In the short story “Seventh Grade” by Gary Soto, Victor, the protagonist, has a major crush on a girl called Teresa. Just so he could be in the same class as her, he signs up for French class, even though he already knows Spanish.
It is the first day of school and he looks for her in the hallways to try and catch her attention. His friend Micheal told him that scowling will make him handsome and therefore catch the attention of girls. He tries it out and keeps on practicing once he sees a girl looking at him.
He is also constantly daydreaming about Teresa. Once, when his English teacher calls on him to give an example of a noun, he immediately says Teresa!
During lunch, he fakes reading a math textbook and looks for Teresa. When he spots her, he moves to a table next her and daydreams about taking her to the movies. After lunch, he follows Teresa to her next class, French class.
During French class, he even lies that he knows French, when he really doesn’t, to try and impress her. Fortunately for him, Victor’s French teacher had once used up all of his money borrowing cars in order to drive a different one each day to make a girl think he was rich. Because of that similar experience, Victor’s teacher did not reveal that Victor did not know French. Teresa actually believed that Victor knew French and wanted him to help her with French. He is so happy to get the chance and studies French textbooks so he could help her later on.