- Tom Kaulitz -

Being the popular guy in high school had its advantages and disadvantages. It was irritating to hear Paula talk incessantly in that damn shrill voice every day, just to get my attention…attention that, of course, she would never get.

Today I walked with my head held high, stylishly, hands in my pockets and a confident gaze. The girls drooled over me and I simply enjoyed the show. By my side, as always, walked my buddies Gustav and my twin brother, Bill.

Everything was fine, until Paula's shrill voice broke the balance from the end of the hallway.

"Tommy!" she screamed desperately.

She ran towards me as if I were her damn savior and hung on my arm, talking about some stupid nonsense that I didn't even bother to listen to. Her words were white noise in my head. I was about to send her to hell...when I saw her.

My girlfriend, Lif.

There she was, with that way of hers of being oblivious to all the chaos, putting her notebooks in her locker as if the world weren't crumbling at her feet. That damn girl... she was the only one who could make me lose my footing. The only one for whom my heart beat faster without being asked.

I pushed Paula away with a sharp shove, not caring if she complained or whimpered, and made my way to where Lif was. My steps were firm, sure…and my smile, that mischievous smile that only she could bring out, appeared on my lips.

I rested my arm on her locker and leaned slightly towards her, as if her perfume were a magnet to me. I looked at her with desire, with affection, with that silent need to have her close.

"—Love..." I murmured in a low, almost hoarse voice. "You're here... I hadn't seen you, princess. How could you disappear from my sight like that? I was going crazy without you."

My eyes roamed her face with devotion. There was no one like her. No one.

—Tell me you missed me, because I... I can't stand another second without you.

I moved a little closer, so close that I could feel her breath mixing with mine.

"Can I steal a kiss from you, or are you going to punish me with that angelic face of yours?"

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