Liam leaned against the wall,one leg up on the wall and another down as he texted his friend Carl. He had been waiting for almost 15 minutes now and he's patience had reached its peak.

I bid my two friends Sam and Eljie farewell and headed towards my locker only to see Liam leaning against it.

He looked cooler than ever and thus my interest in him increased. I admired him for all he was and wanted to be friends with him but despite all efforts to be friends with him,he only noticed my stepbrother yet we had been in the same class for 6 years unlike him who had just met him for 3years.

Liam pulled out his phone again for the third time since I had been staring and typed something before letting out a curse.

He had the most dazzling turquoise eyes and the smallest heart shaped pink lips,he's jaw was firm he's nose was sharp he's hair was naturally blonde but right now it was dirty blonde with the middle area dyed black.

I was excited at the sight of him leaning on my own locker.

'Is this fate?' I wondered as my feet shakily walked towards him.

'Excuse me' I said but he's eyes stayed fixed on his phone.

He probably didn't notice me nor hear me bse I myself couldn't hear my own voice. It was the first time I had been this close to him and he was a lot taller than me cse I was jhs the length of his elbow.

Moving in closer ,i excused my self again and this time he looked down at me in a startle 'huh' he said putting his phone back in his back pocket as he looked down at me.

I kept my eyes fixed to the ground as I clutched my bag against my chest nervously. Yes I was a nerd and a total loser and right now I wasn't going to look at him bse I didn't have my glasses on.

They always act as my magic and help me to be courageous enough to look at people bse they cover the scar on the corner of my right eye so I couldn't bare to look up at him.

' What?' came Liam's deep voice and it sounded like music to my ears.

‘My locker‘ I said and again my voice betrayed me since no sound came out. I could feel his gaze fixed on me so I immediately pointed at my locker rather him still not looking at him.

'Huh,are you mute?' he asked and I shook my head no.

Opening my mouth, this time I was lucky enough and he heard me after bending down towards me, he tried to examine my face and I felt my cheeks and ears burn from the closeness.

Then he moved back and away from my locker giving me space to open it. He didn't go far but rather leaned against the wall facing me as I fidgeted to open my locker.

Opening my bag, I shakily removed my text books from the bag and as I fidgeted with placing them in the locker.

'Are you new here?' he asked and I shook my head no.

'Oh,which grade?'he asked again. '12' I replied in a low voice and he didn't hear me. Clearing my throat I repeated '12'

'I don't think I've seen you before' he replied touching his chin sth I knew without looking up at him bse he always did that when he wasn't sure about sth.

'What's your name?' he asked and jhs as I opened my mouth to speak, a voice interrupted 'Liam' the intruder called out and Liam turned around to face him and I raised my head just in time to see Carl head towards us and Liam's back was towards me,I could smell his scent bse he was jhs a few inches away and if he walked back jhs a step ,we could be so close that I could touch him.

I turned away as Carl approached us and Liam turned to look at me 'Laters' he said giving me hope of talking to him again and went towards Carl.

' Your f***cing late dude' he said to Carl as he walked towards him,I looked up at them and my eyes met Carl's.

'Sorry dude, the bitch was tight ' Carl said.

'You mean...' Liam said and put his hand across Carl's shoulder

'finally!‘ he added in excitement as he parted Carl's head messing up his hair, Carl pushed him in a playful manner as he said 'the hell dude,I had too she kept hitting on me' he said and elbowed Liam's belly as they laughed.

I looked in admiration as l wished I was the one playing like that with him and being as close to him as that or even closer.

I had only two friends in my life and those were Sam and Eljie, we did everything together and were always either discussing or reading ahead of the teacher and the fun we had was either when inventing or working on projects and we rarely watched movies together especially me and Eljie and we had to listen to Sam talk about her favorite boy bands and staff about cute guys sth that hurt Eljie bse he had a huge crush on her and despite her intelligence she never noticed.

I watched as Liam and Carl walked away and then I remembered that I had yet to close my locker. I looked at them again only to see Liam look behind and he wave at me!.At me? I couldn't believe my luck as I immediately tightened my bag against my chest and turned to walk away.

He noticed me? I kept thinking excitedly as I walked to the parking lot where a car was waiting for me. I got in at the back and placed my bag down as I thought back at the past events. I had always fought to catch Liam's attention and even topped the class but he neva noticed me for 6 years and... and today...

I couldn't help but cry at this as I wondered and finally accepted that miracles are there.

He literally came to our home every once in a while but he never noticed me and today.... I thought as I sniffed.

I had been so lost in thoughts that I didn't realize that we were finally home and I had forgotten to greet Mr Sherman the chauffeur for the first time.

‘Are you ok?‘ he asked as we came to a stop.

'Yah,its jhs, I talked to him.' I said not believing it myself .

'Who?Liam?' he asked he's voice doubtful

'Yah 'I said and continued to narrate to him about our encounter and he smiled, happy for me.

'Well Cong's Aiden' he said smiling, Mr Shermanhad been aware of my interest in becoming Liam's friend bse he was that person who always listened to my endless talks about my day since I was 6 yrs of age and so I had told him about the first time I met Liam and how he was so cool and staff and how I wanted to be his friend and without knowing Liam had become a daily topic between us.

‘ Tomorrow then ' I said to him as I walked towards the house.