I walk towards the little stall that they have put up and wait in line to take my drink.

"Paradice!" I hear someone call my name. I turn and see that it was Mr. Chang. Fucking hell, what now? I ask in my head. "Yeah?" I question him as he walks closer. Then, he gives me a receipt.

His receipt.

I didn't know that he drinks these kinds of stuff.

I take the receipt and raise my eyebrows at him. "Help me take my drink. I'll be here." He states with a smile. I nod. "Okay." I tell him as the line starts to move.

"Par!" This time, I hear Ray shout. She is on the other line because she ordered an Oreo milkshake instead of A&W aka what I am in line for right now. I look at Mr. Chang's receipt and notice that he also ordered the Oreo milkshake. I pass the receipt to her. When she got it, she raises an eyebrow at me.

"Mr. Chang's?" She asks. I bob my head. "Help him to take his order please. I'll go there when I've taken mine." I beg her. She shrugs, trying to say 'fine'.

After I take my drink, I walk towards Ray and Amie. "It's okay. Just enjoy the drink from the mystery guy." Amie says while looking at me smugly. Ray and Amie knew about the receipt that someone gave me and it went a little like this...

I was waiting outside with Ray as I see Vivian -a fellow classmate- giving out papers. She gave one to Ray and I found out that it was a receipt, stating that she bought a drink from the Enterprise club. "Sweet!" Ray exclaimed.

"Aww, too bad I didn't buy one." I stated sadly. I was helping the teachers with something the other day so I didn't have the chance to buy the drink; it was either an Oreo milkshake or an A&W.

Just then, Vivian gave me a receipt, stating that I bought an A&W. My eyes widen. "What the hell? I didn't bought anything!" I said. Vivian just shrugged. "They just told me to hand these out." She explained and went on giving.

"Wow, talk about a mystery buyer." Ray said in awe. Then, Austin came running to me and talked to me about something but I couldn't process what he was talking about. Inside my mind, I was hoping that he was my mystery drink buyer.

I walk to the other side of the pool to cheer for the team (and low-key looking at Austin being a photographer wannabe) when suddenly, Katie walks to my side.

Can't I just low-key look at my Prince Charming in peace?

"Hey, Par." She greets as she looks at my drink in awe, like it was the last glass of water on the entire Earth. "Want some?" I ask her as she tries to grab it from me.

She is shorter than me so there's no way in hell she'll be able to take it from my hands. "Tall faggot." She mutters when she has given up. I laugh and continue sipping on my cold drink.

"GO BLUE!" We shout together when our team wins a match. "I'm going to go back to the seats. Coming?" She asks as Mr. Nike starts walking my way. "No you go ahead. I'll catch you later." I dismiss her. Katie gives me a pout but I just smile and push her away playfully. I lean against the wall and continue to enjoy my drink.

"Hello." I turn and see Austin standing there while holding a camera. Oh my fuck, I curse in my head. "Hey." I greet back as I sip my drink. "Hey how much does one cost?" He asks as he looks at my drink.

If he bought the A&W, he would've known the price. Or maybe he's just trying to act in front of me.

"About two fifty but you need to order them before." I state as I look at the swimmers. "You mean I can't just straight away buy 'em? Fuck, it's so hot here and I need a cold drink." He complains as he wipes his sweat with his hand.

I shrug and give him my drink.

My inner self has her eyes wide open and I'm pretty sure she's trying to kill herself. The hell are you doing? She asks in my head.

Austin looks at the drink and then eyes me. He grins and shakes his head. "It's alright." He declines as he goes near the pool, continuing his work as the photographer.

Oh my fucking hell, that was a close one. Good thing he didn't look at me disgustingly. Where the fuck did I get that kind of confidence?

"Austin... Not bad." Someone comments behind me. Amie knows about my crush on him but not Ray. I know how she'll react so I decided to keep it a secret from her.

I shrug as I finish my drink and throw it away. "I think I died a few times inside." I clarify. "I can see that." I laugh when she sayid that and she joins me. "Well, look what I've got here." She takes something out of her pocket.

