Falling for Nemo 《ON HOLD 》

FFN 10: I found Nemo

Chapter 9: I found Nemo

"Okay, so I will call two names at a time and the person you're name is called with will be your partner for the rest of the year. You're divided into groups of a boy and a girl for duet and vocal range purposes." explained my music teacher.
In his over-dramatic way he pulled the paper out of his drawer and stared at the class with a evil grin. I've been singing ever since I could remember and started lessons when I was five, but I still get nervous whenever I need to sing around new people. With that said, the idea of being partnered up with someone I don't know is terrifying. I so hope that I get paired up with Orah. At least we know each other and we sing together all the time. Too bad Mr De Villiers crushed my dreams with his stupid boy-girl grouping system. What is this the Hunger Games?

"Amber and Zed."

A shriek of disbelief erupted from the back of the full packed class. At least we'll know who caused Mr February's "mysterious" death.

"Taylor and Jefferson."

Taylor and Jefferson high-fived each other. The two were like brothers except for the fact that Taylor's a girl. I wouldn't call her that in front of her though. That girl will end me if I even mention her being slightly related to the female species. And so on it went until they finally called my name.

"Melanie, due to the class being a odd number you're with Orah and Astrid."
"What?!" the words left my lips before I could stop myself.
"I said you're partnered with miss Highfield and her brother, miss Gardener." clarified my teacher with a slight smile curving his lips.
Its like the more he likes you the more he goes out of his way to annoy the living shuttles out of you and lucky meishis favourite student. I didn't try to object, because I choose not to make scenes in classes. I need to keep up my reputation as the girl that no one knows exist until we're partnered for a project. I felt someone nudge their elbow into my ribs and I turned to glare at the culprit.
"What do you want, dar Astrid." I asked plastering a severely fake smile on my face.
"Just wanted to greet my new partner." whispered Astrid plopping himself down on the seat between me and the random person who sat next to me.
He tucked a stray lock behind my ear and smiled at me challenging me to do something I most likely will regret. So one thing I'm extremely holy about is my hair and he knows this, but he also knows that I can't murder him at school without getting a damn detention. Instead I opted for the safest option which consisted of blatantly ignoring the douche-burger. I turned to the person on the other side of me and took the stack of music sheets that the teacher passed through the class.

A excited smile crept its was onto my face as I scanned through the hand written pages. This time it was a real smile. Even though I have the devil and my best friend as my partner I can't wait for class on Wednesday. I could see Orah grinning and pointing to a page she held up. I read the word written in sparkling green ink:

Meet me at our mystery spot after school. <3

I couldn't help, but forget Astrid's presence as my mind instantly wanders to a future of fame and singing in front of thousands of people.

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"Oh my gosh, I can't believe we're singing partners!" shrieked Orah being her usual perky self.
Even though three years as passed, she and Astrid's British accents stayed intact. We were chilling in our secret hide out which is just Carter's old tree house. He sold it to me and Emory a couple of years ago, because he didnt use it anymore. As of that day we took it upon ourselves to redecorate the little wooden home. Basically we plastered the walls with pictures of us, cute celebs, dried flowers, candy wrappers and some weird glittery substance. there were several colourful proofs and random souvenirs littering the wooden floor. Orah also made a contribution to the decorating of our house and got a beaten up sofa which we're currently sitting on with a a tub of ice cream each.