When A Tomboy Girl Falls In Love

Chapter 2

"Oh hello, Ms. Williams. Late again?" Greeted Mrs.Scoot our Biology teacher. Once more I had arrived late in her class and she didn't seem very pleased with it. She is my least favourite teacher in this school for a number of reasons. To start with, I hate Biology and never feel enthusiastic in her class. This very thing makes her hate me and I don't know but always I end up creating trouble with her.

"Um! Sorry Professor. I...I was practising. We were working quite hard for the coming match. I didn't mean to disobey you. I'll try my best not to come late again." I apologised. I didn't want any troubles. I always with some or other reason arrive late whenever it was her class and it is unknowingly. I knew if I would make her angry she could cancel my match or cancel my practises or could give me extra homework in bio and thus I didn't argue or give too much explanation. She stood there frowning at me for some seconds and then said,"You better not or you'll have a good time. Now come in and settle down. Take out your project and submit it here. That child will have to go again now to keep your project." She complained. I didn't understand what she said. I guess she was collecting projects and would have sent some student to keep them in her office and now mine was left. Anyways, I quietly walked in and went to the very last bench of the class in the fourth row where the same girl whom I met in the hall was sitting. Well! She's my best friend Meriana. She smiled at me. I had just settled on my seat next to her when Madam Scoot said,"Not there. Ms Williams. I can see though you're good in studies yet you enjoy doing your antics as a backbencher. Well, you are getting pathetic in biology and so please come and sit here right under my nose on the first bench."

This was the exact thing I was fearing. I hated sitting in the front. Not because you have to give answers if you're at the front but because the teacher could easily spot you for any work like keeping any copies to the staff room, etc. Plus I couldn't do my usual antics by sitting right under her nose, not in any period.

I slowly picked my bag and dragged myself to the first bench. It was empty. Noone was sitting there. But then I saw a black backpack kept on it. It would be the student who had gone to keep the copies. Now I was to sit with him. Wonder who he was!

I threw my backpack down and myself on the seat and made a boring and annoyed face. I was lucky that Madam Scoot didn't notice it.

"May I come in Professor!" a high voice interrupted Madam Scoot's lecture about different cell components. The voice sounded familiar.

I didn't want to look up. I felt so lazy and sleepy. Why was biology so boring? I had poured myself in the book trying my best to understand everything and stay awake.

"Oh yes! Come in dear. Would you mind going back at the end of this period to my office to keep this project also in that bundle." said Mrs. Scoot politely. Oh! It was that child who had gone to keep the copies and my partner for today. I looked up to the door and my brows got raised. I felt my eyes would pop out. No. Please. No. This was the same boy with whom I had bumped at the top of the stairs. Oh shit! He is my classmate. I felt to kill myself. I felt so angry and red at the very sight of him.

"Um. Okay. Professor." He said. He didn't seem quite pleased about doing this work. He came inside and saw me. His was the same expression as mines when I saw him at the door. He too seemed very annoyed at the sight of me.

"Oh. Yes. Ryan, You're gonna sit with her, Samaira Williams for two whole weeks." introduced Mrs. Scoot. What! For two whole weeks. This was crazy.

"But. Professor. I thought you just changed my seat for today. I can't sit here for two whole weeks. We need to do rotation. And every child should get to sit on the first bench. So How Can I sit here for two whole weeks." I debated making sure I was polite. Ryan, as his name was, too seemed to agree with me. He too didn't want to sit with me. I was glad with this coz I too didn't want him in the worst of my dreams.