Polar Opposite's

Lab Partners | Chapter 1

Arielle

Todays another regular school day, which I'm not very excited for. But at usual I wake up, say my prayers, take a shower, brush my teeth, and put my clothes on. My regular smegular boring routine. While I get ready I stare at myself in my mirror looking at all the flab and fat all over my body, but I don't let it bring me down no matter how much I feel insecure I always remember the God made me fearfully and wonderfully made.

Now I know what you're thinking, you probably think I'm weird for serving a "non existent God" but let me tell you, to me he is very existent, you may ask why I serve him, it's  because I have hope that there's someone higher and above me that's out there looking out for me and caring for me.

I don't have much people to care for me, my dad left me and my mother when I was 5 and my mom often works late night at the hospital because she's a doctor and for my only two best friends it's kind've of hard to open up to them, I feel like they wouldn't understand me enough. Don't get me wrong I love all of them but the only one really always there for me is God.

I rush downstairs, to grab a banana then head out the door to start driving to school. I really dreaded high-school. Everyone there was just rude and didn't know how to treat others with love. I try to ignore them all especially Layden. He makes my life actual hell, which I don't ever plan on attending. He's you stereotypical football player jock. Did I mention he's a major atheist? For some reason he just always has it out for me.

I'm glad that it Senior year he's been doing this since year 9 and it's like it never gets old for him. I do my best to ignore him though, as a Christian I've learned to control my anger.

As I pull in the school I see my two best-friends waiting in the front for me, so I park and start walking up to them but them I'm stopped by the one and only Layden.

"Fatty, you took my parking spot." He says.

"No I didn't it was free." I answer back.

"Everyone knows that I park there." He says getting angry.

When he gets angry it's scary but I don't care, I ain't scared of no one when I have God by my side.

"Well that's too bad, cry about." I say trying to walk away from the situation so I don't do something ungodly to this man.

"You're gonna regret this, and your God won't be able to save you this time, Fatty." He shouts.

I pay no mind to him and just walk up to my friends. Jordan and Evie are the best I've known them forever, and they've always been by my side.

"Hey Elle, do you want me to go over there and hit him where it hurts? Jordan says nonchalantly.

Jordan is sometimes feisty, she really fights when she needs too.

"No it okay, I've got this situation handled." I respond.

"Aw, I really wanted to help her, no one ever messes with my bestfriends." Evie added.

I chuckled at their efforts then said "come on let's just get to class before we are late."

For my first period I have chem, and I don't have it with either of my bestfriends. So it's just me.

As the bell rings my friends and I separate and gets to class.

I actually like chem, I'm thinking about becoming chemist when I'm older. As I get into class I sit in my usual spot, the bell rings and the teacher just starts talking as usual.

Then she starts assigning our Lab partners for a project we apparently have to work on for the rest of the year. As she's assigning she says
"Arielle, it looks like you don't have a part-"

Before she could finish her sentence, Guess who walks in, Yep you guessed it was Mr.Layden.

"Good you finally arrived Layden I was just assigning partners and you with Arielle." She says with a bit of sas.

I could see the hickeys on his neck he must've been making out with his other half Ava. Ava is also your stereotypical mean girl/ cheerleader. Blonde, Skinny, and Rich.

He smirks then walks towards me as we make eye contact. I won't lie he's a very handsome man, but he's just very malicious and doesn't know how respect people.

As he gets closer I just shift my focus to the teacher ahead.

"What's up, partner." He says taking a seat next to me. I can smell the weed from a mile a way.

"You reek of weed." I respond

"And is there a problem?" He asks.

"Nope none at all." I say sarcastically.

"You guys may begin." The teacher says.

So basically for our project we are supposed to write a whole 10 page research paper on how chemistry contributes to our world today. This is exactly why I dread highschool.

"Ok, look we don't ever have to talk, except for when doing the project, I just ask you to leave me alone and just end on good terms." I blurt out to him. I say a prayer really quickly that he will agree.

He looks at me and say "I'll leave you alone. Under one condition, you do the whole project."

"Seriously? That's not fair at all." I respond.

"Ok I guess I won't ever stop bothering you then." He says smirking.

"You know what, fine."

After the little conversation we didn't say anything to each other the whole class.

Class after class it was finally lunch time. I was really hungry.

"Hey Jordan and Evie." I say as I meet with my friends.

"Hey, I'm starving." Evie says.

"Me too" I respond

"Let's go find out what they have today." Jordan says as we follow her inside.

Todays lunch was good they had nachos. After we got out lunch we went to sit at our usual table and on our way to our table we had to past the populars. Which not fun at all they always made rude comments.

Layden

School was really a pain. I had to go there every day and put on a fake persona. The truth is I hate everyone here. And Ava she just really annoys me, she thinks that were in a relationship but we're not I just use her to blow off some stress every once in a while.

It can be lonely at times. My parents are always on business trips. So I really have no one. I'm actually a really depressed person and I'm angry that there's no one there for me. So I take out on this girl Arielle, she's been my target because everyone in my group always picks on her so I do it too.

But it really doesn't make me happy. I don't agree with some things like how she believes there's a man in the sky watching over her but the truth is she's really a nice person. And I've had a crush on her since year 9.

As you can see I pretend to be something I'm not. I don't even like football. Im more of an art person. I love art. It's my therapy to get away from stress and also weed.

But nothing out there seems to fulfill the emptiness I feel. I feel like there's something missing.

Alright guys that's it for this chapter. I hope you guys liked it and don't forget to vote 💗💗