This is My Story

Chapter #2

The school seems asleep this morning. I walked into algebra and plopped down in my seat. My head throbbed with sleepy pain. I yawned and put my head down on the desk hiding from the fluorescent lights. I felt my phone buzz in my pocket, before I lifted my head someone tapped my arm. 

I raised my head and moaned from exhaustion. "Good morning" I saw a bright red ponytail flip in the air and suspected it was the new girl. "Nothing is good about this morning if it means I have to be here"

"Oh cheer up, I got you a granola bar" she hands a strawberry oak  energy bar to me. "Thank you exactly what I needed," I said. 

All of the sudden Rick ran in and headed for my direction. "Oh so it's true, y'all are together!''

"What? No! It's my second day here" Yvette snapped at Rick, "Wait, who are you?!" 

The teacher noticed Rick in her class and stood up to walk over  and see what the commotion was about. Rick looked at me, then the teacher and back at me, "Ask him gotta beat it"

He ran out the room as Yvette turns to me for an explanation, "Crazy best friend that jumps to conclusions for everything''

''Crazy all right'' she says as she eyes the door where he ran for the hills. ''What, you wouldn't date me?'' I was utterly shocked by her tone and expression.

"I really wouldn't date anyone on my second day here, but you're kinda cute", she just shook her head and sat down on the other side of the room.

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"Hey" I said as I set my stuff down at the table. "Hi," Yvette didn't look up from her notebook. 

She's acting strange. I thought to myself

I saw she didn't grab a book, I  thought it would be a good idea to be a gentleman since she got me an energy bar. "Hey you didn't grab a book, I'll get you one? Be right back,''

Emma, who was sitting at her desk, noticed she didn't have one either. "Grab me one too" Yvette scanned around the classroom, on every desk  a thick copy of City of Glass sat. "Oh uh yeah" she said but I was already at the door where the pile of books were stacked. I walked back standing straight and smiling. "No" I shouted back at Emma. She could get herself one if she really needed one.  

A group of football jocks came in rowdy and cheering about something that happened at practice this morning. One look over at my desk and saw me giving the book to a smiling and giggling Yvette as I bowed like a prince. "Look Russo got himself a girl, good for you Russo" he shout across the room. 

Yvette sighed and looked down as her face blushed rosy red. I stood up tall and looked them straight in the eye as they were laughing at that idea of me having a girlfriend. "I was only being a gentleman  unlike you young man" I scowled at them trying to  imitated the strictest teacher in the school, Mr.Branch.   

The whole class laughed and some boys oohhhed at the jocks. I looked down at Yvette, she was laughing at my really bad impression of the Geometry teacher. 

Wwwooww her laugh was beautiful, I thought  to myself.  

I took my seat as the ELA teacher began to speak about the events in the last chapter. "If I remember correctly Clary came to Idris unexpected by the Clave. She stayed with Luke's sister, who betrayed him when the Circle was active. While Luke ran to a forest full of unwanted Down worlders. Is there anymore anyone wanted to add?" 

A jock smirks and whispered to his friends and rose his hand, "Remember Clary caught Jace fucking that weirdo Shadow hunter in the private room, just like how Russo wants that red headed girl next to him?''    

The class laughs,as the teacher stood there shocked. White faced,  Yvette looked down at her hands under the table and picked at her black nail polish. I felt complete hatred for that guy even though I didn't know him well. If Yvette wanted me before she wouldn't now, especially with what I'm going to say now...

"I may want her but at least I'll get her like a real  man and I don't go around playing the bitches I really love like you and Rebecca!" 

 Everyone got quiet because everyone knew Rebecca, the head cheerleader, loved the quarterback and that our quarterback loved her back.  But for some reason they think being in a relationship will hurt their reputation. That sleeping together with "no strings attached" or if their strings were invisible, they are still the superstar they believe they are. 

The teacher broke the silence "Now class lets turn to page 219 and read from where it says 'It's late"

I looked at Yvette and her glossy eyes, "hey it's gonna be ok, they don't know what anything they're talking about"

She picked up her head just enough to look at me and whispers, "I know"

Ten minutes later the bell rings, the class is dismissed but I wait for everyone to leave. Yvette seemed to pack up rather slowly today. I clear my throat and ask, "Hey, are you uh...ok??"

"Yeah, I just um... Don't understand some stuff in the book, could I call you after school?" She stares at me with big round eyes.

"Sure I'd love to help you"