Forbidden Love

Chapter 6

Two days. I hadn't said a word for two days. At this point I just didn't feel like talking, those around me understood, which weren't many. And luckily no teacher or outsider bothered asking me anything, in or out of class so I didn't have to worry about that. Jacqueline, Anna and Evelyn were the only ones with me most of the time, I knew not talking and only answering them by typing was a bit frustrating, almost annoying, but I just wasn't up for it.

It was time for preps and as usual I didn't know what to learn. I decided on revising a lil bit of Math and then move on to Science. About an hour into it Bella called me, apparently she needed help with a math question. This girl is smart.....and there are others out here who can easily help her out, so why me?

I went over to her desk and she pointed at her paper, "I need help with this question." Ok so one thing about me, I love reading people. You know they're basically like books. Some have locks on them and you have to look for the key to open them up, some are already open which makes it easier to read, there are some that are also open but there's a lot of complicated words and sentences you have to decrypt yourself.

Some are closed off and old so you need to take your time or else they're gonna get damaged. Bella is sort of a ......closed off-open book.....or maybe it's just me, because she doesn't let just anyone in. She gave me this look like "What are you gonna do now? You'll have to talk right?" And sadly it worked, that girl doesn't tolerate nonsense. Yes she knew what I was going through but I'm pretty sure she'd had enough.

She didn't like me like this and it was time I got over it. So I explained it to her and she just smiled, we both knew that was a very easy question. She just wanted me to stop playing mute and get my shit together and honestly, I really appreciated it.

Preps was over and we got back to the dorm, I put my things away and just sat there on my bed. The others came in all chitty chatty....Evelyn looked at me and asked something - I do not remember what it was - I answered and that caught Anna's attention. "She's talking.....you're talking", she laughed and I simply smiled.

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Math class was a tad bit noisy but I wasn't complaining and neither was our teacher, Sir Adams. He's a cool guy, quite young and fun to be around. I was sitting next to Chelsea, a new member of my dorm, not too far from the platform Sir Adams was standing on. The head of the school came to join him some minutes later holding a bunch of papers.

Sudden silence. Everyone knew what that was and it seemed like it gave them a jumpscare. I just laughed because.....why not? Math test, we had taken it a few days ago and the results were out. I do not remember majority of the scores because........how could I possibly? Besides I didn't know majority of the people schooling here, and no it's not weird....I was just keeping to myself.

What I do know is that everyone in my dorm did good......yes, we the nerds. Nah I'm just kidding. Anyways, as I was waiting for my name to be called someone behind me talked, "I think you got eighty something", she said. I turned to look at her, I really didn't pay much attention to her at that time but I can say she was pretty.

She was dark, about my height and had brown-ish hair. Like I said I didn't pay much attention but that's what I noticed. "Oh really?" I replied.

"Yea I saw it". I smiled and turned back as she was naming others that she saw. How does this girl even know my name? I don't talk to anyone.But I guess when you look like you're not from this country everyone has eyes on you and your weird doings.

My name was finally called and I went up for it. Evelyn and Gloria were clapping louder than anyone there. I laughed at them, took my paper and went back to my seat. Well that's over. We were finally done with class and I was exhausted. Thankfully we hadn't started electives yet so I had a lot of time on my hands before preps.

Believe me when I tell you that I do not - keyword "not"- know how Anna and I became close friends, but we did. It was an -all-of-a-sudden thing but I wasn't complaining. Something like this hadn't happened before.....ever... but it was fun. We did almost everything together.....and I mean everything. But no, not pooping......well kinda. Nevermind.

"Should we get food before or after preps?", she asked. And as the indecisive bunch we are, it took us about thirty minutes to make a simple decision.

"After", I replied, getting the books I needed. We were a bit late so we had to hurry up and find a seat. We ended up sitting a bit far from each other, which was a funny cos we're not allowed to talk at preps but we did exactly that, even with the distance between us.

We took it down a notch before we got caught and punished. I continued with the book I was reading but something caught my attention. I looked up and saw it was the girl who told me what I scored on the math test. She was wearing a pink crop top that said....What does it say? Pa-ra di-se lost? Para dise lost? What does that even mean?I kept staring at her, just trying to read what her top said. Paradise Lost! Fucking hell what is wrong with me? I laughed to myself.

She paired that up with jeans and I'm not gonna lie she looked really good in it. I think I stared at her until she came to sit without me realising it.....right beside me.

"You know I've been trying to read what's on your top, when I first saw it I thought it said-"

"Para dise lost?"

I laughed and replied, "Yea"

"Yea it's normal".

A few minutes passed, I turned to her, "What's your name?"

and let me tell you, on the outside I was probably composed, acting all chill and stuff....but I was breaking down on the inside like, How can you not know her name? She knows yours, How does she know yours? I don't know. God this is embarrassing. She smiled and said, "Maureen."

"Nice."

So she's Maureen.

It's safe to say I bothered her the entire time and she didn't seem to mind so why not? Preps was finally over and she had to go home. What happened after was a blur, but that....was the beginning of a friendship I never thought I'd have.

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