One week left till summer break would hit the road. I could already feel the excitement building up when the summer breeze hit me. I stretched my back, did some exercises and then made my bed.

It was getting hotter in here so I opened the window. The moment I opened it, I saw him, our rooms were only a meter apart. When did my bad luck hit me so badly?

He was in his room, studying at his desk, in his usual getup. His grey pajamas and that bandana, pulling his hair back. His hair were kinda long so it made sense when he made that small pony tail, made him look hot.

GET BACK TO YOUR SENSES NORA!

"You need to stop staring."He commented with his face still facing the desk.

"I wasn't!"

"You were staring like a stalker."

"What even?"

"That's a bad habit,Nora."He still kept on writing.

"EXCUSE ME?"

"I'll tell your dad that she's a stalker...just so you wait."He stretched,"You need to stop looking at me as if I'm your crush...it gives me goosebumps."

"Looking at your face boils my blood!"I snapped.

"Uhun,"he raised his brow in excitement. "Is that even true?"

"Don't get ahead of yourself...I'm not falling for you."

He walked to the window, smiling at me, he rested his arms on it's sill,"I know that very well."

"Mhm!"I started folding my clothes. He was looking up, admiring the night sky.

"Can I ask you something?"I asked out of curiousity.

"No."He smirked.

"Why do you have Eugene as your surname instead of Ramirez?"

He sighed, looked at me,"I don't like that name, makes me look like a nerd." He stared at me. We both went silent.

I can't let my nerve snap.

"That's a lie."

"It is!"he nodded.

Snap!

"Goodnight,Mr.Eugene!"I went to lock the window,"it was nice knowing that."

"Okay I'm kidding!"he grabbed the grill,"I'll tell you."

He sounded serious, so I let go of it. "So?"

"It's...my father's surname."

I looked at him, giving him the 'Am I a fool to you?' look.

"I don't like him, we have our differences..."he looked at the sky for once, then turned to me again,"so I moved out of his life for some time...developing a surname that shouldn't be one but I did."He explained.

I couldn't say anything, that was not what I was expecting at all.

"Uh...don't you have any other siblings or someone you could stay with?"I didn't want to be a stranger, tried my best to make him at ease.

"I don't."

"Your mom?"

"If you're so worried then why don't you give me company every night?"he leaned forward, almost reaching inside my portion.

"Stay away-"

He climbed inside my room.  "What are you doing?"I whisper shouted.

"You sure know how to make me excited...hmm,"he said with a grin forming on his face.

"WHA-"

"Hush!"he shushed me. I stared at him in shock.

He moved way too close, pushing me back to my bed till I fell and landed on it. He hovered over me."M-Mr.Eugene-"

"You're kinda cute when I look closer."He stared down at me. I stared back, I was shocked and felt something bubble up in my chest. My heart beating almost reached infinity.

AM I GOING TO HAVE A HEART ATTACK?!

His eyes were so grey...made you feel lost in them. His lips were light pink, meant he didn't smoke. He had a small cross tattooed behind his ear lobe and one on his left thumb. His skin tone wasn't white, it had more of a Hispanic and Mexican touch to it. More like tanned. His voice was really soothing, it was more like a whisper, husky and taunting. I often wondered who he was and did he gained anything from staying in this place?

WELL HE GAINS ME RIGHT NOW!

I tried to kick him.

"You're pathetic at fighting,Nora!"he snickered. "GET OFF ME-"

"Nora!Is someone up there?!"Grandma woke up. I could hear her walking upstairs.

"Nora?You okay?!"she asked again. I looked up at the guy above me.

Pervert!

"Get off me!"I tried to push him off. He just smirked and dared not to move an inch. "My grandma's coming!"I tried explaining.

"What you gonna do about it?"He still managed to actually grin in a situation like this.

"Leonardo Eugene Ramirez!"I cursed,"fuck you!"I looped my arms behind his neck and pulled him closer. It caught him by surprise. His eyes widened as my face came in closer. I know he must've thought about what was I doing. But I passed him to my left side, pushing him against the bed. I heard him giving a small laugh.

I rolled my eyes. "I'm fine!"I ran to the door, and slightly opened it.

She was half asleep,"Who were you talking to?"

"No one...I was just revising this essay on cockroaches...that I have tomorrow!"I played cool.

"Don't make fuss at this time!"she squeezed my cheek,"get to bed!" And she went down, cursing in Spanish. I took a sigh of relief. I remembered to get rid of this trouble I had in my room.

"You!"I turned back to face him...but he was gone. "Where'd he go?!"

