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Chapter 37

Maddie had found herself in a sort of messy rhythm. Between going to school, spending time with NCT, going to work, training and then occasionally studying she hadn't really had the time to breathe. She'd found a strange sort of place in the group of school boys, their friendship was something she'd never seen before, they were closer than brothers but that didn't stop them from accepting Maddie into their group readily.

After they got over the initial awkwardness which admittedly did take a few lunch times they were able to joke and laugh like they always had. They weren't too dissimilar from Maddie, all of them with their own little flaws to make her feel a bit better about herself. Izzy and Alice were both just perfect and it was good to spend time with some other flawed souls. As Maddie fiddled with her lock a bang of a locker door closing next to her shook her out her thoughts. Maddie looked over to the obnoxious person next to her to of course be greeted by the one and only Hyunjin.

"Oh Hey Hyunjin, you ok?" Maddie asked, the complete turn around for Maddie and Hyunjins relationship had completely baffled their entire year, Maddie included. Despite all of her terrible mistakes she'd decided that she would try to incorporate a little bit of the new person she was trying to forge into day to day life and that started with being nice to Hyunjin.

"Yeah I'm ok thanks" he replied, looking over to her with a charming smile "what do you have first period?"

Maddie checked her timetable "fashion and design" she explained, initially she had been surprised to see anything but an academic subject on her timetable, but she'd later found out that you had to take a vocational subject at the school, it wasn't textiles like she'd taken for a level but it was close enough.

"Oh ok, I have dance which is in the same area" he exclaimed, basically offering to walk her.

"You offering to walk me?" she teased.

"What ever" he mumbled turning away leaving Maddie to chase him after him, which was not something she particularly enjoyed, though when she caught up with him she could of sworn she saw a slight tinge of pink on his cheeks.

Fashion and design had quickly become the highlight of Maddie's week. It was essentially looking at current fashions and trends, and transferring them to a run way environment, or taking aspects from runways and making them into street ware. Everyone else in Maddie's class had already decided which project they were going to take on and had done plenty of research putting her a couple of steps behind. But she was more than willing to catch up, the course was basically setting her up for her internship in a fashion house, after the year had ended. But when did this year end, when she got her exams? No she was tied down now, she'd joined a gang, she was a bad person.

"Your project will be your final grade, it can be any item of clothing of your choice but it had to follow the theme "a modern classic". you will need to produce a good description of your project plan and some inspiration, your book work will account for half of the overall grade. you must photograph your item of clothing on a model and it needs to fit immaculately so I suggest choosing a model now and custom making it. This is an independent project so I will not be able to help you with the actual process, but I can indirectly give you guidance and advice. Start your research today and I would thoroughly recommend taking your time with your plan so there's no need to rush."

Everyone else had made a start on theirs in the weeks Maddie had been in England but she was willing and capable to catch up. Maddie hadn't been at the school last year so she hadn't received the kind of training that the others had for this kind of project, she would have to trust in her skills. In her textiles A-level Maddie had to create a good book of her project so she knew she could do that, she'd never had to make anything to fit anyone but a mannequin so that would be new, but hopefully with some experience at the shop that wouldn't be to difficult.