During the whole block, I kept glancing at him every few minutes. I noticed his hair, which is not as long as I thought it was, is not black but a dark brown. He has a crazy sense of style. He's a little weird at first, but once you get to know him he's funny, smart and really sweet.

"Troy thinks you idolize him." I blurt out after him mentioning basketball.

My eyes widen as he frowns deeply and says, "Yeah. I guess I do. My older brother died last year when he was a junior at West. Troy kind of reminds me of him, in a way."

"Oh my gosh. I'm so sorry. I didn't mean-"

He shrugs and says, "It's okay. You didn't know, but now you do. So, don't tell Troy or any of the seniors okay? They'll just think I'm even more of a loser then they already do."

"That's not true. Troy and the entire basketball team haven't gotten a real chance to get to know you, like I have today. I feel like I've known you my entire life."

Jimmy's eyes widen in surprise and says, "You think so?"

I nod and smile at him. He smiles back.

Later that day

"Whatcha reading?"

I jump nearly 10 feet in the air, hearing his now familiar voice. I put a hand over my wild, beating heart and smack him playfully on the arm. He just rolls his eyes.

"It is called Twilight. It's really awesome."

He raises one of his eyebrows, which makes me giggle. I blush as he smiles.

"What's it about?" He asks as he sits next to me at a table in the library.

"Well, it's about this girl named Bella who falls in love with a guy named Edward who's a vampire. But he's a good vampire-"

"A good vampire?" He asks with an amused smile.

I nod excitedly and continue on, "Well, I'm only on chapter 15 but it's really good. I can't put it down!"

"Only on chapter 15? How many chapters are there? 500?"

I giggle and shake my head.

"Why does it have an apple on the front?"

"I'm not really sure…"

"Well, is Bella an apple who falls in love with a vampire orange or something of that sort?"

I laugh loudly and everyone who is in the library, trying to study, looks at me weirdly.

"No. You seriously need to read it! It's awesome!"

He laughs and just looks at me. I smile.

"Aren't you supposed to be in basketball practice?"

Before he can answer, Mrs. Darbus walks up to our table and starts talking.

"Mr. Zara. I noticed that you were sleeping through my class this morning and I have had a brilliant idea!"

She pauses to take a very short breath. Jimmy and I share a look.

"I came up with the idea of you two singing a duet tomorrow! Kelsi is going to be in the music room for the rest of the day. I will expect an all out performance tomorrow, from both of you."

I take a nervous breath and I hear Jimmy say, "Mrs. D I can't sing, I mean I sing in the shower. I could skateboard across the stage and Kayleigh could sing-"

Mrs. Darbus shakes her head impatiently and says, "It's either this, or detention."

Jimmy sighs and we share another look.

"Okay." He says quietly.

"Splendid! Now, I will leave the music with Kelsi. You will perform at the beginning of the period tomorrow."

Jimmy smiles and says, "You can call me Rocket-man, Mrs. D."

Mrs. Darbus makes an indescribable face. I giggle softly to myself.

"Thank you, . I will see you two tomorrow." Mrs. Darbus says, stressing the .

She walks away quickly, but not quietly. The door slams loudly behind her. I start laughing uncontrollably.

"What's so funny?"

"Did you see the face she made when you mentioned your nickname? That was hilarious!"

Jimmy starts laughing along with me and I notice the librarian glare at us.

"We better leave, before she decides to kill us." I whisper quietly and gather up my books.

Jimmy laughs a little more then stands up. We quickly walk without looking back at the librarian. We start laughing as soon as we exit. I notice the group of seniors down the hall.

"So.. I've told you all this stuff about me and I know nothing about you."

I laugh a little as we start walking down the hallway.

"Well.. My parents are divorced. I see my dad every other weekend. I love reading, like my sister. And…" I trailed off.

He looks me in the eyes expectantly.

"And what?"

I look down, embarrassed.

"and," I continued, "I'm kind of a math nerd. I'm in Unified Geometry."

He smiles and I look up, surprised he hasn't laughed at me while turning walk away.

"That's cool. There are only two things I'm good at."

"Let me guess, Basketball and Skateboarding."

Jimmy looks at me, obviously surprised.

"Yeah, how'd you know? Are you a mind reader or something?"

I laugh and shake my head.

"No, I just kind of figured. I mean, I knew you are on the basketball team. The skateboarding thing was a guess. Plus, you're wearing a shirt that has a skateboard on it."

He looks down at his shirt quickly, and then looks back up at me. He laughs and says, "Well.. I guess we should head to the music room, to practice for tomorrow."

I nod and look ahead.

"Wait, I need to stop by my locker, I can meet you there if you want.." I say and turn down a hallway to go to my locker.

"It's cool. I'll come with. If that's cool.."

"Sure." I say with a smile.

We continue to walk towards my locker. When we get there, I quickly do the combination and open it. I shove all my books and my big purse in there. He looks at me as I shut the door.

"You never answered my question you know." I say as we walk.

He makes a confused face.

"What question?"

"Aren't you supposed to be in basketball?"

He shrugs and says, "It's healthy to ditch class every now and then."

"That's from Twilight!" I exclaim with a smile on my face.

He smiles and shrugs.

"You've read it!" I say as we turn on the hallway with the music room.

"Possibly. To answer your question, Coach gave us a day off from basketball. I don't know why.."

He opens the door for me and I smile. My smile doesn't fade as we stand next to the piano. I look at a sheet on the piano. To my surprise, he starts singing.

"Ya never know what you're gonna feel, oh

Ya never see it comin' suddenly it's real."

He pauses and looks at me. I nod in beat with the music and start singing.

"Oh, never even crossed my mind, no

That I would ever end up here tonight."

He starts singing with me and we start dancing with the music.

"All things change, when you don't expect them to

No one knows

What the future's gonna do I

Never even noticed

That you've been there all along."

Neither of us notices the door opening, as Jimmy spins me around the room. My eyes never leave his.

"I can't take my eyes off of you

I know you feel the same way too, yeah

I can't take my eyes off of you

All it took.. was one look

For a dream come true."

Suddenly, we stop singing and the music stops. We both hear clapping and I pull myself away from Jimmy. We both turn to face the door and see seven wildcats smiling at us in the doorway.

AN: Good? Review please =]