Aria's Song

Chapter 1: a bump in a shop

"Aria!" A tall man in front of her yells as she stares out the window. Her entire body shifts in her seat as she turns to the teacher, who now has a furious look on his face. "Sorry, sir!" She replies as her heart races.

He then continues with his lesson. "As I was saying, today we will be looking at shading."
Her head rests on her arm as her eyes drift to the bleak cream wall. She maps out the cracks and stains. Her teacher glares at her and purposely slams a book against the floor. "Sorry, class." He says with a blank expression as Aria jumps. He carries on with his lesson plan.

Before she knew it, the teacher finished his lecture, and they all grabbed their bags to leave. "Aria, stay for a second." She sighs and walks to his desk.

"Yes, sir?" He glances at her annoyed face. "Don't be like that it's your fault!" he shouts. "Sorry..." she says while looking down. He sighs and places a hand on her shoulder. "Look, I'm sorry, it's just that you need to be focused! I'm just trying to help you." He says with empathy. "I know, I know." She says. They both pause for a second, then he says, "Sit down and show me ur work." He takes 2 chairs from the rows and sits them close together. She sits down, and he sits beside her. She takes her sketch book out and shows him. He stares at the beautiful drawing of a woman on a porch. He picks up another page and another and another. He then slightly goes closer to her, and she gets uncomfortable. She brushes it off, though, as she assumed he was just trying to see it better. "This is what I want to see! Come on, you can do this!" He says, staring at her. "Thank you, sir." She says as she puts the drawings in her book bag.

She quickly stands up, and he leans against the wooden desk. She says, "Have a good evening..." and leaves. She pulls down her skirt and opens the door. She breathes in the fresh air as the doors slam behind her.

She leaves the tall old building and heads to her dorm room. She goes up the creaky stairs, heading to room 20 D. She steps inside, and the smell of strong perfume greets her. As she steps inside, she sees her roommate luna in a black lacey top and black jeans with black 4-inch heels.

"Hey. Got a date?" Aria asks the stunning women before her. "Yeah! He's so cute! He's taking me to the restaurant by cafe j'taime." The girl smiles brightly. "You always find good ones, Robin." Aria says to the girl. She sits down in the bed and takes off her earing and falls on top of the made bed. She grabs her book and begins reading. "Bye!" They say as Robin leaves.

Aria puts down the book on the light grey bedside table and sits up. She grabs one of her drawings of a couple on a windowsill, and hung it up on the white wall. She puts on her radio, and it plays the song "Everybody Loves Somebody" by Dean Martin.

She stands up and dances to the melody. And begins to sing, "Everybody loves somebody sometime,

And although my dream was overdue.

Your love made it well worth waiting,
For someone like you!"

She grabs her manakin with the dress she was making for the schools dance in 4 months. She ballroom dances with it, counting her steps. Her eyes spot her flowers, so she pick them up. She sighs and falls back onto the bed, and falls asleep.

She wakes up to an alarm at 8 am. The song was 'Hey Lover' by the Daughters of Eve. She grabs her glasses that fell off her when she was asleep and put them on. She looks to see that Robin wasn't there and thought, "Must've been a good date." She chuckles too herself.

She shucks off her dress and puts on a brown tartan dress, with a shirt underneath, and a ribbon tied on it. She picks up her brush and flattens the nest on her head. She places a light brown peaked beret on the top of her head. She chucks on some long brown boots and heads out the door.

She walks down the pavement, not stepping on cracks, and stops at the grocery store. She steps inside, hearing a little bell go, signifying someone entered. She grabs a trolley and begins cruising the Isles. She grabs many things for her and her roommate and then finishes her shop.

She goes up to the cashier and places the items. The cashier was a lady who appeared to be in her late 50s with a smile. She begins putting her stuff on the conveyor. She speaks to the lady.
"Hi! How's your day been so far?"

"Can't complain!" The lady replied happily while smiling at the girl.

"How has yours been?" The older lady asks back.

"Living the dream!" Aria replies also with a smile. They begin to make small talk until all the items are scanned. "£97 please!" Aria grabs her purse and pays the lady and places £1 into the charity container, and £2 into tips. "Have a good day!" They say to each other.

She begins to leave until she trips over a small ball, that a young boy accidentally kicked at her feet. A hand catches her. In an instant, a tall young man who looked to be in his early twenties, the same as Aria, grabbed her arm, pulling her onto him. She gasps in shock and quickly pulls away, thanking him, clearly embarrassed. He says, "It's okay. Be careful next time, please."

Her stomach filled with embarrassment butterflies. She didn't see his face, as she was only looking at the outfit he wore out of embarrassment. He wore a fully black outfit with doc martin boots. He had an amazing style but was intimidating.

She quickly scurried away with her bags. She only saw him pick something up, but she didn't see what...