CHAPTER 5 - PART 1

[SAMANTHA]

I woke up Monday morning still not forgetting everything that had happened last Saturday and his smile kept on appearing in my dreams so it still feels so fresh for me that's why I also woke up with a wide smile in my mouth. My daydreaming got interupted with a sudden knock on my door. So I searched for my phone to look at the time and saw that it was only 5 o'clock in the morning so I slowly got out of bed and opened the door to see my brother Sky. He always wakes me up at this hour because he knows how slow I am in the morning. Also, as usual, I woke up Sage using that throw pillow again because nothing works on him. After hours of preparing for school, we left home at around 7am which is still early for us because classes usually starts at 8.

So we arrived at school at around 7:20 and as expected my classmates were already at the peak of their chaotic mess. Some were finishing their assignments, some were jamming again, and some where gossiping here and there. My usual routine is to place my bag on my seat and go out to the corridors to wait for him to pass by. I hope he'll be taking this path this time so that I can start my day by seeing him. Nothing can mess up this day today right? and also not to mention it's Monday once again so I really have to start this week right.

"Yo!" sorry, I take it back. My day is already ruined.

"What is it now Anthony?" I asked not even looking at him.

"Why are you always here? Waiting for him again?" he asked.

"Yeah. What else?" I answered still not looking at him.

"Nothing." he answered and forced out a laugh.

"What's with that reaction?" I asked him.

"Nothing. Just be thankful that I reacted!" he exclaimed.

"Well, thanks." I coldly said and still not looking at him.

[ANTHONY]

I went to school early today because I know that Sam usually comes to school really early but today it seems like it's taking her so long so I decided to return inside our classroom. I really don't like to be mobbed by those chaotic fan girls that has no other thing to do in life but to mob good-looking men here in our campus, it annoys me so much. Sam's brothers are also my friends so I got used to being mobbed because of them but I wasn't expecting that I would be part of it too. A bit later, I already saw Sam's eldest brother, Sage, it's really easy to spot him because he was really tall and I also saw a mob of girls surrounding her other older brother, Sky. So there's only one meaning to this and that is Sam is already here at school. I saw that Sky let Sam go first so that she can avoid the mob and I just looked at her while she was entering her classroom. I saw her going out again and stayed at her usual spot outside because I know she was waiting for someone. I decided to go out again just to talk to her, so I started to greet her but she just replied to me coldly. I also tried asking her why she was always staying there even though I already know the reason. So when she answered coldly again, I just tried my best to hide my jealousy. Yes, you read that right. Jealousy.

I've been hiding these feelings for her ever since sophomore year and I was too afraid to show to her that my way of showing off to her ends up in just making her irritated and annoyed. And now I became more competitive ever since I knew that she's already having feelings for my childhood enemy, George. Now, I really don't know how to make a move on her. I really don't know if this is what you call 'Love at first sight' but I guess it does.

So you see, during our first week in sophomore year, we had 4 transferees from another class because of some class count adjustments and one of them was Sam. She was different from the other 3 because those already had friends or acquiantances from our class so they already showed their true personalities, but Sam, she remained quiet because I believed she still doesn't know anyone from our class. Thankfully, my childhood frenemy and her bestfriend tried talking to her, so in my mind I thought this would be easy for me to introduce myself to her. Everytime I see her talking to my classmates, I can see that she was very shy but trying her best to accommodate each of my classmates who were greeting her and introducing themselves to her. She looked so innocent and kind so I got really shy at first when we got the chance to pass by each other.

So I gathered up all my pride and confidence and tried to ask my childhood frenemy about her and to help me to get close to her because she was already her bestfriend, but of course as a frenemy, there was a catch and I can't believe she made me treat her to a Milktea shop for a whole week! But for me, it was still worth it though. Time passed by and I was slowly getting close to her already although I think I sometimes irritate her because every minute I kind of talk to her about stuff or sometimes tease her. Then that stupid intramurals happened.

I saw Sam entered our classroom all smiles and she was red as a tomato and I saw her bestfriend Zaliyah and my childhood frenemy which was Rose, teasing her. I saw they went out again, I think to spy on that person again, so I decided to follow them and Sam kept on pointing to this guy who was currently playing table tennis on the school grounds. I was devastated to see that it was my childhood rival, George. Since then, I became more competitive which ended up only annoying her more. Even so, I still didn't give up and still had my hopes up.

[SAMANTHA]

It became quiet between me and Anthony, I thought he'll return back to their classroom but he didn't. I really didn't mind him because I was too focused on waiting for him to pass by or thinking if he will use this path today on the way to their building. A little while later, I heard a familiar voice called out my name and I looked to who it was and saw that it was one of my bestfriends, Rose.

"I heard what happened to you last Saturday." she said while giving me that annoying teasing look.

"Don't worry my dear bestfriend for I believe in you and you will get that man of your dreams!" she added while doing that cheering gestures for me, I just laughed at her actions and gave her a ligh pat at the back.

"Sam, speaking of..." she suddenly said calmly and I saw that her eyes were signaling me to look at the direction that she was looking at. When I followed her gesture, I saw that it was him and he's taking this path to the senior's building! I can already feel all my adrenaline rushing again all over my body but I managed to stay still but not noticing that I was already staring at him and my stare was following his every movement. Everything suddenly went slow-mo which was a very weird feeling and I can only hear my heartbeat and nothing else.

My eyes were like glued to his every movement and it didn't take long until he was just a few meters away from us and another unexpected moment happened and it was another look I got from him! I saw and that I can confirm because he was just a few meters away from us, I saw that he really looked at me. Then it just ended like that, he already took the flight of stairs and I can feel my heart was beating like crazy and I still can't move from my place. Rose was already waving her hand in front of my face but my body can't react to her doing.

"Hey Sam, I saw that he looked at you." I heard her say.

"Yeah, I know..." that was the only thing that I can say because I was still collecting myself back.

"Butterflies in your stomach?" she asked.

"Yeah, I know..." I replied again.

"You sure you're fine?" she asked again.

"Yeah, I know..." and with that reply, Rose clapped her hands in front of my face and that's when I got back to reality. I also looked behind me and saw that Anthony was not there anymore. Not minding that anymore because my day was finally complete because I have successfully waited for him to pass by our building! After this incident, it already became a habit of mine and I really waited for him to pass by every morning. Not long after that incident, the bell started to ring and that's the signal that classes will be starting.