Gears of Harmony

Episode 21 - The New Girl

The next morning, I was talking to Callie in class as I sat on my chair with my gaze locked on the window. Okay, no, Callie and I pretended to talk when the two of us was actually looking out of the window watching our all-too-familiar classmate with thick framed glasses and ash blonde hair facing a third year with blonde curly hair with a stout body.

"Andrew, I'm sorry... thanks for everything, but... I think let's just stay as friends,"

"Wait, Amy... is it because... there's someone else?"

"I... yes, I'm sorry. I like someone else,"

Both Callie and I looked away from the window, trying hard to hold ourselves from laughing. However, I couldn't stop the ends of my lips to go up forming a smile. And Callie just laid her head on her desk, hitting her desk repeatedly. Well, we were just too happy that finally the moment of truth came. I bit the insides of my cheeks and looked at the two again. Andrew looked troubled, he kept scratching the back of his neck.

"Well..." he said and looked down. For a moment, there was a glint on his eyes.

Is he... crying? I thought.

But then, suddenly a girl with long blonde hair passed by. Andrew suddenly looked up and stared at the girl. The girl has a pair of beautiful blue eyes, her eyelashes were curly and thick and her skin was very clear and fair. Her long blonde hair swayed behind her with every step she took.

"Oh, okay, Amy," said Andrew, "I respect your choice. Bye,"

Then Andrew walked away from Amy, in the direction of where the girl went while Amy looked at us in disbelief.

"Well, that was easy," she mouthed.

"You're lucky because that girl passed by," said Callie and giggled.

"Speaking of which... who's that girl?" I asked, "I've never seen her before,"

"Me neither," said Callie, "maybe a transfer student?"

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Right then, at the first period, the girl whom we saw earlier went to our class. She stood in front of the class while Mr Leroy introduced her.

"Class, this is Anthea Theofillus," he said, "due to the rising tension in the western region, she had to go back to the eastern region and was transferred here,"

It has gotten... this bad? I thought, even students are transferring back to the eastern region?

Then almost all the students looked at each other. Murmurs were heard throughout the classroom.

"Good morning, guys," said the girl and flashed a beautiful smile, "my name's Anthea! I hope we'll get along well!"

More murmurs could be heard in the classroom as the new girl bowed and took a seat in front of Amy.

"Wow a transfer student,"

"She sure looks friendly,"

"She's so pretty,"

Anthea, huh? I thought, wow is right. She's pretty... and she seems friendly too...

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Finally the bell rang, signalling for lunch break after a long, long hour. I was about to go out of the classroom when I noticed a few students crowding over the new girl, blocking my way.

"Hey, Anthea, did you draw that yourself?" asked a few students.

"Yeah, I love designing," she said and smiled, "I love cinematography and photography as well,"