This was it! Today was the day!

You couldn't begin to believe how happy I was when Mrs Dawnson, my new history teacher, called out my name "Riley Mace," then two seconds after that, called out, "Margot Saunders!"

Margot Saunders! I couldn’t believe it!

She is the younger sister to Claire Saunders!

Claire Saunders!!

I have crushing on Claire Saunders for a while now.  By a while I mean... almost three years.

Yeah yeah, it may sound a little bit weird and quite obsessive but Claire is the most beautiful person I've ever seen! Tall physique, long flowing blonde hair. She even worked for a modeling agency.

Nearly everyone knows about my crush on Claire, even she does. Most people would've thought I'd moved on by now but nope!

"Why don't you just walk over and talk to her?" My best friend Tina had asked countless times. Since the Saunders family did live just down the road from us.

"Don't you see!" I had replied, "I can't just walk over to the Saunders family they are quite private-"

"You don't know that. You've just watched them as they've arrived and left the house. Other than that you know nothing!"

Sigh. 

That was true, I did know close to nothing about that family...  That's why Margot now being in my class was such a big deal!

"Well I still can't just walk over. Because that would be rude and.... Not to mention that  Claire is twenty-two.... And I just celebrated my 16th birthday. It would be a bit... Too forward. I've got to take it easy."

Tina had just rolled her eyes and said, "Well goodluck, with whatever you're planning to do."

Luck. I didn't need luck, I had pure wits!

Now I sat in the middle row of Mrs Dawnson's class, eyeing the back of Margot's head.

I bit down forcefully on the stub of my pencil and thought up a plan that would  get me to the Saunders' house.

It was obvious I needed to befriend Margot, but how would I go about doing that without looking like a forward creep?

"Now settle down class!" Mrs Dawnson's shrill voice cut through the air like a broken violin string.

The noise slowly died down, and when it was silent Mrs Dawnson spoke.

"I'm going to explain your project for this term-"

A series of moans and groans were immited by the class. Mrs Dawnson glared pointedly at us.

"Keep quiet or you can leave my class!" Her voice was even more shrill. The class kept quiet.

"For this term you will have to choose a social activist whose impact has an effect on you today. You have to work in pairs for this assignment I'm afraid-"

Pairs! I sat bolt upright, my pencil flying out of my hand and cluttering noisily to ground. A bunch of people turned around to look at me but I payed no attention to them.

Mrs Dawnson had just said we were going to work in pairs! This was perfect!
This way I could pair up with Margot, hopefully visit her house, and possibly see Claire!

Mrs Dawnson went on to explain the details of the project but I heard none of it.

The whole time I sat there thinking about how'd I'd get the girl in the third row, first desk, to be my partner.

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A/N so this is the first chapter of a new book that I've started writing! Whohooo! I've been working on it for months, editing and re-writing the chapters of this book. I hope you enjoyed this, please vote and comment it really helps!  :)