Adythia: a parallel universe

4. Why are teachers like this?

                18 minutes later, I was dressed in some random sweatpants I found and my favorite black hoodie. I was going to leave when I spotted a drawer full of beanies. In other words, paradise.

I chose a yellow one a finally went out of the closet, ready to go grab something to eat. I decided to eat an egg, a toast with almond butter and a banana with a glass of milk.

I always feel like some kind of smart nutritionist when I make a balanced meal like that because, let's face the truth, I rarely eat like that.

After finishing to eat with only my phone as company, I cleaned up the small mess I made and went back to my room. I plopped my lazy ass on the yellow sofa to finish watching the new TV show I started.

The episode ended somewhere around 7h45. I left the house a few minutes after since I was really scared of getting lost in some random place and arrive late on my first day.

[. . .]

The school, Hendery High, was big, very big. I had wander around the school for like, more than 15 minutes before finding classroom C-147 because I refused to ask people.

I took a seat in the back and took out my phone, pretending to be very absorbed by it to avoid looking like a lost puppy.

"Ok class, put your electronic devices away please, the bell is about to ring." The teacher said while fumbling with his papers. "

Nobody listened.

"Ok Aaron, give me your phone", he sighed.

"Huh?! Why me!" the boy in question exclaimed.

"Because I don't like you, you're annoying." Everyone started to laugh, except Aaron of course. "Anyone else want to have their phones taken?"

Suddenly, the class became very obedient.

"Great, now that this is solved, we can all happily welcome our two new students! I'm Mr. Loke by the way." He looked at me expectantly. "Nyx, raven... could you introduce yourselves please?"

Oh no. No no no. I wanted to disappear and never come back. I hate this teacher-

"Hey, my name is Raven, as you may know. I do not like people, so don't bother me for nothing. Thank you." A girl with long, purple hair smirked.

Well, I sure did not want to approach her.

"Nyx, your turn" Mr. Loke smiled

"Oh um... Hi, I'm Nyx. I moved here from another country, so I'm not really familiar with everything here. Uh yea... that's all" I couldn't have been more awkward than I was right now.

[ . . . ]

The rest of the morning went by quite quickly. A few students came to talk to me but left pretty quickly when they saw that Raven was suddenly seated behind me. I didn't mind much though; I was already prepare for this eventuality.

As I walked towards a nice tree to enjoy my lunch, I felt a presence behind me. I turned around before they could tap my shoulder. It was that boy.... Aaron! Yes, him.

"Can I help you?" I tried to be polite

"I find you very cute. Do you want to do something this weekend together?" he tried to smirk but failed miserably.

What? This took me by surprise.

"Uh- no thank you?" Were the words that came out of my mouth at that moment.

"Just once, you don't know what you're miss-"

"She said no, big boy. Now get the fuck away"

I looked over my shoulder to identify that mysterious voice. Why was Raven here? I thought she hated everybody, why would she want to be involved in such a simple matter?

Aaron had scurried away right after Raven appeared; probably got scared.

I tried to thank her, but she had already walked away. Oh, this had probably no importance to her. Well, anyways, let's eat!

[. . .]

I was enjoying the sunlight when a girl came to sit by me. She didn't say a word.

"Um hi?" I tried to make the situation less uncomfortable.

"Ohumhelloiwantedtotalktoyouinclassbutiwastooshybutireallywantedtobeyourfriendsoyeahwhatdoyouthinkaboutit"

I didn't understand a thing. Boy, this girl could talk fast.

"Um- Would you mind repeating?" I chuckled softly.

"Ok so basically, you seemed cool and I wanted to go talk to you in class, but I was too shy and there were too many people. So yeah, I came here just to ask you if you wanted to be friends? Gosh that sounds so stupid, I'm sor- "

"Sure"

"Wait what?"

"I would like for you to be my friend" I smiled at her and squeezed her cheeks "You're cute when you blush"

"Oh um" her face turned even redder.

"And by the way, what's your name?" I asked

"Debbie, but call me Deb please"

"Ok Deb, I'm Nyx!"

"Yeah I already knew that" She smiled warmly