I Will Always Love You

Chapter 1- The English Assessment

'Okay class today we going to do an assessment,' Ms Dixit beamed at the class. Great another assessment! I bet it's going to be 'Titanic' again; we always had to do 'Titanic' every year. It is so annoying.
'We're going to do a play. I've got two hats in my hands, one of them is the name of play you will be doing and the other one is the name of your partner you will be doing it with. Right side gets the partner and the left side gets the name of the play,' she says in a happy tone, making the class groan at her overenthusiasm.
'God I hope your my partner' Lalita mutters crossing her fingers. I do the same. The possibility of having to work with Fiona is quite high at this moment in time! Ms walks slowly around the class getting people to pick out either the play or partner names. Most people are grinning like idiots which makes me feel a little less tense. The possibility of working with Lalita is getting quite high then? Then I notice it is Fiona's turn. She doesn't look impressed with what she got. In fact she looks straight towards me and Lalita giving us the disgusted look!
'Oh God, I hope she didn't get one of us,' I mumble nervously feeling my eyebrows beginning to furrow.
'I can't believe I got that ugly thing! Ms can I change mine please, I can't work with Lalita' Fiona groans in disgust.
'No, Fiona you've got to work with her, grow up a little; we don't always get what we want,' Ms sighs at how immature one girl can actually be. I giggle at what Ms said. It's the first time someone's told her what everyone else is thinking.
'OMG, babe it's not funny, look at her and her disgusting friend, I'd rather die than work with that piece of shit' Fiona grumbles loud enough for me and Lalita to hear. I roll my eyes at Lalita who raises her eyebrows back mouthing the words 'kill me'.
'Pfft, yeah babe' Shahrukh mumbles sarcastically. Fiona flashes him one of those fake smiles and straight away turns to her friends talking about how bad working with Lalita is going to be. I think Fiona is so far up her own ass she is forgetting that Lalita gets some pretty good grades in English and could actually be helpful in boosting her grades past the shitty ones she gets whilst filing her nails!
'Shahrukh. Your turn,' Ms smiles holding the two hats in front of him.
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God I hope I have Kajol; it would be awesome to work with her. I can use it as an opportunity to find out more about her life. I reach into the first hat closing my eyes. I remove the slip of paper before unfolding it slowly and glancing the name of my partner. That name makes me smile.
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I see Ms coming toward us, as she walks over I can see Shahrukh smiling at me. I wonder why he's smiling at me? I put my hand in the hat and unfold the paper, 'Forever'. I look at Ms and give her a confused face, she just smiles.
'It's okay, you're going to be great at this' Lalita encourages me.
Lalita takes her turn and pulls out a piece of paper and unfolds it beaming at whatever she is reading.
'Mean Girls! OMG I love this movie' she squeals in excitement.
'Ahaa, clam down,' I giggle. At least this will suit Fiona down to a tee!
'Okay, class settle down, please' the class goes straight to silence Ms' voices echoes around the classroom, 'okay, everyone understands-left side, stand up and line up at the wall.' We all get out of our seats and walk to the wall, placing our backs against it.
'Okay, thank you, now right side, please get up and go to the partner you've chosen. Oh and don't swap your partner to someone else please... Fiona,' Ms eyes her suspiciously and everyone starts laughing. Ms Dixit is the best teacher ever; she doesn't give a shit about calling out the bitches!
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Aha, Ms is the coolest teacher. We all get out of our seats and Fiona gives me a dirty look, because she knows who I picked out and she is totally jealous because I'm not with her. Honestly I am glad I'm not working with Fiona, I can have a break from her always just wanting make out and tell about how ugly people are and how her parents always give her what she wanted and how she has so many first world problems! Like anyone actually gives a crap!
I started walking towards her, I can't believe I got her, I am ecstatic.
'Hey.. again' I smile awkwardly looking into her beautiful eyes. I look away quickly down to the paper in her hand.
'Forever, haan?' I laugh rubbing the back of my neck feeling Kajol's eyes burning through my skin. 'Yeah.. It's not a movie, it's a book' she said in a sweet voice shuffling on her feet awkwardly.
'Okay, so now you know who your partner is and know what play you are doing I hope everyone is happy. I will give the script to the people who have the name of their play. Now everyone go and pack up' Ms smiles walking back to her desk. I don't want to pack up I want this lesson to continue forever. I wander back to my table and pack up.
'Jeez, I feel bad for you having her as your partner,' Fiona whines, 'bet you wish you were working with me.' She latches herself onto my arm as I swing my bag onto my back hoping it bumps Kajol so I can look at her cute smile again.
'I think it would be good to work with her' I shrug actually feeling excited about an assignment for once.
'What, you gotta be kidding me babe? Look at her, no one would work with her,' Fiona tries to brush off my statement but I know it's pissed her off big time! The bell chimes for lunch as I look at Fiona with a confused face.
'Aha I was kidding babe, I'd rather die than working with a girl like her,' I lie knowing I'll pay big time if Fiona actually realises I'm excited to work with Kajol.
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I can't believe it am going to work with Shahrukh, God, he's so popular and I am working with him. I feel a bit apprehensive about  working with him though because of his popularity. Ms strides towards me giving me the script for 'Forever'.
'Here you go, Kajol' she smiles at me and walkes back to her desk.
'She gave me two copies of the scripts,' I say to Lalita confusion dripping from my voice, as Lalita starts giggling.
'Silly! She gave you two so you can give the other one to Shahrukh' I join Lalita giggling. I'm so silly sometimes but it must be the prospect of working with the coolest, hottest most popular guy in school which is making me feel like a complete idiot. The bell rings and I pack my bag and grab the scripts.
'I'll see you soon, Lalita' I smile walking over to Fiona and Shahrukh. Suddenly my bubble is burst as I hear what they are saying about me.
'Aha, I was kidding babe, I rather die than working with a girl like her' Shahrukh says pulling Fiona into a sort of hug. I feel my eyes stinging.
'Umm, excuse me, sorry to interrupted but I... I um,' I mumble trying to control my tears. I look at Shahrukh whose eyes have grown wide and his cheeks are turning a shade of crimson.
'What? Spit it out, idiot' Fiona shouts impatiently.
'I just wanted to give you, the script, Shahrukh,' I mutter. He puts his hand out and I place the book in his hand. Fiona pushes me to the side of the wall sauntering past me. I run out of the room and feel the tears running down my face. I feel like such an idiot for feeling like such an idiot about working with Shahrukh. Of course he doesn't want to work with me; why did I ever think he was actually looking forward to working with me?