Cheritza_Mondesi

Natalia Díaz, a Junior student at Orange Beach University, doesn't waste time getting involved in romantic affairs. She has worked hard to obtain the scholarship that allowed her to be in the prestigious university she attends, and she is not going to ruin her future by falling in love again. 

An assignment in one of her classes paired her up with Alexander Bailey, a rich, rude, nerdy snob, as she likes to describe him, from first impressions. This assignment has forced them to spend time together, and at the beginning, it seems almost impossible for them to get along, since they couldn't be more different... but sometimes different is good. Who knows, maybe different is what they have been looking for all along.

The story is written from both of the main characters' perspectives (Natalia's and Alexander's).

The Assignment's Partner

Today I got up at my usual time on a lazy Sunday (around 9 am). I ate breakfast and took care of my laundry right away. Now I'm relaxing, writing in my journal while listening to music. Taylor reads some magazines in her bed, and we both flinch when we hear my phone's text notification. My heart starts beating faster at the sight of Alex's name on my phone.

"Good afternoon! I hope you are well rested and up. Would it be okay to pick you up in an hour?" I calculate the time it will take me to take a quick shower and get dressed. It is 12:15 right now. I guess I can make it in an hour.

I put my phone down after answering him, close the journal and leave it sitting on my desk. Then, I head to the bathroom to shower.

"Is he coming now?" Taylor yells from her bed. "In an hour!" I yell back while getting undressed.

Not A Date