The next day, I reached the school really early. I met none of my friends on my way to school as they were probably still asleep. I walked slowly along the pavement leading to Avalon High. Crossing across the lawn to the front steps, I suddenly saw a shadow zoom pass the main entrance. I stopped abruptly afraid I might have seen a ghost. After a minute of standing transfixed to the ground, I realized there was nothing there. So I continued walking towards the front steps leading to the wide entrance of the school.
"Hey, you here so early?"
I screamed.
"Whoa. I didn't mean to frighten you."
I looked up and saw Will smiling at me.
"What you doing here so early?" I asked him.
"Dunno," he answered. "Just felt like it."
Well, what can I say?
"Er…I gotta go. Projects to do,"
This is a half truth half lie. I do have tons of projects to do but that was only an excuse. It just didn't feel right to be with Will alone at that moment. He already has a girlfriend and he showed no means to break up with her and the worst is he didn't show interest in me. My thoughts were interrupted as Will said again, "Projects can wait." He sounds a little impatient. Weird. He doesn't like me, does he?
"Let's walk around a bit. It's kind of stuffy over here," he continued.
"OK," I answered.
So, we started walking around the school. I chatted to him and found out that his relationship with Jennifer has only been going on for two months. And before I realized it, we were walking towards the deserted area of the school where the seniors usually go when they want some private time for themselves and show their body. Will stopped talking when we reached that area. Then, he suddenly stopped walking too and turned to face me. For a split second, I thought we were going to kiss but instead he asked a much unexpected question, "Do you like me?" I stared at him waiting for that question to make sense in my brain. "It's OK if you don't," he continued. I stared at him even more. Does he means he wants me to like him? Before I knew it, he had his hands wrapped around my waist and pulling me towards him. Then, he repeated that question, "Do you like me?" I nodded my head as I was speechless. "Good then," he said. We jumped apart as the bell rang for the first lesson. He smiled at me again and I smiled back. "See you at lunch," he said to me. "OK," I replied. Then, we went separate ways to our classrooms.