I stepped inside the classroom as the sound of laughter and talking filled my ears. I looked around observing all of my classmates faces. All of a sudden there is a hand on my shoulder and I jump slightly turning around, only seeing that it's my new teacher.

"Hello my name is Mr. Wilcox, you must be Samuel" he said with a genuine smile. He smelled of cologne and sawdust with a dash of coffee. I nodded my head and smiled, "yes sir I am. This is my first day here and to be quite honest I'm a little nervous." He chuckled and shook his head saying, "there's nothing to be nervous about, just find a seat, I won't make you introduce yourself." He patted my shoulder and took a seat at his desk as I turned and found a seat next to a tall boy who was reading a book. He peered up at me and I smiled. "Hi my name is Samuel but you can call me Sammy," I said smiling. He stared at me before smiling and saying, "hey Sammy you must be the new guy. I'm dalton, it's nice to meet you." I blushed softly as his icy, blue eyes took me in. I gazed at him noticing his blonde hair, brown freckles covering his nose and the way his smile was a bit crooked. I also noticed he smelled of pine and cologne. "It's nice to meet you too, Dalton," I replied turning my head away. Suddenly the bell rang and everyone got up from their seats, grabbing their stuff. Dalton got up as well and smiled down at me, "do you need some help finding your classes?" I nodded and handed him my schedule. He looked over it quickly and laughed, "what do you know we have the same classes." I smiled, "awesome." I got up and walked out with him into the halls.

"So where did you move from?", he asked. "Rhode island," I replied, tyring to dodge people in the crowded hallway. Suddenly I'm knocked over and I fall into dalton as he quickly catches me. "I'm so sorry," I say, standing back up and grabbing my books. "It's no problem," he replied and rubbed the back of his head. "We might want to head to class though," he said as we walked down the hallway to our first class. The day went by fairly quickly, though biology was fairly difficult. Already we had to find partners for a group project. I immediately turned to dalton and asked, "wanna be partners?" He nodded, "of course," he said smiling and before I know it, the final bell rings. We all pack up our things and head out. Soon dalton is by my side and immediately starts a conversation. As we reach the doors, I spot my mom and start walking over to her. All of a sudden I hear dalton call my name. "Sammy, wait," he runs up to me out of breath, "I *gasps* wanted *gasps* to give you *gasps* my number." I laugh and get out a sheet of paper and a pen so he can write it down. As soon as he catches his breath, he writes it down and says, "make sure you text me tonight, okay?" I nod, "I will don't worry." He smiles and says "I'll see you tomorrow Sammy." I wave and walk to my moms car and get in. "I see you've already made a friend," she smiles and playfully punches my arm, "atta boy Samuel." I rub it pretending to be hurt, "yeah I guess I did," I smiled at the thought of him smiling, and I blush slightly. Thankfully my mom didn't see. She pulls off and we go home, the whole way I think about him.