Love is in the Air

Chemistry

We rushed into class so we wouldn’t miss the bell even though Mrs. Jasmine is always late. I had Arlo introduce himself which I learned was a terrible idea.

“Hi everyone. I’m gay. And my names Arlo.” He shuffled his feet and stood by Mrs. Jasmine’s desk. Everyone was silent. I stared at Arlo in awe.

“What? You don’t think you’ve seen a gay man before because I promise you that you have.” I was laughing so hard I started crying. About 30 seconds later, Mrs. Jasmine entered the room.

“I see you’ve met our new student Arlo. You may have a seat by Calvin. Calvin rai-“

She was cut off by Arlo already sat down and knowing who I was. “How wonderful. You’ve already met.” Arlo just smiled and nodded at her. “I’m going to pass out this paper and you’re going to read it independently and answer the questions on the back with your partner. Once your finished, you may do as you please as long as your not out of your seat. You may begin.”

We were both reading as fast as we could so we’d get it done and over with. I got finished first and about five minutes later Arlo finished. We took ten minutes answering questions and as we turned them in our hands touched. We both turned red in embarrassment. We sat back down and got on our phones. Out of nowhere I grabbed Arlo’s phone I could tell he was caught off guard and confused why I took it. I went to his contacts and typed in my number. I then wrote down my address and told him to come over at 5:30.

“Sure, what are we gonna do?”

“ I was thinking we could get to know each other better and watch a movie.”

“Ok sure. Let me text my mum.” I looked at Arlo confused. Why did he say mum instead of mom?

“Mum?” Arlo began to explain. Through out we began laughing a bit. We started adding each other on all of our socials.

“Can I tell you something?” Calvin nodded in response. “I thought that you didn’t like me when I got here and I didn’t think much people would like me. Emmy said you were shy and protective which led me to think you wouldn’t like me. "

"At first I didn't think I'd like you either but you looked kind and you seemed kind so I thought I'd give you a chance. "

"A chance at what? " Arlo responded. With a look knowingly confusion thinking he meant that in a relationship type of way.

"No! No! Not like that, not like that" He replied while slowly getting quieter and getting more and more repetitive.