Redamancy

5️⃣

friday morning.

i unlocked my locker, grabbing some revision stuff. lulus hair blew as i slammed the locker.

"jeez, someone's not having it today" she muttered

"yea , i went to bed pretty late"

"i can tell"

i roll my eyes and pull at my eyelashes, trying to remove any access clumpy mascara from yesterday that i had forgotten to wash off.

we wander into spanish, everybody turning to look at us.

"why are you late?" miss shouts.

"eve had to do her locker, sorry"

of course lulu did the talking.
i scrambled past everybody and sat down, taking everything out my bag.

i can't help but notice noah in front of me. i really wish i had the confidence to talk to him.
my mind wonders and i find myself daydreaming out the window. it was another rainy day.

"what is your name?"

..

"um, excuse me?"

i feel a soft punch on my arm, i turn to look at noah, who at the time was obviously talking to me.

"oh um,"

i look around, confused.

"me?"

"yes you, are you dumb?"

"sorry um, i'm eve."

"oh okay."

he remains eye contact with me until he turns around, and begins to shout at miss.
jesus christ, what's wrong with me? why cant i just talk like a normal human being?
i was used to people not talking to me, so of course i didn't know he was talking to me.
i sit there, analysing each curl in his hair. his broad shoulders, his slim hands.

20 minutes pass, everybody around me is chatting and i sit there, on my own doodling on my work. i didn't know the answer of course, but i didn't want to look weird so i just drew.

i look up as noah turns around, he makes eye contact with me. we sit there staring at each other until he finally opens his mouth to speak.

"what's the answer to this one?" he points with his pen to a question.

my eyes wander onto his lips.

i clear my throat and look at my sheet, desperately trying to find it. i turn my sheet around and show him.
he leans in to see, and i get a fresh breath of his cologne.
"ah, thanks" he smiles at me, turning around.

i knew he was only talking to me because his partner wasn't here today, and my partner wasn't either, but it still made me happy.

the bell rings and lulu catches up to me as we try and stride through the crowded hallway. i wasn't exactly the tallest, so it was hard for me to see anything. but i did manage to see noah towering over everybody, pushing through. lulu runs forward, grabbing my wrist and pulling me. i brush past everybody but bump sideways into noah. he looks down at me, i look up at him and we make eye contact before lulu pulls me away, nearly tripping me up. i catch myself and throw my hair back.