The Only One For Me

2 | Okay, Maybe Not Just A Crush

I breathe in the sight of him. He looked so freaking handsome. He has friendly, chinky brown eyes that makes you want to melt in them. His mouth looked so perfect, not too thin and not too wide, his smile makes me swoon. He smells so good.

I quickly look away, embarrassed someone may have noticed me gawking at him, it felt like I was staring at him for a good 2 minutes but in actuality, it was just probably a good 3 seconds. I cannot believe how good he smells. His scent is intoxicating, I never had a favorite scent before, but now I did.

We arrived at school, chit chatting the whole way. His name was Odin Frey. Odin, after the Norse God, the All Father, who sacrificed his one eye to see everything that happens in the world. It was so refreshing to talk to someone who made sense. Boys my age only talk about sports or s*x. Two of the things that are taboo to me, I don’t like sports and I’m a virgin.

I knew him from my childhood because he was my uncle’s best friend. Although, I don’t remember him being this handsome.

School was a blur. All I could think about was how Odin made me feel. I saw him in slow motion in my mind. It’s so weird, I’ve never felt this way about anyone before. Thinking about him made me feel things I’ve never felt before. He makes my heart beat so fast and skip a beat and I don’t realize I’ve been holding my breath until I feel like I’m going to pass out.

At lunch time, my friends and I met up at our usual spot, under a tree in the garden. We talked about what we did when school was out, Carly and I hung out most of the time, Nora went to the country with her family and Kaye went to camp with her cousins.

I told them about Odin but leaving out the part about me liking him, Carly confessed she had a crush on him, I pretended to gush for her but on the inside, I was seething. Carly gets all the guys she likes. She’s curvy and rich, who wouldn’t want to get that? I love Carly, she’s one of my best friends, but I am jealous of how she easily gets any boy she wants. I fear, if she went after Odin, she’d have more success than I ever would.

I was lost in my own thoughts as Nora told us about her visit in the country. Kaye noticed so she nudged me, I snapped out of it and smiled, trying my best to listen to Nora’s stories.

By 3:30PM, I was giddy with excitement at the thought of seeing Odin again. I couldn’t wait for 4:30PM and be dismissed.

*Rrrriiiiinnnnnggg*

“Class dismissed.”. The best two words I’ve ever heard all day. I picked up my bag and headed off toward the school gate, I saw Odin’s van and was heading toward it when I bumped into someone and before I knew it my left foot got caught on something and I was falling.