Forever Royal

Paired Up

My eyes fly open, looking around quickly, I sigh with relief when I realise that I'm in my dorm, I look over to Zurra's bed and she's fast asleep. I feel really hot, and pull my cover off me, I look down at myself and realise I was sweating badly because my clothes feel damp, my hands touch my head and feel the moist sweat on it. I grab my towel from my wardrobe and head out the door into the bathroom, I take a long hot shower, washing away any remnants of my emotions from my dream, I soak my hair as well, enjoying how the heat feels on my scalp. I eventually glance at the clock that we keep opposite the shower ( it really comes in handy) and see that it's 8 am, I decide to go for a run, and by run I mean running a small distance and walking when I feel tired which is a lot. Once I have washed myself thoroughly I get out the shower and quickly brush my teeth. Then I put on a long top and leggings, I then tie my hair back grab some water then head out the door.
I run towards the beach, with every step I feel myself relaxing. Enjoying the feel of the cold air hitting my face, soon I feel the burn and I try to focus on the pain I feel physically to distract me from the pain I feel emotionally, soon tears fall freely from my eyes, I am upset because seeing my dad in my dream re-opened wounds that had long since closed, I cry because my dad was going to leave me, leave us. I cry because I miss him, miss England. I run faster...because the faster I run the less energy I have to think about my dream.

Eventually when I am exhausted, I collapse on the beach and just stare at the sky watching as the clouds move, I soon get up though and head back to my dorm, when I get there Zurra is on her laptop. I take a quick shower making sure to scrub my hair too, I decide to wear a flowery blue dress, that's backless and knee length. I then say bye to Zurra and go to my class, when I get there it's pretty full, I sit in a free seat between a guy and a girl, the guy is hot with dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes, during the class we start to talk, turns out his name is Jamie and he's gay, he's really funny because he's got attitude which I love and he bluntly checks out guys during our lecture. I've never met someone who is so bold about their sexuality, I can hardly concentrate on the lesson, I only realise I'm still in class when my name is called out then Hayden's. I turn to Jamie and ask "why was my name just called out?"
" Because girl we have to do a project in pairs about a case sir gives us, and you my dear are working with our very own Prince Charming"
"What you mean Hayden, no I refuse to
Work with him" I whisper furiously,
" Darling I'm afraid you don't have a choice, the project counts for twenty five percent of our final grade"
I Look around the room trying to find Hayden, when I see him my heart skips a beat when I realise he's staring back at me, when he sees I've caught him though he scowls at me, in retaliation I stick out my tongue, childish but hey it's still effective.
Once the class is over I walk outside to the grass only to find that Hayden is waiting for me there, I give him my biggest fake smile whilst walking over to him
" So we have to be partners even though we both can't stand each other yay, I'm so excited honestly just my luck" I say, my voice dripping with sarcasm. He pushes his hands through his hair quickly before saying
" We both know I don't want to be your partner any more than you want to be mine, but sadly I can't change that so I need us to at least be civil to one another because this course means a lot to me and I don't plan on failing it"
I regard him for a moment surprised by this more serious side of him, I guess I expected him to put up more of a fight.
" Okay I agree, if we're going to work together we can't constantly be insulting each other, so can you please explain to me what exactly this project is that we have to do?" I reply
" Basically sir gave us this case about a divorced couple who are fighting for custody of their eleven year old son Jordin and so we have to argue for the mother to get the child and another pair have to argue that the father should get the child. Sir will then decided who wins."
" Sadly for us the mum used to be an alcoholic so I don't know how we can win the case" he says a little exasperated
" Actually I know I can win that case because I don't care what person we get its how we deliver our case that matters" I reply a little annoyed
" Fine I agree with that but I'm starving so instead of standing here like
Idiots can we discuss how we plan on delivering our case over food?"
" Do you have anywhere in particular that you want to eat?"
"Yes I do, it's this cafe near the beach"
" Okay so how do we get there, is there a bus stop near by"
" Ouch that hurt, do you really think
I go in buses, no, I have a car which I use to get everywhere" he replies in a mocking tone
" Okay mr smart ass where is your car?" I ask equally mockingly
" If you ask nicely maybe I'll show you"
" Hayden can you please just lead me to your damn car"
He doesn't reply instead he starts walking and so I follow, since when did
I simply follow someone around like a dog, since a guy called Hayden walked into my life I guess.