Chapter 2
After parting from Liam, I walked quickly to my next (and thankfully last) class which was English. I began to slowly jog, if I was late again I would be in a hell of a lot of trouble. Running upstairs and turning the corner, I 'gracefully' made my way in class. I walked to the back of the class sitting in my seat, sighing of relief that I was on time. Once the professor entered the room, my attention shifted to the front of the class.
"We've got a project class!"
Our professor instructed pacing back and forth at the front of the class. She began explaining our project, and since I was a straight A student I felt confident about this.
"For this project you will be working in pairs, I feel as if we haven't worked in pairs this whole year."
I groaned letting my head fall back. Working in partners would only lower my grade, I worked best alone. Eyes began to land on me, I already knew the whole class wanted me as their partner. I was smart, I got good marks on my assignments and tests, and I never procrastinated. I raised my hand catching her attention. She called my name before I began.
"Can we work alone?"
She chuckled before shaking her head 'no'. I sighed sinking back into my chair again. She began to call off names. I honestly didn't really care about who my partner would be. I was going to end up doing all the work anyways.
"Lotus and Josh."
I looked around the room confused before I spotted him raising his hand catching my attention. He gave me a slight wave before letting his hand fall back down on the desk. I knew him. I mean, I didn't know him personally, but I knew him. He gave me a small smirk before returning his attention to the professor. Josh Grazia played football for our school's team. He was the stereotypical popular student, he played sports, was good looking, and all the girls wanted him. Except the difference was that he was actually nice and caring. I've never spoken to him, however word travels fast with only good things to say about Josh and how nice and sweet he was.
"Alright! Let's get going!" My professor announced before the sound of student’s feet shuffling came from all around the class.
Josh sat at the front of the class, he swiftly got up turning around and walking towards my desk. He pulled an extra chair and sat it across from me, plopping down in the seat. He gave me a warm smile, which I returned.
"Hi." Josh greeted. "Your name is Lotus?"
I nodded, smiling.
"That's nice, like the flower?"
"Yeah, exactly." I smiled while pulling out my notebook and pen from my backpack.
"I'm Josh," he reached across the table holding out his hand for me to shake. I accepted his welcoming gesture, placing my dainty hand in his larger one. "It's weird, I've never seen you around."
