His seat was the same as before—all the way in the back—but now, I was his new deskmate! Once everyone was settled, Ms. Teo started the Character and Citizenship Education (CCE) lesson. I reached up, pulled off my black hair tie, and let my hair fall, knowing I looked better with it down.
Ms. Lee walked by and frowned. 'Don't you know you aren't allowed to have your hair down in school?' she asked. I didn't listen to her, though; I just wanted Silas to like me. Surprisingly, Silas spoke up. 'I have no idea what she's thinking either,' he said to Ms. Lee.
Even though his words didn't exactly sound like he was interested, they proved one thing: he had noticed me and I believed that, slowly, he would start to like me too.
But reality fell short of my expectations. I thought he'd be intrigued, that he'd start a conversation or at least keep stealing glances at me, but he didn't. After that one comment, he just stared straight ahead, focused on the front of the class, listening to what Ms.Teo said. He didn't seem to care how I looked at all, and there I was, making a fool of myself. With a quiet sigh, I pulled my hair back into a ponytail.