The rest of the weekend seemed to drag on and on. I had locked myself in my room and refused to talk to my dad. Even though they were still fighting I couldn't stop thinking about Shane. I couldn't wait to see him on Monday.
When my alarm went off Monday morning, I practically jumped out of bed. I took a quick shower then blow dried my long, wavy brown hair. I combed my bangs over my dark blue eyes just like I always did. I put on dark blue jeans and a light blue tank top with a wait blouse over it. Then I put my white flats on and grabbed my back pack and headed out the door.
I quietly sat through my first two classes disappointed. I hadn't seen Shane once. I walked in my third period and sat down toward an empty spot in the front. When the teacher called my name for roll I held up a piece sign. I hummed to myself softly.
"Uh, Williams?" The teacher called. I let out a sigh of relief, roll was almost done.
"Shane Williams" the teacher said again. I felt her eyes widen. I turned around and right there, sitting in the back of the class room, was Shane. He looked just as amazing as he did before. I must have looked as surprised as I felt because Shane was laughing lightly.
A smile crept across my face making Shane's smile wider.
I forced myself to turn around and stop starring. I took a deep breath still smiling. I could feel his gaze on my back. It took every once of my strength not to turn around to look at him. The minutes ticked by slowly. The teacher talked about classroom expectations and what we were going to be working on. One word, boring. Complete and utterly boring and the only thing worse than listening to that was the how annoying I found it when my thoughts always somehow turned back to Shane.
It's not like me to fall head over heels for a guy, especially one I barley knew, but there was something about Shane, something different. I found myself hoping that he would want to half lunch with me. And so my thoughts continued like this through out the hour long period.
I let out a sigh of relief when the bell finally rang. Before I could even get my things together Shane was by my seat.
"Hey." He said in a smooth voice.
I looked up for a moment. His green eyes were sparkling and he had a bright smile on his face.
"Hi, Shane." I said forcing back the wide smile that was creeping across my face.
"Wannna go to lunch now?" Shane said gesturing towards the door.
"Nope" I said, "Just kidding" We both laughed. He helped me with my books and then walked me to lunch. The whole way being completely sweet and nice. This guy is too good to be true. I said to myself. Either way I was on my way to eat lunch with him and I couldn't stop myself from being excited.
I got lunch, but Shane said he wasn't hungry. He told me he had a huge breakfast. I sat across from him and a younger girl.
"Austin this is my sister, Layla" he said. The girl, Layla, looked as if holding in laughter.
"Hi." I said quietly.
"Hey, I hope Shane isn't buggin' ya too much." She said smiling at both of us.
"Oh hush" Shane said.
For the next half an hour we talked and laughed just like we'd been friends for years. And then, it was over. Lunch ended and that means back to reality.
"Hey, I'm gonna get to class." I said, the disappointment in my voice was clear.
"Ok, if I don't see you later?" Shane said.
"Then you'll see me tomorrow" I replied. Much to my surprise, he seemed happy. Excited even. I took a deep breath and got up.
"See ya Layla." I called. She held up a peace sign.
The rest of the day went by slowly. I replayed lunch over and over. I couldn't have paid attention in class if I had wanted to, which I didn't. When school was finally over, I searched for Shane or even Layla, but didn't see either of them anywhere. I walked home, listening to my MP3 player, but that didn't keep Shane out of my head like I thought, or rather hoped it would. When I got home I tried to go right up to my room, but my dad stopped me.
"How was your day?" he asked. By the look on his face I knew he was expecting me to say that I didn't have a good day.
"Great!" I replied. I even smiled. I tried not to laugh at his surprised expression.
"Oh, well, Uh, I'm gald" he said and turned around and walked away. It was true today was great. Part of me knew tomorrow was going to be even better.