𝑴𝒚 𝑮𝒊𝒓𝒍~𝑷𝒂𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝑯𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓

C22~The quiet girl

Maths class
Natalie's POV:
Vic tapped me gently on the shoulder, whispering my name as he did so.
''Natttt.''
I turned my head and shrugged my shoulders in annoyance, ''What do you want?''
He smirked, ''You free afterschool?''
I nodded my head.
''Good, can you come over for a little? I need help studying. Again.'' He scratched his neck and chuckled lightly.
''And you're supposed to be the smartest one of the group...makes sense.'' I laughed, ''But yeah, i can.''
I turned back around and got on with my work. We all had to revise as next week was exam week, everyone was dreading it. Especially Henry, he said his dad would kill him if he failed, which is true.Butch would dig him a grave and put him in it in 5 minutes. It's so unfair. Even though Henry and I went through a stage of hatred, we're alright with eachother now- since i joined the gang anyway. Patrick made sure of it. We have studied together previously, and I've helped him get As on some occasions too. To be fair, i'm like the whole gang's tutor- I've helped each of them atleast twice. I offered to help and he said yes. He's coming over on Wednesday.

This class has always been the most boring. I hate maths, i always will. However, there was something about a certain girl that intruiged me. She sat at the desk next to me-the desk Victor, Belch or Bev would occupy whenever she was absent. The girl didn't talk, rarely ever did she speak. Only for the register and to answer questions. Other than that, she would sit and work. I don't really think she socialised either, Bev knows her though. She said she hangs about with the Losers most of the time. Richie never told me about her before- none of them did, not until now, which is why it took me by surprise.

As I finally came out of my daze, I was greeted with a pen next to my foot. I wondered where it came from, and then the quiet girl said it was hers.
'Uhm, excuse me?'' she leaned towards me and whispered.
''You okay?'' I asked, smiling.
''Yeah, um, sorry my pen's next to your foot. Can you pass it to me please?'' she responded.
I then reached down and instantly handed her the pen.
''Thank you!'' she grinned.
In hopes of befriending her, i said; ''No worries. My name's Natalie, by the way.''
Her eyes, for some reason, instantly lit up. It was silent for some time. It looked almost as if she was inspecting my features, judging me perhaps? I doubted it though, she seemed too sweet.
She was beautiful though. She had dirty blonde hair- kinda like Henry's, but a bit lighter. Come to think of it, she actually looked like him! I thought for a while, maybe she could be a relative of his. A sibling, maybe? However I remembered Henry has no siblings. I think.
So there we both sat, curiously looking and scrutinizing one an other, until eventually, we both stopped. And the conversation started up again.
''Missy.'' she replied, ''Your name is so pretty.''
''Awh thank you! So is yours.'' I smiled. This girl is so sweet! I thought to myself.
We proceeded to talk for a while until the end of lesson. I'm pretty sure every like, 5 minutes Miss Oakley would shout at us because of our ''excessive chatter''.
''If it's bothering you that much i'll just get out of the room miss.'' I said in annoyance. I've genuinely never liked this teacher anyways.
''Any more of that and i'll be sending you to detention.'' Miss Oakley retaliated.
''Sure!'' I sardonically smiled.
She shook her head and continued with the last 2 minutes that remained of the lesson.

The lunch bell finally rang. I left the classroom with Bev by my side, Vic and Belch following closely behind.
''I'm gonna go find Bill.'' Bev turned and said. For some reason, since last week mine and Beverly's relationship honestly hasn't been the best. I mean, i don't blame her. I'd be annoyed too if my one of my best friends turned around and told me i was hanging around with her bullies and dating one of them. The whole of the Losers will end up hating me when they find out, only Bev knows now. Oh, and Cassie. I guess she's okay with it, but she's also become slightly distant. She's started talking with The Losers and other people, i'm pretty sure her new best friend might be Zoe Alvarez. She went to her house lastnight, had a sleepover with her on Thursday. Ah well, I have Pat. Vic and Belch too. Maybe even Missy! Not too sure about Henry though. Still working on that. My brother is completely out of the picture, he has been since he saw Patrick at the door and hasn't let it go since. If, and when, he discovers me and Pat are now a thing, he'll flip. Big time. The Losers will definitely be told too, they'll go bezerk. Bev did when she found out. Ah well- not every friendship is a forever thing. Right?