I yawned, and crawled out of my bed; the first thought that struck me was… 'Wow first day of year 10' and then I went downstairs.

'Hello' my mother said 'now, you need lots of energy on the first day of being a senior so I've prepared bacon, sausages and eggs'

'Thank you' I replied

After consuming a delicious and 'energized'- (as my mom would like to call it) breakfast, I went to my room to get changed. As I stared at my reflection yet another thought hit me… 'I look like a mess' so I straightened up my hair and put on my uniform then packed my bag and went off to school. As I carried my heavy bag, I felt strange and unusual. Then I realized 'oh! Other parents have the decency to DRIVE their kids to school!', 'but I suppose as a senior, I am mature enough not to wine about small problems like so!' Suddenly, someone taped my shoulder. I immediately turned around and saw an old friend.

'Cecelia!' I said 'nice to see you!' 'Nice to see you too' she replied. We walked together to school talking about school and stuff that happened in the holidays.

When I first stepped on school grounds, I felt uncomfortable. 'Is there something wrong?' asked Cecelia looking at the puzzled expression on my face. One of the good things about Cecelia, is that she knows if there is something wrong, even if you're not showing it, which was also a bad thing in this situation because I had the feeling that something was going to happen.

'Err…no I feel fine' I smiled a weak smile. She tried to smile back but… unfortunately for me; I knew she was suspicious. Suddenly, a girl ran up to us. As she came closer, I realized who she was. EMILY! I shouted. Cecelia waved as well 'hey' she smiled

'Charlotte Cecelia!' Emily smiled 'how were your holidays?' then commenced the chattering on holidays.

The bell rang. At the beginning of the year, we had to go to the 'main' room to get sorted out. Unfortunately, as I was about to find out later, none of my friends would be in my class. In hindsight, I would have been strange because we were in the same class every year… until now. 'Damn' I groaned. 'Don't worry too much about it; it would be a new opportunity to make new friends' Cecelia replied 'thanks but, that's easy for you to say, you and Emily are in the same class' 'we will still see each other after school and at lunch breaks' Emily reassured. 'I suppose' I sighed.

The lesson that stunned me the most was science. Now science is my favorite subject but not with the teacher I was going to have; but every girl in my class (except for me) could not stop staring at him! I sat there, puzzled. His face looked quite pale, he was in his 20's and the way he started the lesson was quite annoying. 'Mkay class my name is Mr. Parker and I'll be your substitute teacher for the rest of the term since the school couldn't find a suitable teacher.' 'let's start off with something lighthearted, fill out this form and when you're finished, give it back to me'. The form was about your personal details such as your favorite movie, favorite TV show ect, ect .While I was filling out the form something unexpected happened, a girl called Sarah who was sitting next to me, was chatting with her friends whilst filling out 

the form, she tripped over when she was leaning on her chair. I rushed to help her; oblivious that he was smiling at me.

The next lesson we had him was the following day. He handed us a piece of paper each. Now I'm going to asses you to see which level you are on. When you're finished, hand me back your paper. 'Great! MORE tests!' I groaned. The test was quite easy since I knew all the answers. When I looked around, I found out that I was the first one to finish. I gleefully handed him back the paper only to be met by a smiling face. 'Thanks' he said as he collected the paper. I tried not to blush. I always blushed whenever anyone smiled when they saw me. It was quite embarrassing actually I'd also like to add that the whole class was glaring at us. He shot another smile at me and I awkwardly smiled back.

The next day, we were doing an experiment it was an experiment about bending a steady stream of water using a comb and static electricity. He explained how to do it and he told us to work in pairs. I Looked around and saw that everyone was in pairs and I frowned. I came up to him and told him that I didn't have a partner. What he said was really unexpected. 'Ah I see.' 'ummm…. This might sound strange but… uh… you can work with me' he smiled. I was taken aback. Whenever I didn't have a partner when we were told to get into, (Cecelia, Emily and I would take turns being partners since we were in a group of three). My teacher would always tell me to go by myself. I replied 'uh okay' every female in the room except for me was glaring at me. Mr. Parker helped me set up the experiment and he explained each process of the experiment with more detail as he went along with each step. I was starting to like Mr Parker's style of teaching. He wasn't like any teacher that I met. He was very helpful and kind. Whenever I had problems, he would kindly come over to my desk and help me whilst all the girls would glare at me…

After school one day, I had to go to the grocery store to buy groceries since my mother and father were busy, so I rode my bike to a small shop we always went to. The owner of the shop was Jordan Gazelle, me and my parents were very good friends with him and often had conversations when we visited one another's houses. 'Ah hello Charlotte!' He beamed 'hello Jordan' I smiled 'come to buy groceries?' 'yup' I handed him a list. 10 minutes later or so, he handed me a bag of all the items. 'Thank you' I said as I walked out 'always a pleasure'.

