I woke up to the sound of my alarm. While sitting up on my bed and staring at the wall in front of me for fifteen minutes, I thought about Theo and his words from last night. More specifically, the way he managed to make me feel dizzy even without so much as touching me. Shaking my head, I eventually got up from my bed to get ready for school.

I chose a white tennis skirt and paired it with a white shirt, on top of which I wore an oversized pastel blue sweater as my outfit for the day. Next, I wore a pair of knee high socks to match my skirt. If you ask me, dresses and skirts are my absolute favourites when it comes to clothes.

I then did a natural makeup on my face and sprayed my favourite perfume onto my neck and wrists. Grabbing my school backpack, I headed downstairs, but not before taking my headphones with me. I can not live without music. I don't particularly like to talk much with anyone and music always makes me feel complete.

The high school I go to isn't far from where I live. It's a fifteen minute walk. Adrien drops me off to school by car everyday on his way to college but I walk home on the way back. Even though I've got a licence and can drive pretty well, I only use the car when it is absolutely necessary.

When I entered the living room, I saw Adrien sitting on one of our couches, drinking coffee.

"Hey, morning," I greeted him, which he acknowledged with a simple nod.

"Theo has made breakfast. Have some and then we'll leave."

"Aren't you gonna eat?"

"I already did," he replied and then paused before continuing, "He is pretty good at cooking," Adrien said, sounding impressed and almost in... disbelief?

I don't say anything in return. I was surprised, too, last night. Is Theo a chef or something? Either way, I'm not complaining.

I went to the kitchen and sure enough I see Theo making waffles. He turned around when he sensed my arrival and flashed me a quick smile. His eyes seemed to travel down the length of my body and a wider smile stretched onto his lips. He then bit onto his bottom lip and shook his head slightly.

"Good morning, Princess," he greeted with a teasing tone.

The sound of Theo's silky smooth voice paired with the way he looked at me caused a warmth to spread across my cheeks. I took a seat on one of the bar stools of our kitchen counter and avoided eye contact with him until he turned back around to what he was doing.

After a while he placed a plate right in front of me, stacked with waffles along with strawberries and whipped cream. This guy has been here for four days and I feel like he is already spoiling me with his incredible cooking.

I muttered a small "thanks" to him and started digging into my food. But it felt a little awkward being the only person to be eating in the room. So, I ended up asking him: "Aren't you going to eat?"

"I'll eat later," Theo said with a shrug. He folded his arms on top of the counter to lean as he watched me eat. "How does it taste, by the way?"

"Not bad."

He chuckled at my response as if already knowing what I was going to say, and slowly repeated it himself. "Not bad."

He leaned forward onto the counter in front of me, his face mere inches away from mine, and grabbed a strawberry from my plate and plopped it into his mouth, all the while holding eye contact with me.

"Sweet," he commented, voice just above a whisper and I think I saw his eyes momentarily flick down to my lips.

The air around us was growing thicker by the second. We were both staring into each other's eyes for what felt like forever. I wanted to say something back, a sarcastic comment of disapproval, or anything at all. But I couldn't. I just stared into his pretty blue eyes and he, too, held my gaze. Almost daring me to back up first.

Thankfully, the moment was short lived by the honking of the car's horn by Adrien, signifying that he's been waiting outside for me for too long. That made me flinch and break our eye contact. I got up from my seat and picked up my bag from the floor, ready to leave.

I had walked a few steps when Theo called out to me.

"Princess."

This made me stop in my tracks. I didn't turn back around to look at him but I waited to hear what he had to say. I could hear his footsteps approaching towards me until he stopped right behind me. He got close to me and whispered lowly into my ear, "I have to say, you look pretty cute in a skirt."

The warmth of his hot breath fell on the side of my neck which caused goosebumps to rise on my skin and I slightly shuddered at the feeling. I'm sure he must have noticed it and now wore a satisfied smirk on his face.

Without sparing him another glance, I walked away from him.

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It was currently lunchtime and I was sitting in the cafeteria. In front of me were Sarah and Alex. And to my right, I had Noah.

It was originally supposed to be just me and Sarah. But then she said she wanted Alex to hangout with us, to get us to bond better or whatever. So, I texted Noah asking him if he'd want to eat lunch with me, because I didn't want to feel like a third wheel. He didn't text me back but instead showed up beside me out of nowhere. 'Damn that was quick.' I thought to myself.

"You guys need to get a room," Noah laughed from beside me and I tried so hard to look at anywhere other than the couple in front of me.

Sarah and her boyfriend were all over each other. Feeding each other and all. The sight in front of me was making me so embarrassed. Meanwhile, Noah and I were just awkwardly sitting there. Was it because of the short duration of their break up? And now that they are back together again, they can't seem to keep their hands off of each other? But still... We are in the school's cafeteria for crying out loud!

"Actually, I'm done eating. I'm just gonna go outside for a breather," I said to Noah in particular.

He immediately got the hint and said, "Yeah. Me, too."

We got outside, into the open area of the school premises and it felt so much better. Small groups of students were scattered all over the place, hanging out. The weather was nice today. A bright sunny day. We walked towards a tree and sat under its shade, onto the bench under it.

"That was really awkward back there," I said, pulling on the sleeves of my sweater.

"Yeah, I'm glad you made an excuse to leave." Noah laughed. He has a nice laugh. One that made me smile in return.

"You look pretty when you smile," he said looking into my eyes.

"And you're too corny." I said looking away from him, but I couldn't stop smiling.

"What?" He chuckled. "I mean it."

"Yeah, yeah, sure."

"Amy," He started.

"Noah," I said, still laughing slightly.

"I like you."

That gave me a pause. "What?"

That was unexpected. I thought he was still going on about the compliment. But this? This caught me off guard.

"I like you." He repeated again. This time sounding more serious. "I've liked you for a while now. But I never really saw you anywhere outside of school or classes. But then I saw you in my party last weekend and I got to talk to you through Sarah. So, yeah..." He trailed off.

"Um, I..." I seriously have no clue what to tell him. Sure, he's pretty good looking and has been nice to me so far. But that's about it. I don't know him that well. And he's already confessing?

"I get that it's too soon. You don't have to give me an answer yet. And it's totally okay if you don't want anything right now. I'm cool with just being friends. I just wanted to get it off my chest." He said, rubbing the nape of his neck. The tips of his ears had turned red.

"Thanks," I said, smiling up at him.

"Yeah, no problem." Noah gave me a reassuring smile.

I feel kinda bad for him, even though technically I haven't rejected him yet. He does seem pretty sweet and I don't want to break his heart. I'm more surprised that he's interested in me. He's the captain of our football team and has an incredible physique. This guy can pull off any girl he'd want. So, why would someone like him be interested in someone like me?

"We should probably get back now. Break's almost over," Noah said, pulling me out of my thoughts.

"Right."

We got up from where we were sitting and started walking in silence. We entered the school building once again and into the hallway.

"I'll see you later," Noah said before we had to part our ways to go to our respective classes. He then quickly bent down and left a chaste kiss on my cheek. He walked away after that quickly, before I could even respond.

I stared at his retreating form and touched my cheek where he kissed me. A blush soon spread across my neck and cheeks at his bold gesture and I was left standing there with a stupid smile on my face.

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