Cliched love and Cliched lives

Alex

This teacher has lost her mind! I mean all I was doing was minding my own business but then she had to go and assign me a partner like who the hell does that. Does she not know who I am! Okay maybe not as she is only a cover teacher but aren't they meant to be cool and laidback not uptight... My internal ranting was short lived as I took notice of the presence in front of me. I couldn't keep the smile off my face even if I tried, the nerd from earlier was standing there, nearly as pale as Casper the ghost contrasting with his black hair smothering his face.

The teacher gave us a sharp smile before continuing whatever she had been doing before. Looking in the other direction, to the small nerd next to me- more like miles away- I raised a brow at him and his green eyes widened, almost adorably like a puppy.... shaking my head of the silly thoughts, in what I like to think of as a polite voice I ask for his name, " I- uh- Ri- River um" He stuttered through his reply. I coughed back a laugh at his lame attempt of speaking. I could see him blush scarlet and wondered why, as he ducked his head back down. At least it's an improvement from the pale look I thought.

"Well River what have you done so far?" I asked, not that I'm stupid or anything, my parents would skin me alive if I didn't get decent grades but seeing him squirm was rather funny and entertaining. I'd just rather take the work home so I could do it in the peacefulness called my room, maybe after I had played some x-box or have gone out, but either way it will get done. River showed me his work and my eyes widened for a split second. He'd nearly completed the work already, jeeze is he a nerd.

After making a few notes I looked to the clock and saw that the lesson would be finishing soon and began packing my things up. I looked to River to find him looking down at the desk and nodding his head every few seconds or so, It wasn't that long before I realised that he was listening to music and smirked to myself. Maybe he isn't as nerdy as I thought he was, laughing to myself I walked out of the room as the bell rang throughout the class. I walked down the hallway to my final lesson which happened to be P.E. the one and only lesson which I do hate. I'm meant to be intimidating and doing sports, running around like a headless chicken isn't my definition of intimidation.

Just as the late bell rang, the last few dawdlers came out of the changing rooms, most of them were those who looked as if they cared less if they were in this class or not. Then as coach came out of his office he instructed for some of us to go and get some net balls as we will be doing netball.... believe it or not. Myself being one of them, I watched a few people from the football team go ahead of me and I wanted to laugh at their conversation, basically of girls, beer, football and more girls. Bloody hell, I may be mean and outrageous but even I wouldn't talk about some girls the way they do, so degrading! Quickly grabbing a bag of balls I nudged a guy out of the way before making my way back to the court.

Upon arriving I noticed the little guy... River I think his name was, talking to coach. Their exchange was something as coach began to go a bit red in the face before nodding his head with a grimace. River then walked over to the other end of the court and too a seat on the hard floor. I watched all of this and couldn't help but wonder when on earth was he in this class, never have I noticed him before but then again who would notice someone so shy and small in a class of big and brutal guys. For being a bad boy, I sure as hell am pretty oblivious I thought before getting into position, wanting this class to be finished already.