Chapter 3

Michael Gallagher was a sweet guy, musically gifted and a good soul. He caught the eye of the petite brunette hair girl, he smiled at her, catching her eye and laughed on the inside when he saw her blush and she quickly walked off.

Don't asked how he knew, but he knew that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with that girl. "Hey…" He heard his friend called out to him. "I wouldn't waste my time on her, if I was you."

"Why not?" Michael asked. "Haven't you heard?"

"Heard what?"

"Rumour has it that she likes the carpet more than the pipe." Michael looked at his best friend with a raised eyebrow "Really?"

"What?" His friend asked innocently. "Now I know why you are single, if your chat up lines are anything like that..." Michael laughed and carried on playing the guitar. "Besides… You know I don't pay attention to rumours."

"All I'm saying man, don't have your hopes up." Michael just smiled at his friend before taking one last look at the door way in a way hoping the petite girl would return.

It was near the end of the school day and Beca tried to rush out before Casey gets a chance to hurt her.

In her rush, she did not pay attention to where she was going and bumped into someone sending them both on the floor.

After everything she been through, fear got the better of her, she quickly stood up and apologised profusely to the person she ran into. "Ahem… Sorry" Well apologised the best she could. "It's you."

"Excuse me?"

"You're the girl that peeked into the music room." He saw Beca blushed. "Yep! You defiantly the one…" He then lowered his voice into a whisper. "I could never forget a girl who blushes so quick…" Beca couldn't help it as she felt herself getting hotter. "…Or so easily…"

Beca couldn't find her voice, she got lost in his hazel eyes and his smile, so gentle and so genuine. "How about we start with hi?" Beca smiled back and nodded her head, letting out a small laugh. "Yep…I…I..Can do that." Michael laughed again, when Beca went silent. "Oh…Oh you want me to start?" Seeing Michael nod and Beca held her hand out. "Hi I'm Beca…Beca Mitchell" Michael accepted her hand and shook it. "Hi…I'm Michael…Michael Gallagher" They stood in silence, getting lost in each other's eyes…

…Until they heard a not so subtle cough. "And I'm Nathan… Michael's friend." Beca turned to face Nathan. "Sorry." Beca apologise. "I'm over it" Nathan smiled, but did not shut up as he saw how they stared in each other's eyes. "Oh for the love of buddha and all holy gods…Okay girl are you gay?"

"What!?"

"Nathan!"

"Do you fancy placing the kiss on the 'lips' or on the eyes and nose…" Seeing the lost look on Beca but the knowing look on his friend's face as he shook his head. "Do you prefer the planet Mars or Venus? Carpet or…"

As Nathan was going to finish his sentence. Micheal clamped it shut with his hand. "Forgive him…If he was to audition for the Scarecrow role for the Wizard of OZ he will win it every time…"

Nathan mumbled at the insult. "…He heard the rumour about you and his being a bit over protected towards me."

"Oh… That rumour! You know it just a rumour, right?" If Beca wanted the ground to swallow her up, now would be a good time. She turned away, but Micheal took his hand away from Nathan's mouth and gently placed his hand on her chin to face him. "I am not the kind of person to pay attention to rumours."

"So? Girl! Do you fancy going on a date with my man here?" Nathan put his arm around his best mate's shoulder as he interrupted a beautiful moment between the two. "You don't have to answer that now…" Michael saw how uneasy Beca looked so he made it easy on her by suggesting a simple lunch date tomorrow and Beca accepted.

All three of them exited the school grounds, but Beca had something on her mind. "Nathan, I got the reference regarding Venus and Mars… But kissing on the lips or eyes and nose?" She turned to Michael who just shook his head. Then it hit her when she thought about the different set of 'lips'. "Oh…Oh…EW! Gross!" Michael laughed and stop mid walk. "So I shall see you tomorrow?"

"We go to the same school so yeah…" Beca could kick herself she didn't mean to say it like that. "I'm sorry that was rude I…" Beca stopped when she felt Michael's lips on her's.

Pulling away Michael couldn't stop smiling as he watched Beca walking towards her car.

"You really do like her, don't you?"

"Yeah, man I do… " Michael's smile never left his face as he watched Beca's car and his heart never beat as fast.

TBC...