Charms

Chapter 3

“Okay Miss Dayne, here is your timetable and if you could hand this to your teacher.” The old lady smiled and continued her paperwork.

Ellie left the office and studied her timetable.

‘Mythology with Mr Ulay in room 204 in zone 4’

Ellie found the map she obtained directions from the previous time and wrote down new ones to her lesson. After getting lost a few times she eventually found her class, she took a deep breath, knocked on the door and stepped through. Ellie avoided as many eyes as possible and kept her focus on the tall, rough looking man lecturing the students. The man stop in mid speech and fixed his gaze at her. He was in his mid-thirties, handsome but nerdy. She strolled through the door and handed her teacher the slip of paper the office lady had given her.

“Ah, Arielle Dayne, welcome to my class.” He glanced at the back of the class “There’s a spare seat at the back.”

She smiled and took her seat, still avoiding eye contact from any student that was gawking at her.

“Okay, who wants to volunteer to Miss Dayne catch up?”

“I will.”

Ellie looked in the direction of the familiar voice.

“Clark? Brilliant, if you two stay after class and I’ll sort out the paperwork for you to do.”

Clark turned and gave a smug half smile. Mr Ulay returned to the board and wrote ‘Zeus’ across it. An hour and a half later, the bell rang; Ellie did not want the lesson to end. She had always loved the Greeks, ever since she received her first mythology book from her mother. She glanced over to Clark, watching him write his final notes and pack away his folders, admiring him. She was in a trance, like he had put a spell on her, she would not have noticed that she was staring if Mr Ulay had not clicked his fingers in front of her face. Ellie jolted, her head snapped and she gave him an unintentional evil look.

“You there?”  He chuckled.

Ellie nodded and smiled.

“You best hadn’t been daydreaming throughout my class.”

“N-no, I wasn’t.” She spluttered.

It was not a lie, every teacher Ellie had made the lesson stale and tedious. But Mr Ulay had succeeded to relight her love for it. She packed her bag and joined Clark. Even with the swelling, he was captivating.

“Okay, this is everything.” He handed Ellie a small folder. “I’ll leave it between you two to figure out a plan of action.”

Ellie nodded and fled from the class room.

“So, Arielle.” Clark laughed.

She shot him a deadly glare.

“Whoa, precious much? I have to go, but come find me at lunch.”

Before she could reply, he had gone. She pulled out her time table.

“Algebra, great.”

She found her class, did the usual introductions, took her seat and drifted off as the teacher spoke. Ellie was forced to take Algebra by her mother, she insisted that it would be valuable knowledge for the future, Ellie on the other hand did not see her needing to use ‘X, Y and Z’ in life. The only reason that Ellie could think was for torture or punishment, but what she had done to deserve it, she did not know.

An hour and a half worth of torment, the total outcome, was boredom. No useful knowledge came out of that lesson, only letters mixed with numbers. She jammed her notepad in her bag and scurried out of the door. Ellie hunted for the canteen and after ten minutes of searching, she found it. As she walked through the door she was hit with the intensity of the room, everyone screaming at their friends as if they had not seen each other for a long period of time. It did not take long to find Clark; he stuck out like a sore thumb. It was like a game, spot the model from the crowd of average individuals.

‘No offence’ She thought.

Her stomach felt uneasy, she gulped advanced to his table of friends.