Between the Pages

seven

Playlist- happy daze by handstothesky

(A)

"Miss Richardson, since you seem to be so familiar with this lesson considering you've slept through most of it. Maybe you could help the rest of the class out by presenting a problem on the board?" Out of all my teachers, Mr. Miller was definitely my least favorite. His pompous attitude irritated me to no end and it didn't help he taught calculus of all subjects. A couple people snicker from the back of the class, and Mr. Miller stood with a satisfied smirk on his face.

Smiling at the teacher I reply, "So you want me to do your job for you?" I raise an eyebrow at the now scowling man in front of me but he doesn't say anything, just points to the board. Getting up from my seat, I begin working out a problem on the board. "Done,"

The balding man looks at the board with a frown, displeased that I actually knew what I was doing. "Sit down Miss Richardson," I smile at him again before sitting down. I make a production out of going back to sleep, annoying the teacher further. Pleased, I slip back into my previous slumber. Instead of being awoken by the bell like expected, my nap in ended by a hand softly shaking my shoulder. I open my eyes slowly, adjusting to the harsh fluorescent lights of the classroom. My blue eyes meet all too familiar green ones, framed by equally familiar glasses. "Harry?"

"Class is um over and you didn't wake when the bell went off. I waited a couple minutes to see if you'd wake up but you didn't so I just decided to wake you because I thought you wouldn't want to miss lunch because you're probably hungry and want to go talk to your friends and I hope I didn't startle you I probably should've let you sleep but-"

"Harry shut up," The boy finally stops talking, taking a much needed breath. I lean back stretching, sleeping on a hard desk wasn't the most comfortable position. Turning my attention back to Harry I smile at him, "Thank you for waking me up Harry," The curly haired boy offers an almost smile in my direction before leaving the classroom. Grabbing my stuff I follow his path out the door.

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I drop my tray down next to Liam, a friend of Zayn's. Liam is on the soccer team with Zayn, although he looks more like a professional body builder. Unfortunately, soccer isn't the only thing they have in common, both boys having an obnoxiously large ego. "Hi Liam,"

"Oh so now you know my name? I thought it was just 'Zayn's friend'" He rolls his eyes at me.

"I have some questions for you Zayn's friend," Liam gives me an annoyed look but I just smile and shrug in return. "What do you know about a girl named Lena?"

"Why do you want to know?"

"I said I was going to ask questions not answer questions," Liam rolls his eyes again, and waits expectantly. "Fine I'll answer just for you sweetie. She doesn't seem to like me very much,"

"I wonder why," He interrupts me.

"And I make a point to know everything I can about the people that don't like me, especially if I feel the same way about them," I continue completely ignoring Liam's sarcastic remark. "So I'll ask again, what do you know about a girl named Lena?"

Liam sighs. "Not much she used to have a thing with Zayn, got too attached so he broke it off with her. She went around telling everyone she dumped him and that's the only reason people even know who she is. The only girl who has ever dumped the Great Zayn Malik. He was too busy with his new girl to even care what she was saying," I nod as Liam talks, taking in the information. It explained why she was so jealous of Zayn giving me attention, and her previous actions showed she was generally a petty person. But her weak spot was obviously Zayn, and I planned on using that against her. And him.