Chapter 2
Charlie’s P.O.V
As soon as the lesson had ended, Ashley and I grabbed our bags, dumped the books on the teacher’s desk and were out the door before anyone else. We started up a topic-less conversation on the way to next lesson which was science. The science block was back outside and round the side of the main school building. Once through the doors leading to the block we went our separate ways. Ashley into sc3 and I into sc5. A few people were already in the classroom but I was on time so not everyone was there yet.
I hope Ash has a good lesson…
I sat at the back on the very end of the lab desks, a few more people came in as I took out my pen. I noticed a boy wander in as well as a girl. to my surprise I recognised the boy to be the one who showed us where ms3 was. I smiled at him in a friendly manner but he just looked away, now staring aimlessly at the completely blank interactive whiteboard at the front of the class. I had the feeling he was only looking at it so he didn’t have to look at me.
Mr Trent, the teacher, called the class to order and handed out the booklets and some paper then told us to ‘crack on’. I read through the first side, it was all about the marking scheme the teacher used and the second was about the tasks we needed to complete. The first bullet point stated we were to complete a poster on the dangers of radioactive materials. I picked up my pen and started to write the important information down for my poster when someone tapped me on the arm. I turned to see the boy that I had smiled at a minute ago.
’Mind if I sit here?’ he asked
‘Sure, I was wondering what your name was?’ I replied with a question of my own.
‘Nick ‘ he gave me a curt nod
‘Charlie’ I said smiling softly at the boy
‘Who’s that girl you were with earlier?’
‘Oh that’s Ash, she is my sister’
‘You don’t look alike’ he commented
‘Well strictly speaking, we aren’t actually sisters’ I explained ‘my aunt and uncle adopted her 11 years ago. We were best friends before that in primary school.’
‘Hmm ‘
I turned away, and continued to read through the ideal contents of the poster. Silently humming to myself I continued to do as the sheet advised. Once I had all of the important information down I pulled out my fine-liner felt tips and started to go around the outline of the title. Suddenly, the bell rang causing the whole class to leap up and dash for the exit throwing papers on to the teacher’s desk. I slowly packed away my thing as not to be crushed in the rush for tables at lunch. I may be new but I know what the lunch rush is and I know well to avoid it.
’Hey, Charlie, you mind if I sit with you and Ash at lunch? You seem nice and I’m sure she is as well and besides I think you’d like to meet my brother; I’d like you to talk to him if you don’t mind?' Nick asked me.
‘Um kinda random isn’t it? I mean I don’t know him and you and I have only just met...‘
‘Actually we met this morning in the car park didn’t we?’
‘That’s a pretty loose term of the word ‘meet’ don’t you think? All you did was stare at Ash’s car like the rest of your posse ’
‘I suppose so, well would you like to meet him anyway even if you want to just stand there in silence?’ he said tilting his head inquisitively which surprised me, because just before he had looked away when I smiled at him, now he was asking me to meet his brother whoever the hell that was and he wanted to meet Ashley and sit with us at lunch… new schools half way through the term must be even more complicated than I thought.
