What if I could be Mrs Darcy?

8

All morning I couldn't stop thinking about two things. What John wanted to talk to me about and a new book I had just started to read

The history teacher finally called my name as I was drawing a dragon on my notes

"Elizabeth, when you decide to join us could you hand in your essay?"

I snapped out of my thoughts and went to her desk to give her my homework as I said "Sorry" softly

When I went back to my seat I rested my head on my hand and kept daydreaming while I heard the teacher talk about Pearl Harbour

After the class I joined Alec and the girls and we all headed to chemistry

"Are you with us Elizabeth?" said bob imitating Ms Aveny

"I was thinking about history" they all looked at me sceptically and I added "History of dragons"

"The funny thing is that you'll have top marks for that essay" said Charlie as she sat next to Alec in the back row

I took my books proudly and sat in the second row next to the radiator. It was freezing and for some evil reason the school didn't allow coats in class

I saw perplexed as Bob sat next to me. the front rows were dreaded as Ms Walters was the fiercest teacher

"I didn't want to be the third wheel for those two"

"You could sit with Sophie"

"She takes the class too seriously, every time you try to talk to her she stabs you with her eyes"

I didn't have time to laugh as the class began, but I took out a block of sticky notes and wrote to Bob during the class about John and the mysterious call

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"So, what did you want to talk about?"

"Oh we're going straight to the point, okay" he said a bit surprised

I didn't like small talk, and I was too intrigued to play conversational games

He started stuttering "How would you tell someone that you don't like her?"

"Saying you don't?" I said as it was the most obvious answer in the world

"What would you say if Will asked you out now?"

I stopped walking shocked. I didn't know John knew about what happened after the party

"Why would he do that?"

"Because he likes you"

My machiavellian mind saw the opportunity to find out what Will hid from me the other day and I said confidently "He's going out with Eleanor" then I added to make it look unimportant "Did someone ask you out?"

"If he was going out with her why would he make out with you?" seeing my surprised face he added "I know about it, we are best friends of course he told me"

I tried to say something but only managed to gesticulate with my hands random figures trying to express myself

Of course John knew everything, I was used to being the one who knows and I didn't like the situation at all

"I hadn't thought about that" I said softly finally

"The man has been left and he got cheat on, he's in a bad position of course he's going to run back to his ex"

I refrained a triunfal face and changed the subject to John again

So that's why he was so sad, nobody likes it when their girlfriend cheats on them, and Will had always been very sensitive. I decided to shut my mouth and not let that information get around and not hurt Will more