light headed | boyxboy

once|11|onze

"i know what you're thinking"

i furrow my eyebrows as we walk down the corridor of the left wing to our first class: spanish. it's perfect, probably the only class i'll manage an A on.

"uh... sorry, what exactly am i thinking?"

my accomplice turns and puts his hand on my shoulder like i'm some sort of rest. i frown at it. "it's not all that posh and refined here. the teachers just make it look like that for the rich parents dropping off their kids on the first day"

"well, that explains the obviously fake diamond necklace mrs casimir was wearing", i muse. theodore laughs, nodding and we continue the trek to our class.

"your accent is weird", his hazel eyes dart at me curiously. taken aback, i give half a shrug.

"half spanish, half french", i inform him. no one has ever said my accent is weird. i guess sometimes when i'm nervous i naturally don't pronounce the last letter in a word, like most french. i almost always roll my r's. maybe my english isn't as good as i thought.

"your english is good"

nevermind. i am always right.

"thank you... how long have you been here, theodore?", i ask, purposely pronouncing his name the french way. he laughs. i feel a little more relaxed now, but i feel myself resisting to pull my phone out of my pocket. why-oh-why must i use my phone to hide behind when feeling socially anxious?

"you can call me theo", he smiles, eyes fixing back on me. "i've been here since day one of my high school education. i'm here on a football scholarship"

"football, cool", i pretend to look like i know what i'm talking about. newsflash;; i haven't a clue. "uh... what were you most nervous about on your first day?"

theo takes a moment to reply. "i was thirteen. probably that my voice was going to crack in roll call. what are you nervous about?"

i sigh, wondering whether i should have started this conversation or not. "making friends, i guess"

we arrive at the door and he looks through the little glass window to our spanish classroom.

"well, come meet some of mine"

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i'm meeting millie bobby brown today!