It is another receipt. I raise an eyebrow. "Didn't you already have one?" I eye the drink in her hand suspiciously.

Then, I gasp. "Did you took Mr. Chang's order?!" I ask worriedly.

God dammit, I was so into Austin I forgot all about Mr. Chang's milkshake.

She rolls her eyes. "Do you think I'm an idiot? Of course I did and this drink is from Mr. Chang. Apparently, he had two receipts so I used one and I still have this one left." She explains.

Fuck, it's so hot here and I need a cold drink. Austin's voice weirdly go through my head.

"So you aren't going to use the other one?" I ask, hoping that she'll give it to me and I can give it to Mr. Nike. She sighs. "I feel like giving this to Scott but I don't want to sound so straight forward. You get me?" She slumps her shoulders.

But then, she perks up and turns to look at me with pleading eyes.

Oh I know what she's thinking.

"Hell no! Give it to him yourself." I cross my arms. She then looks at me with puppy eyes. "Pleeease!" She begs. I shake my head.

Later Austin will think otherwise.

Wait a sec, why am I even thinking about him? He doesn't like me that way and he won't.

She huffs. "Fine. I can't push you though. Later someone will have another thought." She states and then gives me a sly smirk. I roll my eyes.

Then, someone taps my shoulder. I turn and gasp a little when I see Mr. Nike behind me.

"Austin!" I say with a hint of shock in my voice. He laughs at my face and then smiles. "Paradice." He greets like a gentleman. "Gosh, why is it so hot?" He mumbles as he wipes the beads of sweat on his hair with his shirt.

Oh for fuck's sake, fuck it!

I snatch the receipt from Amie's hand and shove it into Austin's hand. "Go take a drink." I instruct and he looks so surprised with his eyes wide open, I'm certain that his eyeballs are going to blow up any time soon.

"Are you serious?" He sounds disbelief. I turn to Amie and give her an apologetic look. Then, I look back at him. "Yeah, one-hundred percent sure. Go get that cold drink." I give him a smile.

"Just take the drink." Kara - whom I didn't notice - says beside him.

Shut the fuck up, you piece of shit. I told him that first. My jealousy was over the level.

God, he isn't even mine. Why am I this jealous?

He smiles and then nods enthusiastically. "Yeah, I'll go get one. Aw, thanks Par." He says while giving me the most breathtaking smile I've ever seen.

"Damn, nice move Paradice." Amie points out behind me. I turn around and hug her. "Sorry about the receipt, Amie. I know how you wanted to give it to Scott but instead..." I trail off. She shrugs it off. "It's nothing, Par. Besides, I love to help a new relationship bloom." She smirks. "Puh-lease, he isn't gonna like me like that, Aim." I scoff.

"HEY!" Ray yells as she tackles me to the ground. "Whoa hey, slow down partner!" I say as I stood up. "I can't! I feel super hyper in some way." She claims as she starts to jump around the amphitheater.

While I am staring at my crazy best friend, I suddenly stop at Austin because I could somehow feel him staring at me. He is drinking an Oreo milkshake while giving me a thumbs up with another hand. I smile and give him a thumbs up too.

After he finishes his drink, he walks towards me as I was congratulating Cara on her win.

"Hey." I greet and push my glasses higher.

He smiles. "Hey. Um, so listen Par, thanks for the drink but I feel bad if I don't give you something in return so maybe I can buy you a drink at lunch?"

Did you hear that?

That's the crowd cheering because my stomach did a few flips that is so fantastically fantastical, it won an Olympic medal.

"Oh, it's nothing really." I say, dismissing his sweet offer. He then slumps his shoulders. "No I can't do that. You are a girl and I should be fair."

Did you hear that?

That's the gardeners cheering because my heart fluttered its way through the garden with ease.

"If you feel that's necessary then why not?" I tell him. He then smile and gives me a thumbs up. "Alright then. I'll buy you one later." He grins and we go to our respective sport houses.

Mr. Chang is talking bullshit again and I couldn't help but feel someone is staring at me. I look to my right and see Mr. Nike staring but in a split second, he changes his view to Mr. Chang.