I looked at his room, he was already in bed. "Seriously?!"I ran my fingers through my hair. "GOD TAKE HIM!"I groaned.

"I'm not leaving!"he yelled from his room,"night!Princess!"

I wanna die.

I shut my window close and fell on my bed. My head buzzed like hell and my heartbeat was out of control. I wanted to kill him, but all I could do was whine.

~

My eyes had the biggest dulls under them. I was half asleep throughout school. In P.T I fell on the running track. I couldn't sleep all night. He kept running in my mind.

"You look so dead,"Kevin waved his hand in my face,"how many fingers am I holding?!"

"I'm sorry...I'm a bit tired." I didn't want anyone to even guess what happened last night. Kevin gave me a worried look but then smiled,"take some rest."

He was with me in biology class. Elijah, Kevin and I were in the same biology class in first year. Later on after Elijah moved and we both were left.

"Did you know that Tiffany and El broke up last night?"Kevin broke up the gossip.

"What?!"Grey,Joe,Kate and I said in unison.

"I'm serious!"He knew the facts.

"How man?!"Grey looked excited. "He texted me last night saying he didn't feel the same for her and she was probably cheating behind his back." We were shocked. That was new.

"They looked so good together tho,"I shrugged. "I know right,"Kate nodded.

"Guess it's for the better...we can only hope El is doing good."Joe sighed.

We all talked about it and other things.

"Hey...uh Nora?"someone called me from behind. I turned to look at her. It was Tiffany.

"Can we talk for a second?"she pointed out to outside. "Uh sure..."I stood up from my bench.

"What's happening?"Grey grabbed my arm. I told him I didn't know and followed Tiffany upstairs, to the rooftop.

We walked out to a corner.

"So what is it that you wanna talk about?"I felt awkward.

Did I do something wrong?

"Don't pretend you're innocent."She faced me.

"Excuse me?"

"Elijah, broke up with me because he has feelings for you!"She yelled at me.

"WHAT?"

"He told me he likes you since you came and he broke up with me cause he felt bad!" The women was about to cry. Okay I needed to clear it up with her, it was all her misunderstanding.

"He likes me?"I asked.

She glared at me. "You play pretty cheap,Bridges!"

"HEY!I didn't know it and even if you two broke up I won't date him cause I don't like him in that way!"I tried to clear myself.

"You don't have to act so nice,Nora...you've seduced him somehow!" Her allegation got more stupid every minute.

I knew she was a nutcase to crack.

"I'll deal with it myself,"I tried to get out of the scene before she'd accuse me of something else. It was always a better idea to stay away from angry women, like grandma used to say.

I saw Kevin and Grey waiting downstairs for me. They asked me what happened. I told them everything and they gave me the you're-unbelievable look.

"I am not!"I protested.

"You are,"Grey threw his hands up.

"Hopefully it doesn't breaks,El's heart."

"Wait why would it?"

"Rejection isn't something that makes a person happy actually."Kevin tried explaining.

"BUT-"

"We know you two are close, that has his hopes up..."Grey ran his hand through his hair,"be careful with what you say, it can have a huge impact on him."

I couldn't get it. I didn't want to hurt Elijah but I couldn't lie to him either.

"See you after school,"Kevin and Grey left for their classes. I was still stuck in the situation I had been thrown into. Hopefully I'd be able to get through it.

But for now it was math time. That meant that it was time to face him.

I could feel that it was going to be a long day!

~

He couldn't hold it in, he really wanted to snicker in my face. This guy would be reported to my dad one day. "You made a mistake on your last quiz,Ms.Bridges."He handed me the paper.

I made a mistake? I took the sheet and saw that there was none.

"There's no mistake here-"

He closed in, his head right in front of me, I tried looking away but found myself staring at him, I could see his apple of Adam bobbing in his throat. He was wearing a grey chain with something written on it. Was it a name or something else. I took a peek and then looked away.

"You made a mistake here,"he pointed to the paper. I snapped out of my thoughts.

"Huh?Where?"

"The point where you have to take square root..."he explained it to me. I knew this procedure, must've slipped my mind.

"Okay?"he asked.

"I get it."I nodded. He looked at me, I looked back. I could feel girls glaring at me.

"Thank you."I pursed my lips in awkwardness.

"You're welcome,"he passed me a smile and moved on to the next person.

My cheeks got hot. I looked out of the window and tried to get my mind off him for now.

Elijah.

Why didn't he ever show he liked me? He even helped me over Grey's confession. He was the guy who understood me after I moved to this place. I believed in our friendship.

I know he'll understand me...hopefully.

~

"I lie to them, saying we're frenemies...but we know it's just us. So us."