The next day I got ready for school and when I walked outside I saw Tyler standing there waiting for me.

"Hey!" I smiled. "What are you doing here Tyler?"

"Walking you to school." I could have sworn I seen a smirk on his face.

We walked to school and the whole time I had a smile glued to my face. We talked about teachers and who his favorites and least favorites were his freshmen year. When we walked into school together Nate looked at us with a weird look. He was probably jealous because I wasn't walking with him, not that I'm a prize that Tyler one but that Nate is a bad guy. We say our goodbyes and go off in different directions.

During lunch I sat with Demi and Joe like I normally would I was ready to tell them about what they missed when I wasn't at lunch yesterday.

"Alex where were you yesterday?" Demi asked when I sat down next to her. She had texted me a few times but I was busy doing my homework, and maybe possibly fantasising about Tyler kissing me.

"I was-" I stopped in mid-sentence when Tyler walked over and sat down.

"Alex." He smiled at me and turned to my friends. "Hey I'm Tyler." He extended his hand to Demi, I was shocked.

"Tyler, This is Demi and Joe." He shook both of their hands.

"Nice to meet you guys." Tyler said. Demi and Joe both kept looking at me with confusing looks as to why a popular football junior is sitting with us. Tyler invited a few of his friends that weren't judgy or jocks. They were normal juniors like us, just older. It was really awesome actually. His friends were funny and nice. Tyler treated us as if we weren't freshmen unlike the other popular students. There was one guy and two girls. Jack, Olivia and Kate. I didn't ever get close to them but it was nice having a friendly relationship with them. This became an everyday thing I wondered why he decided to sit with me all of a sudden, leave most of his friends to sit with me.

Later that day Tyler walked me home again and when I got home Demi was waiting for me. She was so confused about what happened.

"So when did you became so popular?" I laughed.

"I'm not but Tyler is." I explained to my friend.

"How do you even know him Alex?"

"This creepy guy Nate was being forceful when I rejected him and Tyler helped me." I smiled.

"Okay he helped you but why is walking you home and sitting at our table?" Demi said as if she was reading my mind from the past few hours.

"I don't know."

"You better be careful Alex because he's so much more experienced than you." Demi was right.

"I know that Demi! I'm not dating him he wouldn't be interested in me." I defended myself.

"The way you two looked at each other. You need to be careful Alexis." I knew she was serious when she used my full name.

"I will be Demi, You don't have to worry about me." We hugged.

When she went home I laid in my bed and sighed. Later on there was a knock on my balcony. I jumped and opened it to Tyler standing with a smile. "You scared me!" I said.

"I'm sorry I didn't think I would." He laughed.

"No one really scales the house to get to my balcony, So yes it scared me." I let him in. "Why did you not use the front door?"

"I didn't want your parents to freak out."

"My parents aren't home."

"Oh"

"So, What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"I wanted to see the most peaceful place in the world to you." He smiled. That was incredibly sweet of him. "I want to watch you draw."

"Why?" I asked Tyler.

"Because it's important to you." My heart melted.

I grabbed my sketchbook and started finishing the sketch I started last night. He watched me and we looked at the sunset.

"Can I see?" Tyler asked. I finished up the last few details and I handed him the sketchbook. "Wow Alex, This is amazing." He was stunned.

"Thank you so much, You can have have it." I smiled sweetly.

"Thanks, You're really special. You know that?" He hugged me gently. The comfort I felt in his arms was unlike no other.

Before I met Tyler I thought all jocks were in love with cheerleaders. I was wrong considering Nate isn't into them and Tyler isn't. Ever since the beginning Tyler and I were like instantly close. Today was like most of our days, if we didn't have much homework. When he'd take me home from school we wouldn't even do anything but homework lots of the time. Just knowing we had each other for help was motivation to do our work was enough. We'd text and talk on the phone a lot, Tyler would tell me about the talk in the locker room. Which is basically a game of "Who slept with who.". I didn't really care but it was funny making fun of the desperate cheerleaders with him. Tyler would sneak into my room all the time and we'd stay up watching TV marathons on the weekends. It was so much fun, I did think it'd be hard to be his friend because of my feelings but it wasn't. It was really easy being friends with Tyler Baker.

The next day Tyler came over again. It was Saturday morning. He came over without warning, little did I know that it would become a regular thing with him. Tyler was really bummed out, he looked like a mess.

"What's wrong?" I got up off my bed and waited for him to talk to me.

"It's my sister. Her boyfriend's been sober for two years and he had relapsed." Tyler looked down trying to hold it in. "He got into an a-accident and nearly killed this seven year old kid." His eyes watered but he didn't cry.

"Oh my gosh, Are they okay?" I asked concerned. That's so awful.

