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                “Mom!” I called one morning.

                My mom immediately went to my room and asked, “What is it?”

                “Did you see my school uniform?” I asked her. I was supposed to be on my way to school but my school uniforms were missing.

                “Oh, it is in my room, Alice. I ironed it yesterday,” my mom said. “I’ll get it for you.” My mom left my room.

                “Thank you, mom,” I said. I waited for my mom to bring me my school uniform. I looked at the time, Oh no! I’m going to be late! I put on a light makeup on my face and brushed my hair.

                I heard my mom knocked on my door and she handed me my uniform. “Thank you,” I said. I quickly changed into my school uniform and left the house.

                “Be careful!” I heard my mom say. I looked back into our house and saw my mom at the door. I waved at her and she waved back.

                I saw the bus coming and I ran. I signaled the bus to stop. “Whew! Just made it,” I said.

                The ride to school was only ten minutes, I’m so glad I’m not yet late.

                “You are late,” someone said.

                I looked and saw Gabriel Clingston looking back at me. I glared and stucked out my tongue at him. I really hate that guy. He always teased me and made fun of me. I just hate him so much. Why did a guy like him live in this word? And live in our town?

                “Alice!” someone called my name.

                I saw my best friend Yvonne waving at me. I went to her and greeted, “Good morning.”

                “Good morning! Did something happen?” she asked me.

                “Gabriel,” I muttered. “It’s so early and he annoys me already.”

                “Oh, that guy,” she said. “Let’s forget about him. He’s always like that. By the way, did you finish our homework?”

                “The homework in Literature?” I asked. “Yes.”

                “Can I copy some of it?” she asked. “The names of the Greek Gods are hard to memorize. And my hand still hurts from writing the summary of the Trojan War.”

                “Mine too, but I’m glad I’ve finished it,” I said. “Lucky my mom got a book of Greek Mythology at home,” I said looking at the time. “Uh-oh! We’re gonna be late. See you later Yvonne.” Yvonne and I got different class in the morning.

                I forgot Gabriel was my classmate in my first period which was Biology. And the worst part was, he was my lab partner.

                “Hello partner,” he greeted smiling at me. He sat next to me and I moved away a little from him.

                “Now you are being polite?” I mocked. “Let’s just do this experiment.”

                We didn’t talk except for the part where we really needed to ask something. “Where’s our knife?” I asked.

                “I’ll do the cutting,” he said.

                What’s gotten into this guy? He was being nice to me. I know, he was planning something. Hmm..

                When he was about to pour the chemical into our experiment, something happened. One of our classmates bumped into him accidentally and the chemical spilled into my lab gown. I yelped.

                “I’m so sorry,” our classmate apologized.

                Gabriel was just looking at my lab gown. “Aren’t you gonna say sorry?” I asked him.

                “Sorry,” he said, but when he said those words he was just laughing at me.

                “Please clean that,” our professor said.

                I was staring at Gabriel and he wasn’t saying anything. So I’m the one going to clean this mess. Great!

                I picked up a rag and wipe our table. I saw Gabriel moved and he get the rag from me. “I’ll clean it.”

                I quickly get the rag from him. “I’ll clean it. I already started.”

                And he again got the rag from me. “I said I’ll clean it.”

                We were like that for a few minutes. Getting the rag from each other, it was like a game. At the end he got the rag. “If we continue arguing, we can’t finish our experiment. You do the experiment.” He commanded.

                “So, you just get the rag for me to finish our experiment. What a great plan,” I said.

                He stared at me and smiled. “Exactly.” He said.

                I glared at him angrily. “Fine!”

                I continued working on our experiment. From time to time I saw him staring at me. I know what he was thinking. He was thinking how great his plan was. My lab gown got black spots in it. I need to wash this at home. Stupid Gabriel. Why does he need to be my lab partner?

                When I was about to finish our experiment, he went to me. “I’ll help. I’m finished cleaning.”

                I looked at him and just rolled my eyes. “You came when I was about to finish our experiment? How lucky can you be?”

                He smiled at me sweetly and it makes me blushed. Why am I blushing? Was that because his smile was the cutest smile I’ve ever seen? Stop it Alice!

                “Why do you look so weird?” he suddenly asked me.

                “What?” I asked him angrily. How dare he call me weird?

                “I mean your face, it looks weird. You were - I think battling your thoughts,” he said.

                Can he read my mind? “Just don’t mind me, okay?” I snapped.

                We finished our experiment just in time. “Congrats partner,” he said smiling at me. “You did it.”

                I stared at him and gave him a fake smile. I left him there gapping at me.

                That night I called Yvonne. “And he just stood there looking at my lab gown,” I said.

                “Maybe he was in shock,” Yvonne said and laughed.

                “He?That guy?I know he is laughing at me that time,” I said angrily. “I really hate him!”

                “But he did say sorry,” she said. “And I think he likes you.”

                “What?” I said loudly. “Sorry. I mean, how can you say something like that.”

                “Yeah. I’m out of my mind,” she said. But her voice sounded so happy. “Alice. I need to go. My mom is calling me. I think its dinner time.”

                I looked at the clock. “Bye Yvonne.”

                “Bye Alice. See you tomorrow,” she said.

                I hanged up the phone. I was thinking of Gabriel. I think he was different today. He really did make me mad at times, but today, he was nice. I don’t know if he was planning something. When he smiled at me, I really did blush. His smile was so cute. I didn’t noticed it before, but he was a good looking guy. Why am I thinking of Gabriel? I hate him.

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