stay | the kid laroi

chapter 10

Thomas.

I spot Thomas talking to a couple of boys til he turns his head and sees me. He lightly waves at me and signals me to come over which I gladly do because I'm lost for crying out loud. I grab the straps of my backpack and lightly jog over to him.

"Hi, Thomas was it?"

"Yes ma'am. Where's blondie at?'

I scratch my neck, a little embarrassed. I can't tell him I made Laroi mad because I wanted to know what was going on between them. What should I say? He had forgot something? There was an emergency? That he had to go check with a teacher about something? As I'm nit picking at what to say, I suddenly realize that I'm zoning out when I see him waving his hand in front of me.

"Helloooo? You okay there?"

"Oh! Yeah, no I'm okay. I'm sorry."

"So where's Laroi?"

"He said he had to go check on something, he didn't say what though."

"Mhmm.."

He can't possibly know I'm lying...Right? He looks me up and down a few times then lays his eyes upon mine. We make intense eye contact for a few seconds and then he stops and goes back to being 'normal'.

"Oh well at least I have you now. Do you need help or something?"

"I do actually yeah..."

"Alright, let me see your schedule, it is a class you need help getting to right?"

"Yup, let me just get it out of my pocket really quick."

I grab into my pocket and pull out my folded schedule and hand it over to Thomas. When I did, we slightly brush hands and I felt uneasy. Something about him is off-putting...I don't know what, but something isn't right about him. As he looks at my schedule,I admire his features for a little. He finishes looking at my schedule then looks at me.

"You know what's funny, you have a decent amount of classes with me, first period included."

"Oh great! Should we get going then? I don't want to be late on the first day."

"You're fine, you're new. You needed to be shown around and everything. You'll be okay for a little, ya know, til you get the ring of things."

"Ohhh, okay. Well c'mon then. I'm excited to go to class for once."

I grab his wrist and lightly drag him behind me as I do a slight jog and then stop.

"Um...Where are we going again?"

He just lightly laughs at me and starts walking and I closely follow behind him. As we head to class, I can feel the stares of multiple sets of eyes in the back of my head. I can't seem to avoid people's gaze today, huh... Eventually we end up upstairs and at the front part of the school and are facing a door. He opens it to a loud and bubbling room that quiets down a bit once they see who's coming through the door. He gets people coming up to him and dapping him up or a hi or hello from across the room. Our teacher spots me and grabs my shoulders and lightly walks me over next to his podium. I look at his name on my schedule so I know what to call him. Mr.Moonshine...That's an interesting last name he has. Mr. Moonshine quiets the class down, well more like the class quiets itself down as they realize that I'm new. When the room is dead silent, Mr.M walks over and stands behind his podium and starts talking.

"Alright, now everyone, we have a new student. Her name is Amaris and I would like for you all to make her feel welcome and comfortable here, and outside of class and school. Now Amaris, you can go ahead and introduce yourself."