Philo

CHAPTER TWO

"Carson James! You're late!" Our teacher, Mr. Morrison, was a bulky man with at t-shirt with the school logo. My first period class was Algebra II, and I was not excited about it. Especially about the fact that this kid was in my home room. He smiled at me, and sat two rows across from me. "Class!" He yelled. "Great news! We have a new student here with us today! Okay uh... Parsley Rose? Please come up and introduce yourself!" "It's Paisley..." His voice was so loud I wouldn't be surprised if he was a NLF coach. I slowly got up and walked to the front of the class. I was an actress, so I should be okay with crowds, but this was different. I was not a beautiful princess, or a damsel in distress I would be acting. I was my awkward self. I stammered. "H-hello. I'm Paisley Rose as he already said. I came from Verton private school quite far from here. I'm excited to be here." Actually, I wasn't excited to be here. I want to go home. "Tell us about your interests, Ms. Rose!" He yelled. "Um... I love to act, and um... I'm interested in bubbles..." A few giggles came out from the crowd. I got embarrassed and rushed. "I hope I can make many friends here." I sat down. "Okay! Everyone be very nice to Paisley!" A few more giggles came out.
While he was telling us about his childhood, I lost interest and looked around. Everyone else seemed to have lost interest too. Girls were passing notes, and a guy throw a wad of paper at another kid. I looked at the Carson kid. He had his head down and was smiling at me. I looked away. I wondered what he was thinking about. Actually... I don't want to know.
After class, I looked for my locker, 365. I finally found it after constantly looking. The girl next to my locker was constantly picking up books from the ground, and shoving them in her locker, attempting to make them stay but failed as they fell back to the ground. She then looked at me, and looked surprised. "Woah! Didn't see ya there! Hey...aren't you the new gal?" It was almost impossible to understand her thick British accent. She had black hair up in a messy ponytail and was wearing a white sweater with The Batman logo on it with torn jeans. "Well... I shouldn't be rude! My name's Ethan." I looked her up and down to see if she was a crossdressing boy. She wasn't. "Ethan? Isn't that a boy's name?" She rubbed the back of her head. "Heh heh yea... My parents were expectin a boy, but when I was born, Blimy I was a girl! They didn't bother to change though. So I became Ethan. But what's your name?" She stood straight and took out her hand. I shook it. "Paisley. Paisley Rose." She looked surprised. "Well barmy! Two names that represents a flower!" She gave me a big toothy smile. I smiled back. I'm glad I found a friend. Maybe this year won't be so much of hell after all. I got my books and started to walk to my second class. The second class I was in was at the other side of the school, so I sighed and prepared myself for the long walk. This school is huge after all. The hallways on the way were dark and dirty as if no one cleaned for years. I had to admit, I was pretty scared. I then heard a noise. "Paisley Rose..." It echoed an almost dead voice. I shivered. Was this school haunted? No, it couldn't be... could it? Then, I felt a something blow on my neck. I pounced back and let out a silent "kyaa!" It was Carson, with a hand over his mouth trying to contain his laughter. "You! Don't scare me like that!" I half yelled. He tried to control his laughter. "I'm sorry...it's just... Oh my god..." He wiped a tear from his eye. "What?" He controlled his laughter. "That was so adorable..." I looked away to hide my blush. "Can't you tease someone else?" He smiled at me with a kind smile. I think he got it. I smiled back. "Okay. Thank you for understan-"
"Nope. I can't." I just stared at him. "Why do you tease me? We just met a few hours ago." He just smiled. "Paisley Rose, haven't you heard of love at first sight?" Love? "Well I barely know you." "I'll make you know me." This was getting annoying. "Well I have no time here. Goodbye...er..." "Carson. Carson James." "Uh yeah." I speed walked away. He followed me. "Don't you have your own class to get to?" He stood in my way. I realized how much taller he was than me. I was only 5'5, I think he was 6'0. "You forgot to give me something." I was surprised then went into my backpack to grab my notes. "Here." "I don't need your notes." He grabbed my hand that had the notes and pulled me closer to him. "I meant my goodbye kiss, Paisley Rose." I looked at him with annoyance. "Goodbye, Carson James." Something was up with this kid. Luckily my phobia isn't acting up, but I'm not taking any chances with this...weirdo.
