Hidden Sparks

Blondie

Ivy June

As I walk out of class, I hear footsteps approaching behind me. It's the blonde from earlier.

"Hey! Hi! Please stop walking!" I hear her yell from afar. I stop and let her catch up. "Hi! Sorry i kept walking, I wasn't sure if you were walking towards me or not"

"No worries!"

She stretches her hand out "So, I'm Elle! Elle Stacy!" I look at her in confusion, as I stretch my hand out as well, she shakes it. "I would ask for your name but you already presented yourself" she giggled.

Wow, she's energetic.

"So, what class do you have next?" She asks

I check my schedule. Ugh, math. I hate math, even if It's one of my best subjects. "Math" I reply "What about you?"

"Oh! I have math as well!" She seems excited. "That's so cool! We have two classes together!"

"Yeah!" I laugh it off "Do you wanna walk there together?" I ask

"Of Course!!!" She yells in excitement, almost loud enough for the rest of the hallway to hear.

As we're walking, she grabs hold of my arm. It feels nice, almost safe. I'm so distracted i didn't even notice the stupid door in front of me and bump into it. I whisper a couple swear words until she cuts me off

"Are you okay?!" She sounds genuinely worried, not one of those fake are you okays when you're trying not to laugh. She did slightly, but I don't blame her though. I would giggle too if an idiot bumped into a door in front of me. I open the door for her like the gentleman I am and we walk in. "2 minutes late, Miss.Stacy"

"Yes, I'm sorry professor, it won't happen again"

"Alright...ah, you must be the new girl, care to introduce yourself?" Am I gonna have to do this in every class? I think to myself. Elle giggles as if reading my thoughts.

As I finish introducing myself to the class and sit down, I get a good look at my surroundings. It's almost identical to the last classroom. Tall walls with gorgeous carvings, wooden floors, a big green chalkboard ( I don't know why we have a chalkboard in the middle of 2021, but we do ), and wooden desks. Everyone had their own desk, except for the lab. I got a tour of the school a few days ago.

Elle snaps me out of my thoughts, I hadn't even noticed I sat next to her again.

"Hey! Have you signed up for volleyball tryouts? They're next week so you better hurry if you want to get in!"

"Oh! Right, I heard about that, thanks for reminding me...I totally forgot"

"It's no problem! I guess I should probably mention, I'm the volleyball team captain! If you don't get in, no hard feelings, right? I'm sure you will though!"

She's team captain as well...new competition is always good. I think to myself.

"That's so cool! Hopefully we won't have to fight for it" I joked

"Huh?"

"Oh! I guess I forgot to mention that as well...I used to be volleyball team captain at my old school. See you at tryouts, captain"

As I went back to my work, I snuck a few peeks at Elle, her face was flushed. Hopefully this won't ruin the friendship we had started.