• tab “Tory…hello…Tory!” Haley snapped her fingers.
    tab “Huh? What?”
    tab “You’re drooling.” Haley laughed.
    I wiped my mouth. “Oh, sorry.”
    tab “What the heck are you staring at?” Haley gazed around and noticed Michael. “Or should I say who.”
    tab “Nothing, it’s nothing Halez.”
    tab Haley put her hands on her hips. “Hello! You’ve been slobbering over that guy ever since 6th grade! You even wrote ten songs about him! When are you going to tell him u like him? It’s obvious that he likes you too!” Then she gave me…The Look. I hate that Look! Whenever she stares at me with it, I feel so guilty, even if I didn’t do anything! I suddenly felt it tunnel and burn into skin.
    tab “Ah! Stop looking at me like that! It burns!” I squealed. Haley laughed and looked behind me. “Anyway, probably never,” I sighed. “I know he doesn’t like me, so why tell him?” Haley then gave me this look behind you look. I spun around saw Michael, he was walking this way!
    “Ohmigod, ohmigod! Halez, he’s coming this way!” I hesitated. “How do I look?” I brushed my shirt and combed my hair with my fingers.
    tab “Wow Tory,” Haley rolled her eyes with arms folded. “You are obsessed.”
    Yes I was.
    tab Michael walked and stood right beside me. He grabbed my arm.
    “Can I talk to you-” he glanced at Haley. “Privately.”
    tab “Sure, go ahead.” Haley winked at me, turned, and headed toward her locker.
    tab Next, Michael dragged me over to the left corner of the grass field, where no one usually hangs out, because it’s so far away from the rest of the field. We sat down on the bench that, happen to be there. Michael looked nervous. He’s so cute when he’s nervous.
    tab “Well...uh...when I first met you in 6th grade, I sorta didn’t really pay attention to you. But then in 7th grade, I realized-” he hesitated and turned away.
    tab “Yes?”
    “I realized,” Michael turned toward me again. “I’ve missed out on a whole school year. I’ve with the wrong girls for too long.”
    tab I blushed. That was the sweetest thing anyone has ever told me; cheesy, but sweet.
    tab “Do you want to see a movie or something?” Michael asked me.
    tab “Mm hmm.”
    tab At that moment, Michael gently grabbed my hand. My whole face turned red. Now what do I do? I felt a little uncomfortable.

    RING

    Saved by the bell.

    tab Michael released my hand. “We’d better get to class.”
    tab I couldn’t speak.
    tab “So,” Michael stood up. “I’ll pick you up at eight?”
    tab “Mm hmm,” was all I could say. After, I sprinted over to Haley’s locker. I wanted to burst with glee! I felt like announcing to the whole world that Michael liked me, but I decided to just tell Haley.
    tab “Michael asked me out!” I whispered loudly.
    tab “I told you he likes you!” And once again, Haley was right; she’s always right. It’s like she’s psychic or something. Ever since the first time we met in 3rd grade, she’s been “predicting the future”.
    tab “Well, we better get to class,” Haley stated. “The bell’s going to ring any second.

    And then it did.



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