Chapter 1~ The First Look

The love story of Alicia Marie Hardaway and Jacoby Allen Halloway. Alicia is an honors student at a very prestigious high school, while Jacoby is an aspiring guitar player.

I remember that day like it was yesterday. The sun was shining and the air was warm. I had just finished my third year of high school. This was my last summer before college. My summer before senior year. This was supposed to be the summer where I did nothing but hang out with friends. That all changed when I met Jacoby Allen Martinez.

He was 6 feet of gorgeous. He was everything I could have ever wished for in a guy. We were both walking on the beach, minding our own buisness when suddenly, THUD! I fell to the ground, only to feel a very strong hand pulling me to my feet. I asked him his name, and he replied with a smile. He was so perfect. The only problem was that my parents would never approve of him.

You see, I'm an honors student, destined to go to Harvard. Jacoby is an aspiring guitar player just waiting to make it big. My parents are rich. His parents, well, they dont really have that much money. Jacoby helps his family out by playing in bands in his spare time. I get everything that I want. Jacoby doesn't get anything.

Jacoby and I saw eachother, then fell madly in love. We did just about everything together. We walked on the beach, we talked, we danced the night away. I was heartbroken when I had to return home. Jacoby and I set up a date for the next night. He promised me that he loved me. I wasn't entirely sure. I mean, love? I thought that love was a strong word to use, considering we had just met eachother hours before.

Love was something I had never thought about. My parents were always telling me to focus on my education and to wait until I got through with school to focus on men. I keep trying to tell her I can focus on both, but she doesn't seem to believe me. I have had the feeling of love many times, but I never really expressed it. I've always been afraid to express love. I'm one hundred percent sure that I would die if my father found out.

I envy Jacoby. He is beyond beautiful. Practically an angel. Me, well, I'm just average. Average Alicia, dating an angel. I often wonder if he is the one. If he really is just right for me. I can't see how, out of millions of girls, Jacoby would pick me. There are prettier girls out there. Like my best friend Ashlee Anne Johnson.

Ashlee is, no doubt, the prettiest and most popular girl in our school. She is the captain of the cheerleading team. Her boyfriend is quarterback of the football team. She has never had glasses or braces. Perfect teeth, perfect hair, perfect everything. How we ever became friends I will never understand.

You see, our science teacher had just assigned us a project. We had to list the stages of metamorphosis. Easy, I thought. We learned this in elementary school. Then we were assigned partners. I ended up with Ashlee. I was nervous. I didn't know what was going to happen. Last time I had a cheerleader as a science partner, I ended up with all the work. She did nothing and still ended up with an A+.

I soon found out that Ashlee wasn't like that. She was more than happy to be my science partner. She probably did more work than me on it. We became the best of friends after that.

Back to Jacoby. I think one of the things that I'm most attracted to is his last name. Martinez. It is such a sexy last name. A sexy last name for a sexy guy. Everthing about him was sexy. His smile was the most wonderful shade of white, while his body was the most wonderful shade of tan.

I had this overwhelming desire to confess my love to him. Well, one half of me did anyway. The other half was motionless, wondering what would happen. I didn't want this to be a relationship that seems perfect, but ends badly. I wanted things to last forever, to be perfect. I decided to tell him how I felt.

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