Stu's POV:

The whole day I'd been waiting for the last lesson to pass so I could finally see that girl again. There was something about her that just made me curious to get to know her better. But  right when I wanted to hurry to our little date, something really stupid happened: my teacher stopped me and made me help her. She couldn't have chosen a worse day to get me to help her.
When she finally released me, I glanced at my watch and saw in shock that ten minutes were over already.
As fast as possible I ran through the corridors, being scared of not meeting the girl anymore.
What if she wouldn't stand at the corner anymore?  I mean, I had no right to have her wait for me. I had to be thankful if she turned up at all.
I'd probably see her again in the next days since we went to the same college but I would have left a terrible impression and she'd never want to give me a second  chance. Also it would be kind of awkward to approach her then.
Shit, why did those sort of things always happen to me?!

After a few minutes I had finally left the building and headed to our meeting place. When I was only a few metres away from the corner, I could see the girl turning around and leave, making a rather sad impression. For a moment I panicked and ran faster. As fast as I could..

"Wait! Please don't go!" I shouted after her and finally made my way up to her.
She stopped walking and looked at me, her sad face bringing the guilt of being irresponsible and letting her wait back into my mind.
Unfortunately I couldn't tell her why I was late right then since I had to recover from all the running first. I panted and tried to take deep breaths, wanting to be able to properly speak again as soon as possible.
"I'm so sorry you had to wait," I stated after I had calmed my breathing, "But I couldn't leave school any sooner.. My teacher wanted me to help her carry some stuff to the staff room.."

She eyed me up and down before she looked warily into my eyes for a time that seemed like years to me. I was hoping for forgiveness so badly...
After a while she shook her head softly, making her brown curls swing to the sides and I could see the sad and disappointed look on her face getting replaced by a soft smile.
"It's alright, don't worry. It only matters that you're here now.."
I let out a relieved sigh as I heard her words and whispered happily "Thank you."

Suddenly the girl linked her arm hesitantly with mine and I looked at her in surprise as I began to walk with her. I'd have never expected such an action from her but it strangely filled my heart with bliss.

For a few minutes we just walked down the sidewalk without any real destination. It felt nice because it awoke the feeling inside of me that we kinda belonged together and didn't need words to understand each other. I wished we would have never stopped this.  But an awkward silence was developing between us so I tried to break the ice and restore the nice atmosphere we shared before.

"Would you mind going to a café? I know a good one which isn't far from here." Not expecting a spoken answer from the rather shy seeming girl, I glanced over at her to see her nod and smile happily. Once again I felt relief rush through my body because she seemed to be kind of inaccessible to me and I was a little bit afraid to embarrass myself, I have to admit.
We kept walking side by side in complete silence for a while before I looked over at her once again.

"Oh sorry, I'm so stupid... I didn't even introduce myself..," I chuckled, hoping again to break the ice in that way and to build up a conversation with the beauty beside me. "My name is Stuart Sutcliffe but you can call me Stu."
"Stu.. that's a nice name." She gave me one of her adorable smiles and replied, "I'm Lucy."
"Thanks" I grinned and softly rested my free hand on her hand that was holding onto my other arm. "But your name is way more beautiful."

Normally I wouldn't say such stereotypical flirty things to a girl, since I always prefer saying things more objectively and directly, but this time was different. It was a bit like the words just automatically slipped over my lips without me being able to really control them.
Lucy blushed a bright red at my words and shyly mumbled a hesitant "Thank you".

On our further way I tried a few more times to start a conversation with her but Lucy only gave short answers and thus made it kind of exhausting to keep the talking going. Well, but I have to admit that I'm not the best at finding topics to talk about so it wasn't completely her fault that we mostly stayed in silence. Let's say we're equally awkward at conversations!

She seems very shy. It won't be as easy  to have a nice date with her as I thought. But she's worth trying. Lucy is such a beautiful girl and she's very special in a good way. I thought to myself and allowed my thoughts to wander off.
"Hey Stu! I think we arrived." Suddenly her voice  yanked me out of my thoughts and back into reality. Still not completely being back in this moment, I looked at her in slight confusion.
"What? Oh yeah, right,"I got myself back as I saw the café and quickly stepped up the two stairs in front of the entrance to open the door for Lucy.

While she was walking through the door, she gave me the sweetest smile I've ever seen in my life and it seriously made me melt.
Oh shit! I cursed in my mind. I think you're slowly falling for this girl!