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Chapter 2: English

ALEX
"So Holly how was your vacation?" I say.

"It was alright, I mean who doesn't like the Eiffel Tower? It's so romantic and I wish you had come along with me Alex," she states.
I laugh cutely in response.

"So how about-"

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The bell goes and Courtney tells Holly to accompany her somewhere. I have a good chance of going out with Holly as she likes me too.

Everyone excitedly or lazily walks to class. First class is English, and I walk into the classroom. The first thing the teacher says is that we can sit anywhere.

My chances were pretty slim but I had to choose an option, either I had to sit next to Ginger (obviously not), or next to a cute new girl (maybe) but Ginger would  be behind me and that wasn't a superb seating arrangement. I choose a position two seats from Holly.

"I hope you like where you're sitting because these are your seats for the rest of the semester, we will start with a group assignment." Mrs Keegan said.

I got excited as Holly and I could be in the same group and consequently, we could get closer.

GINGER
We're all new kids in year 7. According to Wikihow, the seat on the first day is crucial. It could potentially become your permanent seating. So as I enter English class, I make sure I mentally evaluate the best seat. If I were Alex, where would I sit? I can't really answer my own question though, because I'm the first one here. The classroom seating arrangement is weird. But I know the popular kids sit at the back. And let's be real for a second here, I'm totally one of them. Alex was totally checking me out. And Holly? Rumour has it they're going out. It's strange how blind some people can be towards the way Alex exchanges glances with me.

So after a couple minutes I seat myself at the back. I'm later joined by Holly, who sits in front of me. By now nearly all the seats are taken. And Alex still hasn't showed up. Neither has the person who'll sit next to me. Their loss. I mean, I don't expect Alex to sit directly next to me. In a couple weeks though, I know he'll be dying to get that seat. It's a good thing if it remains empty.

A new face enters the classroom. Despite the fact we're all new here, this new face didn't attend our primary. Jinjy warned me of something similar to this. I'm so grateful to be blessed with such great friends. Anyways, she's undeniably gorgeous. Her hair frames her face perfectly, and her eyes are a distraction of their own. She takes a seat near the back. But not in my row. I'm not gonna lie, she's so blessed with her aesthetics. It's a shame Alex has feelings for me though.

SASHA

I feel the red head's emerald gaze fixed on me as my own pupils scan the array of seats in front of me. I need a seat but I have no idea where I want to sit. I don't even know anyone at this school!

I hear footsteps behind me and know I have to be quick. I decide to choose a seat behind the redhead but then decide against that. Her bushy, red locks may block my view of the board.  As I try to evaluate my other choices I feel a hand on my shoulder that moves me aside with quite some force and I nearly fall over the table, as a menacing boy walks past.

Not wanting to be shoved again, I sit behind Ginger.

Not only is her hair huge, the small of incense and orange peels is thick in the air. Why can't she invest in a perfume? Or better yet, a deodrant? There are sweaty undertones in the scent around me. Wait I don't think that's the redhead. I look beside me to see the same popular figure from the hallway slump into a seat. He looks devastated. Maybe because the seats near the pretty blonde he was talking to earlier are taken. Poor him.

I reach towards my hair to fiddle with a strand. It has become a habit now. My head whips up as I hear a table tumble and find myself locking eyes with a thick, built physique. If stereotypes held true, this was the intimidator of the student body. I grab my water bottle to appear busy. I don't want to be picked on my first day.

JOEL
I enter the classroom with a sly smirk visible on my face, it's 'choosing seats' time. Who's life should I ruin today? I think to myself. There are limited seats left as I did arrive to school late, but my decision has to be quick. Should I

a) Sit next to ginger the weird hooligan.
b) Sit right in front of the teacher next to James the hippie of the century. Or
c) A seat diagonal from this lost, beautiful, sweet looking new girl.

WAIT WOAH, did I just express feelings for a girl, this is so unlike me I have to take that back. I TAKE IT BACK. My job is to get ny way, not be a soppy lame teenager.

I look around the room there aren't many seats left except the some near the new girl. I really don't want to sit near her, but I have no option, to maintain my reputation, I cannot look lost.

I walk to the seat, hitting people's elbows as I go, and then tumble myself into a random seat as I feel nervous. I look right at the new girl and catch a short glance of her behind me, she immediately looks down. She's afraid of me, and I shouldn't be surprised, but I am.

But the worst part is, in all my ditherings I accidentally seated myself next to Gypsy Ginger.