Innocence || a.i

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"Miss Finnstone!"
I snap my head back up.
"Ern.. yes?" I say in a shaky tone.
"What is the answer to x-y=-3?"
I am honestly so confused... I hate Algebra.
"Am I supposed t-to isolate y?" I begin to stammer. Right before the teacher can ask anymore questions, the bell rings for lunch.
"See you class! Emma Finnstone, may I speak with you for a minute?" Mr. Richardson calls. I walk over to his unorganized desk in the corner of the room.
"Yes?" I sigh.
"I know that a C- isn't as bad as to a D- or an F, but I see no effort whatsoever in this class and that really worries me. You're always more interested in humming a tune or talking to Bryan, Anjalique, Jorge, LeAnne, Mark. or D-"
"I understand your concern, Mr. Richardson," I interrupted, "but math just doesn't come as easily to me as say English. I'm trying to keep it up as much as I can and I always study for the tests or benchmarks."
He starts to twiddle with his fingers a little and then sighs.
"You may go to lunch, Emma."
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When I walk out the door, my best friend Danika is waiting for me.
"What did he want to see you for?" she asked as we walked over to the bench where all our friends were at.
"He was concerned I wasn't getting the concept and too busy focusing on other things."
"What the hell?! I have a fricking D in his class and he calls you?! Don't you have a C-? He's so weird; I don't get it!"
We both sigh and giggle a bit as we reach the bench.
"Damn Danika," I whisper to Danika, "look at Dillon's ass today! Those red sweatpants thoughhh!" I tease her. she playfully slaps me and giggles as she walks up to our friends Veronica and Louise. We hug each other and sit down on the bench.
"OH MY GOSH!!! THE BENCH IS BREAKING AGAIN HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA." Louise screams as she shoves an apple slice I to her mouth.
"Okay so today in Mr. Pierce class,..." Veronica starts, but I get distracted when I see the cutest guy, Brandon Bellati. I've had a crush on him since last year and he was one of my best guy friends. We had a bit of a thing going on (I guess you could say), but everyone wanted us to date, yet he kept changing the subject whenever someone brought the thought of us dating. He walked over to me and sat down. He gradually started to eat his pizza.
"Hey Elphaba!" (Let me tell you something about Brandon. He is EXTREMELY awkward and he calls me Elphaba after the main character of the musical Wicked which we both
L-O-V-E! I call him Randal after the purple monster in Monsters Inc. because of the way he walks, which is similar to Randal).
"Hey Randal!" I say with a playful smirk.
"Oh. My. Gosh. Have you seen the new kid.. uh what's his name... erm... ASHTON!!! Yeah! He looks identical to Evan Peters oh my lord. It's crazy!" He practically jumps.
"So you think he's cayooootttee?" I stick my tongue out.
"No.. I'm just saying he looks li- oh my gosh he is coming over here!" He looks through the corner of his eye.
"Where?! I wanna see!" I lean forward to see this new kid. He has blondish-brown hair. He wore glasses, black skinny jeans and a shirt with My Little Pony on it. He wore black and white vans with a maroon jacket and was awkwardly walking by whilst looking at the ground. Right as he walk past us, I spoke up.
"Hey! Don't be nervous.. erm.."
"Ashton.. Ashton Irwin." He says shyly.
"Okay, Ashton. You can hang out with me if you want. I know it must be tough being the new kid." I pat the empty spot next to me.
"Oh no... it's-i-it's fine. I-I-I'll be fine. Thank you though." He looks down again and shoves his hands in his pockets and begins to walk away.
"Can I see your schedule?" I blurt out. I begin to bite my lip.
"Yeah.. s-sure." He stops and rambles through his backpack in search for the paper with his sixth classes on it. He hands me his paper as I read aloud.
"First period you have P.E. with Mr. Yamee. Oh! My friends Aleah and Xoelle are in that class!" I look up and smile to him trying to break the ice. He awkwardly and uncomfortably smiles back.
"Second period you have Ms. Vilkins. Third you have Mr. Richardson, Fourth you have Art Experience with Mr. Rous. Fifth period with Mr. West! Me, Brandon, Veronica, Louise, Jerold, Julianne, Kayanne, Matthew, Bryce..." I go on and on and on.
"Anyways! The point is that I have that class! Stay with us please! I'll walk you to Mr. West's." I pout. He scratches the back of his neck and bites his lip {he really DID look like Evan Peters 😍😍😍}.
"O-oh okay." He awkwardly smiles. I smile back,
"Oh! Sixth period with Mrs. Miller. She's cool!"
"Yep.." He says quietly. He stands there for a minute a bit awkwardly.
I pat the spot next to me.
"So tell me about yourself Ashton."