My Quiet Guy

Chapter-02

Gabrielle Morgan

"Alright be quiet and get your notebooks out. You guys have a project to do that's twenty percent of your grade." Mrs. Gomez speaks in a shrill voice that causes me to groan.

I'm sitting in the back of my Psych class and already want to go home. It's the next day and I was struggling with getting up this morning.

Everyone groans in disapproval and disbelief. I almost want to laugh at the way it sounds when they all do it.

"Hush hush hush! You'll be given time to complete it because I'm also assigning partners." That has the class cheering with 'whoops' and 'yes''.

Mrs. Gomez goes to collect packets from off her desk and passes them to the first person so they can pass it back.

"The topic for this project is going to be about mental health. I want you all to come up with a mental health that is increasing tremendously and write about it. Use key points from your psych book and use any other information from research that you find online."

I look over the rubric.

"That's all I'm asking of you guys. It's not hard and the due date is in two weeks. Now I'm going to give you guys your partners now and after that I want you guys to move to where your partner sits and start on the project."

I put the rubric to the side and lay my head down on my arm that's resting on the table. My name is going to be near the middle of the sheet because of my last name.

"Gabrielle and Lorenzo." I lift my head up and look around for a Lorenzo. I've never heard of that name before in this class until now.

When still having my eyes wander around the place, they stop on a pair of green autumn eyes.

The eyes from the hallway.

I tap the seat beside mine and watch as he collects his things and comes to where I'm sitting. I move my bag and place it beside the chair I'm sitting in and make room for him.

"Alright do you want to work on this in the library or one of our houses?" He holds up two fingers.

My head leans to the side a little. Does he talk? "Okay your house or mine?" He holds up two fingers again.

Okay then.

"Okay since the bells about to ring in about five minutes. I'll give you my number and address and come by around I don't know six." I tear a piece of paper out my notebook and write my number and address down.

I hand it to him then pack up my things and stand up as soon as the bell goes off. I wave bye to him and take my leave so I can go home and sleep for a little bit.

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4:00pm. When home I put everything down and go upstairs and into my room. I jump on the bed and close my eyes, relaxing my breathing and just relaxing under the silence.

I have about two hours for a nap so that way I can get up at five something in time for Lorenzo to get here.

I take my pillow and shove my head into it before remembering to put my bonnet on before taking that damn nap.