Broken but not defeated

First encounters

I walk around school for a while waiting for the first bell. a short guy with black hair and tattoos bumps Into me "sorry sorry sorry sorry" he says never looking up "I smile and say "it's cool dude but can you look at me and apologize?" Not only am I the star pitcher but I'm gay and a pretty big flirt, he looks at me well sorta he lifts his head up but doesn't make eye contact "I'm sorry" he says quietly, I smile again and put my arm around him making him flinch a little, aweee he's shy "your new huh?" I ask. he shakes his head yes and stutters out"h-h-how d-did you k-know?" I hug him closer "cause everyone knows they don't have to apologize to me I'm a big Teddy bear!" I say happily earning a small smile from this cute stranger I've found I should probably ask my new friend his name "so I'm Austin pitcher for the baseball team." I say with a wide smile, "Mitch" he simply states well that's descriptive.. "so Mitch what classes do you have?" I question "um 1) chem mrs. miles 2) world history mr burks 3) advanced science miss. kinds 4) drivers Ed 5) geometry mr delta and 6) navel sciences sgt major helms oh and I have 2nd lunch" he said reading off his pater shyly "awesome we have 1st-5th together!" I said also looking at the paper we walked to class together and sat next to each other near the door he didn't talk the whole class period he just took notes quietly 'wow he must be smart cute an smart hm all mine' I thought smirking at him the rest of the class I didn't pay attention to anything until the bell rang and we left off to second yippy.