Disclaimer: I do not own Gundam Seed (Destiny)

A/N: Hope you enjoy this fic (: everything here is in Cagalli's POV

He smiled at me today.

Ok, fine, that was an exaggeration; he smiled in my direction because Meiryn was behind me. But still, for a moment there, my heart melted and I felt like I was on cloud nine!

His striking emerald eyes pierced through my heart (more like, sliced and diced my heart into a million pieces). His midnight blue hair, I noticed, was freshly cut and plastered messily across his perfect features.

Today he was wearing a collared shirt (two buttons were left undone, showing off his nicely tanned chest) and army berms.

He was the hottest, most popular and smartest jock in Seed High. And it just so happens that I am hopelessly in love with him. Ever heard of unreachable love? Here it was.

Me, Cagalli Yula Athha, classic social reject.

Him, Athrun Zala, classic popular, rich jock.

In case you're wondering, relationships like those do not exist.

Aside from that whole smiling incident, nothing unusual happened today. Just the usual: Fllay and Mia tripping me when I have something "spillable" in my hands, Shinn and Rey spitting spitballs at me during Geography and having pieces of papers with the words "poor boy" stuck on my back (they wouldn't even bother to put tomboy, just boy. They would never know how much that hurt). Like I said, nothing unusual, nothing abnormal, just another day in school.

Do I cry? No, not anymore.

I've already wasted enough tears on guys who ridicule me and say they can't love a girl who has "lost touch with her feminism" or a poor orphan found off the streets of Orb. I've got no more tears to waste on my classmates' rude comments. In ten years, when I start working, they wouldn't matter.

No more crying, but I don't have anyone to wipe them tears from my face, no one to wash my tear-stained pillow, no one to love. I didn't want to love.

But this was different. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't stop this schoolgirl crush. Buried somewhere in my heart, I knew it was because this was love. It wasn't only his million-dollar smile that turned me on. Nor is it the way he'd surprise Meiryn with Valentine's Day cookies, or the way he swiped the rugby ball from the opponents. It was the way he smiled in my direction.

Simply put, it was him. I admit it: the Cagalli who was/is rumored to have an ice-cold heart admits that Athrun Zala, rich, popular jock, turns me on. There, I said it. Happy?

I know he would never love me back, but hey, a girl can dream. Besides, I can wait. I will wait.

Things to do:

1. Pass History

2. Do Trig pg 43-45

3. Find out why freezing and melting points are affected by pressure

4. Get him to notice me

5. Get groceries to restock the fridge at the orphanage

Things not to do:

1. Fail History

2. Kill Mia and Fllay

3. Kill Shinn and Rey

4. Embarrass myself in front of him