Metamorphosis

Chapter 11

A picture of the three interviewers (Julian, Gen, and David) is on the side :D

The survey was a simple process. Each senior was assigned to one of the three rooms (420, 601, and 101) and they would all wait outside in a single line until they were called inside one by one. Once called, the senior would sit down in a chair in front of the person giving the survey, answer a couple questions, and once they were done, they were free to leave the school for the day since they would be excused from all of their classes.

Melarni stood outside Room 601, waiting in the long line with Matthew, Rogelio, and Ivan. She giggled and nodded to whatever joke Matthew or Rogelio threw at her, but made sure that she made 0 eye-to-eye contact with Ivan the whole time. She already embarrassed herself earlier in front of Ivan in the music room, and she does not need to repeat that. She just hopes Ivan won't bring it up while they're waiting to be surveyed.

"So Ivan," Matthew turned to the male wearing glasses, "where were you this morning?"

"Oh yeah!" Rogelio grinned. "Are you really gonna do the music show thing?" Melarni's eyes widened and she instinctively turned to Ivan.

"You're doing the music show?" Melarni questioned and unintentionally made eye contact with him. Shit, this one's on me. Ivan looked down at her, matching her gaze, and smiled cheekily. Wow, Melarni thought with a silent gulp, his dimples are really cute.

"Yeah!" Ivan cheered and slightly nudged her. Melarni regretted standing right in front of him in the line. "I told you I was gonna join it in the morning." Right as he said that, Matthew and Rogelio (they were standing in front of Melarni) turned and faced the two Asians with narrowed eyes.

"You guys were together in the morning?" Matthew and Rogelio questioned and raised an eyebrow in unison. Melarni rolled her eyes and slammed her head on the wall beside her.

"Uh huh!" Ivan confirmed and the shapeshifter slammed her head again. That boy will be the end of her. "Hey, why don't we do a duet together?" He nudged her arm playfully and she can almost feel his grin radiating off of him. Cue another head slam. Yep, he'll definitely be the end of her.

"Alright!" A voice boomed and the students lining up next to Room 601 looked up. Melarni moved her head and saw that it was the cute blond guy from earlier, Julian. "We will now conduct the surveys, and it will be one student at a time. Okay, who's first?" He looked at the two giggling girls standing right in front of him and grinned. He held out his hand charmingly to the brunette. "Hello dear, you first." The brunette swooned and her red haired companion gave her a thumbs up as the duo entered the classroom.

Melarni counted the students and observed that she would be the 5th student. She wondered what kind of questions the survey would contain, if they were anonymous or not, and what she would do afterwards since all seniors would be excused from class for the rest of the day.

"Penny for your thoughts?" Ivan asked and Melarni glanced at him before pulling out her phone and going on Instagram. "So... are you just gonna ignore me now?" Silence. Ivan smirked and, in the blink of an eye, snatched the iPhone from her hands and held it high in the air, well beyond her reach.

"Hey!" Melarni shouted and jumped up, her arms waving in the air, trying to grab her cellphone. "Give that back!"

"Not until you talk to me." Ivan grinned mischievously.

"Fine!" Melarni crossed her arms. "Can I please have my phone back?" The male shook his head.

"Nope, that was a request. I want an actual conversation." The shapeshifter raised an eyebrow.