I walked into class and saw Elijah sitting at the seat next to mine. He turned around and smiled. "Hey," he whispered.

I waved and smiled back.

I walked over to my seat and sat down.

"Hello, as you can see, I am NOT Mrs. Towner. I am your substitute Mr. Sumler but if you want you can call me Rick or Mr. Rick, what ever you like," a man said.

"You came on an interesting day, Eli," I whispered.

"Eli, I like that, and I guess I did," he whispered back.

I smiled.

"OK, I know this is a history class but I specialize in poetry so today we're having a Slam Poetry contest. Who wants to be first?" asked Rick.

"I'll be first," said Eli.

I was shocked so my mouth dropped and then when I saw him smile at me it formed into a smile.

"OK, what's your name?" Rick asked.

"Elijah, sir."

"OK first, don't call me sir; cuz sir is for those old played out teachers. And that ain't me."

"Okayyy."

"And second would you like a nickname Elijah?"

"Naw, I'm cool."

"Ok, go ahead."

Pretty, brown eyes

Gorgeous brunette hair

I may be white chocolate

But I'm not hating on the dark chocolate

You are beautiful

One of the best I've seen

You are my chocolate queen

"Thank you."

There was a thunderous applause.

"Good job, Elijah," said Rick as he clapped.

I couldn't stop smiling because I knew he was talking about me, but I didn't want to lead him on so I stopped as soon as I could.

He sat back down and smiled at me.

"G-g-good job, Eli."

"Thanks."

Bell rings

"Well I guess we can call this history class now cuz this was the shortest Slam Poetry contest in history. I guess we'll finish this whenever we can. You just gotta give Mrs. Towner a good word about me," said Rick.

"Ok," everybody said.

Ten Minutes Later

Eli caught up with Mikki and me as we were walking to our next class.

"I guess I'll see you around then, huh guys?"

"Yeah," Mikki and I said.

"Bye Taylor."

"Bye," I smiled.

He smiled as he turned around and sprinted to his next class.

"Ooh, girl! You know that poem was meant for you right. He's got it bad for you!" Mikki exclaimed.

"Mikki, you're only making matters worse. I might like him too. But if I act on it, Chad is bound to find out and I just can't do that to him. It would shatter his heart into a thousand pieces."

"Ooh, love triangle. This is just like one of my soaps!"

"Mikki! Still not helping!"

"I'm just sayin."

A/N: Juicy right! What should happen next?

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