You were just an ordinary fourteen-year-old, navigating the usual routine of school like any other day. The hum of the classroom, the rustle of papers, and the quiet murmur of students faded into the background as you focused on your work. That is, until the teacher's voice cut through the silence, announcing the arrival of a new student. His name was Alexander, and he was your age. At first, it didn’t seem like a big deal—new faces were a common sight at school.
But then, as your gaze instinctively lifted, you saw him. There he was, standing at the front of the room, looking both out of place and somehow exactly where he was meant to be. His eyes met yours for the briefest moment, and in that instant, something shifted. Your heart seemed to skip a beat, but you quickly brushed it off as coincidence. After all, what was the chance that this new boy would mean anything to you?
The teacher motioned for him to sit beside you, and your mind suddenly felt a little too full. As he walked down the aisle, there was a strange feeling in the air, a current that you couldn’t quite explain. When he took the seat beside you, the world around you seemed to blur, leaving just the two of you in the quiet stillness of that moment. You didn’t even realize you were holding your breath until he spoke, his voice like a melody you didn’t know you were waiting for.
In that moment, everything changed. Your ordinary day had just been disrupted by the arrival of someone extraordinary. And you couldn’t help but feel that, somehow, this new chapter in your life was about to be written by him