"He has a couple fractures, two cracked ribs and a broken bone then cuts and bruises. The kid had even worst than that but he's going to be alright." Tyler took a breath. "My sister has a broken collarbone, fractured neck, bruises and cuts everywhere." Tyler looked defeated. He and his sister are close and he didn't want her to have to go through this.

"I'm so sorry Tyler." I walked over to him and wrapped my arms around his waist. We stood there for awhile as I tried to comfort him.

"Thank you." He whispered in my ear.

"It'll be okay." I reassured him.

We sat on my bed and we laid next to each other in silence for a while, then we started making small talk. I just wanted Tyler not to have to think about it, though I knew that's all he was thinking about. After a while he left to visit his sister, who just got transferred closer to home. Things worked out fine, Tyler's sister's injuries weren't to the extent of surgery. She got to go home by Tuesday to recover at home. Since she's only in her early twenties, she healed pretty fast. I was surprised Tyler opened up to me so fast. It was special moment we shared, Where I got to help him the way he helped me, and after that we we're inseparable.

Nate would always stare at me from his table. It was weird, I'd be talking to Tyler about my classes and I'd see Nate looking at me. He wouldn't turn away after I'd see what he was doing. I tried to ignore it because I knew Tyler would freak. It started around the time Tyler and I started hanging out after school. He'd walk me home like the first day and we'd hang out at my house for awhile. The closer we got the worse Nate would act around me. That made me think that, Maybe he is jealous. Sometimes I thought, "Well maybe he actually likes me like how I like Tyler. He could just have a bad way of showing it." I shrug it off because he's still a jerk. I didn't even understand why he would be jealous or even like me. Tyler always tells me he acts this why because he knows he will never be able to get in bed with me. It was true I don't even like him at all and even if I did Tyler would probably freak out. Nate did bother me a few times after that first day. Once I was in line at lunch and he grabbed my ass. It was out of no where and it creeped me out big time. So I told Tyler what he did and he was really pissed off. I had to beg him not to kill him. Then at practice he tackled Nate. It was pretty funny. Another time Nate called me a tease in the middle of class and everyone stared at us. It was really embarrassing. The biggest thing that happened was before Thanksgiving break. I was in the hallway talking to Demi and Nate came up from behind me and snapped my bra strap. That's considered a form of sexual assault. It wasn't that big of a deal to me but it was to everyone else. Demi told me it was so bad he could get a week suspension. I didn't even have to tell Tyler because he heard it from everyone on the team. Tyler confronted him and punched him right in the jaw. That was the last time he bothered me for months. Tyler made me feel safe and I liked that.

Everyday I felt more and more head over heels for my best friend. Demi kept insinuating that he liked me back since he's popular and still single but hanging out with me. I didn't think so. I couldn't help to think that maybe it was because I was fifteen and he was seventeen and knew that I wasn't allowed to date yet. Or maybe the age difference prevented us from ever being more than friends. I can't help but think about what will happen when he graduates being one year behind isn't that bad but two is hard. Demi just wants me to tell him the truth and I know I can't. If I told Tyler that I liked him it could ruin our friendship. There's a chance that he wouldn't want to me more than friends. It that's truth then I could lose him for just only being honest. It really sucks. Everytime I'm around him my heart races. It sounds ridiculous but I've never felt this way about someone before. It doesn't help that I'm fifteen and my hormones are still crazy. I've never even had my first kiss. He knows that too. He can get any secret out of me except the secret that I like him. During my freshmen year I was always either with Demi, Joe or Tyler most of the time. It was rare that I was ever alone. I liked that. My family was never home so most of the time it'd just be me before this year. Even when Demi lived with us she'd spend a lot of her time with Joe. When I got close to Tyler he'd spend so much time at my house. He'd even use my balcony instead of my door when no one else was even home.

Everyone talks about your freshmen year of High School being so dramatic and the hardest social experience but it wasn't really. You have to try and avoid the people that try and bring in drama. The only drama I had in my life were Nate being a jerk. Nate hardly bothered me anymore after Tyler punched him, Nate would sometimes try and talk to me but Tyler would prevent that. Other than that I'm good that avoiding drama. I got good grades and made a great friend. I use to be very shy and self-conscious but after befriending Tyler it was a complete turn around. I became less shy and more outspoken. I knew who I was better than ever and I was more confident in myself and my actions. I do own that to Tyler he let me put my guard down and be myself. When you can be yourself with the most popular handsomest guy in school you can be yourself anywhere. The only thing I couldn't do with Taylor is to be honest with him about my feelings. I've told him way worse than that he understood me. He listened and cared. So I knew if I ever did tell him how I feel he'd be a gentleman about it but no matter what it'd still ruin our friendship if he didn't like me back.