.

Oh, God, I thought to myself, knowing I should probably be scared right about now.