I was awake at 5h35.

I prepared my bag and got ready. I was going to hit hard.

I went downstairs and wrote a short note to my parents so they wouldn't have an heart attack seeing I wasn't in my bed when they'd wake up.

"Went to school early, got work to do. Elena"

I carefully closed the door and left silently through the night.

School wasn't really far from my house, it was a walk of about ten minutes. I wasn't nervous at all about what I was going to do. I was proud.

School would be open, I was sure of it. Janitors and even some students arrived this early, that's why I would have to be super careful.

When I arrived, a couple of cars where parked in front of the building. I stepped in and walked through the empty corridors, putting my hood on my head to be less recognizable. I took a deep breath as I got my material out of my bag.

There weren't any cameras in this area, even though it was the main corridor. Everybody would see it. This place was simply perfect. I hurried as I heard laughs coming my way. I scotch taped all the papers on the wall and wrote a huge message on it with my black permanent marker. I took my bag and ran out of the school, in the opposite direction where I came from. I bumped into a familiar chest. Shit.

Ethan didn't say anything. He was just looking at me intensively, making me extremely nervous.

After a while of fixation he finally said.

"Hi."

Words had a hard time finding a way out of my mouth. My heart was bumping so loudly in my chest, I thought he could hear it.

"Huh, h-hi."

I replied, or tried to. I was so scared he knew.

He laughed, with his damn dimples.

"You ok?" He asked, frowning.

There was something in his eyes. Something that looked like he cared. I shrugged, trying to look natural.

"Yeah sure. You think I look weird?"

He smiled.

"Far from that."

I smiled back.

"So... What're you doing this early here? Fucking a hot chick in a classroom?" I asked, mockingly, knowing his reputation.

He looked amused.

"How did you know? I thought I was so subtle."

"Heard the agonizing screams. Poor girl."

I was surprised when a laugh got out of his mouth. Thought I had hurt his feelings. I guess not.

"Well, it looks like you don't know me that well. Don't trust my reputation. All wrong."

I frowned, surprised.

"So it's not true you have a new girlfriend every weekend, you have sex with everything that's alive and you're terribly hot?"

He crossed his arms on his chest, a mocking expression on his face.

"I only had three girlfriends in my entire life, my sexual life is pretty healthy and my hotness is for you to decide."

All of this surprised me even more. The perception I had of him was so wrong.

"Ok fair enough, I guess."

I was so scared he was going to ask me what I was doing here but he didn't.

There was a silence which none of us tried to break because it was far away from being uncomfortable. It almost felt natural.

"Would you like to go out?" He suddenly asked, out of nowhere.

"With me. Alone." He added.

I was shocked. What the fuck?

I didn't know what to say but a part of me wanted to. But the other one, the one who knew what he did to my bestfriend, didn't want to. At all. I surprised myself by answering.

"Hum, I guess it could happen."

The grin on his face was so cute I almost melted.

"Cool."

He looked shy all of a sudden.

"Please forget the fact I just said cool. That sucked."

I laughed.

Three guys I believe belonged in the football team, entered the school, inviting Ethan to join them.

"See you later."

He left.

Going out with Ethan wasn't part of my plan. Finding him intriguing wasn't either.
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