Dusting Off A Heart

Chapter 8

"She didn't say thanks?" Cote asked him while running his hands through his curls.

Dane shook his head, and puckered his lips, then searching his sandwich -looking for any sign of cucumbers. Gosh, he hate those.

"And...you're disappointed? Because you thought she will kiss your feet and worship you?" Cote chuckles, "Not everyone adores you, you know."

"I know that, Cote" he starts to dig in to his un-cucumbered sandwich, "The thing is that she used to" He grumbled with crumbs all over his mouth.

"Hey, don't talk with your mouth full"

Dane rolled his eyes at his best bud's motherly attitude. "Yes, mommy" He said mockingly.

Cote chuckled again -yup, he does chuckles a lot. "So, she used to adore you, and now she don't?"

He shot both of his eyebrows up as if to approve his friend.

"You know you got a bunch of other girls who adores you" Jaden suddenly chirped into the conversation. "And she could be just playing hard to get, Dan. Girls do that a lot these days.

"And I bet she's still into you, man."

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Lauren walked through the hall way, through the passing students who can't wait to go home. She finally stopped at the door, written on it was : The Teachers Room.

She knocked on the door and waited. A few seconds later, a brown skinned woman opened it and smiled radiantly.

"Lauren!" the woman react, "Come in, come in. Mr. Adam is waiting for you."

"Thank you, Mrs. Alex". She replied the woman with a small smile, and went in to the teacher's room.

She spotted Mr. Adam at the left cubical of the room, probably grading the tests. She walks towards his desk.

"Mm, Mr. Adams?"

The bald teacher looks up from whatever he was doing. "Ah, Ms. Snow."

"I wanted to speak with you about your... recent -downfall of your grades"

She shot her eyebrows up and nod. Now she knows why she was called.

"Yes sir, of- of course." She moves to the front of Mr. Adam's desk.

"My agendas are full, and I can't help you with your...uhh...un-understoodness towards this subject"

She clenched her fist for a second under the raging towards this a-hole teacher, for making little of her.

Un-understoodness is not even a word!

"So what do you suggest, sir?" She held her tongue for any smart remarks and shot her shoulders up instead.

He rubbed his chin as if thinking -or maybe combing his short beard. "I set up a study partner for you, with one of your classmates."

One of her classmates? Oh, she hopes it's not the smart-ass Poppy Bennet.

Mr. Adam opened his mouth to continue his talking, but he was interrupted by the sudden loud knock on the door.

A curly floppy haired boy popped up, his blue eyes travels around the room.

And the curly haired is called Cotillard Brennan, or more likely called Cote.

"Ah! There you are, Cotillard!" First name basis? That's the first, she thought to herself. "Come here, come here!" Mr. Adam gestures towards him to come to his desk.

Cote shot a smile at Mr. Adam and went towards his desk, and ended up standing next to Lauren.

"I'm sorry I'm late, Mr. Adam. There's a thing I need to do with the team." He said panting. He then turned his head towards Lauren and give her a smile.

"It's very acceptable, Cotillard! Don't worry!" Mr. Adam smiled at him.

He smiles? He can actually do that?

How come that this, stone-faced bald teacher suddenly be a cherry berry? Lauren confusedly shot one of her eyebrow up.

Mr. Adam turned to Lauren and smiled.

Smiled.

Do I need to repeat that again, he smiled.

Again.

"Oh, and Ms. Snow," Mr. Adam turned to Cole again. "This fine and bright young man will be your partner."

Cote then turned to Lauren, a smile on his face and a hand extended.

"I'm Cote."

Lauren adjust her bag and give him a small smile.

"I think everyone already knows that," she said with a small laugh, -and avoiding the blue-eyed gaze. "I'm Lauren. And I'm sure you don't know me." She shook his -rather soft hand.

"Oh, actually I already know." He grins.

Lauren furrowed her eyebrows for a second.

That doesn't happen every day.

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