A/N: Eh, this one is gonna have more Alyssa and Nelson. On with the story...
Alyssa dragged her feet to P.E., the only class she was good at without having to work that much. She wanted to be challenged. Nelson, however, was nervous to go to P.E. because today they were playing basketball, and there were going to be partners that had to practice dribbling in front of the whole class. The last thing Nelson needed was to be embarassed in front of Alyssa right after he had gotten a step closer to her...
Coach Johnson and Coach Heard called their classes up, COach J. getting the girls and Coach H. getting the boys. After roll call, everyone got dressed out in the school P.E. uniform: black basketball shorts and a plain grey t-shirt.
Alyssa stepped out with her hair tied carefully, and in her black high-top P.E. Converse, with a plain guy's grey t-shirt and girl's basketball shorts. Nelso dressed the same, but with guys' basketball shorts.
"Now, we're going to do partners of the opposing gender, so as to see how well you can work with them, first up is Nelson and Alyssa."Coach Heard said. Nelson's heart skipped a beat, then crawled up his throat: embarrasing himself in fromt of Alyssa was one thing, but embarrasing himself while playing basketball with her was a whole different story. However, Alyssa's heart raced when she heard Nelson's name. She was pretty good at basketball, so her sports skills would make a nice impression on Nelson.
The two stood next to each other, Alyssa with the ball. When Coach Johnson blew her whistle, Alyssa and Nelson ran, side by side, with Alyssa passing the ball to Nelson occasionally. Soon, they had made it from one gym wall to the other and back, and Nelson hadn't messed up once.
"You know, Alyssa, "Nelson said after the next pair had been called up, "I've never dribbled like that before."
"Really? You seemed like a natural with the basketball."Alyssa said, surprised.
"Well, not in the past. I've messed up so many times the coaches were deciding if I should stay in P.E. or not."Nelson said, shrugging.
"Well, I say that you were really good out there."Alyssa admitted.
"But you were so much better! You didn't even look at the ball, all you looked at was..."Nelson trailed off.
"I was looking at your eyes. They're really pretty, you know that?"Alyssa stated. Nelson looked up.
"No one's complimented me as much as you, Alyssa."Nelson admitted.
"Well, I don't see why they shouldn't,"Alyssa said. "There's a lot to compliment about you, Nelson."
"Like what?"
"Like the fact that you're really cute and funny,"Alyssa said. "And you're the adorable kind of nerdy. I could go on, but you see where I'm going."