Deacury - School Of Loverboys

Apologies

I fell asleep while I was on the plane - for the whole flight! Now I've woken up I have no idea what time it is but I do know we have landed. As soon as I stepped off the plane excitement filled me. I was here. It was so hot and surprisingly busy in the airport.

Me and the other kids on the trip were packed on to another bus to make the hour journey to the school we are staying at. We were told it's a boarding school so we will be sharing rooms with the students who already attend. I hope my exchange student doesn't hate me, that would be awkward.

"Hey Anita, what do you think your exchange student will be like?" I turned to speak to her

"Hmm, I haven't really thought about it." She paused to think, "I predict that she is going to be short but with really long hair. What about you?"

"I think he will be my height. Maybe shorter. I don't know" I scratched my head in thought

We all got off the bus and found our luggage. It was then that we were all escorted through the Indian boarding school to their hall. It was a beautiful place, bigger than I expected. The buildings were made of brick and wood and there were lush trees growing around the perimeter of the school land. As we walked into the hall we were greeted with cheers and clapping. Everyone was smiling, it was so humbling.

The headmaster of their school spoke to Mr Vale for a moment. We kind of stood awkwardly waiting for something, anything to happen. I was stood near the back of our crowd, Anita was in front of me. She kept on giving me happy looks and mouthing "Wow" to me.

"Right everyone, this is Mr Hassan, he is the headmaster of this school" Mr Vale introduced us

We all greeted him in unison.

"Hello everyone!" He said, he seemed like a lovely man, "I have been given the pleasure to pair you up with my students. Shall we find out who you are with?"

"Yeah" we all said, I nodded my head

"Ok" he smiled before walking over to the front of the hall. We were very divided at this point in time, we were in one side of the hall and they were on the other.

"Attention please!" He said in his thick, booming, Indian accent, "I am now going to pair you up. I made a list of who will be with who so when I call your name out, please come to the front and then you can go off to your rooms to settle in. We will then meet again later, at dinner in the canteen at 5pm" Mr Hassan explained. "First of all, Meena Kendrick you will be with Anita Dobson" he said

Anita smiled and walked straight down to the front of the hall, luggage in hand. The girl she was paired with matched Anita's imaginations - she was quite short and her hair was long and flowey.

More people were paired off until it was just me and another boy waiting.

Mr Vale put his hand on my back, "everything ok John?" He asked

"Yeah, I'm good thanks" I smiled

"If you need anything, just find me" He smiled too. Mr Vale has taught me since I arrived at secondary school so he has helped me through the best times and the worst times. He knows me better than any other teacher does

"Thank you" I said again, showing my gratitude

"And last but certainly not least, Farrokh Bulsara and John Deacon" Mr Hassan said

I looked over at the boy. He was a tad bit shorter than me, he had black hair that was perfectly in place, he had very distinctive facial features such as bold cheek bones. He looked shy. He didn't give me eye contact until he was leading the way up to his dorm room.

"You can call me Freddie, I don't like the name Farrokh." He said

"Uh-ok. I'm John, just John" I stammered and blushed under the soft glare he was giving me with those enchanting eyes

I have a secret. Something that I've been keeping to myself. If pushed these feeling deep down within me but for some reason Freddie has a way of making these feeling pop up. I've only just met him! The truth is, I am attracted to guys. This is my biggest secret and I can't let Freddie get to me, I just can't! It could ruin me!

"So this is my room" Freddie showed me around, "bathroom is in there, bed here, desk over there" he rambled

"Where do I sleep?" I questioned

"We share! That's what we were told anyway. It's big enough!" He said

"Oh, ok" I nodded

"You're not uncomfortable with that?" Freddie quizzed

"No" I said plainly

"Well I'm gay so if you do have a problem I'll sleep on the floor" Freddie said

Freddie is gay too. This can't be happening. I can't fall in love with a boy I'm only going to know for a month.

"It's fine Freddie" I said

"Good" he smiled

Freddie then took my suitcase and put it beside his wardrobe.

"We should make our way to the canteen. We have pasta on the menu tonight." Freddie said

"Yum!" I licked my lips out of habit and Freddie just stared, "Uh- Yes. Let's get going" my face turned a bright Sade of pink

"Apologies" He said quietly and blushed too