Everything Changes

Every girl in class had a crush on him. He was the boy that wasn't just smart but an athlete - and to top it all off - he was the cutest boy in their class, no, on the Green Team.

Paul was the tallest boy in class, he was a fast grower and all the better for him too because he was the quarterback for his age group in his local football organization. The same organization that she cheered for, which meant she got to see him on the weekends too. Only problem was, there were a few other girls in class that cheered for that same organization AND were on her team.

She doesn't entirely remember how but there was some way Paul knew she had a crush on him. Either way, he was still really nice to her and still asked her for help - because even though he knew he was smart, he knew she was smarter. They helped each other in science a lot.

In sixth grade, middle school, everything changes. You start to change classrooms and teachers for subjects. Because she was on the Green Team, there were only two teachers. Most of the other teams, except for one, had three teachers. Still, that meant there were other kids in her classes that didn't stay all day. On top of which, her special classes like gym and music had even more kids that weren't on her team in them.

It was at these moments that the crush she had on Paul would dissipate and she realized she liked more than one boy. Paul would still be the main crush but several other crushes lied within boys like Matt (her fifth grade friend), Matt F (the boy that made fun of her all the time), and Derek (the boy who would become - to this date - her biggest crush and eventually her first love). But at that point in her life, none of them seemed to resonate as much as Paul did. The all american boy.