by the sea

3- not so good start

Lexis POV

I was hoping that after a break the teachers would go a little easy on us, but it turns out that they've decided we need to cram in 24/7 learning without any breaks.

This sucks ass.

There were plenty of people who begged to sit next to me and the two I gave into (some jock and his cheerleader gf) were practically drooling with opportunities.

As well as having to try and pay attention to all of the things going on in the lesson, which I failed at, I had to attempt to answer all of the questions thrown at me while trying not to either blurt out more than needed or seem like a bitch, which i also failed at.

I don't understand why I do it, but anytime I try and start a conversation with people I don't know that well, it comes out angry and demanding. Maybe I do it with my friends too and they're just used to my bluntness.

I though maybe if i lied then i could get conversation out of people more, but i cant. I've never been one to lie, I find it wrong, difficult to do, and honestly i don't get how people do it. How can you say something that isn't true to someone who can do nothing but blindly agree; they put their faith in you and you deceive them. Its just wrong. Plain wrong.

Ah, as I've been pondering over my sucky social skills the lesson seems to have forgotten to pause for me, as it always does.

I go to ask the jock next to me but he's too busy chewing gum and staring off into the distance proving just how hollow his head is.

I don't even bother looking at the cheerleader, I can hear that she's just putting make-up on by the clack of her mirror.

A girl behind me calls me really quietly and says that I can copy her notes while the teacher goes out to get a drink leaving us with some questions. I didn't even realize the teacher had gone out and I gladly take the girls book. Smiling at her, I send a brief playful wink and scribble down the notes as fast as I can.

The girl had really good handwriting, like, crazy good. Working on some god level handwriting skills, I'm seriously jealous of her.

I then tell the girl her handwriting is fucking stunning but she just turns red and nods. Did I say something wrong? Why is she so red? I hand back her book anyway but say nothing, I must've made her mad with my swearing so I just smile a bit and use the notes I copied to do the work.

The lesson drones on and on, im dying of boredom by the time the bell rings. I'm one of the first out as usual, followed by some wanting to boost their popularity.

They ask to take a few pictures and I join in, can't hurt to boost their likes. I find that they copy whatever I do in the picture so I make an effort to smile in a fair few so they don't forget they all look cute smiling.

I decide to make my way over to the gym for a few minutes, it doesn't take long to jog there and people move out the way for me. There isn't much point getting changed into my kit to change back before I've even worked out, so I check the scores I got last year on the board; I'm on a lot of the leaderboards along with Caden.

A group of guys approach me, they all seem quite tough and unfriendly. The leader of their little gang steps forward, he puts his hand on the wall next to me and grins. I feel a bit uncomfortable like this, I could go back the other way but I don't want to seem like a coward.

I, Lexi, shall never be known for presenting myself as anything other than a strong independent woman that does what she likes when she likes! These boys are not subtle whatsoever, I know just what they want.

"Lookin' fine as always Lex" he finally speaks

"Well yeah I guess i feel fine, I had a lot of fun over the break so I'm quite alright thanks" I show a small innocent smile as his face twists at his fail