The Hunter and His Wolf

Chapter 11

(Oliver's POV)

It was the next day when he was finally back in the classroom. He was talking to Ms. Garcia handing her some papers which I'm assuming were all the assignments he missed. I was kinda glad he was doing better since he was sick, especially since we had that project we both needed to work on. Eventually, the bell rang for all of us to take our seats.

Ms. Garcia got up from her desk to address us all. " Boys and girls, for today I will allow you to get in your pairs to talk quietly and work on your project. For the ones who were not here or paying attention, we are doing a project about finding solutions to social issues we face on a daily. Each group will present and should have some physical board/ presentation." She took a pause to sip her coffee. " this project will be worth 35% of your grade, so I suggest you work well together with your partner" she finally said before sitting back down to type on her computer.

As soon as Ms. Garcia sat down the whole class started to move next to their partners. I quickly gathered my things trying not to bump into Ava who was partners with Miles and made my way to the front of the classroom. I was surprised that my chair was already pulled open for me to sit down.

In my seat I started reorganizing my desk and taking out my notebook, I premade a list for us to look over since he was absent. I turn to him hoping to start a friendly conversation. "hey I'm Oliver" I say to him with a slight smile, he was kinda intimidating since he seemed a bit taller than me. I was only 5' 7''. He was still looking out the window playing with his necklace when I said it to him. After a moment I guess he finally noticed me. " hi sorry I was thinking about some of the other classes I missed, I'm James." he replied sticking out his hand for me to shake. His grip was strong and firm. It felt soft a bit, like we kinda meet before which was silly of me to think.

After a few minutes he was still shaking my hand. " um... so wanna work on the assignment?' I say kinda laughing. "of course, sorry I was gone for a while i was sick I think with the flu," he says to me while he types on his phone about social issues. " yeah no worries, I'm glad your feeling better" I say with a smile.