Coolest Girl in Town

“Danny should be taking me to school today. Where is he?” Alexander answered, “He was wasted last night. Probably still sleeping, so I’ll give you a ride later.” Elise wasn’t going to object to that. “Sure.” She went to the dining room for her breakfast. It was a simple one, which was her favorite. Once she was done, she went into Alexander’s car. While she was on her way to school, Elise did her extra homework, while Alexander looked at her, who was focused, in the rear-view mirror gently.

When they stopped at her school, she quickly kept her stuff away. “I’ll be going now. You should go to work too. Bye.” She got out of the car and strode toward the gate, but then, a guy stopped her. “Elise!” Elise stopped instinctively and turned around, and she was greeted by a delighted Zachary. “Finally.” He beamed at her and showed her the breakfast he bought. “For you.” Elise was slightly annoyed that he was here, so she didn’t take the breakfast. “Why are you here?”

Zachary chose to ignore that question and only smiled at her, but then he looked sad. “I thought I asked you to wait for me after the test. Why did you leave without me? I…” He bit his tongue and instead said, “It’s fine. I’ll come to you anyway. Oh, I’ve heard about the results. You got full marks again, huh? Congrats,” he congratulated her.

bought. “Nothing. Just here to give you

blush, and he stammered, “I-It’s fine. I want to do this.” Elise kept on refusing. “Please don’t,

you? It’s fine. I won’t do it if you don’t like it.” Since she wanted to end it right there and then, she asked, “Zachary, why are you doing this? What do you want from me? I’m not exactly pretty. You can even call me ugly and I won’t say a thing. Why are you so interested in me?” Zachary tried to look at her calmly, but his heart wouldn’t stop pounding. “You got this the wrong way. I’m not interested in you.

I in a novel or something? “Yes, you aren’t the prettiest girl around, but you’re very capable. I mean, you got full marks in the Math Olympiad nationals. That alone is already great enough. Also, you’re kind and always helpful. That’s why I like you. I don’t care about your looks. I care about what’s

we get into college. Just give me a chance—” Before he could finish, someone coughed behind them. Elise snapped out of it and saw Alexander standing behind her. He smiled apologetically, “Sorry for interrupting you guys, but you dropped your pen in my

than Zachary in every way, and that realization crushed his confidence. Even so, he asked, “And this is?” Elise held Alexander’s arm without thinking. “He’s my