Miss Popular and the Nerd

Ch. 12 The Project and the Partner

Chapter 12  

The Project and the Partner  

Angie POV  

“Dear class! Today I have a special announcement to make! We are going to do a project! You will not do it with the person sitting next to you nor with the person you can choose!” Mr. Donovan says staring at the boys that were all excited because they thought they could choose their partners. The whole class groans but I try hide my excitement.

“I will call out random names! A boy and a girl. You have to get to know the opposite sex!” he continues. Well that ruined the moment. At least all are awake once they here the word sex. All I can here is giggle from the girls and as for the guys. They high-five Matt the King of the Bunnies also known as Playboy! I don't know why but I always get excited about projects! I always get to know new people and their personalities. So I am sitting in class full of excitement and anticipation about the project and my partner. I have had many experiences were all the work got dumped on me. Worst of all was me having to do the work because I didn't want to get a bad grade. So now I really hope I get to work with somebody decent and half as intelligent as me. Weirdly enough we don't work with the person next to us but he just calls out random names. Mix it up, Mr. Donovan! It is a free country! I look to the person on my left, Stoner Steve. To my right is C.C.  Also known as Cotton Candy. What both of them have in common, no brain! I officially support Mr. Donovans mixing. Both of them would have made the worst partners ever. But they would be perfect for each other! I count all the boys and girls in our class. Ten boys, eleven girls. Uh oh! We have one more girl than boy. Threesome alert!  

“Sarah Evans and Nicolas Peters.” They look at each other, appalled. I can't help but laugh. I hope I am not going to have that look on my face once I find out who my partner is!  

Mr. Donovan interrupts my thoughts “Angelina Gilbert with hmmm... let's see” Mr. Donovan closes his eyes and runs his finger over the boys list of names.  

“Aaaah! Jace Sanders!”  

I let out a quiet “What!?” This must seriously be karma or something! What kind of awkward coincidence is this! This is just weird! I have to work with a guy that I kind of like and that is a great listener. It actually isn't that bad. I always wanted a secret friend who you could talk to about things you can tell nobody else. I think I found that friend in Jace. So nothing really bad can come out of this.  

“Now the last group. Hannah Winter and Vanessa Reynolds.” Mr. Donovans voice booms over the chatter of the class. They giggle and chatter and obviously are happy.  

“No guy?” Hannah asks. That is just so typical. She got dumped and used by a guy. Then a week later she is already ready for the next one. That is just so her. She should be happy that she is with a person that is her friend. She should be happy with what has. She always wishes for more. For better. She is just a person that will never be happy with her life! She seriously reminds me of that girl in “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”. Victoria or what ever her name is.  

“The guy in your group is Matthew Parker!” Mr. Donovan says.  

“No!” Hannah and Nessi scream instantly. Both rush to the front of the classroom.  

“There must be a misunderstanding! You can not put us into a group!You don't understand, Mr. Donovan! He can not be in our group! We will take anybody else! Just not him! Please don't do this to us!” Hannah says.  

“I am sorry girls but this is my choice! Get everything sorted out and I am sure everything will be fine!” Mr. Donovan says, apologetically. Nessi and Hannah return to their seats. Walk of shame by the looks of it. I turn around and see Matts face. He looks like he had just seen a ghost. Serves him right! Who knows? Maybe they can solve their problems through talking but I seriously doubt that. They probably won't talk at all and get a very bad grade on their project! It has nothing to do with me so why should I be bothered! It is not like Hannah and Nessi were there for me when I needed them! And again I am lost in my thought but get woken up by the bell ringing! Just as I pack up my stuff a book of mine falls down. I want to pick it up but can see that is already being handed to me by... Matt?  

“Here.” he says, flashing his shiniest and most beautiful smile.  

“Umm... Thanks, I guess?” I say shyly. And now I am all about Matt again! Mind please make a decision! And Matt stop messing with my feelings. I stand there in the middle of the classroom lost in thoughts of me and Matt together on a beach. We are walking as the sun rises and...  

“Angie? Hello? Anybody there?” Jace says.  

“Uuuh... sorry! Caught in a day dream! What were you about to say?” I ask. I look around and see that there is nobody else in the classroom. How long was I day dreaming?! Did I miss everybody trying to squeeze past me to get out of this classroom?  

“I was about to ask you when we could meet. Before you went all day dreamy on me!” he says.  

“What about tomorrow? After school. At my place?” What did I just say? Did I just invite him over to my place? His face looks exactly like how I feel right now. Surprised, unbelieving and thinking about what to say to make this situation less awkward. If he says yes, it will be kind of very weird tomorrow. If he says no, I will kind of be offended. There is no right or wrong here.  

“Umm... okay sure! Tomorrow after school it is! See you then!” he says leaving the classroom.  

“You know where I live so...” I shout after him. We will see how that will go.

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