Babe.

2.

Benny.

I was dreading this lesson, I sucked at Chemistry and Mr Tenesse hated me with a passion, I sat down next to Yeah-yeah who was my lab partner thank god. I would have actually lost it if we didn't sit next to each other. "Everyone get up!" he called making us groan, "after last year I have decided that I cannot trust you to choose your own lab partners." 

He shot Yeah-yeah and I a very pointed look. We'd accidentally set our lab books on fire last year while we were messing around and it had been a huge drama. In fairness we weren't the only ones who did something stupid, our thing had just had the biggest consequences. The whole class groaned us included. 

"It will be in alphabetical order." He told us. 

My heart stopped for a second, I hated alphabetical order because it always ended with the same thing, Blanca and I being paired together. We both had surnames starting with R and we got put together because of it every time without fail. 

"But Mr Tenesse-." We both started complaining at the same time. 

He cut us off, "this is non-negotionable." 

Just as I'd predicted we were paired together, at the front of the class no less because he needed to keep an eye on me. Yeah-yeah thankfully was sitting at the bench next to us but still, this would be nothing short of torture. 

"Thanks a lot asshole." Blanca snapped as she dumped her things on the counter beside me. 

I scoffed, "how the hell is this my fault?"

"Uh, I don't know? Maybe it's because you were stupid enough to set you lab book on fire?!" She asked incredulously. 

"Oh please don't be so dramatic." I told her annoyed. 

"Attention!" Mr Tenesse called making us quiet down, "now, as you ay have heard there is some required course work for you to do that will count for forty percent of your grades. Your lab partners are also your project partners, I'll brief you and then you can start this lesson." 

"Esto tiene que ser una puta broma." I heard Blanca mutter, (this has got to be a fucking joke). For her this had just gotten a million times worse but for me it had gotten a bit better. I was awful at chemistry that was a commonly known fact, so had I been doing this with Yeah-yeah the fourty percent would have been out the window. But Blanca was crazy smart, she always got the best in the class no matter what test she took so if she was doing the project too maybe I had a chance. 

She glared at me once we were allowed to get to work, "let me get one thing straight, I am not about to do this project all by myself, so I expect you to show up when we meet to do this." 

I shot her a shocked look, "we're meeting outside of school to do this crap?" 

Blanca sighed a pained expression, "ohmygod I'm going to fail. Yes! Obviously we have to meet outside of class to do this, we don't have enough lessons to do a whole project worth an A plus!"

I took it back, this was not at all better for me than for her, there was no way I was wasting my precious free time to do school work, "look, I'm sorry but I'm not wasting free time just so that you don't get a panic attack because you didn't get an A plus." I told her rolling my eyes, she could forget that. 

Blanca shot me a furious look, "I swear to God if you don't show up when we have to meet outside of school I will kill you." 

I huffed, "good luck with that." 

I genuinely had no idea how Blanca was popular, everyone said she was so nice and sweet, our whole neighbourhood was basically in love with her but I didn't get it. She had good style, I guess, and gun to my head she wasn't unattractive. But she was a massive pain in the ass. Ever since we were kids she'd been fucking annoying and it wasn't getting better with age. 

The rest of the lesson went pretty similarly, the two of us arguing over anything we could possibly argue about. Thankfully we managed to pick a topic before the end of the lesson but that was about all we got done, she said something about sending me a list of times of when she could work on the project outside of school but I ignored her. She had another thing coming if she thought that was happening. 

When class was finally finished I all but sprinted out of the classroom, chamistry was always torturous but this was on a whole nother level. Yeah-yeah laughed at me as we walked out of the classroom, "how's your new lab partner?" he asked grinning. 

I shoved, "very funny. She wants to meet with me to do the project outside of school, as if." 

Yeah-yeah shrugged, "Nika said the same thing, but I haven't really had time to check my calander yet." 

"You're actually going?" I asked him surprised. 

He nodded, "yeah yeah, I mean A) she's totally hot and B) my parents will rip my head off if I don't get rid of my D in chemistry. They're barely okay with my C-B average, the D pushed them overboard. They said they'll cut me off just like Blanca's parents did to her, they think it's a brilliant idea of Mr Rivera's." 

Thankfully my parents hadn't cared all to much, at least I hoped not, besides I wasn't a spoilt brat who's biggest issue was that she wouldn't get into a good uni that would be fully paid for by her parents.

"I don't know why you don't want to do the project outside of school, Blanca's hot." he told me, "she's not my type, but I won't deny it." 

I scowled, "we're not talking about this." 

He grinned, "hit a nerve did I?" 

"You wish."