As much as I hated studies and school, I was actually looking forward to the next day of summer school now that I met CC.
I have had a crush in the past, but none quite like this. I was just so mesmerized by her eyes of different colors. No matter what it was that she would be talking about, I could just get lost in her gaze.
There was so much about her that I wanted to know, I just didn't know how to ask without being so invasive.
In the dimly lit classroom with Sunlight being the only source of lighting, The teacher had already gone over the lecture and had left us to complete the assignment.
It was surprising to me that I managed to stay awake.
That teacher spoke with such a monotone like an old broken radio.
I looked over and observed how easily CC went through the equations with such focus. My eyes tried to follow the work she was doing and compared it to what was on my paper.
I had absolutely nothing. Blank. Nada. Zip
Even going back and reading these formulas in the textbook and looking over the notes from the teacher, it still looked like some Alien Language to me.
"Psst."
My attempt at getting her attention was not very effective. The desperation led me to swing my foot to the side and ended up kicking her leg.
CC quickly snapped to glare at me but immediately changed response. She can tell by the look on my face that I was beyond lost. "Do you not get it?"
I shook my head and shrugged.
She looked over at the teacher who was just casually reading some book and not really paying attention to the class. Her expression showed she was a bit annoyed by this. "Ugh." She growled.
"OK. See that number." She tapped on the equation written on my paper. "Multiply it by this number."
The more she walked me through these problems, the more I started to figure it out and understand the assignment.
"Oh!" It had finally clicked. "Shit. These are easy."
Did she know some kind of shortcut or a different way of figuring these kind of problems out? What she was doing was nothing like what the teacher explained.
I started to fidget with the pencil. "Ummm... You clearly know this stuff. Why exactly are you in summer school?"
"I wanted to get ahead so I could graduate early." She said proudly.
"Seriously?" I couldn't believe what she had just said. "That's a thing?"
"You didn't know?"She returned the same puzzled look that I gave her.
"No." I was very dumbfounded. "I always thought summer school was just for those that failed the class."
"Well, yeeaah."she said carrying out the yeah. "But you can also take them for extra credit. Besides, summer classes are shorter and a lot easier."
"Damn. I Wish I knew that." I leaned back and relaxed on my chair.
"Now you know." She winked.
I instantly puffed my chest out proudly and had a finger pointing into the air. "And knowing is half the battle."
Without a moment of hesitation, we simultaneously sang "G.I JOE!" with lots of childlike giggling after.
The teacher cleared his throat loudly.
CC and I quit giggling and looked at the teacher whose eyes were focused On us.
After he scolded us with a simple glare, he returned to reading his book.
The moment I knew he wasn't looking, I made a very lewd gesture that made CC snort.
He peeked up from his book and we quickly composed ourselves as if we were working on the assignment the whole time.
It was as if we were on the same brain wave and just knew each others thoughts. We would peer over at each other at the same time and tried our best to hold in our laughter.
Day after day, we would just have fun in class. We would pass notes with funny jokes written on them. I would sometimes draw a bunch of faces and expression and she would draw the rest of the head and body which had us laughing hysterically.
I started to bring my Gameboy to school and we would play the VS mode of Tetris using the link cable during break times. We would even trade games to play. Thanks to her, I was able to play Kirbys Dreamland 2.
The teacher didn't find us amusing at all as it was distracting at times.
What is strange is that she actually helped me understand math a little better. I never liked asking for help from the teachers as I felt like I would slow down lectures or became a burden whenever I didn't understand, but she did notice whenever I struggled and helped me.
The teacher even noticed improvements on the assignments I actually turned in.
I was really growing feelings for her. I was just too shy and scared to express myself.
Summer School was actually starting to become enjoyable.
One Monday , CC seemed particularly cheerful than usual. When she sat down, I couldn't help notice that she had a slight blush peeking through her cherubic cheeks. "You seem like you had a good weekend?"
"I did." CC sighed and nodded. "I wish it didn't end."
Starting to get even more curious, I had to push for more information. "How so? What did you end up doing?".
She opened up her lunchbox purse and pulled out a strip of photos to show me. They were from those photo booths at the mall. "I pretty much spent all weekend hanging out with Kenny..."
"Kenny?"
The way she said his name echoed in my head. I looked at the cute pictures and immediately recognized Kenny. During our freshman year in highschool, we hung out with the new group of friends for a while until he just...wandered off.
"So that's where Kenny ran off to." I joked.
"Wait! You know Kenny?!" CC was caught by surprised.
"Yeah. I've known him since 7th grade. He's a good guy." I nodded "I know Kenny really well."
Kenny was truly one of the nicest people I've known. Me, Kenny, Adrian, and some kid we called Gilligan after the character from "Gilligan's Island" were a group of friends in middle school.
"How long have you been with Kenny?" I asked. I couldn't help but to feel a bit jealous and heartbroken at the same time.
"This weekend was our 10 month anniversary. Look what he got me?" She had a new silver ring adorned. It was a claddagh, an Irish style promise ring.
I was holding my jaw from droppin and trying my best at hiding my mixed emotions. "10...months!?
"Yeah." She replied. There was definitely a bit of a twinkle in those beautiful heterochromatic eyes of hers.
"Wow." I nodded accepting this small defeat. "You 2 must be getting serious."
"Mhmm. I really think he might be the one." She said in a really dreamy manner.
Looking again at the picture strip, they really did look so happy together. All I could do was be happy for them.
Even in now knowing about her romantic relationship with Kenny, we continued to enjoy each other's company throughout the rest of the course.
She had become a dear friend and Kenny was already a friend as well. I didn't want to feel intrusive so I felt I should try to move on from that crush.
Summer really played a cruel trick. Maybe I really wasn't meant to experience love and affection yet.
Hopefully things change during my sophomore year.