Chapter 2
I sat right opposite the prefect that had never stopped talking since this morning. I looked around the library. It was large and classy, unlike the one of my old school. As expected of the best private school of the state. "Well?" Shana suddenly asked. "Huh?" I blurted out. I felt so clueless and vulnerable. "I said...how do you like our school so far?" She repeated what I hadn't heard.
"Oh, it's good." I shortly replied. "The students here are cool - and friendly. Especially you." I added the compliment. She giggled in reply and thanked me. "Time sure does fly." She sighed, "It's already your second day here!" "Yep." Was all I could think of. "Ah...well...which school were you from?" She asked almost immediately after my respond. "Heatherfields." I told her in embarrassment. She probably didn't know where it was. It WAS unknown.
"Ohhh." Her lips formed a perfect 'O' shape, "Don't know where that is. Is it bigger than Green Leaf Secondary?" "Of course not. It's pretty much an unknown small school." I retorted, surprised of what she thought, "This school is like...the best and the biggest school of the state." She giggled again and clasped her side.
"Well...I- can I trust you with a secret?" She suddenly lowered her voice to a whisper, "It's killing me to not tell anyone." "Uhmm...sure." I answered, already anxious to know what the secret was. I leaned closer to her without realizing and she turned a light shade of red. "Do you promise not to tell anyone?" She whispered again and I nodded vigorously. 'Just tell me the dammit secret already!!'
"I-I'm a Bowmaster." She whispered hoarsely before gulping down on her words. I gasped and she shushed me harshly. I clasped my hands over my mouth as to assure her not a word would be coming out of it. "You...I-I can't believe you! YOU?!" I stared at her with an incredulous look. "Yes! Yes! Me! I'm one of the only people who actually have a JOB here!" She waved her hands around.
"But you're so...small and...petite...and-and..." I stuttered. "Shush, Ivan! Were those insults?!" She glared at me and pouted. "N-No! It's just unexpected. That's all. Who would've thought someone so cute as you could actually fight." I burst out in defense, knowing that complimenting her would make her even more vulnerable than she already is.
"O-Oh. Alright. Just DON'T TELL ANYONE!" She whispered again, this time, loudly. "I promise." I said, and then paused for a few seconds before adding, "Say, since you told me your secret, I guess I can trust you with mine." "What?!" She widened her eyes curiously and leaned across the table to come face-to-face with me. She was so close, our noses were almost touching. I blushed. I felt embarrassed. Really. "You sure you wanna know?" I teased, making her even more anxious and curious, "I hope you won't feel disturbed or anything."
"Nonono!" She squealed softly as a wide grin spread across her face, "TELL MEEEEEEE!" "Alright. Here goes." I said with a hint of drama, "I'm a Corsair." "What?!" She yelped with amazement and surprise in her eyes as she shot up in her chair. "Keep it down!" I warned her, absolutely worried that everyone would hear. "S-Sorry." She apologized and sat back down on her chair. The people who were staring went back to their books and acted as if nothing happened.
"That's AMAZING, Ivan!" She chuckled, "At least I know now that I'm not the only one." "Yeah." I smirked, "I've never told anyone about it before, so you better not spread it." "Sure thing!" Shana wrapped her small pinky around mine, which made me blush harder, "And you don't go spreading mine, okay?" "Deal."
"Oh, we should be going now." She said, examining her sky-blue watch while getting up, "I'll show you to the prefects' meeting room!" "B-But I'm not a prefect." I protested, but was already being dragged out of the comfy library by my violent guide. "Trust me, you'll love it!" She boasted excitedly, her arm still wound around mine and dragging me. "Won't the teacher yell at you or something? And what if the other prefects see? They might kick me out." I shot multiple protests at her, but to no avail. When she was determined to do something, she'd do it. One way or another.
We got to the end of the A Block hallway and stood outside a majestic-looking door that towered above us. Shana smiled at my amazed expression and brought out a ring of keys from her skirt pocket. She then attempted to stick each key into the tiny doorknob as to open it. After sticking the fourth key into the keyhole, I heard a click and the door opened a bit to reveal a small gap. "In we go." She whispered to me as she softly pushed the door open entirely.
I followed closely behind her into the dark room. The lights were not on and the whole room was pitch black. I could barely see anything and occasionally bumped into Shana. "Turn on the lights!" I told her, but it probably sounded like an order to her and she scowled slightly. "I'm looking for the light switch!" She shot back and I sighed. 'Who's the great genius who put the light switch so far away from the entrance?' I heard another click and the lights flickered on to reveal a majestic-looking room with a large, long meeting table in the middle of it.
"Taa-daa!" Shana squealed, excited as ever and hopped up and down. "Are you some hyper kid or something?" I cocked an eyebrow at her and she shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno..." She replied, "But my mom doesn't let me have candy." "Yep. You are." I sighed and scanned the room with my red eyes. It was absolutely gorgeous. The entire floor was covered with a red velvety carpet and cute orange lights hung from the ceiling. Lockers ran along the walls of the room, each with names, stickers and notes on it.
"Wow." Was all I could utter as my mouth hung agape. Shana laughed lightly and grabbed my arm to cuddle in it. I flushed bright red like a tomato. 'Was she always this intimidate with every other guy?' "Don't say I didn't tell you. We have our meetings here every day before school begins." She said as she wagged a finger at me, "Do you plan on becoming a prefect in future?" "After seeing this awesome place, yes." I joked and she punched me in the gut. Hard.
