My first crush

Words couldn't describe the way I felt at that very moment, I was high on my own feelings like a drug addict. The way his eyes lit up whenever he saw me or when he was around his ever troublesome friends, he would laugh that his infectious laugh that made my heart go on a marathon race.

Walking through the school hall with flowers and a letter in my hand, I couldn't hold back the smile on my face it was so obvious how i felt and I didn't care if the whole school found out about my little secret that I was scared of everyone finding out about a few hours ago. I was madly in love with Daniel agge the cutest and smartest, most handsome, most caring uggh I could just go on and on with the adjectives. At this point I could scream it to the whole world, I wasn't even scared of my parents finding out anymore, My heart was on a one way ticket flight to happyville.

I wasn't ugly but I wasn't the prettiest girl in the class either, but I consoled myself with the fact That i was still a growing fourteen year old. I was friends with all the boys in my class, the entire school even but it wasn't cause of my looks but rather my personality. I was the carefree girl who doesn't let gender become a barrier with her friends but when it comes to Daniel agge I couldn't help but notice how big the barrier was. I would suddenly become nervous when ever I spoke in front him, my hand would become sweaty and my throat would be so dry I would have to sip water just to talk to him. I had talked to boys all my life I even grew up with five at home so it was quiet strange the way I felt whenever he was around.

The first day he came to school was like the day Jesus ascended to heaven, Students from other classes came to see the new oyinbo in our class. His mom is white and his dad is Nigerian but he grew up in America which made him have the whole oyinbo accent. His skin was very fair and when he finally raised his head to take a look at the classroom I felt my lungs get air sucked out of them, the boy was drop dead gorgeous. He had blue eyes and his hair was in braids which made him have a sort of girlish look. " He must look like his mom" I thought to myself. He walked into the classroom and took a seat close to me and I on the other hand was practically not breathing.

Throughout the whole class I couldn't focus completely at what the teacher was saying, I kept stealing glances at him and occasionally I would catch him stealing glances of his own, he must have found me creepy. When it was break time i turned towards him before he could go out for lunch and I said "hi" and he said hi back but after that I just kept smiling at him and for the first time in my life I didn't know what to say, my hands were sweating and my throat was so dry. He looked at me expectantly and I just kept smiling at him until he finally spoke with his oyinbo accent

" I'm Daniel but my friends call me Danny, what about you"

"I'm Annie"

I miraculously found my voice again thank God. He smiled at me and I swear I saw the heavens open to shine light on him. We ate lunch together that day and every other day after that, my friends became his friends and I felt like I was his best friend amongst them but deep down I wanted to be more but I couldn't admit it. The entire school had a crush on him and I didn't want to admit I was a part of the entire school. But now I didn't care anymore, screw what anyone else had to say because Daniel agge liked me, he had a crush on me and not anyone else, I wasn't the prettiest or the curviest in my class but he wanted me to be his girlfriend, he chose me, he really likes me, he said so in his letter he had put in my locker with a dozen red roses. Holding the letter - and roses in my hand I walked into the cafeteria with wings on my feet, I found him sitting with his friends laughing at something they said and when his eyes met mine they had this sudden glow that only my presence could bring. He noticed the flowers I was holding and then he stood up from his seat and smiled a shy smile that made him even more handsome, I threw my arms around him in a warm embrace to show him my reply and he hugged me back, wrapping his arms around my waist
" Is that a yes" he whispered into my ear
Once again I lost my voice and I just nodded my head still hugging him
" She said yes" he yelled

And then cheers from the whole auditorium erupted, I didn't care that I was hugging a boy in front of the whole school all I cared about was that Daniel agge had a crush on me too and we were both boarding a one way ticket flight to happyville.