Death Warrant

Chapter 9

Awkward.

Have you ever been in a moment where everything around you looks just way too awkward and you have no freaking idea about what to do in a situation like that? It feels as if your brain is dead as you can not comprehend any idea about how to get out of that awkwardness. I wonder if situations are awkward or if we simply assumed it to be, for most of people around you might behave completely normal under such situation.

I was under such condition.

This was the punishment I got for being late to the class. If I would have come in time then probably my partner would probably be someone else. But again I was simply running out of luck then.

Students around me started placing themselves near their partners and I on the other hand was frozen on my seat. I have no idea about what to do now.

Should I just go and sit with them ?

Everyone was doing the same I should too. But again I was too stunned with fact that I was grouped with them that I can't even move from my spot. It was until a girl, Catherine came beside me asking me to move as her partner was sitting next to me. It was actually her boyfriend, Liam, sitting there. Great now I got no other choice than to move. Both of them were looking at me expectedly. I slowly and gently put all my things inside my backpack and stood up. I turned around and was shocked to notice that both of them were actually sitting side by side already discussing something.

Great. Did they forget I am in the group too?

I slowly made my way towards their table. All the while I was thinking about how to behave in front of them. I might be looking calm from outside but inside I was in full freaking out mode. With my brain dead and lost abilities to speak and form sentences, I was even more scared to talk to them. I began racking my mind to come up with any idea that make this situation a little bit less awkward.

Should I just go there and say hi? And then park myself on one of the chair?

Or should I act like that cool girl in the movies where I will just go there give them a whack on their heads and shout 'what's up dudes? How is it going huh?' While chewing my gum the entire time?

No that will be too weird and I don't have a chewing gum with me.

So yeah no.

The various scenarios were running through my mind but on reaching their desks I once again found myself in a very awkward situation.

I just stood there while both of them were busy in a very heated conversation with each other. Even though I was just standing beside them still I couldn't figure out what they were saying. It sounded like Chris was asking Blake about the phone call and Blake just dismissed him. Finally it was Blake who noticed at me.

" What?" Blake asked me in bored tone, making me stare at him in utter disbelief.

Did he seriously forgot I am in the group?

"Ummm.. Mr. Johnson asked us to sit with our respective partners and since we are grouped together so..." I trailed off as I really have nothing else to say.

"I know that." Blake replied very casually And once again I just stared.

What am I supposed to say now? I thought.

He might have noticed my awkward behaviour as he sighed and continued, "What I meant was, are you going to sit down anytime soon cause your stares are creeping me out now."

stares? I was definitely not staring at him, I was just trying to figure out what to say to them.

"Yeah, dude she stares a lot." Chris piped in chuckling at the end.