A Lesson in Love ও

𝟏𝟏 ❝𝐃𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧❞

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NARRATOR'S POV

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The week had passed by slowly and Friday lessons only made the week drag on. Monday, boring. Tuesday, slow. Wednesday, a drag. Thursday, was completely uneventful. Finally, it was Friday but that was, unfortunately, the worst of all. A minute felt like an hour and a second a minute. Time seemed to be slowing down.

Obviously, it wasn't but that's what it felt like to Poppy. She was on her way to her final lesson, gym. After last week's lesson Poppy has felt nothing but a pit in her stomach, how could she show her face after walking out last week?

"That's it, I'm skipping." She exclaimed to Stella as they walked through the school corridors towards her locker. 

Linking arms with her vest friend Stella told her, "You have to go. You already have detention, do you want another?" 

"I don't care." She laughed as she unlinked her arm and walked away from her before she could scold and drag her to gym class.

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Poppy's time in the library went quicker than the whole day put together, maybe it was because she was actually enjoying herself and got stuck in a good book. It was probably that who are we kidding here, Poppy is the ultimate bookworm. She'd rather live in some elaborate fantasy world filled with dragons where she's the secret princess meant to defeat some tyrannical crazy king.

With an exasperated sigh, she pushed back her chair and stood, the library was basically silent if it were for the annoying ticking of the clock and the librarian aggressively typing across the room. Dog tagging her page she quickly stuffed it in her bag before closing and throwing it over her shoulder.

Shuffling out of the library she made her way to the designated detention room for this week, it wasn't far from the library and didn't take long before she was standing outside the door waiting for the teacher to show up let her in before she was bombarded and bumped into by her peers rushing out of their classrooms at the final bell.

She turned her head at the sound of her name, well surname, "Conway!" Jasper enthusiastically greeted her as he walked up to her. He stood just in front of her blocking her from the hallway that was soon to be crowded.

Poppy let out a small sigh of relief as she looked up at Jasper, smiling. He smiled back down at her as the final bell rang and their peers crowded the hallway. Jasper stepped closer to Poppy as people barged past and bumped into him. He placed his hands against the wall beside Poppy's head as students filtered and rushed about the hallway.

She could feel heat rush to her cheeks as she looked up at Jasper's close, grinning face. His cheeks were dusted a rosy pink as he stared down at Poppy, "So you going to that party tomorrow?" He broke the silence between them. 

Poppy averted her eyes and looked about the now clear hallway, there was no reason for Jasper to keep standing in front of her but he didn't seem to notice. 

"Parties aren't really my thing," She admitted.

Moving his hand he placed his fingers underneath her chin, gently leading her face to look at him, "Well they aren't really my thing either but I was still wondering if you wanted to go with me, you know since we're boyfriend and girlfriend." His voice broke into a whisper, "Wouldn't it make the act more convincing?" There was a hint of uncertainty in his voice as he asked.

Her throat got suddenly dry, and swallowing she reluctantly replied, "For the act." 

Jasper could hear the slight disappointment in her voice as she spoke, pulling away he rambled, "You don't have to I just thought maybe it'd be fun. I can drive, I'm not much of a drinker but you don't have to. I'm not saying you have to. It's comple-" 

Poppy butt in with a giggle, "I'll go with you Jasper."

He stared down at her dumbfounded as a large grin spread across his face, "Poppy you don't know how much happiness you just brought me."

"The evidence is all over your face." She informed him as she reached up and poked his flushed cheek. 

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AUTHORS/NOTE

The next chapter is the final chapter & I think I messed up the time frame or made it a little confusing. This story takes place over the course of a week, it starts on a Friday & ends about a week & a day after.

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