Songs for the Chapter
Enchanted by Taylor Swift
Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves
Empire State of Mind (Glee Cast Version)
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Beatrice's POV
The majority of the school day was uneventful.
Since it was the first day of school it was mostly icebreakers and reviewing the syllabus. I walked into my last period class, English.
The desks were clustered into groups of four and were unassigned so I sat down at a group with none of the seats taken yet. As more and more students started rushing in, I saw a tall blonde figure walking into the classroom alongside another boy.
Brody.
My heart started racing as he scanned the room for a place to sit down. Our eyes met and he smiled.
Butter my backside and call me a biscuit.
He starts walking towards my group of desks and I look around to see many of the groups still empty.
"Hey, are these seats taken?" he asks with a grin.
I look up at him hoping he can't hear my heart beating louder than ever. Of course this would happen to me.
"Um, no... Go ahead," I say barely able to get the words out.
He sits down in the chair across from me while his friend takes the seat next to him. Nolan. That was his name. I didn't know much about him. I knew he played volleyball with Brody and was always seen with him.
"This class is goated" Brody says grinning.
It's been so long since I'd been to the yogurt shop that I forget he used this type of complex boy slang. I just awkwardly chuckled in response not sure how to respond.
"I haven't seen you at the shop in a while" he states.
I dreaded this.
"Yeah, I have been just really busy lately" I lied.
Truth is over the summer I develop galaphobia, fear of dairy products. I had been going to the yogurt shop so often that my body began to reject dairy in my system due to there being such an excess of calcium.
The last time I went to the shop I ordered my usual, chocolate vanilla swirl with cookie crunch.
While talking to Brody, admiring his gorgeous blonde locks and how well he fit into his teal uniform, I felt incredibly nauseous.
I excused myself and ran to the bathroom. I end up throwing up all over the floor of the handicap stall. I tried my hardest to clean it up but there was not much I could do other than cover it with paper towels.
And so I did just that, hoping Brody wasn't going to be the one to clean the bathroom during his shift. I was so embarrassed at what had just happened that I left the shop, without even saying goodbye to Brody. In all honesty, I was traumatized.
There was no way I would've been able to walk back into the yogurt shop and see Brody without have horrific war flashbacks. And so I stopped going.
Throughout English class Brody and Nolan just kept making jokes while I sat there struggling not to laugh and get us in trouble. I noticed Brody making side glances towards me after making a joke to see if I was laughing.