Fuck, Mr. Nike was staring at me?

I notice that it has been loads of times now.

"Thank you." Mr. Chang ends his speech. The only thing I hear from his long-ass speech was 'lunch today is one hour long' and honestly, that is enough info for me.

All of a sudden, Austin calls me so I go to his side. "Hey, so about that drink. Still on?" He asks while I feel Amie's presence behind me. "Of course. Wouldn't miss a chance on having a cold drink on this kind of day." I laugh at the end and he joins me.

"Mr. Nike." I hear Amie whisper in my ear. Only she and Ray knows that I call him that. It's like a code thing.

"Hey." Austin says and then gestures his camera. He takes his camera like he was ready to take a photo of me. I decided to play along and pose for the camera with an old-fashion 'peace' sign.

I didn't thought he was serious until a flash came my way.

I adjust my glasses a little due to the flash but it wasn't the only thing that flashed my way; a thought flashes my way too.

Austin took a picture of me!

"Soooo drinks?" He asks after he have seen the photo he took of me with a smile.

"Definitely." I look up and smile at him.

~~~

"Showering is what I do everyday." I hum a random tune as I walk into the showers.

My phone is blasting some random songs when all of a sudden, I hear my FB text tone. I wash my hands to watch off the shampoo and dry them off before picking my phone up.

"Shit!" I yell when I look at the text.

Austin Lawson (online)

HEYY

Oh. My. Fucking. Hell. He texted me!

I jump around my bathroom butt-naked while holding my phone on one hand. Think of it now, I still have shampoo in my hair and yet here I am, dancing around just because my crush texted me.

Holy shit, my crush texted me!

Okay, so what should I reply him with? A simple 'hi' or a casual 'hey' with a smiley face?

The first one sounds okay but it will look like I'm not on the same level of enthusiasm as him so I'm going to go with the last one.

Austin Lawson (online)

You: HEYY xD

"What the actual fuck?" I mutter to myself. I didn't agree on that one. What in the name of God happened to my fingers?! I decided to put my phone on silent mode as I punish myself.

I keep hitting myself as I continue showering, disappointed that I texted something like that to him. But on the bright side, I showed him the real me, which is the weird and cray cray Paradice at the same time.

I dry my hair and wear my clothes while pushing all the 'what will Austin text me next' thoughts away.

After I really cool down, I check my phone and see a new text.

From him.

Austin Lawson (online)

Wht r u doin pervert ???

I laugh and smile.

Austin Lawson (online)

You: I am not a perv!

You: I'm doing ntg... What abt u?

I take my phone with me as I go downstairs to make myself a cup of coffee but before I did, I make my phone sound again just in case Mr. Nike texts me again.

As I was mixing the sugar and coffee together, I hear my text tone. "Oh shit, it's him!" I cry out. Good thing my parents aren't home or I'm going to be in big trouble.

Austin Lawson (online)

Playing online games w my friends

He also sent a pic! In the pic, I notice that Kara's brother who is the same class as Austin is in the picture. They are probably in his house.

Austin Lawson (online)

You: Lol

What? Don't look at me like that; I didn't know what to text back.

Austin Lawson (online)

Lesbian of lesbian???

I nearly spit out my coffee when I see his text. "What the fuck? No, you shit." I say as I reply back.

Austin Lawson (online)

I am not a shit. U r perv... Don't b angryyy

I reply back as fast as I can. Talk about desperate. My inner self shakes her head at my behaviour even though she was the one who fell in love with Austin first.

Austin Lawson (online)

You: I'm not angry

You: I just don't like tht word

"Fucking hell, I'm texting my crush. Double-texting him with no shame, in fact." I mumble the thought out loud. I pat myself in the back while praising myself for this matter. I continue drinking my coffee until he texts back.

Austin Lawson (online)

Ohh

Sorry

"It's alright. It's just a joke anyway." I text him back.

Austin Lawson (online)

Yeahh

Austin Lawson (online)

You: Ahaha am I disturbing u? I thought u were playing games

Now you sound even more desperate. My inner self gives me a disapproving glare. I shrug at her. I care about him.

