Very cute, and I liked the twist that the admirer was the popular jock. Oh, the tragedy of high school! My favorite, favorite line was the one about a delicious surprise in the midst of mediocrity. Brilliant food metaphor!
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This is sweet. I love how he’s not falling for a popular, like in so many other stories. It makes yours stand out. ♥

Definetly a unique twist to the regular highschool charade.

:) I used to write stories like these—tortured jock falls in love with dorky girl. I like your descriptions though. Very colorful.

Yes, I wrote stories like this once upon a time when I was a teen myself; coming back to it is refreshing and different than the things I usually produce. I noticed that there are a lot of teens on Ficlets, however, so this story was written with them in mind. ;-)

Nicely written! I say Ditto to THX comments, I feel the same way.