Something Like Normal. {Book I} EDITING

Something Like Normal. II

JOCELYN

I watched around the class room of googly eye girls who would be drooling if their mouths weren't closed as Yuri smoothly introduced himself to the class. I couldn't help be a little jealous but I can't let myself show that I am.

“And I learned four languages in my life. Russian, Italian, Spanish, and English. ”, he finished.

Mrs Harvey who looked to be having her cheap purple eyeshadow eyes googling at Yuri. “Not even I could make it threw a second language, you must be very smart.”

“I enjoy learning new languages and cultures.”, Yuri said.

“Trust me, it become annoying.”, I couldn't help say as I smirked at my Russian friend. “Don't let him fool you, my Italian is better than his.”

“Says the girl who forgot how to say bread in Italian.”, Yuri chuckled and I just rolled my eyes.

“Well it's nice to have you with us this year, Yuri.”, Mrs Harvey said.

“Tell us more about Moscow.”, Lauren said and just looking at her annoyed me to be in this class. We use to be friend back in elementary school, but when middle school came around and she thought she was to cool to be my friend after getting her period first and become obsessed with becoming popular, she dumped me and now we're enemies after she humiliated me in seventh grade by calling me a 'fatass' and made her Sprite drink fall onto my lap at lunch time. “I have always wanted to go there to see the buildings. The Cathedrals, I mean—wow!”, she chuckled.

“Moscow is like every other city, big. To a tourist it's beautiful but if you have lived there for a long time, it's just another normal city.”, Yuri said. “And I haven't been in many of the Cathedrals, I am not very religious.”

“Huh, then coming here was a bad idea.”, Lauren said. “There is a reason why this town is called Genesis, it's very religious here.”

“I have notice and I have been burned every time I walked into a store.”, Yuri sarcastically said. “Jocelyn forced me once into a church back in Rome, I fell asleep five minute into the chanting while she was acting like she was in Heaven.”

“So how'd you to meet again?”, Lauren asked, masking how annoyed she was that Yuri was talking about me.

“Later.”, Mrs Harvey said. “We got to move on with the rest of class.”

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YURI

“I cannot eat this.”, I told Jocelyn, putting the fake pizza down on the plate. “I am sorry, but I miss the pizza back in Rome. That has no taste.”

Jocelyn smile big. I always knew when she was actually happy by her smiles; she would open her mouth, showing those perfect straight teeth when she was happy and she would keep her mouth closed if she wasn't really happy. It wasn't long until I notice that when I met her. “I did warn coming back here with me would be a bad idea.”, she said, taking a bite of her hamburger.

“I promised you I would go everywhere you go.”, I reminded her.

She nodded, “I know but now I have to share you.”, she said. “I'm amazed we're alone right now, you know since you have all these groupies.”

“Groupies?”, I asked, chuckling. “I don't know what that is.”

“Groupies would be a group of girls who are obsessed with you.”, she said. “You have fans here, Yuri. It's not everyday a Russian kid just walks into town. Any European actually.”