Arabella

~ 2 ~

"So the person you are seated next to will be your partner for the year on any group projects we have. There aren't too many but there are a few." Mrs. Price says making me turn to my partner.

Xander smirks at me from his seat. I may have been just a bit mean to him. But in my defense he makes me super duper nervous! After first period I went to my second class and the same thing happened as it did in the first. Xander walked in and sat right beside me. I didn't talk to him in that class as I was taking notes. Other than our first class they all jumped right into learning and I'm glad.

I'm embarrassed about the things I said to him earlier. I'm also embarrassed of the feeling I got when he touched my arm. I wanted him to do it again.

That's ridiculous, i don't even know him or him me. And I love Brody. So when I went to my third class imagine my surprise when Xander was there again! Now we're in our fourth class waiting for lunch and here he is right beside me.

I haven't been talking to him and I hate being this mean! I hear vibrating near me and almost panic when I think someone is trying to call me. Before I can reach for my phone Xander pulls his out of his pocket. I assume he's going to decline it or turn his phone off but no!

"Davis" he snaps into the phone. My eyes bulge out of my head at the fact he just answered his phone! And who answers their phone like that?

"So I'm going to pass these kits back, and you are going to each take two samples from your partner. One will be saliva that you will get using the cotton swab on the inside of the cheek. You will then run that onto a slide." She demonstrates as I try my hardest to ignore the fact that Xander is on the phone in the middle of class.

"What does that have to do with me?" He snaps again into the phone. Goosebumps shoot down my spine at the tone of voice, not liking the angry tone. I shake my head and turn back to the teacher.

"Now I know some of you won't want to do this so I won't make you, but I advise it for the assignment. You will take this." She says holding up a small device "Press it to the tip of your finger and press the button. It will prick your finger so you can get a drop of blood on this," she holds up a slide for the microscope. "Then you will study that as well and write any notes or things you deem important. We will discuss this next class before jumping into the chapter." She says starting to hand back the kits.

Once we receive ours I start taking all the supplies out. I set them all up in order of the way we will need them before I look to Xander. He still has the phone pressed to his ear but his eyes are shut. His face is scrunched up in annoyance as he holds the bridge of his nose.

He doesn't even know what we're doing! I start to panic slightly. I don't want to disrupt his call but he shouldn't be on it anyway! Trying to give him another minute to get off of the phone I grab the cotton swab and swab the inside of my mouth. Once that is done and on the slide I label it and set it aside. I go to do my blood but then I start to freak out a bit. I hate needles, and even though I can't see it I know there is one in there.

Deciding to wait on that I turn to Xander again. This time he has his notebook open and he's writing in it as he listens to the other person.

"Xander?" I say quietly hating that he probably can't even hear me. Ugh! "Xander." I say louder making his eyes dart to me. He doesn't stop writing and I hate that it makes my stomach flutter.

I motion to the stuff on the table and he looks before looking back at me. Without breaking eye contact and without stopping his writing he opens his mouth. I'm confused before he looks down at the stuff again and back at me. Oh gosh! My cheeks redden but I need to get the project done. So I grab the cotton swab and move closer to him.