To have a passion

My oh my!

English...
Definitely not my favorite subject.
I sit in my chair, hearing each tick of the clock.
Feeling more bored than I thought possible, thinking about nothing other than my letter.

What will it say!! I can't even tolerate the pain of not knowing any longer.
Abruptly and much louder than expected I stood, my chair screeching behind me.

"Can I please go to the bathroom?" I ask interrupting a lesson.

"Katrina! I'm in the middle of a lesson right now."

"Sorry Mrs.Wemes. I just really have to use the washroom!!" I reply.

"Hurry up! You better not fool around on your way back to class!"

"Yes Mrs.Wemes."

I leaped for the door, noticing that everyone in class had their eyes on me.
Once I got out the door and about 2 meters away I stopped running and stood in the middle of the hallway.

What am I doing? I can't just go and take out the letter and read it in the middle of the hallway! What am I thinking. If I get in I want to remember the moment I opened the letter. I don't want to look back and remember myself basically peeing myself in the hallway opening my letter seconds before jumping and screaming like a maniac. I can just picture the janitor looking at me wondering whether or not I needed medical attention.

Even if I absolutely cannot wait, opening it myself wouldn't be the same.. I already promised Val.
Standing there thinking, I finally decided to go and find Val.
Whenever I needed help making a decision or moral support, Val was always the right person to talk to.
Trying to figure out which class she was in I roamed the hallways.
My school being quite large, I searched through classrooms for Val's face.

Which class would she have right now? Last class before lunch....

Think Kat! Think!

Science!

Rushing through the hallways I found the grade 11 science class that Val would be in.

I knew this because I loved her teacher! He was quite an old man and slow, but hilarious and friendly, which is surprising considering almost all the teachers at our school are beasts!

I try to calm myself down. I don't want to rush into a classroom and embarrass myself again today.
My heart is beating crazily, suddenly I do exactly what I didn't want to do. Without thinking my legs automatically carry my body to the classroom door.
I open the door fast and once again, abruptly.

Surprise, surprise!
It's not even Val's class.

Instead, all of the students from the grade 12 science class turn and look in my direction.

The teacher at the front of the class who had been explaining something I assume, stops and looks at me.

I feel my whole body stiffen and I don't know what to say.

'Way to go Kat!' I think to myself. ' you have managed to embarrass yourself not once but twice in one day!
'Well done!'

All if a sudden I turn and slam the door shut.
I start to turn completely prepared to run down the hallway but instead my face rams into a soft but firm object.

"What the-" is what I hear as I slowly backup towards the door frame of the classroom I interrupted a few seconds ago.

"Sorry!" I say loudly. A little too loud actually. I repeat the statement, a bit quieter this time.

"It okay... are you alright? You look worried." Says the unfamiliar but very good looking stranger.

"Um....uhhh.." I stammer.