As I rode my bike back home, I tripped on a rock. When I fell, my knee smashed into the pavement 'AAARRRGGGHHH' I screamed in pain. What was I going to do? If my mom found out that I scraped myself, she'd go ballistic and probably give me a lecture on 'how to be more careful'. I sighed at the thought of that. Suddenly a voice behind me said 'are you okay?' I turned around and saw Mr. Parker 'I was just driving along the road when I saw you injured'. 'no, I scraped my knee'. I wanted to cry 'don't worry, I've got a first aid kit in my car' what kind of a teacher has a first aid kit in his car? I thought. Then he started bandaging my knee 'just make sure no bacteria infects the wound' he said 'here I'll give you a lift' 'nah I don't need one, my bike won't fit in your car' 'good point' 'don't worry, I'll just go home my myself' 'are you sure?; your injury looks quite serious.' 'don't worry, I'll manage' I smiled reassuringly 'well, I hope that doesn't happen again… see you at school' 'bye' I waved. But when his car drove off in the distance, I knew I should have taken his offer.

The next day while he was teaching, I felt weird. As I stared into his eyes, my heart started beating faster… 'Charlotte!' I jumped 'y-yes?' I stuttered. He started to frown 'what is photosynthesis?' he demanded. I started to thank myself for my organized study periods. 'photosynthesis is a method used by plants, bacteria and algae to absorb sunlight, carbon dioxide and water to produce their own food such as glucose with the help of chlorophyll, a chemical in plants' 'nicely explained' Mr. parker said as his frown turned into a smile. But I'd still like to speak to you after class.' 'Uh…ok' my face turned red.

After class, I sat on my seat, staring in his eyes, lost In a mist of light blue… when everyone was outside the classroom, he said to me 'what were you thinking about?' I smiled awkwardly 'I was thinking about… something' 'well it must be something pretty big; because I called your name out three times'

We were just inches away as he leaned on the table and I was lost again in those big blue eyes….'look' I heard him say 'I know you're a good kid but you need to concentrate in classes!' how could I concentrate when he had those big blue eyes… oh dear! I think I'm in love with him! I could not stop thinking about yesterday's incident. Nor could I stop thinking about the way he helped me with work that I needed help with. 'just try to concentrate more Mkay?' 'Uh…alright' I blushed. As I went out the door he asked 'is your injury alright?' 'Yeah although my mother went ballistic and insisted I needed to look carefully' 'don't all parents do that?' he chuckled 'ah I remember once when I tripped over and I had a gash on my arm, my parents went mad!' 'Well… take care of yourself' he smiled 'will do' I walked out ah finally it was the holidays I could relax I sighed, blissfully unaware that mr parker's time of teaching was up…

On Sunday I'd thought I'd go to the dinosaur museum because I thought it would be fun (and I had a test too(which was done next term)), I tried to invite Cecelia and Emily over but they were pre-occupied with HW. I sighed and told my dad to drop me off at the museum. He'd also said that he'd pick me up at 5:00pm. When I went inside…WOW! I was met face-to-face by a Tyrannosaurus constructed out of bones…RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME! I grinned. I loved science. It was fun learning about your surroundings. (and stuff that existed millions of years ago!)I started walking around the museum antil I got to my favorite species of dinosaur, Brachiosaurus. I particularly the type because it had a very long and tall neck which made it look irregular. As I was staring at it, someone bumped into me. As I turned around, the man replied, 'oh terribly sorry, I didn't mean to-.' 'Charlotte?' oh dear I thought 'uh… hello mr parker' I smiled awkwardly 'nice to see you here!' ' the dinosaur your starring at now; it's my favourite species! The brachiosaurus.' He smiled 'oh…really?' I chuckled nervously 'mine too…' 'wow we have much in common' 'hey, care to join me? I-if you don't mind that is' 'sure' I smiled 'and you could help me study the test as well' I smiled 'oh you're clever' he chuckled.

We walked around the museum until I stared down at my watch 'oh dear it's already 4:95' I moaned 'mmm? What's the matter?' 'my dad is picking me up at five' 'well…uh see you later' I stammered. I began to walk away. 'wait' I smiled and turned around 'yeah?' I blushed 'give me your mobile number' I wrote down the number and gave it to him, waved goodbye and left but something in my gut told me that this is probably one of the last times I was going to see him…

One lazy afternoon, I was reading a book and dozed off…. Ring Ring Ring Ri- 'hello?' I asked. Charlotte? Is it you?' 'mr parker?' I replied wondering why on earth he would call me ' I need to talk to you, face-to-face' he said. 'Can you meet me at Eldon train station at 1?' 'sure' I moaned. 'well…bye' he said and hanged up. I hoped he was organizing some sort of meeting such as going to another museum.

At 1, I walked to the train station and immediately saw Mr. Parker and ran up to him 'you wanted to see me?' I asked ' yeah, I just wanted to say that I had a wonderful time teaching you, you were the best student in the class and we had our fun together, I've never had a relationship like this with all the other students I've had in my life' he smiled. my face suddenly went red 'a-a-well' I stammered 'and… I'm in love with you' the hold world stopped. It was as if we were the only existing people in this planet. Then he kissed me and I felt the whole world spinning. 'bye' he said as he hopped on the train and waved to me.

And I didn't tell him I loved him

So many things left unsaid….