I don't own anything...
I entered the English room and made my way to my assigned seat. We had just finished reading 'All Quiet on the Western Front' so now we were doing a bit of back history on the Great War. Mr. Mason was just about to start his lecture when the door opened. A tall, lean boy with touselled bronze hair walked in. My breath caught in my throat. He was by far the best looking guy I had ever seen.
'Hi, um I'm sorry for being late, I didn't know where the building was.' he apologized quickly, walking over to Mr. Mason.
'Hello, don't worry about it, just don't make it a habit.' Mr. Mason took his slip and then said, 'Why don't you introduce yourself to the class?'
Caleb looked a little uncomfortable, but nothing to bad. 'Well, um..My names Caleb Wyatt Masen, I'm from Chicago. I'm 17...and I'm the middle of 5 children.' He looked at Mr. Mason hopefully, to see if that was good enough, Mr. Mason nodded and Caleb made his way to the only spare seat in the room, the one next to me. I stacked my books into a pile so he would have room to sit.
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'...and the class project will be to research a family member who was involved in the Great War. Almost everyone will have someone in their family who contributed in some way, if it is impossible to find information about them, then just research someone in a friends family, or even resort to the internet.' Mr. Mason concluded. Then he handed out project sheets to everyone.
I groaned and wondered if Charlie had any family in the war. I knew Renee didn't. I looked at the sheet, we had to find out what they did in the war, what their family life was like, their personality, and any additional information...just great!
The bell went and I grabbed my books. Then started to walk to the door, there was a slight tap on my shoulder and I turned to see Caleb standing there.
'Hey. Bella is it?' he asked softly.
A blush coloured my cheeks and I nodded, knowing if I opened my mouth I would say something stupid. Bella! Get a grip. So his amazingly handsome...no need to grovel at his feet. I found myself looking into his eyes. Wow his eyes are amazing! BELLA STOP! They were a dark emerald green.
'Um, Bella...You book-napped my book.' he said grinning.
I looked down to see that I had indeed 'book-napped' his book. My face became 10 shades redder and I placed the book in his outstretched hand without looking into his eyes.
'If you wanted something to remember me by you could have just asked.' he teased.
I turned and walked quickly towards the door.
'Yeah, OK, see you later then?' he called after me, sounding a little confused.
Maybe he was silently questioning how capable I was of normal social interaction...The cool air felt amazing on my flushed skin.
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I walked into the cafeteria with Jess, lining up to get my lunch. Jess was complaining about the quiz she'd had to do earlier on in the day. I listened half-heartedly as I grabbed some food and paid for it. We walked over to our table, and I almost dropped my food as I saw who was sitting there...Caleb. A blush immediately coloured my cheeks as he looked up and smiled at me. After a second I smiled back and sat down.
'Caleb this is Bella and Jess, Bella, Jess this is Caleb.' Mike said, introducing us.
Caleb's dazzling smile grew wider and he nodded, 'I met Bella in English.'
We talked a lot during lunch, and I started to really like Caleb. That was until Angela and I stood up, planning to go to the library quickly before our next class. Caleb slipped his untouched drink onto my tray.
'Something to remember me by.' he laughed and then winked at me.
I glared at him and resisted the urge to poke my tongue out at him, but I was thirsty so, trying to make sure he didn't notice, I held onto the drink as I threw out the rest of the rubbish on the tray. But when I looked back to the table he was watching me, stifling a laugh.
