Anxiously i wait outside sitting on one of the hard uncomfortable plastic chairs. Today was my first day at my new high school after being expelled from my last. School's never interested me i don't really need it all i want to be is a footballer.....or a singer.... to be famous and to get covered in girls. "Robert." The teacher appears distracting me from my daydream. "You can come in now." I fasten my blazer and walk inside the class. Its my new maths class the joy of having maths on a Monday afternoon! Its never interested me for starters i can't do half of the things and the other being since when does maths interest a 19 year old boy? "Afternoon class. This is our new student who will be joining us. This is Robert Williams. Now Robert. Tell us about yourself?"
All eyes look up at me. There's only about 12 people in here being bottom set maths an all. "Hey... erm i'm Robert, but you can call me Rob or Robbie. I'm 19 and my dream is to become a footballer for Port Vale the best team ever! Or to be a singer." The room fills with slight giggling. "Why are you laughing at me?" I frown a little.
"Port Vale are shit." A boy who looks a little younger than me laughs swinging on his chair looking at his friend sat beside him. Without arguing back i stick my two fingers up in his direction.
"Alright alright enough of that take a seat Robert." The teacher points to the back of the room where a boy with bright blond hair sits. Doing as he says i swing my bag pack onto my shoulder whilst making my way to the back of the class. My eyes glance at the boy sitting next to me who has all his books and equipment placed neatly on the table. Great i'm sitting next to a nerd. Carelessly i throw my torn old books from my previous school onto the table knocking a few of the boy's pencils onto the floor.
"Hey! Careful!" Quickly he grabs them from the floor and places them neatly onto the table. Does he have OCD or something?
"Oh...soz mate..."
He smiles a little. "Don't worry... i'm Gary by the way." The blond holds his hand out in my direction.
We exchange a friendly handshake. "So how many years have you been set back? This is the second time i've repeated this year...hopefully things will change seeing as it's a new school."
"Oh i haven't been set back i'm just a helper i left school years ago." Gary flicks through his thick maths booklet.
"You left years ago?? Well how old are you?" I ask feeling a little confused. He doesn't look that much older than me.
"I'm 22. Been working as a helper here for about 8months now."
"But-"
"Robert! Gary! Will you two stop talking and pay attention? I'm trying to do a lesson here! Robert get your maths quiz out we're about to start." Angrily the teacher looks to the back of the room at us.
"Sorry mate." Reaching into my bag pack i search for a pen. The whole room starts to laugh even Gary sniggers a little leaning his cheek against his fist.
Sir continues with his lesson as me and Gary carry on with our now quiet conversation. "So what do you want to be when you finally leave here?"
"Well i'm really interested in music.. i've been playing the piano since an early age so i'm hoping to get somewhere in the music industry, but money's tight so hopefully doing a few hours here it'll help." Gary fills out his question paper within a few seconds.
Feeling a little surprised i sit back listening to him. "Wow impressive...maybe we should start a band then?" Playfully i tap his arm.
"Right... quiz time... Robert you're up first!" All eyes fix onto me.
