Again, sorry it's so short, but the next one won't be I promise!

Eli sat in front of Clare in English that day trying to pay attention to Miss Dawes. No matter how hard he tried, however, he couldn't get the image of that girl out of his mind. It was the strangest feeling. Eli had never even talked to this girl and yet he was somewhat attracted to her. But he couldn't feel that way. He loved Clare. Yeah, Clare, his girlfriend of six months. Clare. Eli smiled as he thought of his relationship with Clare. She was perfect. He shook off the image of the other girl and continued to listen to the lesson.

"Sorry I'm late, Miss Dawes." Everyone looked around towards the back of the room and saw the most beautiful any of them had ever seen.

Are you shitting me? Eli thought as soon as he saw her. It was the girl from the park, it was the girl from this morning.

"Miss Smith, glad you could join us." The girl walked to the front of the room and handed Miss Dawes a yellow note. "Class this is Sydney Smith. She's a very talented student and we're very lucky to her as a student." She waved to the class. "Sydney, why don't you tell the class about yourself?"

Sydney took a deep breath and thought a bit before she spoke. "Alright, well I'm from New York City. I love music. I'm in tenth grade. I'm fifteen, and I love people." she looked directly at Eli as she said that last part.

"Thank you, you may take your seat." Sydney walked down the aisle and sat in the seat next to Eli.

Eli looked behind him to see that Clare's face mirrored his. Complete shock. He turned back around and looked at Sydney, but she was already looking at him. She extended her hand and whispered, "I'm Sydney."

Eli took it hesitantly and shook. "Eli." he murmured.

"Well it seems as though Mr. Goldsworthy has taken it upon himself to meet Miss Smith." Miss Dawes said. "Why don't you help her caught up on some of the work that she's missed?"

Eli looked around himself for a moment and then pointed to himself. "Me?"

"Yes you."

"Ugh, I guess so." he stammered.

"Sounds good to me." Sydney said glancing at Eli and smiling. Clare rolled her eyes as she looked at the new girl. What was she trying to do?

The rest of class went by quickly, but was a tad bit uncomfortable for Eli. He could feel Clare's eyes burning into the back of his head.

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