The Complications of Love (under construction)

Chapter 26: School Life

Chapter 26: School Life.

Gabriella's POV

I walked to class feeling ecstatic with a smug smile on my face. It felt so good to slap Jasmine in the face; she was the one who caused me pain after all. I tried to stop smiling as I entered class but to no avail. The teacher was still busy typing away on her small computer, pushing up her glasses every now and then, all the students were messing about and here I was confused about where to sit. I noticed Danny at a table chatting up some girls with I think his name was Quil.

I waved over to him and he smiled brightly at me before acting all flirty with the girls again. I rolled my eyes at him and made my way over to the teacher.

"Hi miss." I said.

"Oh, hi. I assume you're Gabriella? The new student?" she asked, not taking her eyes of the screen.

"Yep, the one and only." I answered.

"Well, you'll be seated right next to Mr Call over there. I'm sure he will be kind enough to explain what you'll need for class." She instructed, making a fluttery gesture with her hand to where Embry was sitting.

"Thanks." I said, walking over to Embry's table. "So partner, apparently you have to explain stuff to me."

He raised an eyebrow at me as he smirked, "Explain what?"

"I don't know, I wasn't really listening."

"Well, that's just helpful Gab."

"I know, isn't it?" I said as he chuckled.

The teacher announced that we were starting class and everyone scooted to their seats. The door opened and in walked Jasmine, an icepack against her left cheek. I couldn't help but snort as Embry looked over at me, a confused expression on his face.

"I'll tell you later." I explained and he nodded his head in agreement.

"Ok class, I thought it would be a good idea to give you all group projects to work on during your Christmas Break. I'm giving you enough time to work on them so I don't want to hear any excuses. There will be two people in each group and one person will step up and pick a topic from this hat. Got it?" the teacher said, as the entire class groaned and she had a miffed expression on her face, muttering something incoherent as she stalked back over to her desk.

I looked over at Jasmine who was staring right back at me. We glared at each other and I noticed that she was sitting beside Danny. Just my luck. She smirked at me before gripping Danny's chin and pecked him on the lips. Danny looked over at her with an incredulous expression and scooted his chair further than it already was.

"Ok, so your partner will be whoever you're sitting beside; now I don't want to hear any complaints. You take what you get." The teacher said solemnly.

"Great." I muttered under my breath.

"What, you don't want to work with me?" Embry mocked gasp.

"Well, unless you're willing to do all the work I guess I don't mind." I teased, playing along.

He gasped, "Why me? It's usually the boys who chill while the girls do all the work for them. I'll just sign my name onto the project."

"Well, if that's what you were expecting, you're sadly mistaken." I replied, an eyebrow raised.

He pouted and I couldn't help but laugh at how cute he looked. "But Gab!" he whined, "I'm not good at Chemistry."

I scoffed, "And you thought I would be?"