Penny and Will

Chapter Three

{P E N N Y}

||Scotland, 2012||

Oh God. Why.

Why did she need to sit next to the American kid - Will, she thought - during her least favorite class? She had thought French couldn't get any worse, but... Here it was. Worse.

She luckily made it to the table first, and got the seat she wanted (the window one; although there wasn't much to see, it was better than the aisle seat) and sat down with huff. God.

Always with the bad seating arrangements on Mondays.

Penny got out her laptop and her French books, and moved her chair as far away from Will as she could. She didn't want to be associated with the glances he threw her way, and most definitely didn't want to be the subject of gossip.

She could almost hear the thoughts that must be going through Mandi and Jessica's heads right now.

Mandi: "Oh, do we have a new couple on our hands?"

Jessica: "Who's the new boy?"

Mandi: "I don't know, but he's hot."

Jessica: "They look like they know each other."

And, as expected, when Penny snuck a glance at them through her hair, they were whispering and throwing looks their way.

Brilliant.

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School was over. Penny nabbed her rucksack of the back of her chair (her last class was Art) and practically ran to get out of the building. Today had been long enough, she didn't need it to be any longer, and she really didn't need to be in the school anymore.

She had to wait a couple minutes for the bus, and when it finally came, she was the first one to board it.

Because of this, the bus, usually full of rowdy kids and noises and couples kissing in the back, was strangely quiet.

It was a nice change.

Penny waved at the driver like she usually did and then hurried to her seat, no rucksacks or legs to trip her.

She sat down and grabbed her phone from her coat pocket, unwrapping her earphones and putting them in her ears. Her current favorite song, Afraid by The Neighbourhood, started playing, and she lost herself in the music.

Until Will sat down next to her.

Penny paused her song and ripped the earphones out. "What the hell are you doing?" she snapped.

Will raised his eyebrows. "Sitting...?"

"I can see that. Why are you sitting here?" Penny could tell her voice was raised and probably way out of line, but she didn't care.

Will shrugged and gestured at the now full bus. "The other seats are taken."

Bloody brilliant.