I turned away from him as quickly as possible and looked at the rest of the class. So Alex was now sitting with a boy she had a crush on and he had a crush on her too. His name was luis and who knows they might end up dating too.
My new science partner Matthew never said one word and he never got called out in class and i think hes perfectly fine with that and so is the teacher. Lots of people say hes an orphan. His parents died or somethin. I don't know if those are rumors since he never talks. I think hes different. He gets beat up a lot and no one talks to him and he comes in crying sometimes but i really dont know.
"Okay class lets get back on task we wasted 20 minutes on this. Now with your new partners go ahead and cut open the frog from the throat a little bit right below where the stomach ends." Mr. Flores directed. "Begin!" He boomed.
I sighed took a deep breath and faced Matthew.
"Um hi.." I said reluctantly. He was looking down at his desk gazing at his fingers and avoiding my gaze. I felt awkward since he didnt answer and tried again.
"So whos gonna cut the frog?" l asked louder. He shouldn't intimidate me.
"Ill do it." He mumbled.
"Okay" i said more surely.
"So.. Whats your name?" I asked to avoid awkward silence.
"Matthew. But you can call me Matt." He said a little louder and not so harsh than before. It was still awkward.
The rest of the lab went by quickly and the good thing was i managed to keep my lunch down. At the end of the class Mr. Flores explained we had to meet up with our partners somewhere and write a summary if the lab and find out interesting things your partner likes to do.
"Give me your wrist." Matt said.
He didnt wait for an answer and he grabbed my hand and pulled up my jacket sleve. He saw all my cuts. That wasnt supposed to happen. The fresh ones i did last nigh and the ones i did last month. He stared at them dor a second and i looked away bitting my lip. He turned my wrist around where you couldn't see my cuts anymore amd wrote something down. 434-872-4802
His number. He looked away and waited for the bell to ring.
The bell finally rang signaling class was over. I didnt even have time to blink before Matt was out of his seat and out of class. Oh well. He was off to his class and i was of to mine which was math.
