Against All Odds (spin-off of The Three Queen Bees and Me)

Chapter 5- The Pencil that Broke the Camel's Back

    I make my way to art class which was taught by a guy who was close in our age. I may be exaggerating but this guy seriously still looked like he belonged in high school with us.

  He has short clean cut blonde hair which was fixed off to the right side and he wore a simple cotton long sleeve that was rolled up revealing a tattoo of a raven. Which was odd because it looks similar to Axial's.

  Almost sensing my stare Mr.Kane rolls down his sleeves and takes a marker drawing our assignment on the white board.

   "Today class, we are going to work on abstract art." Mr.Kane states excitement in his voice.

   Perfect I loved abstract work because it had no bounds. You are free to make want ever you wanted out of it.  

    I already start on my sketch ideas. I don't plan out what I want to draw I just let my hand do the work and things begin clicking together in my hand.  

  I was so focused on my work I almost forgot I shared this class with one obnoxious classmate.

  "Whoops." Axial not so innocently says as she intentionally nudged into me causing my penciled to fall off my desk.

  "You going pick that up?" I bluntly ask not even sparing a glance her way.

  "I don't think so." Axial chuckles like we were in grade school. I was getting really sick of her pushing all my wrong buttons. I grip my pencil in my hand causing it to snap. Well, shit.

   That was one of my favorite pencils she hair caused me to ruin.

   I aggressively get up from my working stool and meet Axial toe to toe. She maybe a little taller than me but she didn't intermediate me.

  "I wasn't asking, I was telling. Pick up my damn pencil." I all but seethe causing Axial's blue eyes to gleam with mischief.

  "Make me." Axial challenges back. I was going going to tell her where she could shove it when Mr.Kane takes his ear phones out examining the situation and tells us to cool it.

   I roll my eyes because I am still amazed how he landed this teaching job as I leave my pencils on the floor because I was stubborn and I wasn't going to pick them up.

  The floor could have them for all I cared.

  It was close to end of class and my pencils were still in the floor until a guy with blonde hair gently picks them up for me.

  He goes to raise his head up his emerald eyes locking with my own.

  "Thanks, Bennet." I say smiling at Camila's cousin. He was the exact opposite of her. Where Camila is cold hearted, Bennet is kind hearted. I didn't know how they could possibly be so different yet related.

  "No problem." He says giving me a smile as he lays all my pencils collectively back in my pencil box.

  Axial seeing our exchange just rolls her eyes at the exchange grabbing her own stuff and leaving.

  "Ms. Greyson! The bell hasn't even dismissed you yet!" Mr.Kane shouts at the raven haired girl retreating figure down the hallway.

    That's our typical Axial Greyson for you.

    Lunch rolls around and as usually Camila and her entourage were being obnoxious like always.   I pull out my sketch pad and continue to work on the art assignment. 

   When I am focused on something I get zoned out to everything else outside of what I am doing.   

   "Can I sit?" Bennet voice asks causing me to break out of my focus and look at him with a questionable look on my face.