White Roses

Chapter 2~ Cray Cray

"OMG, Jeanette, you're finally home. It was crazy," Eleanor said.

"What happened?" Jeanette asked.

"Simon's got a crush on the new girl!" Brittany yelled in excitement.

"OMG, really?" Jeanette said. "Which one?"

"You'll see," Eleanor smirked.

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In School...

"Hey Rosenda!" Derick said.

"Um, hey?" Rosenda said.

"Do you want to join my football team? There's space for one more," he asked.

"I would love to, but I can't," Rosenda said.

"Why not?" Derick asked.

"I can't. I'm really, really busy," Rosenda replied.

"Oh, please!" Derick pleaded.

"I'm sorry, I just can't!" Rosenda said.

Rosenda walked away. Meanwhile, Simon was running away from Jeanette's questions about his crush. Suddenly, he hit something. Or as a matter of fact, someone.

"I'm so sorry Simon!" Rosenda apologized.

Simon was speechless. "OMG. It's Rosenda. How do I act now? I'm going to humiliated myself in front of her now," he thought to himself. He did not move an inch for one minute straight. The bell rang. Rosenda rushed into the class.

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Lunchtime...

"Did you see Rosenda again? She's so gorgeous!" Alvin commented.

"You should have seen Simon. He literally embarrassed himself in front of his crush!" Eleanor said.

"She is gorgeous," Simon said dreamily.

"Oh look, someone is starstruck!" Brittany teased.

"You like Rosenda?" Jeanette asked.

"Yes," Alvin said.

"I'm so much prettier than her Alvin, why would you like her?" Brittany asked.

"Ooh, look who's jelly?" Eleanor teased.

"I'm not jelly!" Brittany protested.

"Rosenda? The perfect girl? How can I compare up with her? She is so much better than me. I have a crush on Simon, and I heard Alvin has a crush on the same girl! I will sabotage her and get Simon to like me then," Jeanette thought to herself.

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5 tables away...

"Why won't they just leave me alone?" Rosenda complained.

"Just run away next time," Rossano said.

"Bad advice. They're going to chase you down," said Rosendo, rolling his eyes.

"So which one do you like?" Rossana asked.

"I don't know... I don't even have one minute of alone time in this school!" Rosenda said.

"Too bad you can't just vanish into thin air, right?" Rosaine said.

"I don't know really. I just want to go back home! Why did we have to be exchange students? The food here doesn't even have the slightest hint of spiciness!" Rosenda exclaimed.

"That's true... The food here is so bland and they only serve ketchup!" Rosaire complained.

"You know what," said Rosenda as she picked up her tray and emptied the rest of the food into the trash can. "I'm cooking my lunch from tomorrow on. The food here isn't worth the money anyways."

"Aren't you going to be hungry?" Rosendo asked.

"I am already hungry. I'll just wait till we get home," Rosenda said.

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Bell rang...

"Okay, for today's homework, you will be paired up with someone for your science assignment," Ms Smith announced. "Simon with Rosenda."

Simon froze. For the rest of the class, he heard nothing. The only thing that was recurring in his brain was the word Rosenda. He didn't even move when the bell rang.

"Rosenda?" Ms Smith called.

"Yes Ms Smith?" Rosenda asked.

"Just a little warning. Simon is a perfectionist. It will be difficult to work with him as he wants every single thing to be perfect," Ms Smith informed.

"Thank you Ms Smith. I will take note of that," Rosenda smiled.

Ms Smith left the class. However, Simon was still sitting at his desk, frozen.

"Hey, Simon. I don't have a local phone number, so here's my Instagram username," said Rosenda as she left Simon with a note.

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At the Seville's...

Holding the note and the cell phone with his sweaty palms, Simon didn't know what to do.

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Simon's POV...

I can't. I just can't. Rosenda just gave me a way to contact her. Why have I frozen so many times around her? Is it because I actually have a crush on her? But I like Jeanette... Or, just not anymore. I mean, I should have told Jeanette I liked her but maybe she's just not my type. She doesn't make me freeze when I see her. Maybe I don't like her anymore. I don't know. But for the sake of the project, I will text her...

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Back in reality...

Simon dropped his phone as it vibrated.

"It's Rosenda," he said.

Hey guys! Thank you for the support already for my first chapter. I will try to upload more frequently. I will slowly leave parts of my name in chapters. For this chapter: _ _ C_. Maybe I will even link my social media at the end of this whole story but let's just hope it gets finished. See you guys next chapter!