The Art Of Love

Chapter 6

I woke up feeling refreshed. Today was my first day of lessons at London De Luxe Art Academy. I had been here a week, but only to settle down. We came a week earlier than some of the students which meant I had some time to organise my room. I got up, got changed e.t.c and checked my timetable I had stuck up on my wall. I had history first, then textiles, maths and then I had a two hour free period. After that was fine art class. Before exiting to go buy my breakfast, I noticed that Rahul was already gone. I shrugged and made my way to the cafeteria which was across from the dorm building.

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I walked into my first class which was history. Half the class was already there so I had to search the room for an empty seat. I found one next to a blonde girl who wasn't talking to anyone. She had her head down and was scribbling something in her notepad.

"Scuse me, is this seat taken?" I asked. The girl looked up with her hand over her notepad. She smiled at me and shook her head.

"No, it's all your's." She said kindly. She then quickly looked down and carried on scribbling in her notepad. I sat down in the chair. The table was right next to the window, second from the back. I was quite surprised that she was sat alone, not talking to anyone. She was really pretty. She had long, blonde hair and piercing green eyes. She wore very little make-up, just some eye liner and blush. Definitely someone I'd want to look like.

"Are you new too?" I questioned. I figured since she was sat alone she must me new. She closed her notepad slowly and looked back up.

"No, this is my second year in this school. I'm Anushka by the way." She replied, then held out her hand. I shook it.

"I'm Anya." I answered timidly. She grinned.

"Is that short for Anushka?" I chuckled and shook my head.

"No, although I wish it was. It's short for Anastasia." She laughed and put her notepad in her bag. Something told me she was very secretive over that thing.

"Well, Anastasia. Welcome to LDLA. I'm sure-" Before she could say anything else, she was cut off by a guy, who was sat infront of us, turning around to look at her. When Anushka saw him, she rolled her eyes.

"Hey Anushka, what did you get up to over spring break?" The guy asked. He was quite arrogant looking. He had an uneven stubble that looked like a barber with feet for hands shaved it.

"Beat it Shayne." She replied sharply. The guy pulled a puppy dog face which made me chuckle. He turned to look at me and smirked.

"Ahh, Anush, who is your hot friend. I've never seen her around here before." He said before winking at me. I rolled my eyes.

"That's Anya. New girl. Hands off." She answered. He completely ignored Anushka and handed me a small piece of paper. I looked at the contents, then scoffed. It was his number. I ripped it up and threw it at him.

"I don't want your number." I stated. He chuckled.

"Ah, I like this one Anush. Make sure no one touches her okay?" He exclaimed. She tutted.

"Whatever." She muttered. It was at that point that the bang of the door made the room go silent. Shayne immediantly snapped around. Everyone in the class looked up.

"What are you all looking at? Rahul said with disgust as he walked to his seat arrogantly. He made his way to the seat next to Shayne.

"Shit man, we thought you were Miss Banes." Shayne said. Rahul glared at him and sat down.

"Woah he's hot." I heard Anushka mutter under her breath. I rolled my eyes and waited for the teacher to arrive.

***

The past few hours flew by so quickly. However, I only made one friend by free period. That waa Anushka. She was in my textiles class but not in my maths class. I ended up sitting next to a really scary goth guy in maths. It was either sit with him or Rahul. The goth guy was the better option. I asked his name, but he just looked up and stared at me blankly. Remind me to get to maths earlier next time.

"Hey do you want to come to my dorm for free period and meet my roomate?" Anushka asked me on our way to the dorm building.

"Oh, sure. That'll be fun! I wasn't really planning on doing much so okay!" I replied. She smiled and we walked into the elevator. Her dorm was on the 3rd floor. It was a girl's dorm. All the girl's dorms were on the first three floors, guys were on the next three and unisex were the top three.

We walked in and Anushka was immediantly greeted by a beautiful white girl. She had long brown hair and was dressed in a black skirt and floral top.

"Hey, Anushka. Who's this?" She asked. Anushka smiled at the girl.

"Emma this is Anya, Anya this is Emma. My roomate." Anushka introduced. I shook hands with Emma and she quickly pulled me into a hug afterwards.

"Nice to meet you Anya. So, are you two coming to Raj's party tonight? He managed to blackmail the cleaner into letting him use the rooftop pool on top of the gymnasium. It's gonna be so cool!" Emma rambled. Anushka looked at me with a smile on her face.

"Oh no, not me. Parties aren't exactly my thing." I said. I wasn't lying. The last party I went to was my go away party. But the last big party was the year 11 party. I got peer pressured into drinking and was found the next morning passed out in behind the television.

"Come on Anya. It's a great opportunity to meet friends!" Anushka pleaded. They both smiled at me, waiting for me to say yes. Eventually, I gave in and said yes.

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"Where are you going?" Rahul shouted from the bathroom as I rummaged through my wardrobe for a dress to wear. I settled on a basic, long sleeved, black laced one.

"To a party. Raj Farland, you know the one who you sat with in maths, he's hosting it on the roof of the gymnasium." I shouted back as I squeezed into the dress. He walked out of the bathroom after brushing his teeth. I squealed and covered my exposed chest. Well, half exposed since I had a bra on. I turned around and quickly pulled the dress up so I was fully covered. Except for my legs of course.

"Wow, Campbell, you have quite the figure," He said arrogantly. I rolled my eyes. "And I know about the party, I'm going to. But you are the last person I'd expect to see at one of those kind of parties." He added. I sighed.

"I need to make friends, Rahul. Apparently this is a good way to do so." I replied. He smirked.

"You're gonna make a few unwanted, horny male friends if you turn up dressed like that." Without letting me reply, he grabbed his keys and walked out.