The Jock's Secret Crush

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is

ays been tough for me. Be it school, or mak

rother, Cale. He's an example of how to become an extrovert and

ol

ckin

l year and

idding. I'd swallow the largest ice-berg in Antar

leftover extra cheesy slice of margarita pizza and took a bite of it. I looked into the mirror and that's when my confidence deflated. My fa

red matt lipstick. By the time I was done, my hair was in curls. I liked getting dolled up, I always made sure I would make up in my appearance what I couldn't with my weight. I think i

use of Se

ce in my he

I told th

eth came into my mind, I'd have these

me or anything. We

whenever I tried to talk to Seth or tried to smile or somethin

nto the kitchen and

uddenly fainted and had to be rushed in an ambulance. She'd been more like a mother to me, more so sin

at would happen to me if some

red yogurt. I'd be having this for lunch today and that was in

ys of my BMW and wal

icture of a baby el

rt ignoring it. There were bullies everywhere, and High School was the worst. There was this other girl named Anne

e year of high school a

ent parts of Europe that we'd used as vacation homes since I was little. Those houses were collecting dust. I could just move

h sauntered into the class. He was wearing a red baseball cap which was covering a huge mass of his da

her, and then his dark eyes met min

oe, and open your boo

n empty seat. He could sit there. I had an empty seat too, but of course, Se

ooked at Tina and then started walking

as a show stopper in

would pass my seat but to my utter bafflement, he

umped into

e is sitti

my

uck between my teeth? Do I smell nice enough? Why am I not

t next to mine, and I was still trying to

s sitting

ybe ask how he was doing? Would he find out that I was having a H

ou know. Or seem like I'm hitting

orld, and he was super-duper ultra-gorgeou

gh his perfect hair. Did he think he was starring in a shampoo commercial? I didn't see n

and my heart almost l

staring

t movie where Bella does it. Edward was creepy tho, I me

n he quickly looked down into his book. I might ha

peek-a-boo from the hal

tattoos? Didn't your parents

ng at the front. "They don't because they don't care." His voice could melt butter

aid, "Mus

they don't care abo

t what I meant. I mean it must b

ily-Mae. I was kidding.

ilence agai

ew my

nish textbook so he ask

intoxicating perfume or touch him. If I could find the courage to be

g his palm on h

ands. You could use that; it helps a lot fo

red and he did

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lly hit

stupid things to Set

et, stuffed his books into his bag-pack, and stor

rewe