For the past few days, Rita had been ill with the flu. It was a miracle Tommy hadn't gotten sick. Ever since he learned how to drive, he'd been carpooling with his sister, and his sister's best friend. He couldn't afford to be sick, or else who would take her home? It wouldn't be fair. Tommy waited by his car after school. He was a handsome young man. He wasn't scrawny, nor was he bulging with muscles. He was about average-looking, with jet black hair, evenly tanned skin, and a toned, athletic body. To his peers, he still looked very much like the boy they knew in grade school, but to the younger teens - like the girls in his sister's class - he looked not quite unlike the boy-bandmembers and teen actors they idolized. Rita often teased him to be careful with them, lest someone accuse him of being a pedophile. But Tommy didn't mind the attention.
Tommy had long since given up hope of anything beyond casual friendships with girls his own age and older. At best, they all thought of him as a lovable twin brother. No, his eyes were on the younger girls, who giggled when they looked at him, and flirted with him, especially the ones in Rita's class. They didn't look too bad either - in fact, thier youth only brought out thier beauty even more. But as his eyes roamed the crowds of students filing into the parking lot, his eyes were searching for one particular girl.
Tommy had long since given up hope of anything beyond casual friendships with girls his own age and older. At best, they all thought of him as a lovable twin brother. No, his eyes were on the younger girls, who giggled when they looked at him, and flirted with him, especially the ones in Rita's class. They didn't look too bad either - in fact, thier youth only brought out thier beauty even more. But as his eyes roamed the crowds of students filing into the parking lot, his eyes were searching for one particular girl.