Sweet

Chapter Two: Tarts

Chapter 2: Tarts

I was greeted with smiles as I walked towards my assigned seat. I placed my backpack on the back of my chair and sat down. I smiled as I looked towards the front of the room. The person in front of me turned around and looked at me smiling.

¨Hello, my name is Alice.¨ She said, my ears were pierced with her bubbly tone of voice. I smiled and nodded at her. She then moved really close to my face and stared at me.

¨I-is something wrong?¨ I asked, biting my bottom lip. It's a habit I seem to do whenever I'm nervous. I'm surprised that my bottom lip isn't completely gone from how many times I have bitten it. Her green eyes stared deep into my light blue eyes. She seemed to be examining my soul.

¨You are really pretty.¨ She exclaimed, very loud if I might add. Some heads turned us and I heard a person agree with her. I blushed a bit and the piece of hair that refused to stay behind my ears covered my eyes. She squealed the slightest at my reaction and that made me giggle.    

¨Thank you for the compliment.¨ I said, smiling and looking at her with a happy expression on my face. She smiled at this and turned back around. I giggled once again and looked to the front. Mr.Ains was looking at our interaction with the corner of his mouth slightly tugged up. I looked at him curiously, wondering what was going on through his head. He waved me off and started taking what I suppose to be attendance. He's weird.

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    Alice and I became friends over the next hour. I was overjoyed that I had successfully made a friend on my first day. To top it all off, Alice said she would like to introduce me to some of her other friends. More friends for me and I smiled happily, seeing that the day was going well so far. She saw my happy expression and also smiled, muttering something under her breath. I looked at her curiously, and like Mr.Ains, she just smiled and waved it off. Am I doing something wrong that two people have to act like that?

    The bell rung and it was super loud. I had to cover my ears and Alice laughed at me. I shot her a playful glare as she laughed at my "misery". She then grabbed my hand and led me outside the room.

    "What about the next class?" I questioned as she led me through the now crowded hallway.

    "We have this period free!" She yelled back to me, pushing her way through the millions of bodies surrounding us. I made an 'o' sound with my mouth and let her lead me to the unknown location. All of a sudden she stopped and pulled me forward, I almost tripped at how unexpected it was. I was going to send her another playful glare but then I realized she was cowering behind me.

    "What's wrong?" I whispered to her, curious at her behaviour. She pointed a small finger to the figure who was standing in front of me. It was a tall, ash blonde male with stunning blue eyes.

    "That's my crush." She murmured behind me. I looked at her and saw that she wasn't scared or anything but just extremely shy. I smiled brightly and grabbed her hand, walking straight toward the male. He saw us coming up to him and turned to look at us, curiosity showing through his facial expression.

    "Hi!" I exclaimed to him, smiling up at the tall male.

    "Uh, hello?" He asked, still trying to figure out what exactly was going on. I felt Alice poke my back and I giggled at her. Tugging her hand forward so she was now standing in front of the male. She instantly looked down, her face turning red.

    "This is my friend, Alice, and she likes you." I announced and Alice looked up at me, her green eyes stared at me in pure disbelief. I looked at the male and smiled at what his face was showing. His face was also tinted red.

    "Nice to meet you, Alice. My name is Reid." He told her, holding out his hand. She looked at him in surprise, while playing with one of her loose brown locks. She then put her hand in his and shook it. He smiled and she also smiled, happiness showing through their eyes. I turned around and fist pumped, rejoicing that that just happened. I turned back around and saw that they were exchanging phone numbers. I threw my arm over her shoulder while giggling.

    "I ship you two." I teased and Alice playfully punched me in the side. I silently winced at the impact but not enough to let it show. I continued smiling and was happy that Alice was finally getting on good terms with her crush.

    "Alice!" a voice from behind called out and I turned around. A boy with longish hair that was up in pigtails was running up to Alice and I. She waved towards him and he stopped dead in his tracks as his eyes made contact with mine. Then we both smiled at each other.

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    The male's name was Elijah and he's a sophomore here. Apparently he's really talented in drawing, or so that's what Alice says. I giggled at their interactions as we made our way back to class. Elijah had somehow managed to steal her shoe and Alice had taken one of his pigtails out. They looked like brother and sister. We waved goodbye to Elijah and entered our classroom.

    "Wait, new kid!" Elijah called out from behind me and I turned around.

    "Yes?" I asked, wondering what does he need.

    "What's your name?" he asked, rubbing the back of his head. I giggled at how shy he was being.

    "My name is Pastel." I answered while smiling and went inside my classroom.

    "N-nice to meet you, Pastel!" I heard him yell and I chuckled. Isn't he interesting? Almost as interesting as a tart.

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    Alice pestered me about Elijah and I just laughed at what she was spouting out.

    "It's love at first sight!" She exclaimed, dramatically waving her hands around.

    "We just met! How can someone fall in love that fast? Also fall in love with someone like me?" I asked, wondering how crazy she might actually be.

    "Someone like you?" She repeated my question and I nodded.

    "I'm not beautiful or anything and I'm kind of an alien cupcake. I don't really see how someone can fall in love with me." I answered honestly. She, and everyone in the room, gaped at me. Their eyes filled with shock and their mouths were wide open.

    "You aren't serious, are you?" She asked me, disbelief clear through her voice.

    "I'm pretty serious,why?" I questioned and she shook her head. She muttered something about me being perfect and opened her History book. The teacher came in and he gave us a bright smile. I smiled back once I saw that his smile wasn't anything like Mr.Ains.

    "Hello class. I'm your new teacher, Mr.Tellarose." He announced and whispers spread throughout the room.

    "I know it's sudden but Ms.Lemon had to take a maternity leave so I'm filling in for her." He continued. I heard some boos and Mr.Tellarose chuckled.

    "I've been told she was an awesome teacher and how she gave you candy almost every Friday but I'll just say it now. I don't feel like I can surpass Ms.Lemon in any way and she is wonderful human being. I will try to be a fun teacher in her place but I do have one request from all of you." He told us. We sat on the edge of our seats, awaiting to hear what his request is.

    "Please treat me with respect!" He exclaimed and goofily bowed.

    "Welcome Mr.Tellarose!" We yelled and he met out faces with a happy smile.

    "Now, let's start class, shall we?"