Hello, my name is Chris! It's the second half of the school year, and I have 7 exams next month. I am asking myself what I did to deserve this? I really need to study, but I don't know where to begin. School was never my thing, and now I need to get ready for my exams, but I don't know where to start because I played video games when I needed to study! Now everything just seems so hard.
If I study math, I won't have enough time to study physics or biology. Constant pressure is overwhelming. I don't know what to do. My parents are of no help, and when I asked my friends for help, they just said I should have studied over the winter break. I mean, who does that? But I still haven't talked to my other friend Angela. She's a super sweet girl, but a big nerd too. Maybe she can help me out. When I asked her for help at school, she was more than happy to help me. We agreed to meet in her house on Saturday so she can teach me. I was kind of nervous because I thought we would study at the library, but it was closed. We finally stared studying together on Saturday. While being with her, I started having some strange feelings for her. What?! Am I falling for her? That can't be right! I'm such a lazy geek, she would never date me." I should probably listen to her. I'm not here to think about my stupid problems. I'm here to solve them", I thought. She was super helpful, and I managed to learn a thing or two. On my way home, I was thinking about how I had a crush on her. That added more problems to my list. What if she doesn't like me back? Or if she already has a boyfriend? No, that can't be true! I was so scared of her not liking me back that I realized I had gone way past my home. I couldn't sleep that night, I was thinking about her almost the whole night. After that day, I had many sleepless nights where I was only thinking about her. We became good friends, and I came to her place to study every weekend. And when the tests finally arrived, I aced them with the help of Angela. I never dared to ask her out. I was never this shy. What was happening to me? Sometimes I would ask my friends what she liked and what her interests were, but I was careful because they couldn't know I had a crush on her. I thought about telling my parents that I had a crush, but that would be a horrible idea. Why? Well, first of all - the questions. Secondly, they would spill the beans and tell everyone in the neighborhood, and eventually she would find out, along with the rest of the school. I don't know if I was ever this stressed in my life. It was a few days before the exams, and I was playing cards in the cafeteria while eating lunch with my friends. One of my friends, whose name was Michael, was suspicious of me being strangely quiet. The other friend said I was in love, and everyone laughed except him as he knew the truth. I didn't know what to do. If Michael knew, then the whole school would know. I said out loud I was not in love and that I didn't care about any girls. He wasn't buying it, so he asked me why I was hanging out so much with Angela. ''Damn it'', I said to myself," I need to play this smartly or I'm done." Then I said: " You know I need help with physics and math. Jeez, every time I'm with a girl, you guys suspect I'm in love." ''Then why are you sweating'' , said Michael. ''What the hell do you want from me Micheal'' I said in my head. Lunch was almost over. Please, God, let this conversation end. Then he said: ''You dropped your note the other day saying -'Angela, do you want to go to the cinema on Friday? I guess you haven't had the courage to give her that''. This isn't going to end well for any of us. I screamed ''YOU IDIOT!" and lunged at him, hitting him in the face, hitting him multiple times. He fought back, but I was so full of rage and anger that I hadn't realized everyone was watching, and the teachers saw the whole thing, too. He was on the floor, his nose was bleeding. I said to myself ''I'm done for''. A few minutes later, I was in front of the principal's office, and my parents were informed. I didn't have any friends, Angela didn't love me anymore, and I was grounded until the end of the school year. I thought this couldn't get any worse, but it turned out it could. The whole school hated me now, and my reputation was completely ruined. The fact that I was in love wasn't even the hot topic, it was the fight between me and Michael. At school, everyone was giving me an evil eye, and I couldn't imagine what Angela thought of me. I couldn't believe I beat up one of my friends for a girl. What was happening to me? One night, while I was in bed bawling my eyes out and regretting my every choice, I got a call. It was an unknown number. I expected it to be a prank call, but it turned out to be Angela. She said she liked me too, but she never dared to ask me out, and when she heard what happened between me and Michael, she felt bad. At that moment, my stomach was full of butterflies, and I didn't know what else to say to her. I knew she was the one for me. I thanked her and asked her out on a date and she accepted, but she said that I needed to apologize for what I did to Michael. I apologized to him the following day and he accepted my apology. He apologized to me too, for being such an idiot, and I forgave him. Now we are great friends. My friends understood me, but my parents still haven't ungrounded me, so I guess I must wait till next summer. My dream finally came true, and I couldn't be happier with Angela.
After our date, me and Angela started getting close and after a month, we finally kissed. It was the best moment of my life, probably the day everything changed for me.