Vinnie Vidi Vici

Twiddling his thumbs, the boy sat on the lunch table glancing occasionally at the girl on the table to the left. She was a hottie and he knew it. But deep in his stomach he had a feeling that she was in a class of her own. A class that was too high for a normal like himself to reach. Again he glanced over at her but this time his friend caught a glimpse of him doing so.

“Why don’t you go over there and talk to her?” asked the friend. “She isn’t going to bite you. Though she may give you the eye. Or she may agknowledge that you exsist and have a normal conversation with her.”

“Man I don’t know if that is ok,” said Tyler. “She may just ignore me or worse yet she may even blow me off. . .”

“Tyler, does she even know if you are alive?” asked Joe. “Well I man, I don’t know about that. I mean that she has let me borrow her eraser before. But other than that, I am not so sure if I can say that I am on her radar.”

“You know what let’s go and have her notice you today.” Joe gave Tyler a shove and booted him off of their bench. Giving him the stern look of an older brother, he said, “I am not letting you back on this bench until you go and talk to her.”

“Fine. But don’t get mad if I get blown off.”

“Just remember all it’s all about having confidence,” said Joe with a wink.

“Gulp. If you say so,” said Tyler as he gather his courage. He let out a sigh and began to advance toward the girl who was sitting on the table next to theirs.

Every step that he took made his heart beat a little faster. His breath increased as he felt his palms sweat. His chest tightened. There seemed to be butterflies in his stomach and his thoughts started to swirl. Adrenaline had finally begun to flow though his system letting him know that his fight or flight mechanism had kicked in.

Catching himself as he felt his feet turning around, Tyler thought to himself. No not this time. This time I will not run away and I will talk to her like a normal person does. He turned his feet back forward and straitened his shoulders and proceeded on his journey into the unknown.

At last he had arrived at the table. Tyler took in a deep breath and readied himself for the worst. “Hey there, I couldn’t help but wonder is that Japanese that you are working on,” said Tyler as he tried to improvise on the spot.

“Yeah,” said the girl who looked up and had a look of surprise on her face.

Seeing the surprise on her face caught Tyler off guard. He was expecting a more of something that resembled a snob of the cold shoulder if anything else. Feeling the momentum shift to his favor, Tyler continued on with more conviction than before. “I am not sure but if you need help with that I wouldn’t mind doing so,” said Tyler who sat down across of the girl.

“S-sure. You don’t seem to be a bad guy. I guess it wouldn’t hurt to have some help,” said the girl trying to recover her composure. Seeming a bit less flustered, she stared at the Japanese book and she said,” And I remember you having one of the better grades in our class.”

“You actually remember me from our class?” asked Tyler who was now the flustered one.

“Yes. You were the guy that I loaned my eraser to. Right?” said the girl who was still looking at the book.

“So you do remember me? Well. Hmm,” said Tyler as he put on a face of concentration. God I hope that Joe has something up his sleeve. I don’t know how much longer I can handle this.

Across the way, his friend, Joe, could feel that Tyler was hitting a wall. He could see it in his face. His friend was running out of words to say. However, the girl was acting a bit odd from how Tyler had described her. She hasn’t looked at him since they started to talk a few minutes ago. After a closer examination, he could see that she was trying to hide her face. And it was for a good reason. Joe ran his hand through his hair and said, “Interesting. This is turning out a bit different than I had expected. I know that you are screaming in your head to bail you out but I have a feeling that you got it.”

Reaching into his pocket, Tyler pulled out the eraser that was handed to him yesterday. “Oh, before I forget, I would like to give this back to you,” said Tyler as he handed her the eraser back.

Raising her head, she gave him a smile took the eraser and said, “Thanks.”

An hour had passed and Joe was now long gone. Tyler felt his heart beginning to race again. “Umm, could I ask you a question?”

The girl put her pencil down and turned to Tyler with an inquisitive look on her face. “Sure. But first I have a question for you,” said the girl who then stuck out her tongue.

“Uhh. OK. What is it?”

“Your name was Tyler. Right?”

Tyler’s heart skipped a beat and he gave her a dumbfounded look. “Y-yeah it is. But how. . .”

She then gave him a gentle smile and asked for his phone. Once she had it, she turned around and fiddled around with it.

What the hell is she doing?

After a bit she turned around giggling and gave the phone back to him.

“What did you do to my phone?” asked Tyler.

“Oh nothing. Just a little something,” said the girl as she started to stand up. “By the way my name is Cassandra.” She left him on that note, stunned yet happy.

As he was packing up his things, he got a text message. It read, I hope you give me a call later.

Staring at his phone, he couldn’t help but laugh. How the hell am I going to call you back if I don’t even have your number. Unless. . .

He busted out his phone and began to search through the contacts list. And sure enough, her number was staring him right in the face.

Man what should I do now?