Blessing in disguise

Page three

I head into the class , seeing it's full with only one seat empty. Not realising who's sitting next to it , I walk over and I notice him. His dark hoodie hood on , dark circles under his eyes , the poor guy looks like he hasn't slept in months.

I stare into his green/brown eyes and he looks up at me. By the way his long legs are spread in front of him below the table I just know he's around 6" something. I gesture to the seat In a can-I-sit-here way. He shakes his head and turns around , looking to see if there's empty seats around but when he notices there's none he rolls his eyes.

"Can I sit here ?" I ask again , this time out loud and he forced his eyes to pour into mine, butterflies filling my stomach. What the fuck ? Peyton stop.
"Whatever." He says and puts his arm around the back rest of the chair.

And I go to sit down , rolling my eyes , he's a dick. He pulls out the chair just as I go to sit down and suddenly every one turns toward us , laughing their asses off and pulling out their phones , pictures clicking around me. No fucking way.

I glare at him, expecting him to have a laugh on his face yet his expression says nothing. I get up and pull the chair out of his hand , glaring at everyone and seeing some put their phones back in their pockets , and some set theirs on the table.

"Good morning everyone , today I will set you up in threes and you will work on providing me with as much information as you can. I will give each group a topic and you will have to research it the best way you can." Ms justice comes in.

Oh god no. It's my first day I'm not ready for group work. "As we all know , there is a new student among us," she continues and puts the spotlight on me , I close my eyes taking a deep breath before opening my mouth to speak. But I'm interrupted.

"Ye she's a new one lads" the damaged boy says. God what's his name? I glare at him again and hear most of the boys in our class laugh. "Adam please be quiet. Peyton would You like to introduce yourself?" And when I look at ms justice , who's looking at Adam , disappointment fills her eyes. Adam.

He's an ass. "Um yeah ; I'm Peyton Wilmer , I'm from Ohio , but me and my mom move around a lot so .." and again I trail off. What's wrong with me? why would I say that? Ugh.

I see Adam chuckling with a friend through the corner of my eye and I just know they've made a joke about me. Well that lasted long. Look mom. I'm being bullied again. I smile to myself and make eye contact with the teacher who's looking between me and Adam. Oh no. No no no.