A Cliché Romance

Chapter 1

When I woke up at 7:00 am this morning I expected everything to be exactly the same. Being subjected to shoves in the corridor, and name calling; to which I think of a snarky comment that is perfect for the occasion but am too timid to say. Until I met Alec Roberts...

So it's currently 7:30 am. Yes, I may have woken up at 7 but I really can't be bothered. Another day of whispers, giggling behind my back and arguments. Who wouldn't want that? Just as a side note that was definitely sarcasm. I think that it's safe to say that I hate school, besides the fact that I get to see my best friend for the whole day. Her names Lily Jackson and honestly, I couldn't live without her. If I did live without her I'd probably be dressed in a bin bag and saying to myself "Wow! what a fashion statement." Thank god that's not a reality or I'd be even more of a laughing stock than I am right now...

Instead, she sit's next to me in all of my classes except for Spanish because we usually get bored and end up chatting about anything from the crazy to just plain weird. Lily is the polar opposite to me, but you know what they say 'opposites attract'. She has piercing blue eyes, and I have brown eyes, she has slightly curly blonde hair and I'm left with mousy brown hair to match my eyes and let's just say her makeup is a bit more daring than the tiny bit of mascara that I'm rocking today.

It's fair to say that I am unconditionally a 'nerd' and proud of it of course, but it doesn't necessarily mean that I don't want what everyone else inevitably wants which is a relationship. Some just want a relationship to share around on social media like pictures of them playing tonsil tennis, or simply changing their relationship status from single to in a relationship.

However, I am in the small minority of people who have decided since the terrible year of year 7, that I am not equipped to brave the shark-infested hormonal waters of a relationship. Well, that's not strictly true. Needless to say that everyone and I mean everyone has a crush on the schools bad boy, Alec Evans. I mean he's just gorgeous with the looks of what I can only describe as a Greek God. His brown hair that effortlessly looks perfect all of the time, and his emerald green eyes. I have even seen boys drool over him a couple of times. The only strange thing is that he doesn't hang out with the other boys, and stands alone most of the time. It's kind of endearing in a way. Even though Alec is hot in all of the ways possible (I should probably open a window) he has had multiple relationships that he has endured throughout his short time of 6 months at the school (or should I say hell). However, I can now confidently say out loud that he is in fact single! Yay, I mean how sad... I heard it from Alecia she sits next to me in my Spanish class and is the queen of gossip. Why she was talking to me is still beyond me though. Maybe I should become Miss Marple for the day, or not.

Now you are relatively caught up with the life of Sophie Lewis, let's get back to Maths class, on a Monday! Kill me now! "Now then class, if you don't understand the work lift up your hand and I will come around and help you" boomed Mr. Matterson, the worst example of a teacher I have ever seen in my life. With a mixture of his disgusting egg breath, a stained shirt with what seems like marker pen and terrible organization skills. Let's just say a midlife crisis may be on the cards.

I lift my hand straight away, and Mr. Matterson glares at me and shouts from the opposite side of the classroom "Ask Lily, Sophie" and plonks himself down at his desk whilst getting out a sandwich from break time. I think that he has said this phrase about a million times and has completely given up on trying to help me and my failed attempt at maths. I then swivel my body around to face Lily who was already on question 4! "Please could you help me, I need you!" I plead. Lily rolls her eyes and questions "You do know that it's the first day of school this year, and we have our GCSE's in under 6 months?". "Yes I am aware of that but I need you to explain what the hell it is that we are doing" I say using a hushed tone. Then I feel a sudden rush of pain in my arm and look at the ground only to see that there is a huge ball of paper on the floor. My eyes search the room and they finally stopped searching when my eyes reached Alec and his snickering face. I sighed and rolled me eyes. I give up!

The next 30 minutes went by agonizingly slowly and I got hit on the head and leg several more times with both balls of paper and paper planes. At one point Lily turned round and gave them a death stare and they stopped, but as soon as the long-awaited bell went everyone got up from their seats and speedily walked out of the classroom. After I left the room I joined the sea of students walking down the corridor and linked arms with Lily so that I didn't lose her in the crowd of bobbing heads. We both stopped walking when we arrived at our lockers that are next to each other with the sun from the autumn sun glaring on our faces.

Thank goodness it was last period and I could leave. Lily and I put our books and folders in our lockers and linked arms again as we walked down the corridor. Straight after we turned the corner I collided with someone, taken a step backward and my foot gets caught on a lump in the carpet and it's game over. Everything goes in slow motion and it all goes downhill from there. I fall backward and land, yes you guessed it, on my bum and became the laughing stock of the corridor. 

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9/10/2016