"MAY! WAKE UP!" I groan, it's seven o'clock, how can people make so much noise? "Yeah dad, I'm awake" I reply with a sleepy voice. I look at my phone to see if I have any new messages. The answer is no, but I'm slightly shocked to see it's already 7.45. "Oh fuck.." I mumble. Part of me wants to turn around and sleep for another two hours, but I know I only have 15 minutes to get ready before going to university. I step - more like fall - out of bed and quickly put on some ripped boyfriend jeans and my Halsey shirt. I really live in that shirt but I just love wearing merch. Even though I don't have much time I put on eyeliner and mascara. Winged eyeliner is one of the things I wear pretty much every day so I'm not going to skip that.
I make myself some bread with Nutella and drink a cup of tea. Luckily I already prepared lunch yesterday so I put it in my bag. I brush my teeth and run to my bike. It only took me twenty minutes to get ready so I'm sure I'll be on time. Nevertheless I cycle fast, blasting Pvris' 'St Patrick' through my ears.
I join Amira and Ashley, who are already sitting at our regular spot, a large table underneath the stairs. "Goooooodmorninngg!" I say, and they response in a similar way. I sit down and immediately feel how tired I am. It's stupid to wake up at 3 in the night for a livestream, but to me it was worth it.
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We walk to the classroom, but I realise I forgot to get my books from my locker. "Guys I forgot my books, please save me a place." I let my friends know, running back down the stairs.
With the books in my arm I walk back, passing a guy. He smiles at me, so I smile back. Not awkward, just like 'I don't know you so I'm not going to say hey'. "Nice shirt!" I turn around, surprised but happy. I'm speechless for a second, before replying "Thank you!" He continues walking before I can ask him if he listens to Halsey as well, or if he went to her concert as well. I stand there for a couple more seconds before continuing my way to the classroom. Still confused I sit down next to Amira and tell her what happened. We can't continue our conversation because our beloved teacher Mrs Smith walks in. I sigh and rest my head on the table, this is going to be a long two hours.
"Maiju! This is a classroom, not a place to sleep." I look up, confused. Apparently I fell asleep. I hear my friends starting to laugh. Sam, who's sitting in front of me, mumbles "Then home isn't the place for schoolwork." Hell yeah I agree. Judging by the way Mrs smith rolls her eyes, I'm sure she heard that, but she doesn't say anything about it. "Did I miss anything important?" I ask Amira. "Nah, I wanted to let you get some sleep but she woke you up pretty soon." I compare our notes but I didn't miss anything.
"But that guy who said something about your shirt?" Ashley begins. "Yeah well it was really nice of him. Why?" "Was he cute? It sounds like the perfect future husband for you." I roll my eyes but I feel my cheeks starting to burn because of the topic. "hmm, he was okay but not super hot or something." I try to answer calmly. She smirks "Aww but you're turning a little red, May is getting a boyfriend!" I laugh at her reaction, even though I'm not really interested in him. At least not yet because I don't really know him, not even his name. this type of conversations are always so awkward. "Well if that's true I think you're more excited than I am." We both laugh while we get our food and enjoy the rest of the break.
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Unfortunately, we do have to do schoolwork at home. I form a small mountain of the books, looking at how much I have to do this week. We have two exams next week and I still have to start reading the books and summarize it. I make a schedule with what I want to do each day, even though I already know I won't be able to keep that up.
About halfway through the first chapter I have to read I get a Facebook notification, a friend request to be more exact. I open it and see it's the guy I met, or no, sat next to, in the train. How the hell did he find out my name? Apparently his name is Nico but I don't accept his friendship request. I focus on my schoolwork again and actually manage to do everything I planned for today. I definitely deserve a cookie now.
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