I thank Mrs Griffin and she gestures for me to come over to her. "Dear, do you know which class is your next?" she asks me. I figure that I'll already be late to English so I may as well have an excuse. I shake my head and let her find my timetable. "English, just by the last door around the left corner." she smiles warmly. "Oh, thank you," I reply before I exit the room. English class goes by quickly because, although I already know the information being taught, it is still my favourite subject. Math class, however, felt like forever. Finally, the bell rang for the first break. Break time is always a nightmare on the first day. I walk into the cafeteria and look around, trying to find a place to sit. Alone. Making friends always seems like a waste of time considering when I finish school I'll never see them again. I decide to seek out a spot while I buy my food. I choose a breakfast bar and an apple and walk over to an empty table until I see the girl who dropped the paper. "I believe this is yours?" I ask as I hand over the note. She nods and takes it from me. "I must have dropped it. Thank you." She says with a ghost of a smile. "So to whom do I have the pleasure of speaking with?" I ask. "Uh, Clara. You?"
"William"
Clara nods and I realise the conversation has ended. "Well, it was lovely to meet you," I tell her. She looks down uncomfortably. "You too." I take this as my cue to leave until she surprises me. "Uh, do you want to sit here?" she asks shyly. It seems slightly like she feels obligated to ask but I take her up on the offer anyway. I pull out the chair opposite to her and sit down. She nibbles on the end of a carrot stick and I ask about her note. "Do you like Pride and Prejudice?"
"I wrote that quote down when we studied it last year."
"My sister loved that book, she never stopped talking about Elizabeth."
Clara laughs and takes another bite of her carrot. The bell rings for third period so I wait for Clara to stand before I copy and push in my chair. "Goodbye, Clara," I say.
"Bye."
YOU ARE READING
Time
RomanceThe indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole. They meet as strangers, but he knows he has seen her before. And so the lion fell in love with the lamb.
