Flashback To Us

Chapter 2

"May I come in," I asked, still panting from all the running around I had done sometime ago. THE entire class stared at me as if I was some extra-terrestrial creature that had just landed upon their beloved class. Intimidated by all the eyes, I looked down and fiddling around with my shirt. Mr. David Gater, my Biology teacher, nodded and let me in. I rushed inside and found my way over to where Jenna was seated. She raised her eyebrows at me obviously curious about why I was late. "Later." I muttered, under my breath and sat down beside her.  Thankfully, Mr. David went on with the lesson without questioning me about why I was so horribly late. Perks of being a teacher’s pet.

“So what’s wrong with you, Anna?” Jenna asked, whispering into my ear.

“My cat ran out the house.” I replied, scribbling down notes into a notebook. She nudged my shoulder causing me to draw a long line across the paper. I turned to her and whispered, "What?" 

“Anna, you look worse than running after a cat.”

“What exactly do you mean?” I said, cocking my eyebrows at her. I felt her eyes hovering around my hair which made me a tad-bit uncomfortable.

“They’re leaves stuck in your hair and did you roll in mud?” She finally replied after a moment of awkward silence.

“What? No! I just climbed this one tree.”

Jenna sighed at me and looked at Mr. David who was on the verge of announcing something. "Oh, Anna..."

“Class." With a dramatic silence he carried on, "We’re going to be having a new project that you need finish.” As soon as the word project left his mouth, a chorus of 'NO' echoed across the room and everyone simply groaned, including me

He went on to explain what we were supposed to do, paying no heed to the annoyed glares that he got from everyone in the class. Since it didn't seem like we had a choice, I jotted down everything in my notebook and poked Jenna, indicating her to do the same.

“For this project, you’d be assigned partners.”

“Can we choose our own partners?!” Valery Simpson, the top cheerleader and a complete bitch who had an awesome boyfriend Harry Edward Styles, said. She wrapped her arms around Harry’s arm and I honestly, wondered how he could still breathe.

“Well....no.” Mr David trailed on. “I will be the one who is going o decide whom you'll be working with. Most probably, I’ll put the weak student with a fairly good student."

I heard Valery groan loudly and it made me wonder who I’d be put along with. 

“You and your partners will be seated together until the project is submitted. That’s the end of the month......”

Now people were banging their desks clearly frustrated by the sudden turn of events. Even Jenna was among them. For me, it really wasn’t a big deal. I mean, it’s only a month and time passed really quickly. 

“So, let me start now—“

I crossed my fingers hoping for the best.

“Now?!” I heard Valerie say. 

“Yes Valery.” Mr David replied, sighing at her. This girl sure knew how to get on people's nerves.

He shifted each person about three times and my heart was pounding against my chest. My crossed fingers were now held closely against me because right in front of me, there were only two people who hadn't been rearranged – Harry Styles and Natalie Sew. Harry wasn’t exactly weak but he needed help. But for some reason I was scared to be placed with this gorgeous looking teenager. Something about him gave me the chills and honestly, I wasn't ready for it. Plus, he had Valery the Witch’s boyfriend. Heaven knows what she might do to me if we ended up being partners.