him ☾ john lennon

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Aurora's stomach flipped as everyone went up in front of the class and read their poem inspirations out loud.

"Okay, next." the teacher announced, dismissing the other student. oh shit, that's me.

Aurora coughed as she walked up to the front of the class. Her eyes darted to any sign of movement in the cold room, there was a boy in the back making obscene hand gestures to some girl and they were laughing a bit too loud.

"Er.. My name's Aurora, I'm a junior and my topic..." She wasn't ready to share with the class, not ready to share with anyone. She wracked her brain for an answer and came up with one, rather quickly.

"Is life and love beyond death."

Nobody seemed to care that much, well, except for the boy in the back who called out "Edgy!"

The teacher gave him a tired look, "Well- Mister, could you do better?"

He shrugged and sat up in his seat, "Y'know, Harriet, I don't think I could." Aurora awkwardly stood between the conversation, trying not to cause attention to herself as she inched back to her seat.

"Y'know," she mocked his tone, "It seems I don't care for your jokes, Mr. Lennon. You're up next."

He shook his head as he got up, "Have you got no heart, Harriet?!"

The class collectively snorted at his demeanor, "Don't push it, kid." Ms. Milton's eyes narrowed at the boy as he leisurely walked to the front of the class.

He mockingly smiled at the class, his hand rose to his face, he started heavily squinting at it.

"My name is..." He squinted a bit harder, "Dawn Lemon." I'm a..." he rubbed his eyes with the back of his fist, looking back down at his hand "senator. senator? oh, senior. It says senior."

"Enough nonsense, Lennon, what's your topic?" Ms. Milton scowled at the dumb look on his face.

He gave a cheeky smile, shoving his hands in his pockets as he leaned back on the board.

"Drugs."

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woo first chapter!