"This sucks…" Aylin complained.

"Well, maybe you guys should've thought about going to school instead of ditching on just the second day."Mr. Robert chastised.

Everyone in the group either sighed or groaned. We were at a room where Biology or Chemistry was held since it resembled a lab area.

"Okay let's see I've got things I need you guys to do and I'll guess I'll pair you up." Mr. Robert said. I silently prayed I got partnered up with Blake and have some alone time. Wait, what?

"Okay, Ali and Tyler, go pick up any litter you see in every classroom.

Shanna and Charlie, Board duty, make sure all the boards are clean."

"But I'd rather be with Aylin." Charlie pleaded. "No offense Shanna." he quickly added. Shanna just smiled in return.

"No, this is not pair work Mr. Lubeck, it's clean up." cleared. Charlie just frowned, disappointed in defeat

"Now, Aylin and Nellie, you're in charge of cleaning the gym

Abraham and Maxfield, Cafeteria.

Finally, Blake, you're in charge of cleaning the school walls at the back, remove some graffiti. Okay that's everyone, I don't want a single word from you guys. And NO TALKING to each other." with that Mr. Robert left and when he did every pair of eyes turned to me.

"Uh- why didn't he call me?" I asked awkwardly.

"Because he doesn't know you yet." Abraham commented.

"So you're off the hook, you can go now and leave us all to suffer." Ali joked, smiling sweetly.

"Or… you can help me." Blake said, giving me a grin that made my heart flutter. Blake, Blake, Blake…. what was it with Blake that made me want to be with him 24 hours a day? Was I attracted to him? I don't know. Blake, Blake, Blake kept running on my mind.

"and by help, he means you doing most of the work and him watching you." Aylin said.

"No, I don't…" Blake argued

"Sure, I'll help you" I said

"Cool." Blake said smiling

We all started with our assigned tasks and me and Blake headed outside to clean the walls at the back of the school.

"Uh.. guess we should start…" I said as I picked up a sponge and dipped it in a bucket of water. I started wiping the walls and Blake just stood there smiling.

"What?" I asked. Maybe Aylin was right. He kept on smiling and I had to stop what I was doing and looked at him. "What?!" I repeated.

"You're not going to be able to remove all that without soap." he said laughing.

"Oh, sorry mister come help me and ends up doing nothing but smile at me, I should've known." I said sarcastically and tossed the sponge back in the bucket. "Where is the soap anyway?"

"Wait here, let me go get it" Blake said before running back inside. I sat down on one of the benches and waited. He returned with another bucket of water, soap and a hose? where did he get that?

We started cleaning together, him hosing and me wiping the wall, clearing the vandalisms on it. Stuff likeMcKinley sucks or Ms. Nikki is a Prickie. Luckily the materials used on writing these stuff were easily washable.

"So, Mikey, do you have a girlfriend?" Blake asked all of a sudden. I was in a middle of a story where my mom accidentally stepped on my pet guinea pig when he brought it up.

"Uh." I suddenly blushed. Why was he asking me this? was he going to move in on me? What? No. Don't assume things. "No." I said shyly. "Do you?" I suddenly hoped he didn't. Crazy as it sounded, I wanted Blake to be available. Wait, What? I'm really getting confused about this.

"Nah" he said with a carefree mood, I smiled. We continued cleaning in silence and I took the time to ponder stuff.

Was I gay? I always had eyes for girls, never in my lifetime, was I ever attracted to a guy, except now. Did that make me bi? I don't know, I wasn't at all familiar with those labels and stuff. When I saw Blake, something in me came to life, like an engine being turned on. He occupied my mind ever since. It was only day 2 with him and it's like I couldn't get enough time with him. I was getting confused, why him? what was it? All I know was, Blake was surely attractive. I mean he had nice long chestnut hair that was soft I remembered when I stroked it at Shanna's party. He also had Dark brown eyes that were very stunning and his body, don't get me started. He was very built, and I suddenly started fantasizing him naked. Blake doing pleasurable stuff for me… and I suddenly got an idea.

A playful smile crossed my lips. I picked up a bucket of water and surely, he had to change if he was wet right? So I started to go behind him and I threw some water at him and smiled.

"Wha? Michael!" He exclaimed as he got all soaking wet, his hair, his pants and his shirt all dripping. His shirt, which was a button up polo shirt didn't do so good with the water as it practically clinged to his body and god, did it look sexy. I wasn't prepared for what he did however. He smiled mischievously. "Oh you wanna play?" he said teasingly and began hosing me.

"Blake wai-" Too late, I was soaking wet, my hair a mess and my clothes dripping. I gave him an evil look and grabbed the hose from him and hosed him some more.

"Hey, hey, No fair!" Blake said as he tried to cover himself from the water. I laughed and he started to run, when the water couldn't reach him anymore I started to fill the bucket and chased him. I chased him to the field and when he was cornered up a tree he looked at me wide eyed. "No, no, no." he said waving his arms. I didn't listen though and threw the water at him. He looked at me frowning and I just smiled.

When I realized that neither of us had any more ammunition, I looked back where the hose was. He followed my gaze and smiled. We ran for it and eventually he got there first and hosed me. He was laughing and chased me around while I stupidly ran in circles. He didn't seem to have seen it but he accidentally tripped on the hose and crashed onto me making us both fall down, Blake on top. We both laughed and it took me a second to see the proximity of between us, his face, only a few inches from mine. He was still laughing but I was just staring at him, and his lips. That night, at Shanna's party, he kissed me in the cheek and that made me feel warm. Now, the thought of kissing Blake on the lips, what reaction would I get from that.

I started to lean forward and wanted to kiss him but when he saw me he stared. "What are you doing?". I instantly shook my head and pushed him off me. I got up, feeling a little embarrassed and squeezed my clothes dry a little. I started marching towards my car.

"Hey, where are you going?" Blake asked chasing after me. I didn't answer. Instead, I hopped in my Honda Civic and drove away home. It irritated me that my house was a little far from school so the drive usually took about 30 mins. On the way my phone rang and I didn't want to answer cause I knew it was Blake. It rang a couple of times and I completely ignored it. I bit my lip all the way and hurriedly got out as I reached my place.

"What happened to you?" Adam asked as soon as I got inside.

"I don't want to talk about it." I said as I marched to my room. I took my shirt off and threw it away and also stripped down my pants and boxers. I stepped in the shower and closed my eyes, wishing the water could wash away the embarrassment I felt. Like Why?! WHY MICHAEL WHY?! Like how could you do that? Now Blake will think I'm weird. And the worst part is, I didn't even get to see him shirtless.

I got out of the shower and brushed my teeth. I then checked my phone which had 2 miss calls and 1 message. All from Blake. The message went:

"Hey Mike, why you'd go AWOL?"

I threw my phone back on the bed and sighed. What was going on with me.. and why did I almost kiss Blake? Then I remembered, because I wanted to.. Shit. FML, How am I suppose to face him now?