I could feel it, my heart was beating like a drum..it was pounding hard and fast, and I knew exactly why. Emily was sitting next to me, I could feel her hair touching my shoulder gently every time she moved. I kept my eyes looking forward, watching as the teacher wrote math problems on the board, but it was getting harder to sit still as the seconds ticked away on the clock. Emily doodled in her notebook, I watched as her hand formed a heart, the pencil sketching it onto the page perfectly. That little heart caused my mind to race was that heart a sign, was she trying to tell me something...did she like me like I liked her? I smiled at the simple thought that Emily might like me back, but I only smiled slightly..so she wouldn't see.

"Alison" the teacher announced, his eyes starring daggers at me violently Oh my god I thought did I do something wrong, why is he calling my name, did he see me smiling at Emily and did that make him upset for some reason?

"Alison" He repeated himself, as he started to walk towards me slowly.

"Negative twelve" Emily whispered softly into my ear, and yeah I know that she was just telling me the answer so I would stop making a fool of myself, but honestly all I could think was how amazing it felt to have her so close to me that her lips were almost touching me, I could feel her breathing on my skin and I could smell the chlorine in her hair..god I was losing my mind.

"Negative Twelve" I smiled awkwardly up at the teacher.

"Correct" He smiled, turning around.

The rest of class went normal, me wishing that Emily would like me, freaking out when she looked my way and smiling every time her skin slightly touched mine. Once the bell rang I stood up, that was my last class of the day, so I made my way to my locker were I started to get the books I needed for tonight's homework. That's when I heard the voice of an angle say my name.

"Alison" Emily ran up to me with a big smile spread across her face.

" ..hi" I barely made out as my heart beat got faster and faster with every second that she was near me.

"So, we've been sitting next to each other for a while now in math class and I have been noticing that your grades aren't so great...I was wondering if you needed some help" Emily's smile was making my heart weak, I couldn't help but smile back.

"Like a tutor?" I questioned

"Yeah, I would be happy to tutor you" Emily responded happily

"Um...sure."