INTRODUCTION:<\/p>\n
Atarah Myers. She\u2019s intelligent\u2014a straight A student, talented, and… pretty. Not among the prettiest, but pretty enough. She definitely wasn\u2019t the most popular, but she had the BEST friend, Rachel. She has curly brown hair, and emerald green eyes, along with medium tan skin.<\/p>\n
Asher Powers. He is among the most good-looking boys in school. He is also very popular, sporty, and smart enough to get A\u2019s for most of his classes. He has messy dirty blonde hair, baby blue eyes, and light tan skin.<\/p>\n
They lived completely separate lives: Atarah excelling academically, while Asher excels in sports. Who would\u2019ve thought their paths would cross?<\/p>\n
And who would\u2019ve guessed that their intersecting of roads would\u2019ve led to the most bizarre experiences of their high school lives?<\/p>\n
CHAPTER 1:<\/p>\n
Atarah –<\/p>\n
\u201cTarah!\u201d Oh, Rach. What is it now?? She was squealing and jumping up and down like crazy. Geez, missy. Tone it down a little, would you??<\/p>\n
\u201cAshRah is SOOO a thing right now,\u201d she continued, eyes wide with excitement. AshRah?? What on earth is – \u201cLook!\u201d and she showed me her phone, which was showing how many screenshots of comments on social media about\u2026<\/p>\n
Me and Asher Powers?? H – How??<\/p>\n
Just the thought of images of me and every schoolgirl\u2019s dreamboy all over social media is insane enough, but the comments\u2026<\/p>\n
I so ship these two! went someone named Myra.<\/p>\n
Ikr! What should we call them? an Ilene replied.<\/p>\n
What about AshTarah? a Theo suggested.<\/p>\n
No, ASHRAH!!!!!!! a friend of mine from Algebra, Carly, posted.<\/p>\n
Yes! That\u2019s perfect. #AshRah4Lyfe!! Myra confirmed.<\/p>\n
Oh my, yes!! Sports royalty with the academic star? Best combination EVERRR! added someone named \u2026<\/p>\n
\u201cRach!\u201d<\/p>\n
There were at least 50 more comments after that, but I decided to stop at my best friend\u2019s comment.<\/p>\n
She held up two hands in mock surrender and showed the peace sign. \u201cI couldn\u2019t help it, okay? You guys looked sooo cute in the pics. I mean, come on!\u201d Then in a sort of loud whisper she added, \u201cDidn\u2019t you say you had a crush on him?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, I do,\u201d I replied my voice barely a sound in the deafening noise of the teenagers in the cafeteria, \u201cbut it\u2019s only a slight crush.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYou sure this doesn\u2019t make you like him any more than just \u2018slightly\u2019?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, Rach. Nothing more than just \u2018slightly\u2019.\u201d I imitated how she air quoted the word \u201cslightly\u201d.<\/p>\n
\u201cOkay. If you say so,\u201d she sort of sing-songed.<\/p>\n
I could barely eat my lunch after that. My favorite dish of, like, all time – my dad\u2019s special white pasta – was right in front of me and I couldn\u2019t eat it, despite the rumbling of my empty stomach. I was way too distracted. I\u2019m certain by the way Rachel was looking at me that she noticed.<\/p>\n
\u201cTarah, are you okay?\u201d she asked, concern evident on her face. \u201cYeah,\u201d I replied. \u201cI\u2019m just\u2026 well\u2026\u201d \u201cThinking? Distracted?\u201d she finished for me. This is why Rach is my best friend. She knows me too well. I nodded with a small smile in response. \u201cThis because of what I just showed you on my phone? Crazy, right? But, still. I think it\u2019s cute. Must be overwhelming though, huh? Oh sister, I\u2019m sorry,\u201d she said, smiling dreamily the whole time. I was looking at her still with that small smile on my face, an eyebrow raised as to say, really?<\/p>\n
I looked at my barely half-eaten lunch and decided I should eat. I mean, I was hungry. So eat I did \u2018til I\u2019ve had every single bite this pasta had to offer.<\/p>\n
Most of the pics Rachel showed me were of me and Asher either in the library or the huge field where all the sporty people play their sports.<\/p>\n
Asher and I had to have those pictures taken for this project the school has to promote academic achieving and being active through sports. I didn\u2019t think it\u2019d go as far as social media and shipping. Oh, and how it came to be that he and I of all the people in our school were chosen for the project? One, the project needed sophomores. Two? Nomination. I have at least one friend in all my classes\u2013other than Rachel in Chemistry and Algebra classes, of course\u2014and they all nominated me, along with all their friends, whom I do not know and I\u2019m certain didn\u2019t know me until the project came up, who were encouraged to nominate me as well. Ilene, one of those who commented on the first post Rach showed me, I know, is a friend of Alexa, a good friend of mine in English class. What\u2019s more, the other intelligent sophomores didn\u2019t want to do take part in this project, and as much as I tried to get them to take the position, majority of them thought I was perfect for the role, and I had no idea I\u2019d be the one with the most votes.<\/p>\n
So\u2026 I became popular overnight, huh??<\/p>\n
Not just popular. Popular with THE Asher Powers.<\/p>\n
Great. Just great\u2026<\/p>\n
Definitely did not see that one coming.<\/p>\n
(psal.medinaaa)<\/p>\n