Same Stars Of Yesterday (book 2)

"UKELELE STRINGS"

CXIV.
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Dawn's POV:

"Oh... False alarm~!"

Angie exclaimed in the class that the whispers subsided and I was able to breathe more lightly when my classmates went back to their own businesses. It is because I was again interrogated about that dating issue after our first teacher went out of the classroom and I cleared myself that I am not dating anyone so they walked away knowing that there is nothing more to talk about.

"Hehe~ Sorry about that, Dawn~ Peace!" And Angie went to her seat already and just conversed with her seatmate.

I only sighed and dropped my head on my armrest looking out of the window in disbelief.

Why would they get the impression that I am dating someone?? They never got their attention on me like this since before... No one would even dare to talk to me~ And now, it really seems like things do change all of a sudden~ I am not comfortable with it though~ Paul and I just happened to have met in the market yesterday. And Ash is just being him... Our weird band leader and-

My train of thoughts was interrupted when I felt a touch from my back and I even twitched that I raised my head on my armrest and Paul was eyeing me from behind that I grew embarrassed to face him already especially because of the recent topics a few seconds ago.

He only smiled and I tried to avoid my gaze on him.

"Here~ Your laboratory notebook~" He placed my notebook on my armrest and then he distributed the other's notebooks too and I saw Clemont doing the same. I exhaled when I saw the rabbit sticker.

Yeah. Paul bought it for me yesterday... It was when I really felt uncomfortable because of the gazes back there and I was just thankful he came by and he accompanied me all throughout then he just suddenly bought me a rabbit sticker before we parted ways yesterday. It has nothing to it...

I placed my notebook back in my bag and I noticed a paper plane on the floor just beside my left foot. Where did this came from??

I picked it up and slowly opened the origami that I saw a drawing in it that made me to suppress a laughter to escape from my mouth. It was a drawing of Ash pulling his both ears with his hands and he was stucking his tongue out and the holes of his nose were bigger than normal and his eyes crossed. I quickly kept the paper before I turned to look at Ash but he was nowhere in the room and I only peeked inside the drawing again that I smiled secretly on my seat. He is really unpredictable... Why in the world did he drew this??

Then I noticed something written at the back part that goes like: "They just thought we're dating! (a laughing face drawing) And they also thought the same with May and Drew! (another amused face drawing) Drew said that the ukelele are in the club room already!"

I folded the paper and kept it in my bag before I searched the room and May and Drew were gone as well. I think they have gone there already...

The next teacher came in the room and the three didn't attended the second class that made me wonder.

During the breaktime, I went straight to the club room and saw them there. May was already eating marshmallows again at the table and Drew and Ash were tuning the fifty instruments already.

"Took you long enough~ Here, use this for now... Drew will teach us already~" Ash told me and he handed me a ukelele.

We gathered around and Drew began teaching us the chords and the proper finger positioning. I was not really following at first but we managed to learn at least. Ash and May easily caught up with Drew leaving me getting more attention. We attended our next classes and we spent the whole lunch break learning again and being taught by Drew.