I see Gabby in gym class

It’s another couple classes before I get to gym class, which I have every other day.

I smirk when I get to my gym locker, because my dad doesn’t know that I snuck a pair of shorts in. It makes me excited that I get to show off my legs. I just hope a cute boy notices and checks me out.

“Hey!” A familiar voice greets me as I walk into the hallway. It’s Gabby. She already has a few people congregating around her.

“Hi Gabby.” I greet her.

We go into the gym, where people are milling around and waiting for class to start. A few people come by and say hi to Gabby.

I look over across the room and see a boy my age looking at us. He’s in my grade, and I know his name is Justin. When my eyes land on him he quickly snaps his head back forwards. I don’t think anything of it at first.

I think he’s kind of cute, and he’s wearing a sleeveless shirt so I can see his muscles. I look back up again carefully to check him out and he notices me again. He snaps his eyes back down.

“Gabby.” I say. “I think Justin is checking you out!”

“I see him.” Gabby says with a smirk, looking into my eyes. “He’s not checking me out. He’s checking you out.”

My heart flutters for a second. I look back over to him and our eyes meet. He gives me a little smirk.

“Oh my god!” I say. Gabby doesn’t know how shy I am. “He’s totally flirting with me what do I do?”

“Just give him a cute little wave.” Gabby says.

Nervously, I raise my hand and wave as cutely as I can. He looks up and starts to cross the room.

“Alright!” The gym teacher shouts as he walks into the room. “We’re gonna get started.”

Interrupted, Justin melts back into the crowd.

We split up and go into our activities. It’s been volleyball the last couple of weeks. I’m certainly not the worst in the class, but I’m certainly not good either. I never played any sports growing up. My dad thinks that they are a “waste of time”.

I don’t get to be around Justin but we look up at each other a lot, and catch each other from time to time. It’s exciting.

Once class is over and we begin to shuffle our way out, I walk with Gabby. As we approach the doorway I hear a voice from the left. It’s him.

“Hey.” He says gently, looking into my eyes. He’s so handsome and cute. He’s a decently fit guy too.

I immediately feel the heat rushing to my face. I’m so nervous that I tense up. I try to speak but I can’t at first. My chest flutters.

“Hi.” I manage to squeak out and try to give him a smile.

“You’re not too bad!” He tells me. “You should be on my team next week.”

“Uhm,” I begin. My face is burning. “That would be fun.”

We stop at the entrance to the girl’s locker room.

“I’ll uh, see you around, huh?” He asks me.

I purse my lips together into a smile and nod. All I can get out is a little “mm hm”.

He leaves us and we enter the locker room.

“Oh my god.” Gabby giggles. “You were blushing so hard. It was immediate.”

“I couldn’t help it.” I tell her. “I’m so embarrassed.”

“Don't worry.” She says. “I don’t think anybody saw except for him.”

“That’s the point!” I say.

“Do you like him?” She asks, starting to calm me down.

“I never really thought about it.” I tell her. “But he’s cute. But now he probably thinks I’m a total dork!”

“No no no!” Gabby says. “It’s a good thing. He knows you like him and a guy won’t pass that up.”

“I just don’t know if I’m hot enough for him.” I begin. “I don..”

“He checked you out, didn’t he?” She asks. “Came up and talked to you?”

“He did. I’m just not any good around boys.” I tell her.

“I can teach you a few things sometime.” She offers.

“Thank you.” I respond. “I’d like that.”