Facebook || Luke Hemmings

  I sat there listening to my history professor, Professor Leto, talk about the founding of Jamestown. Taking this class was pointless because I already knew everything that he was teaching me, but I had to take it to graduate. I looked around and saw that almost everyone absent today. The

closest person to me was a guy named Luke, and I never talked to him. My friends, Demi, Maria, Sarah, and Nicole were in the back laughing about something that they would tell me later. I hated that I had to be in front of the class. Everyone that I strongly disliked was around me.

  I was just glad that they decided to not be here today. I laid my head down on my desk so I was looking at the white board, showing Professor Leto I was tired but still paying attention to what he was trying to teach us. I should have been in the next highest class, but my credits did not transfer

through so I would be one year late to University of London. I looked back at Luke and saw him glance at me before putting his stuff into his book bag.

  I could remember when we were in the same math class and he would finish with everything and it pissed me off because in every class I took I was finished with everything first. I head something move and then a bag, making me look back over toward Luke. He was now sitting down next to me,

acting like he didn’t move or anything. When he finally noticed that I was looking at him, he spoke. “I was alone over there.”

  “Alright then,” I said nodding. I heard whispers from behind me and turned to see Morgan and this other guy that was named Calum, but I did not know him very well.

  “Luke,” He whispered. I turned forward, trying to show Professor Leto that I was paying attention to him, and Luke turned around to talk to Calum. “What do you want man?” Luke asked. He didn’t move much, just his big head so he could kind of see Calum and Morgan out of the corner of his eyes.

  “You should come sit back here,” Calum said. I could hear him patting the seat next to him. I know that Calum was asking for Luke’s benefit, because she had liked him for years.

  “It is kind of far for me,” Luke said, even though it was right behind him. I grinned and shook my head. When I looked back up at him, he was smiling at the desk. He looked back at me and then at the front of the room. Paying attention to Professor Leto was becoming difficult because Luke was now sitting down next to me. The worst part was I could feel Maria, Demi, Sarah, and Nicole staring at the back of me. They were going to want an explanation as to why Luke was sitting next to me now.

  “This class is boring,” Luke said grabbing my attention. I turned toward him and saw him on his iPad.

  “Then why take it to graduate?” I asked him, finally speaking to him.

  “So you speak now?” Luke asked raising an eyebrow at me.

  “Whatever,” I said rolling my eyes. “If you don’t like American History you should not have signed up for the class.”

  “I need this class to go abroad,” Luke confessed. “My credit did not transfer from high school.”

  “That is why I am here also,” I said looking back at the front. Professor Leto was glaring at us. I sighed and laid my head down on the desk.

  “Don’t worry he always does that,” Luke said leaning back in his chair.

  “He doesn’t pay attention to you when you are paying attention.”

  “You could have told me that at the beginning of class,” I said as I started to doodle.

  “We were not talking at the beginning of class,” Luke pointed out. I nodded and rolled my eyes. I turned forward in my seat and started to pack up my book, that I did not even open, as the bell rang. I stood up and walked to the stairs as my friends walked down them, leaving me behind.