Date: Sat, 2 Jun 2007 23:10:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: YerrBoi <yungin060@yahoo.com>
Subject: "His smile" chapter 1

This is Donte' speaking, and this is my first story
here on nifty, and the first story I have ever written
in this genre. It is loosely based on true events up
to a certain point; everything that happens after this
initial chapter is purely fiction. Feedback will be
greatly appreciated, and I can be contacted at
yungin060@yahoo.com. Enjoy.



Chapter 1:  "our History together"


He wasn't like the other boys at school, at least not
in my eyes.  He was different in a way I couldn't
explain.  Well, I could try.  His best asset had to be
his smile, everyone agreed on that.  He had the most
perfect teeth, and I don't even pay attention to teeth
that much, sitting behind the best pair of lips on any
other boy in my class.  And handsome wasn't enough to
describe his face; it was a unique kind of striking
appearance that you had to look twice at, even if you
were straight.  At first I couldn't tell what his
nationality was; maybe Cuban, Ecuadorian, Dominican,
African American, or even some kind of south Asian.
His skin was dark, about the same complexion as mine,
maybe a little darker, and I'm full African American.
I knew he had some type of exotic charm to him that
made him even more attractive.
My name is Derek; I'm actually not a bad looking young
man.  Pretty tall, nicely toned and slim, a bit on the
attractive side, senior in high school.  I'd never
ever had a crush on a boy before, but I knew that I
was attracted to them.  I've always been homo-sexual,
well for as long as I can remember.  I've had a couple
of girlfriends, if you would even call it that, but
none of them were good enough to mention, so you could
say that I'm bi-sexual.  They were just petty puppy
love relationships that lasted less than a weak.  I
wasn't sure what this guys name was...I think it started
with an H though.  It wasn't until half of the year
had gone by that I realized how handsome he was....yea
it definitely took a while.  But my class was huge; it
was history class and there were atleast 25 other
people there.  Everyone was in their own little group
so we didn't interact much with people outside of our
circle of friends.  One day, one beautiful day, Ms.
Verona gave us an assignment, and for that assignment,
we had to pair up in groups.
"Yes"! I whispered under my breath.  I was happy
because I wanted to pair up with either of my 3 best
friends in the class; Hilda, one of my good friends
I've known since 1st grade, Andrew, or just Drew, the
most popular white kid in the whole school, or Sandra,
who seems to be on the tip of every guys tongue, if
you know what I mean.  But then Ms. Verona dropped the
bomb; we would be working with a single random person.
 Everyone in the class whined.  It wasn't so bad for
me, I like working with new people.  Ms. Verona went
to her desk and started writing something down on her
sheet.
"Okay, Manny you're with Sandra, Carlos is with Frank,
Shanell is with Cassandra, Hilda you're working with
Anderson"....
"Crap...now there's no way I'll get to work with any of
my friends".
"Derek, you're working with......Jarred", Ms. Verona
continued.
Hilda rudely interrupted, like she always does,
"Jarred ain't even here Verona".
Jared and I were cool, but he wasn't all that good
looking.  He made up for it with his funny personality
though.
"Oh, alright then.  You'll work with Henry, if you're
both okay with that".  I looked around the classroom,
trying to figure out who this guy was, then I caught
his eye.  It was him....HIM.  The only guy I've ever
dreamed about, and I didn't even know his name until
now.  The problem was, he didn't seem too happy about
our paring up.
"Okay, I don't mind", I said.
"Yea sure, whatever", he replied.
"Good, so Grace, you're with Katherine, Tierra with......"
We all started to change seats once our partners were
called out.  I deliberately moved next to Henry, who
sat in the far corner of the class, so I could sit
near Hilda and Anderson.  Henry moved his desk over to
face me.
"Wats up"? I said, trying to be polite and hide my
nervousness at the same time.
"Hey, what's your name again"? He asked.
I sat there for a second, a little hurt that he hadn't
known my name either.  "I'm Derek", I finally said
after he stared at me for a few long seconds.
"Henry, nice to meet'ya", he replied.  He stuck his
hand out and we shook.  I trembled a little when his
hand touched mine, I think he might've felt it.  His
hand was so smooth and soft, yet firm and strong at
the same time.  He seemed a little more polite since
we got acquainted.  "You know what we're supposed to
do"?  He asked.
I fumbled through my notebook and pulled out a sheet
that we got last week.  "Yea, we have to make a poster
pertaining to the chapter we just read, and we have to
include ourselves in the picture".
He looked at me as if I had a giant stupid sign on my
face, then he busted out laughing.  "Really, damn I
hate these projects.  I just got back and I don't even
know what's going on".
I kind of snickered too and asked, "really, where have
you been"?
"I'm part of the VSLA, don't ask me what that stands
for, and we have to travel to different cities every
few months to compete in these tournaments.
"Wow, that sounds cool, so you're really smart I
guess"?
"Nah, my grades are average, but the teachers love me.
 That's why I pass everything.  The tournaments are
about drawing, or art.  I know it's stupid, but I'm
good at it".
"I don't think that's stupid, and it's a good thing
you can draw, cause I can't even write my name
neatly".  He laughed again, showing his beautiful
smile.  I could watch him all day long.
"Yea right, I guess I'll just do the drawing and
you'll....."
"I can do everything else, don't worry.  I'm really
good at research and ideas so, we'll make the perfect
match".
He smiled at me, I think this guy is really warming up
to me, and that's making me feel a lot more
comfortable.  Before I could say another word, the
bell rung and everyone zoomed out of the door.
"Hey Henry, the project is due next week, so why don't
you give me your e-mail address or something so we can
start working on it early".
He walked back over to me and wrote it down on a paper
he pulled out of his pocket, then handed it to me.
"Call me", he said.  I looked at the paper, and to my
surprise, he had given me his phone number.  He
flashed that million dollar smile again, but I'm not
sure if he was doing it to me, or the girl behind me,
because she walked to him and they left arm-in-arm.  I
just stood there in a daze until Hilda bumped into me.
 Since Hilda weighed more than I did, and I was
clumsy, she almost knocked me into the wall.
"Come on slowpoke", she said.
"Okay I'm coming".  As we walked down the hall
together, she leaned over to me and whispered, "I know
who has a crush on who"



That's it for chapter one, I promise every following
chapter will be longer, and the next will be posted in
a couple days. Remember, feedback keeps me motivated.
Tell me what you like or dislike. yungin060@yahoo.com,