C H A P T E R  1:

I fell asleep on my chemistry class

🕒🎸🎧📷

      Three minutes more until I realized that the prof was already packing her things and I was sleeping on her class again. Glad I was never caught sleeping in her class. I don't want another day of detention and I needed more time with my friends. Shaking my head to stretch myself a little, I felt someone bumped my shoulders.

"What?" I asked, annoyance is simply hinted in my tone.

"What 'What?' I didn't do anything." the guy beside me said, and honestly, I just noticed him today even if we were sat down next to each other for the whole 5 days.

"Oh." I said, packing up my things.

"Aren't you gonna thank me?" he said, his eyes slightly darting on me. I glanced at his face, he has a tan skin and a red cheeks. He also have a cute voice and a cute eyes.

"Thank you for what?" I asked, shoving my books on my bag carelessly. He laughed at the sight of me and shrugged.

“I don’t know,” He said and leaned towards me, his face is a little is just little distance in mine. “For saving you because our teacher thought you were sleeping in her class.” He said as a smirk slowly rose on his pinkish cheeks.

“H-how?”

He stood up and glanced at me. He smiled and then slung his bag on his back, leaving his desk. I stood up and tried to follow that guy. He has pretty long legs and I know that he runs. A lot.

“Wait on me!” I screamed, he paused and pointed his watch.

“I’m late on my next class!” he screamed as he ran to the side, leaving me on the middle of the hallway, with some dry saliva on the left side of my mouth. Disgusting.

📷🎧🎸🕒

        I sat on my next class still dizzy from the sleep that was just disturbed. Few minutes before the teacher came in, I ran in to the bathroom and managed to get the messy hair and that dried saliva fixed so that I can look pretty decent now. This is my US History class and it is my quite favorite subject. Aside from more and more talks about the History of United States, Jessie and I were silently chatting about boys, bonding together since we don't have enough time to do that. And aside from that, Michael Clifford, the campus cutie and aspiring singer, is just few seats away from me.

“Hey Khaki,” Jessica says as she stopped on her tracks and sat down next to me. Jessica, Kristen and I are very good friends. It’s just we don’t have all the same classes together. I got Pre Cal with Kristen, English with Jess and the others are just mine.

“Stop calling me that.” I hissed as I shove my textbook in front of me, tied my hair in to a bun and faced the girl who have her grin from ear to ear. I just hate it when she smiles like that. She's a little much chatty than the two of us, in fact, when we get together, we never let Jessica talk. I know it is rude, but we just can't help it. 

“Well Khaki, I still have to call you that.” She said as she twirled her hair in her finger. She sat gracefully beside me as her floral dress flowed in her seat. She looks beautiful even though she's not giving a hard time to do that. “First, it is your nickname, second, your crush finds it cute for you.” I stopped dead on my tracks as I heard her said that. She just mentioned my crush, and, she mentioned that my crush finds khaki cute. How did she had the chance to know that my crush finds Khaki cute for me?

“Okay, call me often whenever he’s around.” But my mind argues with me. Oh my gosh. I'm not even yellow and brown! I'm so white.

“Speaking of the devil,” Jessica gestured a guy who has a very prince like smile, a dirty blonde hair and a very cute pinkish lips sit down next to me. Michael Fucking Clifford just sat down next to me!

“Hi Khaki,” he said as he smiled at me, his eyes, oh his brown orbs are so damn cute! Before my mind could even decipher what he’s talking about, he started blushing in front of me and tries to look away. “I… I mean MacKenzie, I’m sorry I shouldn—”

“Nah, it’s cool.” I said as I tucked my hair to the side and look at his eyes. I feel so uneasy, like I have eaten twenty two greasy burgers in just one seating.  He flashed a smile at me and I swear before I could even react, my heart started to melt in place. Mikey just called me Khaki.

“Oh, Hi Jessica” he said, expecting a smile from Jess. Jess smiled back and nudged my side. I coughed and and felt my cheeks warmed up, something just chilled my veins.

I tried my best to just focus on the teacher but every time I glance at Mikey, I catch him staring at me back. Not just simple stare. It is stare-stare. You get me? And every time I caught him glancing at me, Jessie will poke me on my sides. I don't really know what to feel.

Should I be happy or nah?

Few moments later, I felt a note fell on my desk as he stood up, walking back to his original seat. I felt a little disappointed as he just sat down to give this small note. He wasn't going to stay anyway.

Curiously, I opened the note with my heart pounding on my chest. I mean, what could he possibly write in just short time? He's staring at me the whole time he's sitting with me.

What if he's possibly asking me out?

What if he's possibly asking Jessica out and he just want me to pass this note for her?

Oh God, don't let the other choice happen.

When I opened the note, it is a simple handwritten letter. His handwriting is quite smudged but I still find it cute.

Would you want to hang out? My treat. ;)  in the bottom of the note, he scribbled his number and I blushed. He's asking me to hang out!

But what if he meant Jessie than me? In a sudden reflection, my smile quickly faded and I sighed. I passed the note to Jessie who just arched her eyebrow and look at me.

“What's that?” she asked as she pointed at the small piece of paper.

“Michael gave it for you.” I sighed as I glanced at his side, he flashed me a smile and then diverted his eyes on his notebook just so the teacher wouldn't catch us chatting.

“What? I thought it was fo-”

“No, he gave it for you.” I said as I smiled glumly, Jessie took the note and was about to tear it to shreds. Panicking, I held her both arms from doing it so. She gave me a puzzled look and I sighed again.

“No, don't tear it down.” I said, chewing my cheeks just so I can stop the tears falling from my eyes. Pushing off the edge, I said “Maybe the two of you will make a good couple. And besides, you should give him a chance. Just so I like him doesn't mean that you can stop him from liking you and you, restricting yourself from liking him. Do you get my point?”

“You sure?” she asked, rubbing small circles in my back. I tried to muster up a smile and nodded. “Okay, I'll text him after class.”

Jessie and I wasn't talking the whole period like we used to. It would be a lot awkward because most of the time, we'll talk about our crushes like Mikey and her crush, Nico. And she really know that Mikey was the one I always blab about and now she got the chance to date him. Like DATE date.

The class is finally dismissed. Everyone stood up except me and Jessie. Jessie placed all of her things in her bag, and I did the same thing. She wrapped her little arms on my shoulder and I gave her a small squeeze.

“It's okay.” I sighed as I hugged her back, feeling her chin nuzzle on my neck. “Enjoy hanging out with him. Call me if he ever turned to be a jerk. I swear I'll snap his neck before he could even say my name.”

“Really?” she asked, her face taunts me. “Bet you wouldn't do such thing. You're so falling for him!”

“But he fell for my friend.” I said and I mustered up a smile. “And I wouldn't have second thoughts of breaking him in to small pieces.”

“But what if it is really for you?”

“Then just tell him that I was so naïve and so clueless and so stubborn and so stupid for him.” I said, she just giggled.

“Come on, we have to talk about your public humiliation a.k.a the dried saliva on your cheeks.”

“Do I still have one?” I asked, becoming self-conscious. What if Michael still saw me walked in the class with that? Oh God. It wouldn't be so much Not more humiliating.

“No,” she chuckled. “Everyone's been talking about it when they saw you in the hallway.”

QOTC:
What do you think of Mackie?

IF YOU LOVE THE CHAPTER, YOUR VOTE, COMMENT, AND ADDING TO YOUR LIBRARY WOULD BE HIGHLY APPRECIATED.

If you want someone to talk to, you can approach me :)

Musichearted_