Maliea's POV

I walked into the school just in time, the first-period bell rang. English, hooray! Kenny told me we're playing baseball today outside for gym class later so I'm excited about that. "Maliea!" A voice called Lia! I sat down next to her and set my backpack over my chair. "What's that?" Pointing to the phone box. "Larusso gave it to me." I smiled sarcastically causing her to chuckle softly... "Hello, class!" The teacher came in, setting her coffee and copies on her desk. "You all have exactly 20 days till winter break!" A roar of cheers entered the room. "Hold your horse guys, until then, we will be working." Boo's followed. "We have two major projects we are going to be working on... These are both partner projects!" Cheers broke up again. "I will be choosing them." Groans echoed in the room, including from me. "Luckily for some, the partners I will be picking will be people I rarely see you work with." "Come on Miss! I don't wanna end up being partners with Oliver!?" Zach yelled from across the room. "Zach, would you rather end up in detention!?" That shut Zach up real quick. "Let me explain what the very first project will be about. The partner you are paired up with and yourself will be asking each other questions about the other person. 30 facts about your partner at most. Then, you're going to be writing a summary of what you think of your partner. No weird stuff guys. You'll be handing this in the week before Winter break begins. The second project won't be due until late April so don't worry." If I get paired with Larusso for either one, I swear to FUCKING god. The teacher suddenly gets out a clipboard and reads off the names of our partners. "Lia, and Oliver." I groan, THE ONLY PERSON I KNOW I CAN'T WORK WITH, SERIOUSLY!? Suddenly my name gets called. "Maliea, and Anthony." My eyes widened. I looked in the back of the room where Anthony was sitting, he was fucking blushing. His friends Woo'd and Yipped'd at the thought of us working together. YIPPIE. I looked over at Lia, giggling with Oliver, then turned to me giving a reassuring look. I gave a "Help me" look back while she giggled. "Get with your partner guys and plan this out!" I groaned loudly and walked to the back of the room where Anthony and some of his friends sat. "Hey!" He offered me a seat smirking. "Hi." The class time went by surprisingly faster today. 

Anthony's POV

  English class was boring, as always. For the hour and thirty minutes, I'd probably be laughing at the jokes my friends make or staring off in the middle of the room at Maliea. On this particular day, no different. The teacher had assigned us a project, though it was a partner project. "I will be choosing your partners!" Just great. Hopefully, I get Zach, Thomas, or even better Maliea... My name being called out-snapped me out of my gaze, "Maliea and Anthony!" Cheers from the table I was sitting at were overheard. Maliea snapped her head back, do not blush Anthony, do not! I tried to, but that made my cheeks grow red even more. She looked me dead in the eye, groaning then turning back to face Lia. Lia giggled at something she had said, is this my chance?  "Get with your partner guys and plan this out!" The teacher shouted, making Maliea stand up and slowly dragging herself over to where I had been sitting. She's so beautiful... I believed in my head. "Hey!" Excitedly screaming out, offering her a seat next to me. "Hi." Waving sarcastically taking a seat next to me. Feeling like I was being watched, I turn to look at my friends scattered across the classroom, all eyeing me smirking waiting to see my next move. "My house or your house?" I blurted out admiring her. "Kenny wouldn't want to see you, so definitely your house." She shrugged smiling with her teeth, she has never done that for anybody but me just now! "You should smile more, your smile is beautiful." "Your flirting sucks ass Larusso." She glanced over at me silently chuckling to herself. "But thanks, appreciated that." Held eye contact until the bell rang a minute later. "Hey- what class do you happen to have next?" She asked me coughing standing up, breaking the contact. "Oh, History," I said slightly groaning, I hated history so much. You just sit there, doing nothing the whole period. Boring!  "If I have to sit through it so do you, now come on Larusso. Tell you what wanna sit together?" She offered with a comforting smile. "I'd love that." We smiled at each other, talking and laughing the whole walk there. If only she knew...