Marc Bernal 6

Marc was a boy who played for FC Barcelona; he was a footballer and he was in your class. He was a tall boy and very nice to everyone. He was the typical funny boy who wasn't shy about anything.

You were a shy girl, you seemed like the typical studious type who always got straight A's, but no, you were the kind who didn't fail, but you didn't get great grades either. You were very nice to everyone, you tried to get along with everyone, and usually, boys never paid you much attention…

Marc, the first year you were in the same class (last year), he always joked around with you but didn't really pay much attention to you. This year, he paid more attention to you, told you more about his life because you were seated together, and he gained your trust. You also gained your trust and told him your things too. What you didn't know was that he liked you as more than just a friend, but he hid it pretty well. In class, they always joked that he was seeing one of your classmates named Ana, who actually paid more attention to him than to you, but it was all the same. There was one subject you were great at, Geography and History, and whenever there was an exam, he would video call you and you would explain everything to him…

Now, you were at the end of the school year, you were graduating the following week, and there was a Geography and History exam on Friday (it was Wednesday), and you more or less knew the material already. Anyway, you started talking about the graduation dance; they made you pair up, boy and girl, and the teacher started asking each of the boys who they wanted to dance with. It was just for rehearsal, not for the actual graduation, since you didn't have a partner either, and it was Marc's turn to say...

“Well, I… uh…”

The teacher grew impatient and put even more pressure on him than he already had…

“Come on Marc, it’s not that complicated, here’s Ana looking at you with those crazy, lovestruck eyes…”

They always joked about it, but he never took it seriously, he didn't care, and now he was still thinking about how to say it…