Austin Lawson (online)

Nooope

U make me less bored

I left my phone at the table as I go to wash my mug. What the hell are you doing? You ignored his text! He said you made him less bored and then you just ignore him. The fuck is wrong with you?! My inner self scolds while waving her hands everywhere.

Chill, inner self, it's just for 2 minutes. I'm pretty sure he wouldn't even text me again.

When I walk back to the table to retrieve my phone, I see it blinked; which means someone texted me.

Austin? I thought.

I open and see that it was really him. Apparently, he did text me again.

Austin Lawson (online)

Haha

Should I call you pretty girl?

Holy shit, I think I died again! Did he just indirectly called me pretty?

Austin Lawson (online)

You: Lol no. Just call me by my name

You: U want me 2 call u handsome boy?

Nice one, Par. You just indirectly compliment him back.

Austin Lawson (online)

Yeah sure. I'm ok w it xD

Cocky much.

Austin Lawson (online)

You: Ok alright

I decided to go offline and start doing my chores as I know mum will be furious when she knows that I was home alone and yet I did nothing.

I vacuum the floor, mop it, clean the windows, hang the wet clothes so that they can dry and fold the clothes that are already dry. I give myself a pat in the back for helping my mum to lessen her burden.

When I was done with everything, my mum and dad come back. Because mum is too tired to cook, we decided to eat out today. "McDonalds!" I purpose. They agreed and I take that as a treat for myself due to my hard work.

We reached home about 8.30 pm and my parents watch some television as I go into my room. I log on Facebook and realise that Mr. Nike sent me some texts when I was off.

Austin Lawson (offline)

I'm jk. I'm not that cocky

Austin sent a photo.

Pretty?

He sent a picture of Kara with a blurry Henry in the background and honestly, it almost made me throw my phone on the wall.

Almost.

"Very pretty. It's your girlfriend." I mutter as I text him back even though I am fucking jealous but I couldn't just show it. Instantly, he is online and reply me.

Austin Lawson (online)

No she is not >:(

I chuckle as I text him back, deciding to play him.

Austin Lawson (online)

You: Oh really? But she's in ur house.

Austin Lawson (online)

Pls stop... She isn't my gf >:( >:(

A text with 2 angry face emojis? Well someone lit the fuse on his tampon, I thought with a giggle. And that's me.

Austin Lawson (online)

You: Jk... Don't b mad

You: R u having a party or something?

Then, I got a text from someone else.

Henry Song (online)

Hey perv I'm in Austin's house too

Shit, just one time you joke about you being a pervert and everyone remembers it for life.

Henry Song (online)

You: I can see that xD

I shake my head as Austin's reply comes in.

Austin Lawson (online)

No

Pretty??

He asks me again. Is he trying to make me more jealous or something because it's sure as hell working.

Austin Lawson (online)

You: Beautiful

I roll my eyes when I texted that. I am not trying to be mean but it's sad how your crush is complimenting other girls in front you. Technically he's just asking me is it pretty but I'm just going to take it as him indirectly complimenting Kara.

After awhile, he texts me back with three words which just makes me even more frustrated.

Austin Lawson (online)

R u sure???

"Yes, you piece of shit." Well of course I didn't text him back like that. It seems too rude if I text him that and it'll give him a hint that I'm actually jealous. I just texted him back a simple 'yeah'.

I thought he would just ignore my text or something but then, he replied me with the most heartwarming, amazing and worthy thing that I've ever received and hear from a boy.

And did I mention that it was the first time that a boy has ever compliment me? Well technically I meant by my own crush.

Austin Lawson (online)

U r prettier

And lets just say that I'm falling for him even harder now.

We chat until it was 11 o'clock at night and to be honestly, I've never chatted with someone until late at night.

Especially a boy.

I finally realise that all of the crushes I have before aren't real crushes; they are just feelings towards my friends who pay more attention to me.

Now this feeling that I'm feeling towards Austin...

Well, this is the real deal.