Isn't she Lovely

07

 Nia is wearing a blue blouse today. It's nearly the color white, but the blue is faded in there, kind of like the clouds. Joel nor Ian today are here so we're both partnerless. Haas is a big discussion guy, he thinks it helps if we are able to talk out problems with another person. Which is a great idea when your partner speaks to you! Ian is a fucking idiot! All he ever does is play games on his phone or horribly flirt with Nia as she nicely ignores him.

Which makes me feel better that she isn't engaging with him, but pisses me off cause he's a shitty partner. I'm taping my finger against the table as Mr.Haas speaks. I've been spacing out lately not listening to a word of this overly excited middle aged man. I mean how happy can you be when you're talking about displacement? It ain't that exciting.

I wanted this class because I thought it'd be a challenge, which it is, but it's all pretty much just math. We use calculus more than we use physics equations. I thank god that I chose calculus instead of Algebra cause i'd be assed out.

"Hey Joon, you wanna move up so you can have a buddy?" Haas says more of a demand than a question. As he hands out the worksheet for today I grab my things and scoot up sitting next to Nia, where Joel usually sits. "Hi!" She says in her usual perky voice. The butterflies begin to erupt in my stomach. "Make sure you're working with your buddy!" Haas says before he begins to type aggressively on his computer.

I sigh and look at the page. Ok you can do this! Just be cool, don't act like a nutcase. I continue to give myself a mini pep talk as I tap my pencil aggressively on the table. Of course the talk doesn't work and I'm still internally freaking out.

So I do what I do best...I pretend she isn't there. Cheap move I know, but I don't know what else to do. I know if I speak I'm going to sound like an idiot. And who knows maybe she likes to work alone!

She doesn't act like she wants to work alone when she's with Ian. I groan internally at the annoying voice in the back of my head. Arguing with yourself is never fun it-

"Did you get a haircut?" Her squeaky voice speaks up. I turn and see she's looking at me with a small smile on her face. "H-huh?" I stutter, not fully catching on to what she said. Her smile widens as she points in my direction. "Haircut. I like your haircut!" She giggles as she turns her head back to her paper, humming a little tune. "Thanks" I squeak out cursing myself for sounding so stupid.

I continue to work, glancing at her occasionally. Her eyebrows are bunched up in confusion. I look down at her page and see she's only on question two, whereas I am almost done at question ten. I muster up the courage to ask. "Do you need help?" I say in a quiet voice. She lets out a loud sigh, losing her tense muscles. "Ah I thought you'd never ask!"

She scoots in closer to me and puts our papers close together. "I'm so confused. So I understand the equations that need to be used in this problem but I don't know what variables go where." Her lips fall into a pout. "I hate word problems." She gumbles as she looks down at the sheet. I let out a small laugh as I grabbed her paper.

"So 50 m/s will be our velocity in the equation." I begin to explain to her how to do the problems as we work through each one together. She nods her head in understanding even taking back her pencil to write down her figured out answers.

Class has never gone by so fast and I'm mad that it ended so quickly. Before I could blink the bell was ringing and it was time for lunch. Nia gathers up her stuff as I do mine. We stand at the same time walking out the class together. She doesn't walk in the direction of the lunchroom but the opposite direction. I look at her in confusion. "I'm meeting Ana in the art room! Thanks for your help today Joonie!" She waves as she walks off.

I'm stunned by the nickname she's given me. But I freeze in realization. Fuck you Ana!

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