* First Love *

The first time I saw him was on the first day of sixth grade. He came and sat in the seat right in front of mine. He turned around and said hi. I looked into his mischievous, sea blue eyes, and at his smile, a smile that could make anyone smile. I forgot that he was talking.
Remembering, I quickly said “Hey, I’m Dalvinder”. “I’m Daniel” he replied.
I saw his gaze move to the right of me, I looked up and saw my best friend Hannah. She sat down in the vacant seat next to me. “Hey” she said, “How was summer?” I saw Daniel’s lips move but didn’t hear a word. My eyes were now fixed on the back of his head. Hannah kept on talking about summer, but I could not stop thinking about the boy in front of me.

Later in the year, Daniel, and I became friends. I began to like him more, and more. During lunch one day Hannah asked “Do you like anyone at this school?” I smiled and said “You tell me first”. She replied, “Daniel’s really cute isn’t he?” In a weak measly voice I said “yeah”. I never thought that Hannah would ever like him. When we finished eating we decided to go play basketball since Daniel always played. I became shy around him, and tried to ignore him as much as possible, but Hannah dragged me toward him. Hannah decided to ask Daniel and his friends to play basketball with us. My heart beat so quickly, I whined, “Come on let’s go do something else, we can’t make a basket anyway” but she was determined to ask. Daniel tried to teach me and Hannah how to play, but I was to nervous, and Hannah could barely toss the ball. I saw that Hannah, and Daniel were having fun, so I decided that I wouldn’t hang out with them the next day. That night Hannah called and told me that Daniel said that he liked her, and she told him she liked him. My heart did a back flip, I was so surprised. I never thought things would proceed that quickly between them. I knew that I would never have had the guts to ask him out or anything but, I hated the idea of my friend going out with him.

Two months had gone by and Hannah, and Daniel were together, and everything was okay. I had come to means in my heart that Daniel would never like me. Everything went downhill during the third month. Each year my school had a big talent show, which my teacher that year gave extra-credit for attending. The day before the talent show, Daniel asked me if I wanted go see the show with him. I wondered why he wasn’t going with Hannah but, I said yes thinking that maybe she couldn’t go. The following day we went to the talent show, and had a lot of fun. Before going home he gave me a hug. I knew he hugged me because we were good friends, but that’s not what the kids at my school thought. The next day I tried to talk to Hannah but she ignored me. We were in the library when she told me why she was angry. She said that Daniel didn’t like her anymore, and was mad at me for going to the talent show with him. I told her we went as friends, but she believed more of what the people around her said more than her best friend. Tears trickled out of my eyes. I was furious at Hannah for thinking what she thought, and not trusting me. I was mad at Daniel for not telling me that he broke up with Hannah. However, I was mostly upset at myself for going with him. Our friendship was never the same after that. I tried to keep my contact with Daniel minimum. I decided I would never go out with Daniel, no matter how much I liked his deep sea blue eyes, or his smile, or the way he spoke, or the way he played basketball. I was disappointed in my stupid decision which cost me my friendship with Hannah, and Daniel.