Wishing On The Stars {c.h}

Without hesitation, I clutch my books to my chest and sprint down the hall. It's a longer distance walking inside than outside, but it's raining and I would hate to show up to class all wet. I have a strict rule for myself. Never be late for class. There can't be very many reasons why you didn't show up for class on time. If you get up early, you can head to class early.

Today, I'm using up one of those reasons. The classic: My alarm clock didn't wake me up. I guess my roommate, Jenna, changed the time. She does sleep in the bed next to me and the alarm is fairly loud, so I don't blame her for wanting some beauty sleep.

8:27. Class will start in three minutes and I'm not even half way there. Me, I'm not a runner, let alone a runner carrying two text books, three notebooks and three notepads. As I turn a corner, a voice surprises me from behind.

"Need any help?" An accented voice asks. I turn around to face a person who I have never seen in my life. He had black hair and was quite tall. "I'm Calum, hi," Calum smiled cheekily as he offered to take my books again.

I handed him half and we walked down the hall together. The only thing that intrigued me that why he chose to help me when there are so many other (and prettier) girls around.

"Are you in honor's English too?" I question, trying to make small talk. He nods yes. "Yeah, I saw you had the text book so I figured we would be walking together anyways."

"So, are you new here?" My curiosity getting the better of me.

"Uh, yeah," He simply said. "That's why I have no books." I feel my cheeks warm up and I turn away. Calum laughs at my reaction.

We sneak in from the back door of the class, where Mrs. Finnegan was currently lecturing about poetry. The class had already started for about five minutes, I can't believe I was late!

For some reason I had trouble focusing during the lesson, which is very odd because English is my most favourite class! My eyes kept shifting to Calum, who was sitting in the chair two down from mine and kept staring at me throughout the whole time. Every time I looked (well, the majority of times I looked), he was looking at me with his same cheeky smile he had on when I met him. He wasn't looking off my paper like the other dumb asses, but just plainly looking at me. His arms were crossed like he was forced to come into this class and was already bored of it all.

What are you looking at? I mouth to Calum when Mrs. Finnegan was turned around.

You. He mouths back. My cheeks warm up again and I try and cover it up by pretending to take notes. Why would anyone be staring at me? I'm not cool or attractive. I'll even admit it. I'm a geek.

English ends earlier than its usual time. (Yes, I keep track of that stuff.) Calum follows me out to the hall way.

"I can see that you take your classes seriously." Calum casually said as if he didn't even realize that he was staring at me.

"I-I do," I stutter. "They're are very important to me. Aren't they to you?"

"Um...," He thinks for a while. "Some, I could say. Like English, Math, History and Music."

"What about science?"

"I wouldn't need to know much about science, unless I want to be a scientist I suppose."

"Science would be pretty useful at times."

"Oh, come on. When in real life will I ever need to know the parts of an airplane and how they work? All I should know is the cockpit and the wings."

"Unless you become a pilot."

"But, I won't."

"Then what are you planning to be, if not a pilot or a scientist?"

"I dunno. But I wanna join a band and tour the world. That would be fun."

I try to hide my smile. He's really cute. "What instrument do you play?"

"Bass. So I can't technically tour by myself you know?"

I bring my books up to my nose hold them tightly. Is he flirting with me? I'm such an ammeter, I can't tell. "I hope you become famous with your band."

"Yeah," He gazes out the window, giving me a chance to breathe after hiding behind my books. "That would be cool."

Notes

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