VALENTINA

CHAPTER THREE.

I'm a little bit rough and I'm known to cause a scene....
*Sophia Scott

VALENTINA

"Are are serious,"Mal practically screams and I roll my eyes. We  are currently in the cafeteria having lunch with Bree and I'm telling them about my encounter, with Asher.

"Yes I'm serious,He literally asked me to be his English partner,"I say sipping on my juice box.

"Wait hold up are you telling me the same,Asher that you've been avoiding for the past three years,the same Asher you were so In love with,the same Asher who fought Theo yesterday asked to be his partner and sat next to you in Class?"Bree asks looking at me intently.
I don't blame her though even I can't believe what just happened.

"Unless,there's another Asher you know,yes"I say to  Bree.

"Well I'll be,who  would've thought after all these years he would talk to you again"Bree says and she's right.After everything that happened three years ago,I would consider myself lucky if he even spared me a second glance but yet he talked to me today, like those years never existed.

"I'm sure,it's just a stupid phase by next week he'll be begging miss Isabelle to change partners"I say popping a chicken nugget into my mouth.

"Don't say that,Val besides maybe the universe is giving you a second chance who's knows,never count your eggs before they hatch"Mal says winking her eye and I just smile at her comment.

"Anyway aside from that,I totally signed you guys up to be on the dance committee"Bree says and I nearly choke on my juice.

"Dance committee,Bree really"Mal says looking at Bree.

"Oh c'mon guys it'll be a great time to spend time together,I'll be so busy with the Dance I'll won't get to see but if you you're on the team we will spend time together"Bree beams and I slap my forehead.
As head girl Bree is in charge of preparation for the Seniors dance .It is a dance held at the beginning of the year,to symbolize our Transition into our final year at Freshwood preparatory academy.

"As long as I don't have to do anything involving decorations..."Mal speaks up.

"Does that mean you're in"Bree asks.
"Yah"Mal says and Bree turns to me.

"Fine"I say with a long sigh and Bree squeals with joy.

"Thank you so much girls,we have our first meeting tomorrow after class,"Bree says and we spend the rest of lunch talking about the dance.

LUNCH was over fifteen minutes ago and right now it's time for self defense the only class I have with Bree and Mal this year.
"I'm just saying these kits could be better"Mal says referring to our oddly large grey shorts and tank tops.
"For once,I agree I mean why do they have to be so large"I say as we arrive in the gym.
A number of students are already here and so is Bree she's talking to Adrien her boyfriend.
Mal and I make our way to the bleachers and shortly our Class instructor miss Jones walks in her gym tracksuit.
"Alright, students gather around,"she says and we all rush to where she is.
"I bet we all know why we are here to learn some self defense skills,and today's lesson is based on observation, being able to tell your opponent next move,so for today's exercise I'll put you in pairs and you are all gonna try to take your partner down by trying to read their next move..."she starts and it seems everyone is paying close attention.
"Now remember this is just a trial,no real punches okay, everyone grab your boxing gear from the cabinets and let's gather by the mat in the center"miss Jones says then dismisses us to get our gear.
We quickly get out gear and meet her in the centre of the gym.
She calls out the first pair and they begin to fight,it's the same old routine for the next couple of pairs,their observation skills leave much to be desired.
"Alright next is Theo and Valentina"miss Jones says and I head over to the mat where I find Theo ,he smirks at me and I can already observe his first weakness.
Over confidence.
"Alright go"miss Jones says and we get in position.
Theo throws the first punch and I easily block it as I observe his second weakness.
He calculates his moves in advance.
The cycle continues him throwing punches and I easily block them because his body language easily makes his next punch predictable.This is too easy.This leads me to observe his biggest weakness yet.
He can throw a good punch but his defense his terrible.
I smile and use this to my advantage as I shift from defense to attack .I attack him with my punches and he's barely dodging them soon before I realize he surrenders   and the crowd is cheering.
"That was impressive,"Miss Jones says giving me her signature smile.
"If I'm being honest that's the best observation work I've seen all day,"she says.
"Thanks miss Jones"I say and she focuses back to the students and calls the next pair while I decide to get hydrated.

"You throw a mean punch Val"I hear someone say behind and I choke on my water,I cough it out and turn to see who it is.

"Damn Theo you scared me"I exclaim.

"I'm sorry didn't mean to scare you"he says smiling.

"It's fine, anyway what are you doing here"I ask him.

"I came to get hydrated as well and congratulate you it's not everyday you see the Head boy being tackled down by a girl"Theo says grabbing a water bottle from the cooler.

"Oh so just because I'm a girl I can't tackle you down"I challenge Theo.

"That's not what I meant,to be honest I'm really impressed,"he says as he opens his bottle.

"In that case thank you,it's not everyday I get to fight the head boy"I joke and Theo laughs.

"You're funny Val,anyway I have to bounce see you around"Theo says before waking off .He walks for some time before turning,he smiles at me and I smile back then he continues walking away.
I head back and continue to watch the rest of the class fight.