Its gay idk what else to say

Chapter 1, Lily POV

My alarm fucking sucks. It's a loud shrilling sound that makes my head hurt for 3 minutes after it rings. I groan and roll out of my bed still barely awake, the usual for a girl my age. I start to get ready for school by brushing my wavy brown hair and putting on makeup. Today is the start of the second semester and I finally have art class, the one subject I enjoy. My mom yells at me to hurry up pushing me to snap out of my trance and settle on an outfit, a miniskirt and a cardigan. I rush out the door and to the bus stop where I say hi to the kid who always waits there. I don't really know him, I'm just being polite. As the bus screeches to a halt I mentally prepare myself for the mayhem that is high school. I get into my seat and play some music on my phone as I stare out the window waiting to get to school.

As I enter the building I start to get excited, I finally get to start art class, the only thing I've been looking forward to in school. I rush to my locker and dump all my textbook in it, grabbing my pencil pouch. I rush to the art room and sit down at a table near the back where I'm least likely to be distracted. Its smell like old paints and pencil shavings, its quite small but it somehow feels cozy instead of cramped. Students art projects are hanging everywhere around me, some sculptures, some paintings. It's one of the most colorful places I've seen in my life. I take out my pencils and waste time on my phone until class starts. When the bell finally rings Mrs. Coleman, the art teacher asks for everyone's attention. She goes over the basic procedures, and how the class will be graded, then she says something that catches my interest. "50% of your grade will depend on an art project of your choosing that you will turn in at the end of the semester." As soon as she says this everyone stars whispering, clearly excited. "However, you will not work on it alone, you will be assigned into groups of two for this project..." She says before being interrupted by more excited whispering among the students as everyone silently finds partners. "Who I will pick for you." She finished, the entire class groaning. I look around silently and wonder who I'll be paired with, I usually get along with people pretty well so I'm not too worried about it.

After she finishes explaining the rest of the class, she gives us some free time to draw. I start a sketch of a horse in a meadow galloping. As I draw time passes quickly, but I am soon brought back to reality by the sound of a girl entering the classroom. She's quite tall with short messy hair and has a very confident, laid back smirk on her face. She's clearly late, she tries to sneak in without the teacher noticing her, but without even looking up from the desk Mrs. Coleman speaks, causing her to groan and face her. "How nice of you to join us Claire. If you had been here paying attention to the rules, you would have known I have a strict tardy policy. However since this is the first day, I'll let it slide, please take a seat." The girl quickly scurries over to my table, clearly not wanting to cause any more trouble with the teacher. 

As she sits down she turns around and faces me. "Hey, I'm Claire, what's your name?" She whispers to me. I look up from my drawing, a little annoyed that she chose to sit next to me of all people be but I decide to be polite anyway. "I'm Lily, its nice to meet you." I reply, not looking up from my paper. "Lily's a really pretty name you know, just like you." She says coolly. I nearly break pencil tip, tearing the paper. My stomach feels queasy, I can't believe this, she's trying to hit on me isn't she? Unsure of what to do, I try to pass it off and ignore it as long as I can. "Thanks" I say as I try to ignore her. I don't want to get into an argument with her in front of the one teacher I want to impress. Hopefully when I get my partner for the project I won't have to talk to her again. "I really want to focus on my drawing, could you leave me alone for right now?" I ask her, as politely as I can be. "Sure thing cutie." She replies, making my stomach churn even more. I spend the next 15 minutes trying to not make eye contact with her as I salvage my drawing. "Can I get everyone's attention please?" Asks Mrs. Coleman, everybody looks up at her. "I'm going to be assigning you your group partners so please listen carefully." As she reads off pairs of names, I sit there waiting for my name until I hear it, "Lily!" she calls, looking around for me. I raise my hand to show here where I am and she smiles at me. "You will be paired with Claire for this project, please try to get along." She says, before moving on to the next group. No. Fucking. Way. This cannot possibly be happening right now.