Masked

Chapter 2

RIIINGGG, the school bell rang.

Ms.Farmer stopped in the middle of her conversation about duet scenes and how the students would be working on them.

She sighed and rolled her neck. Then, she readjusted her yellow curls to make sure they were tame and in order.

"Okay everyone, I guess it's time to go. I hope everyone had a nice day in Drama," said Ms.Farmer with her little sweet smile.

There was something that was so genuine about it which I always loved. I feel like she truly enjoyed teaching this subject to the children.

She walked over to her desk in the corner of the room and sat down on her swiveling, leather office chair. Then, she reached over and grabbed a large stack of papers that were laying on top of the desk and started sorting them into little groups.

"Man, time flies by so fast," she mumbled to herself.

I was stunned by the loud sound that the bell made. I didn't realize that it was already time to head to my next class. I was just so caught up in my thoughts, I didn't even notice a single thing that happened during the period.

Man, that guy was so cute.

He was exactly like the perfect guy you see in typical romance movies. Tall, handsome, and sweet. I don't know why but he just had that special thing that latches on to you and you just can't stop thinking about him no matter what.

I looked around the room and I noticed all the students rising from their seats after sitting continuously and grabbing their large backpacks.

I packed all of my supplies up and got up from my chair. My back ached from having my spine in one solid position for such a long duration of time.

Then, suddenly, I felt a warm hand on my shoulder.

I turned my head around just to face Bella as she was standing there next to me with her arms crossed at her chest. She was watching all the students closely as they filed out of the classroom door and into the hallway.

I was giggling at the unamused expression planted on her face because I knew exactly what she was thinking at that specific moment.

She rolled her eyes.

"Oh my god," she said, "Could this class be anymore boring?'

I chuckled.

"I bet it gets worse from here. Today's just the first day," I said adding on. I smiled as I saw that the look on her face did not even change one bit.

I never really liked the subject of "Drama" to be honest. I just think acting on a stage looks very artificial to me and it's not even close to real emotions you have in real life. I basically took this class to get an easy grade that didn't require too much work on my behalf.

I hoisted my backpack and walked towards the door and glanced behind me to make sure Bella was following.

She was still there with her cute, little pink Vera Bradley backpack but this time she had a huge smile on her face.

From that instant, I knew that something was up with her. She always smiled like that if anything was odd.

"What?" I questioned.

She giggled and covered her mouth with her hand trying to hide it.

"What!" I exclaimed. This time I was really curious about what she was thinking of. You just never know what she might be up to. She was an interesting girl.

"Stop giggling like an little anime school girl! It's just very weird and awkward." I said hysterically.

"Okay, okay. I will stop," she said, "But I just have to ask you one question."

"Okay, go ahead. I'm listening to you."

"You know the kid you were talking to in the beginning of class. The one that was sitting near us. I forget his name. What is it-"

"You mean, Todd?" I answered.

"Yeah, him!" She exclaimed. "Do like him?"

"W-why? What! What do you mean?" I was anxious. How did she know?

I realized I shouldn't be surprised by this fact. I mean she is my best friend and she knows every single thing about my life but still, it just confused me.

"Oh don't play dumb with me!" She furrows her eyebrows and stares at me. "You were totally flirting with him! It was kind of obvious to understand," she added on.

She laughed once again and this time I laughed along with her.

"I admit, I do like him," I look at the ground, sighed and smiled.

"Wait, what! I was right? See, Sabrina you can't hide anything from me and honestly, he seems like a very hot guy. I don't blame you." She placed my hand on my shoulder and I guided her past the desks and into the hallway so we could get to our next class.

I smiled one last time and said, "Bye."

She had to head to her next period too so she replied the same way by saying, "Bye."

Then, I waved at her and started down the hallway to head to my next class which was Science.

I wondered if there were any of my friends in the class or the whole year would be a total, complete drag without anyone.

Being a social person, my automatic instinct is to be surrounded by people who keep me company. Without them I get very lonely and depressed quickly. It's very hard on me mentally and I definitely think it's a struggle being alone while everyone is happy and cracking jokes with their friends.

I always feel like I never fit in mainly due to the fact I seem so different compared to the others. But my friends accept for who I am. They make me blend in and feel confident about myself despite my insecurities.

That's why I love them.

Honestly, I always hated it when the teacher told us to choose partners for a class project. It's terrible when you don't know anyone in your class so you are the last person left. Then, because of that, the teacher pairs you up with someone random. They don't like you and you don't like them either but you are stuck with them no matter what.

Anyway, I didn't have time to think about these things. I had to make it to class on time without being late since it was the first day of school.

I decided to keep walking on, trying to clear my mind from these worrisome thoughts.