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The school bell rung, signaling the time for first period. I took my eyes off of the mystery dude so I could walk away.
First period: Honors English.
I rushed over to the classroom which was on the other side of the school. Entering the room, I took my seat right before the teacher walked in. She was a lenient young woman in her mid-30's. Her name was Ms. Young and she had long light brown hair along with green-blue eyes.
"Okay class. Today, we're going to be together in a partner project. We are going to write about Romeo and Juliet, the most famous and classic love story of all time."
Someone in the back raised their hand.
"Are we going to get to pick our partners?"
"I'm sorry, but you're not. I'm going to be assigning the partners. First off, Chris Hilltop and Demi Robertson. Next-"
I tuned out after that. Who was Chris? I knew his sister, Alexandra Hilltop, who was the queen-bee of our school. She was everything that every other girl wanted to be, except smart. She was about as bright as a 2 watt bulb. I was probably the exact opposite of Alexandra. She had blonde hair, I had black. She was tan with freckles, I was pale and freckle-less. She was-
"Hey."
That same voice that I heard this morning tuned me out of my thoughts. I looked up and saw my mystery dude; more specifically Chris Hilltop.
"I said hey. Didn't you hear me?!" He asked, now very irate.
"I heard you, and I'm still ignoring it." If he was going to be an ass, I was going to be a bitch. He just glared at me and sat down at the empty stool beside me.
"Alright," the teacher suddenly said. "I want you to get to know your partner, considering that I've paired you up with someone that you don't know quite well." Quite well? Try not at all. "Everybody take out a paper and pen and answer these questions." Ms. Young started writing questions on the SmartBoard.
First one: What is your favorite color? Easy. Turquoise. I quickly wrote that down and looked up once more.
Second one: What is your favorite story or book? Kind of difficult. I have so many to choose from considering that I read in all of my free time. I wrote down "Night World" and looked up hesitantly, not sure of my answer.
Third one: Who is your favorite author? Very hard for me. I really enjoy anything by Stephanie Meyers or Stephen King, so I wrote both of them down before looking up.
Fourth one: Who is your favorite poet? Since I truly enjoy both reading and writing poetry, this one was kind of hard. I chose Tim Burton whose poetry was dark and humorous at the same time. I looked up to find that those were the only questions.
"When you're done, just set your answers upside-down on your partners side of the desk," directed the teacher. I set my answers upside-down on Chris's side of the desk right before he put his on mine. I picked up the bright white paper and flipped it over so I could read it.
First answer: Blue. 'A rather boring color...' I thought. Second answer: City of Bones. 'I like that book. Good choice,' I thought to myself while nodding. Third answer: Stephen King. 'How ironic,' I thought. Fourth answer: Edgar Allen Poe. 'Oh I love his work!' I smiled at that answer.
My paper landed on my desk upside-down. I lifted it up just to find my answers crossed out with deteriorating messages by them such as "That color sucks!" and "Twi-hard weirdo." along with "Terrible book!" and "Really? The ultimate weirdo who does claymations?" I felt stupid when I noticed tears were pooling up in the corners of my eyes. I raised my shaking hand up.
"Yes Miss Robertson?"
"May I go to the restroom, Ms. Young?" I asked quietly in my quivering voice.
"Of course!" She replied.
I got up and walked towards the door. Along the way, I was tripped. Someone said to me, "Off to cut yourself, emo-fag?" Everybody in the class erupted with laughter and I felt one tear slip down my face. "Aww is the little emo crying?" More laughter.
"Everybody quiet down!" Ms. Young demanded. I quickly rushed out of the room off to the bathroom. They were right. I was off to cut myself.
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SECOND CHAPTER! WOOO! Okay so leave a comment and vote and all that chiz! ^-^
