If Only

Chapter 9

Austin's POV

After spending about anhour with Caleb at the café he and I left and are now currently walking into oneof my favorite classes which is our English class that is taught by the brilliantMs. Gilbert who is one of my favorite teachers on campus. To the left of theentrance you have the supply closet that Ms. Gilbert always keeps fullystocked, and to the right of the entrance you have projection room. The classroomis made up of 4 aisle ways with 8 rows of chairs. In the front of the classroomyou have Ms. Gilbert's podium and her desk, the large chalkboard that has a Largeprojection screen attached to it.

"Yougoing to be taking your usual seat in the front row?" Caleb asks me but I cantell by the tone in his voice that he is sort of mocking me but I don't take itheart when it comes from Caleb because I know he is only joking. "For your information,I love sitting in front because you don't miss anything." I smirk at him as he burstout laughing. "Whatever you say suck up." Caleb pats me on the back as he takeshis seat in the middle section and I walk down to the front taking my seat. Idown and start taking my stuff out as I hear the sound of the classroom dooropening as a bunch of students walk in and take seats. I turn my attention backto the front of the class as I see the words 'end of the semester bookassignment' written in cursive on the blackboard and my attention is once againdrawn to the doorway as I hear the sound of loud laughter and as I turn aroundI see 4 of the frat boys laughing and messing with each other as they walk intothe room. 

Chadwho drops his textbook thanks to Brodie and Zane fighting with each other, hishair is all over the place almost like he just woke up and didn't brother to doanything with it, he has on a sleeveless white shirt with some kind of bandlogo on it, black sweatpants, and white Jordan's on his feet. Zane stumblesalmost falling flat on his face as he almost trips over Brodie's foot as he pusheshis hair back out and out of his face. Zane is wearing an opened jean jacketwith the sleeves rolled up a little, a white T-shirt underneath the jacket,dark washed almost black jeans, and red Nike shoes with white laces. Brodiequickly snatches his hat back from Zane who took from as some sort of paybackfor trying to trip him. Brodie's short blonde hair is covered by the black andgreen backwards hat that is now back on his head, he has on an opened blackleather jacket, a black shirt with a white hashtag symbol on it, his necklacearound his neck swinging side to side as he moves, black shorts with the TapOut logo on the sides, and a pair of all white sneakers. The last one to walkin is Garrett who isn't paying attention to the other because he attention isfocused on his phone. His hair is in its usual Garrett style of I don't care,he also has on a black leather jacket, a black tank top with no sides, blackjeans, and black sneakers.

Chadtakes a seat in the second row and ends up right behind me, Zane and Brodie walksoff to the farthest corner on the right side of the room because everyone knowsthat the last seat in the last row on the left side of the room belongs toLogan, and Garrett takes the seat in the first row across from me. As Garrett setshis stuff down I see him take off his leather jacket putting it over the seatand as I look over at him I can see some of the tattoos that he has on hisbody. His small star tattoo on his right cheek, the weird bio hazard symbol hehas on his neck, the medium sized wolf tattoo on his left bicep, on his rightforearm he has a tattoo of jack, king, ace, queen, and joker playing cards, hisright hand has the word 'Loyalty written on it in fancy lettering, and as heturns his body thanks to his tank top not having any sides I can clearly seethe large tree tattoo on the left side of his rib cage that starts from somewhereinside his pants and stops right before is arm pit. 

SuddenlyI am snapped out of my thoughts by the sound of the classroom door shutting andlocking as the sound of heels hitting the carpet floor fills the room. "Okay,today we will be talking about the upcoming end of the semester book assignment."Ms. Gilbert announces as she makes her way to the front of the room. Ms.Gilbert has long dark brown hair, green eyes, and the most lovely smile. Ms.Gilbert who is wearing a dark blue dress with a tiny black belt around thewaist and a pair of black high heels puts her stuff down on her desk before turningaround and standing at her podium with a book in her hand. "Now I know thatsomeone of you might not like what book I have picked out but I think that mosteveryone in here will agree that this certain book can be relatable to almost anyoneno matter what." Ms. Gilbert smiles at all of us as she holds up the book andonce I see what book it is I could be more excited.

"You will be doing your end of the semester book assignment on the classic novel 'And Then There Were None' by Agatha Christie." Ms. Gilbert places her copy of the book down in front of her as she hands a tub full of the book to Chad to starts passing them out. "Now we will be reading it in class but I want everyone to read it on their own during their free time." I take the copy that Chad hands to me but I know that I will be using the first edition of this book I own that is back at my dorm room. "I want your essay to be about any topic that you can think of that could relate to this book and what the theme of the book could mean to you." Ms. Gilbert takes a deep breath before opening the book. "Let's get right into it, shall we." Ms. Gilbert smiles her lovely smile as all of us open our book to page one and Ms. Gilbert starts reading out loud.