Emily's POV, Tuesday

I had Art and P.E. first today, so I didn't see Alfie until nutrition.

"Art was crappy today because Bianca was chastising me for whatever reason, and we had very little time to do actual artwork because a very sensitive kid had a tantrum and knocked down all the clay glazes. And then in P.E. we ran all day, as usual. So how was your day so far?" I told him, getting more and more frustrated with every word.

"Not as exciting as yours."

My eyes widened as I remembered.

"We have a huge math test today." I scrambled and got out my math notes, hoping against hope that I would still understand them.

"Do you want to read my notes? I'm pretty sure they don't have doodles all over them. "

He handed them to me and I was shocked at how neat and understandable they were.

"Wow, dude. What's wrong with you? You have perfect notes."

"Thanks," he said, snorting.

I started reading them and was getting the topics better than I had when the teacher taught it. By the end of the brunch, I was feeling very confident about the test.

"Thanks, Alfie." I said.

"Anytime."

Lunch

I sat down next to him and asked why he was so nervous.

"Oh, nothing," he replied. I took a bite of this barbecue wrap thing from the cafeteria and juice spilled all over my shirt.

"Well, that's great. At least I'm not dressed up." Good thing I actually never dress up for school.

The people around the table were all guffawing and chuckling, but Alfie just handed me a napkin. Hmm, that was kind of strange. I cleaned myself up and resumed eating.

After the mediocre lunch I sat and talked with all my friends. Alfie tapped my shoulder.

"Hey, do you wanna get out of here for a while?" This was unlike him. He usually was quite the social butterfly.

"Uh, OK. Sure." I slid out of my chair and followed him to the back of the cafeteria.

"What's up?" I asked. Alfie shifted his weight.

"Um, do you want to-um, go out with me?" He asked. He looked into my eyes, and I hoped they conveyed happiness.

"Really? I mean, yeah, I'd love to, totally." I could see the relief in his eyes.

"Cool! I'll call you and we can set up and stuff." I beamed. We walked back to the table. They all looked like they knew what had happened. Was it really that obvious?