The other periods seemed to go by very fast. After 5th period, my biology class, lunch was being served. Going to private school, we had vegetarian food, so I was quite disgusted at the blob of some kind of animal on my plate. I think it even moved. Grossed out, I threw it away and got Cheetos and a Snapple from the vending machines. I looked for a place to sit at. I then heard a familiar voice. "Paisley! Paisley Rose! Sit Hither!" It was Ethan. I walked over to where she saved a spot for me and I sat down. Two other girls were sitting here. "Hey! You have the same hairstyle as me! Neato!" I saw a girl with blonde low pigtails and had a T-Shirt on with Star Wars, and pink overalls that ended in a skirt instead of pants. I had to look at her twice to see if she was even in our grade. She was 5'0 and had a high voice. She looked like a 3rd grader. "I'm Phoebe! You don't have to introduce yourself. I'm in your home room so I know about you." The other girl was texting on her phone. She was the opposite of Pheobe. She looked like a college student, with straight brown hair with bangs and a loose black crop top and red jeans. "Phoebe you need to like, at least change your Star Wars shirt. You'll never get a date," she said with out looking away from her phone. Phoebe turned red. "Jay! Honestly don't say that!" She looked away. Jay looked at me. "Hey...I'm Jay. Hope we can be friends. I totally dig your outfit." She looked away from her phone and put it away. "Oh thanks-" "HE'S COMING!" A girl yelled. All the girls including Ethan, Phoebe, and Jay got excited. What the heck? Suddenly, someone walked in. I could only see the to of his head because of the crowd. But when the crowd separated...
"Carson James?!" I yelled. He looked around at the girls, but his face wasn't what I expected. He didn't show any look of interest like he shows me. He kept a straight face and walked on. The girls were screaming and begging him to sit at their table. "Kyaa! Carson!" Phoebe swooned with hands on cheeks. An "ug" passed my lips and the table stated at me. "UG? Are you serious? He's the hottest boy in school!" Jay half yelled. Ethan lost interest. "Aw... I thought there was a movie star here..." suddenly Carson looked my way and waved. All the girls stared at me in astonishment. The room became quiet. Carson I swear to god. But he came to our table and sat down, and threw an arm around me. "Paisley Rose." He greeted me. "Carson James..." I mumbled. Suddenly the silence was broken with an "EEEHHH?!" From the whole building. Even Ethan looked astonished. "C-Carson! What brings you here?" Jay swooned. Phoebe looked at him as if he was an idol. "Sorry for budging in, but I couldn't stay away from this cutie." I blushed and looked away. "Sh-shut up." Another "EEEHHH?!" Came from the room, boys and girls, but in anger instead of astonishment. Everyone on my table had to run away and hide me from the angry crowd. The chase seemed as if slow motion, me being brutally dragged by Jay and Ethan, Jay cursing under her breath like "frick frick frick..." And that wasn't even what she said exactly. Phoebe screaming, Carson laughing. All of this left me wondering in this drastic moment... What the hell did I do wrong. Eventually we all stopped and collapsed behind a tree. "Why are they so mad?!" I said between breaths. "He's the most popular boy in school. Everyone wants to be his girl." Jay said, and layed on the ground. "Eveyone. Even the seniors..." Phoebe said slowly after falling to the ground also. Everyone else joined after. "Hey Carson... What made you interested in her, if you barely met? There are all those girls you knew since the first day and you plucked a girl from the streets? No offense." Ethan asked. "None taken..." ...I think. Carson smiled, and pulled me into a hug, wrapping his arms around my arms and waist, making it impossible to get out. "Because... Something told me that she's my girl." "Get off of me you molester!!" Which was true. I tried to get out of his grasp, but my attempts only brought laughter to everyone else, so I gave up, leaving his arms around my waist. I barely know this kid. Why is everyone laughing?? "Wait... How come you guys aren't mad at me?" I asked. It's true. They were swooning (except Ethan) but yet didn't try to pull my hair, or swing a punch. "Because you're our friend!" Phoebe said happily. "Yea, and why would we be mad? It's stupid to think those girls are mad at YOU. It's his choice." Jay joined in. We all came in a group hug, but soon after, Ethan tazed me. I was mad at her, but happy. Strangely, although we just met, we became comfortable with each other as if we knew each other for a long time.