Rick looked at himself in the mirror again. Hair? Good. Outfit? Good. Boogers? None in sight. Alright, he was safe to go into the hallway.
He couldn't believe it was already the first day of school. Summer was over, and it seemed like it had just started. Rick walked to his locker, and grabbed the books he needed for class. As he went to shut his locker, a girl walked up to the locker next to his, and started on her combination. Rick looked over at her. Blonde hair, big brown eyes, and the cutest little nose. She was wearing a tight blue tank top that showed off her curves. Hmmm. He had never seen her before. Who was she?
"So are you ready for school to start again?" asked Rick, trying to start a conversation.
"Ha, yeah right. I don't think I'll ever be ready for school," the girl responded.
"Same here. Oh, and I'm Rick Rodgers by the way." he introduced himself.
"Gina Cowell, I went to Washington Central last year," It was the other high school in town. "But my family moved districts this summer."
"Oh well, if you ever need a tour around the school, I'm here for you." Rick smiled.
"I might just have to take you up on that offer," Gina smiled back.
"Well, what is your first class? I'd be happy to walk you there."
Gina pulled out her schedule. "I've got pre-calculus in room 208."
"That's my first class too!" Rick came off just a little too excited.
Gina laughed at him, "Lead the way."
Rick grabbed her hand and started down the crowded hallway. Hmm, junior year was off to a pretty good start.
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Kate walked into her classroom, and sat down in a desk. Finally the last class before lunch. She was starving! What class was she even in? She looked up, and that's when she saw him.
Rick Rodgers.
She forgot that she had FMP before lunch.
"Hi Kate."
"Hi."
"So how's your first day of school been?"
"Long. I keep getting lost. This school is so much bigger than my old one. I never know where I am."
"Oh, I was just like you on my first day! So don't worry you're not the only one. If you ever need help I can-"
Just then Josh and Lindsey walked in together.
"Hey guys, how's your first day?" Rick asked.
They both mumbled goods and talked about their embarrassing first day moments.
"Well we have like five minutes left, and all we were supposed to do today was talk about our first days, so what do you want to do for the rest of the time?"
"Can I work on homework? Oh, and Josh could you help me with it? I don't understand how to do number seven or nine." asked Lindsey.
"Homework already? But yeah, go ahead."
Guess that just left her and Rick to talk. Normally, she would have been excited to get to talk to him alone, but her stomach was about to growl. She didn't want him to hear the embarrassing sound, so she grabbed her stomach to push away the noise.
"You feel okay?" he asked, looking at her stomach.
"Yeah, just hungry," she could feel her face turning red.
"Oh me too. I didn't have breakfast today. What was I thinking?"
Kate smiled, "Too worried about your hair, huh?"
"Well I think I did a pretty good job, how about you?" he joked, pretending to fluff his hair.
Kate laughed at him.
"Seriously though, it does look good, right?" he questioned.
"Yeah it's good except for right here, Kate reached up and ruffled his hair, completely messing it up.
"Hey!" Rick jumped up and grabbed her wrist. She tried to pull her hand away, but he wouldn't let her. She looked up to say something, and that's when their eyes locked. Kate's mind went blank, and she couldn't help but to keeping staring into his eyes.
"I take my hair very seriously Kate Beckett," Rick whispered to her while inching closer, "and do you know what I do to people who mess it up?"
"Hmm?" Kate was barely able to make a noise, they were so close.
"I do it right back!" he exclaimed but just as he was about to touch her hair the lunch bell rang.
"Saved by the bell!" Kate yelled running out of the room.
Was she really just flirting with Rick Rodgers? And was he flirting back? Kate knew she shouldn't, but she was totally loving what had just happened.
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Rick was confused. No, not because his teacher was talking in Spanish, but because he didn't know why he was still thinking about what had happened earlier with Kate. But, shouldn't he be thinking about Gina, the super hot girl who let him hold her hand and walk her to class. The same girl who agreed to hang out with him after school. Yes, Gina is who he should be think of.
Yet, somehow Kate just kept slipping into his thoughts. The way her face lit up when she laughed. He smiled to himself.
"Is something funny about that, Mr. Rodgers?"
"What?" Rick asked, coming out of his thoughts.
"Please pay attention, Richard, you don't want to get on my bad side on the first day of school."
"Lo siento, Señora." Rick apologized.
Thank goodness it was the last class of the day. He was tired of listening to teachers drag on and on about their teaching styles.
When the bell finally rang, Rick got out of his seat as fast as he could, and went straight to his locker. Gina was already there waiting.
"Hey!" she greeted.
"Hey, so how was your first day?"
"Eh, boring and way too long. I remembered why I hate school. How about you?"
"Some parts were fun, but yeah, mostly boring. So what do you want to do?"
"Want to go to Smoothie King? It sounds really good right now!"
"Sure, I can drive us." Rick offered.
"Okay!" Gina grabbed Rick's hand and together they headed for the parking lot.
Alright, I have absolutely no idea where I am going with this. So, if you have any suggestions feel free to tell me them. Hope it's been good so far! Let me know!