Poetry. I plop down in my seat and hang my backpack and the teacher
Mr. Andre begins the lessons and hands out partner work. "Partners?" I ask, turning to face Annelise. "Totally." She replies. I'm terrible at poetry.
"You will partner with the person across from you." Mr. Andre announces, and I turn to face my new partner. Hayden.
I've decided that he's ok, but obviously I'd rather work with Annelise.
"Hey." I say, looking down at the work sheet. "Hey. We're in the same math class right?" "Yeah." I answer.
"What's your name again?" Hayden asks, as I write my name down on the top of the paper. "Artemis." I say, tapping where I wrote my name.
"Ok." We continued to talk and work and ask each other short questions, like: 'favorite color?' Or
'Best movie?' Basic stuff.
"Pets?" Hayden asks, writing down an answer. "Yeah. I have a gray tabby cat and a three month old
German shepherd puppy." I say. "Really? German shepherds are those big police dogs right?" "Uh-huh."
"How'd you get one of those?" He questions, furrowing his brow.
"My uncle's a cop. His dog had babies and he gave one to me." I say, drumming my nails softly on the desk. "What about the rest?" "They're for the police department." I answer. "How about you?" "I have a dog. He's a mutt." I smile. "Sports?" Hayden asks as he scribbles down an answer. "Yeah." I respond.
"Which ones?" "Gymnastics, dance, circus- if that even counts as a sport."
I answer, dropping my pencil to crack my knuckles. "Circus? Like, with clowns and those pyro's who swallow fire?" I roll my eyes. "No. The stuff I do has characters and a plot. And it's more... Aerial. And there aren't clowns. Or tigers. Definitely no pyros." I hope. I laugh softly as I finish the last question and stand up to hand our work in. I hand it to Mr. Andre and slide back into my seat. "How about you? Do you do sports?" I ask Hayden, running my hand through my hair.
"I play hockey and baseball." He says.
"Nice." I glance at the clock on the wall. One minute until class is over. I start drumming my nails again and
Mr. Andre wishes us all a good day. The bell rings and I grab my backpack and swing it over my shoulder. I smile at Hayden and speed walk to catch up with Annelise.
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Light of my life
RomanceTwo friends fall for two boys at their school. When they find out the feeling is mutual they decide to be brave. But two popular girls have it out for them big-time.
