Elena's POV

7 years ago.....

My name is a Elizabeth, a 10th grader.

And today just like every other Monday I'm headed to maths class.

Which I could skip if there was any option to do so.

If I haven't mentioned, I have a dislike for Maths and all it entails.

But the dislike isn't mutual cus surprisingly I perform very well in the subject

Much to my surprise and the surprise of basically nobody.

My parents by the way doesn't adore the success in maths cus "Basic Maths" doesn't count.

They have this weird thought of me being involved in advanced maths.

Which is basically them capping cus I'm definitely not up for the class

"Elizabeth! May I have few words with you" I heard my maths teacher, Mr Joe call out to me.

I stuttered to his table showing my utmost displeasure with the weird arrangements.

He signalled for me to take a sit and I rolled my eyes knowing whatever was coming next was gonna be shitty

"Your parents spoke to me about your interest in joining the advanced maths class, which I'm aware is definitely not your interest. But it would look good on your college application"

I sat there dumbfounded and unable to utter a word.

Are these adults kidding me right now?

My college application?

As long as I can remember, I still have like a year if not more than before I start thinking about college.

And who gave them the idea that the course of my choice would be anything related to mathematics?

I nodded my head in response to whatever he was uttering cus I had no idea what it was about..

The next thing I heard was "That would be all for now"

And I found myself dragging my feet to my seat unable to focus throughout the rest of the class.

Soon it was time for the advanced class and I walked to the class with absolute zero interest.

There's nothing so thrilling about me join the so called 'advanced' class except for the fact that I would be One of the only two girls in the class.

Which shouldn't be a shock considering the fact that only six 10th graders are in the Advanced class.

The other girl, Mara is a mutual friend.

She has been my classmate since the fresher year and we've been lab partners for a number of times.

We just don't have the close-friends type of relationship.

The other students, Matteo, Prince, Max and Oliver are also guys I'm quite familiar with.

Matteo and Prince being my friends since middle School and Max a classmate also from 9th year.

Oliver happens to be the only new face.

I heard he joined Xavier's high mid 8th grade

I have seen him around a few times but I can't remember ever having a conversation with him.

I entered the dreaded class greeting the guys sitted in a cluster.

I headed for the sit at the corner of the class planning to make it my permanent sit.

Unknown to me that was Oliver's regular sit.

Well it soon became known to me when he strutted to the space just beside me and dropped his bag on the wide desk meant for the both of us.

None of us uttered a word to each other.

I couldn't even utter one if I wanted to cuz I was very much flustered

The class started and it wasn't even boring as I thought it would have been

Under the desk my legs and Oliver's keep touching and that was enough to keep me awake.

I could almost say I was falling for the guy if not for the fact that I have a boyfriend and I heard he has a "girl" too.

Soon, Mr Joe excused himself to attend to the Juniors leaving us all to ourselves.

Oliver turned to me, and I could feel my heart beating ten times faster that usual.

"Fancy seeing you here Elizabeth" he said in a very low but audible voice

I could feel his fresh breath on my face due to our proximity

I'm sure he would have seen how red my face was if I was as white as the others.

I sat there flustered as he started engaging me in a conversation.

I could swear he had a way with words, he's much of a sweet talker and he knew the right thing to say to keep the conversation going.

I was literally all over myself considering this is the first actual conversation I would have with him.

We were flowing and I found myself laughing at every little thing he said wether funny or not.

Soon he started talking about his past school and past relationships which led to him mentioning about how he doesn't much believe in love

As the girl that I am I was quick to retort by saying "It's cus you haven't found the right person"

Which I regretted immediately cuz that sounded more like a pick-up line....

He smiled it off and said he wishes he finds the right person soon.

Over the weeks our relationship developed and we became best of friends.

We started sharing every little thing with each other and always end up holding hands during classes.

All beneath the desk...

All this while, he had ended things with his girl due to some 'personal' issues.

I knew I was falling for him fast

But I couldn't do anything about it.

I was in a relationship and I didn't want to risk what I had with Oliver over some major teenage crush

But one thing that was for certain is the fact that I wasn't the only one feeling that way.

The feeling was mutual.