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Chapter 9 Edmund

Chapter 9

Edmund

    The more time that passed, the less Aria thought about Ms. Malone. Having a teacher that actually seemed to understand her seemed like a far fetched dream. Now that everything at Sheerwood felt normal again, Aria had no choice to accept that life is what it is. Still, she wished something good or at least interesting would happen to her.

    She, Vanessa, and Walter chatted by their lockers as they gathered their books for class.

    "Congratulations on making first chair, Aria!" Vanessa cheered after Aria told her.

    Yesterday, during after school Band practice, they had a chair test to see who was the most excelled Flute player. Once again, Aria had made first chair. It seemed strange to her that she did not spend hours practicing as some of her fellow classmates did yet she somehow held the top spot. Aria, however, decided best not to question the natural talents she did have.

    "Your parents sure picked out the right name for you," Vanessa went on as she moved around books in her locker. "Doesn't Aria mean something to do with music?"

    "Actually an aria is a solo performed in an opera," Walter informed as he pulled his Latin text book out from his own locker.

    Vanessa closed her locker door and shot him an exasperated look. "Do you know everything, Walter? I swear, I don't think we've ever come across a subject you weren't knowledgeable about."

    Walter rolled his eyes but still grinned. "Nobody knows everything, Vanessa."

    "Oh, yeah. Tell me something you don't know," Vanessa demanded as she folded her arms.

    "Okay, lets see," Walter thought for a moment. "I don't know all the rules of physics, whether or not it is possible for there to be more than one dimension in our universe, who wrote the epic poem, Beowulf,  or…" he paused looking straight ahead, curiously, "or who that guy over there is."

    Confused, Aria and Vanessa turned around to who Walter was talking about. They spotted an unfamiliar student who had to be the most beautiful boy Aria had ever seen in her life. He had golden, wavy, blonde hair that went to his ears, he wore a rich blue dress shirt and jeans, and when he smiled his teeth seemed to almost sparkle. Aria's mind once again sailed into dreamland as the gravity holding her feet down seemed to vanish.

    Once Aria snapped out of her trance she rolled her eyes and grumbled, "Great, more man candy for the girls here to drool over."

    Sure enough, every single girl in the hall gazed at this boy as he walked. Karin's tongue looked like it was about to fall out of her mouth. She had to realize how ridiculous she looked though she didn't really stand out amongst the other girls. The odd thing about this situation was that the boy did not seem to pay these girls any attention. He did not even bat them an eye. But when he reached Aria, he smiled and winked at her before moving on. Aria's heart leaped a mile as he walked by.

    Vanessa took note of her reaction and grinned. "You were saying?"

    Aria sighed. "Well, I suppose he is pretty cute, but it doesn't matter. Once he realizes who's popular and who's not he won't want anything to do with me."

    "I wonder where he came from," Vanessa commented, her eyes gazing in the direction he walked off in.

    Aria merely shrugged forcing herself not to care.

    The three of them walked into homeroom where their new substitute, a five foot four bald headed man called Mr. Stone, waited to take role. Mr. Stone had to be the dullest teacher Aria has ever had. He spoke in this low pitched drone that could put anyone to sleep and all their lessons revolved around the essence of grammar. She recalled a week ago when this teacher first arrived, she had hoped he would disappear just as Ms. Malone did. However, each day when they entered the classroom, they found Mr. Stone sitting in the same position in the teacher's desk wearing his thick rimmed glasses, reading over that day's lecture. Aria supposed, at this point, she would just have to stick it out until Mrs. Norbert was off her maternity leave. She could not believe she actually missed the lessons on Romeo and Juliet.