"Oww! What was that for?" I groaned and tended to my injured tummy. "Sorry. Didn't know I was that strong." She shrugged and ruffled her brown ponytail. What a girl she is. "You're like a man." I poked her cheek. "Yeah, yeah. I get that a lot." She retorted casually and shook the keys in her hand, "Come on, let's go. We don't have forever. The bell's gonna ring soon." I nodded and walked towards the door with her following behind me. Once we were out, she began locking up. I heaved a sigh and looked up at the sky. 'Maybe coming to this school wasn't so bad after all.'
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"And therefore, air is considered a mixture." Our boring Science teacher droned. I looked to my side and found Shana, asleep in the most un-girly way. Her legs were sprawled open, giving anyone sitting in front of her the chance to peek at her underwear, her head was buried in her arms that were on the table and her ponytail was messy and loose. I was going to nudge her awake when I spotted the teacher walking in my direction. I smirked to myself at what was coming. And then again, she looked adorable like that.
The teacher stopped right in front of Shana's desk and slammed her hands on it. The prefect was startled and woke up immediately. "W-What..." She groaned as the whole class started giggling. "How adorable." The boy behind me whispered and his friend whispered back, "I just love her." "What do you think you're doing, Miss Joon?" The teacher boomed as the surprised girl shook her head, making her luscious brown locks bounce lightly.
I rested my lips on my propped up hands and began to laugh to myself without anyone noticing. If Shana did, she would kill me later. "S-Sorry, Miss!" The prefect stammered and got up to start bowing. "Prefect you are." The teacher muttered and motioned her to sit down, "Just...don't fall asleep again!" And with that, she spun around and strutted back to the front of the class to continue teaching. From the corner of my left eye, I could see Shana heaving a sigh of relief. I turned to look at her with a teasing smile on my face. She glared back and looked away immediately. Class went on, boring as usual.
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At times when there was no teacher in the class, everyone would go wild and prance around as if the class were a club. Boys were chasing each other around the back of the classroom and girls were flirting. The nerds were either reading books or finishing up the day's homework. I never stopped taking in the weird scenarios happening in the classroom until I felt a tap on my shoulder. I spun around in my chair slightly to face that person. There before me stood a girl with crew-cut black hair in a blue and white pinafore.
"Hi." She greeted loudly and dramatically, "I'm Shirley Won." "H-Hi." I greeted back rather unenthusiastically. She looked boyish in her haircut but she did have a stunning face. Not to mention, more-than-average sized cleavage. 'What am I thinking?' I mentally slapped myself. 'Cut it out!' "We've heard about the new kid, but we never expected him to be so...handsome." She smirked. I flushed slightly at her comment. This wasn't something that happened every day. Two other girls walked up to me, their hips swaying from side to side like supermodels with every step they took.
One of them placed an elaborately manicured hand on Shirley's shoulder and smirked at me. 'Didn't these girls know how to smile a real smile?' I was personally quite annoyed with all the smirks, but I kept it to myself. "Hey, Ivan." The girl with her hand propped up on the crew-cut's shoulder said in a tone a little too seductive to my liking. 'What was with kids nowadays?' "Hi." I flatly replied her and took a book out of my bag. I started reading it, pretending that I was totally engrossed in it.
I made two mistakes. Number 1, it was a Geography textbook. Who in the right mind would read a Geography textbook - and be so engrossed in it. Secondly, it was upside down, and that made it absolutely obvious I wasn't even reading a word of it. The three girls started giggling and the girl who had her hand on Shirley's shoulder patted my arm. "I'm Jessie." She said before smirking...AGAIN (oh God), "And she's Tessa." She pointed to the third girl. 'Jessie' had frizzy black hair and freckles. The other girl had tons of makeup on her. It looked as if someone had dumped an entire makeup kit on her face. I shivered slightly at the thought. That only made them giggle more.
"How about WE give you a tour around the school instead?" Shirley offered, "I bet it'll be more fun than just following that dammit prefect. What was her name again? Sarah?" "It's SHANA." I corrected her in a rather irritated tone. "Ooh. Alright." She nodded and snatched the Geography textbook out of my hands, "Well, is it a deal?" I was a nice person. I was too nice to turn down someone's polite offer. All I could do was to agree, and then go apologize to Shana. "Fine." I blurted out before gulping. I had a whole lot of explaining to do.
"Fabulous!" Jessie shrieked and started high-fiving her friends as if I did not exist at all. 'Girly.' I thought and turned back around to face the front. The girls continued squealing in joy as if they had just won a lottery ticket or a free trip to Rome, as they walked back to their seats at the back of the classroom. I stared blankly at the messy whiteboard. BORED. Just then, someone slammed their hands down on my desk and I looked up. My brown hair ruffled and sticking out in weird angles. "You look really spaced out. I thought you died." Shana waved her hands in front of my face with a clueless worried expression on hers.
"Of course I'm not dead." I said as I punched her lightly in the tummy. So light, it was almost just a touch. I wanted to laugh at how stupid she was - and adorable. She laughed softly and punched me back - NOT lightly. "Can you at least be girly and soft for ONCE?!" I complained and rubbed my sore side. "Well, sorry. I can't help it. I go for Taekwondo." She chided, sticking her tongue out at me, "And I'm a BLACK belt!" "Showoff." I muttered and she raised her fist to punch me again. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the stinging pain.
In the darkness of my closed eyelids, I could hear giggling. I reopened my eyes and found Shana to be giggling all over my desk. She dragged an empty chair from in front of my desk and sat down opposite me. "Where do you want me to show you around today?" She asked sweetly. "Uhmm..." I began. How was I going to break it to her?! 'Damn it.' "Y-You...uh...don't have to show me around today, Shana." I sighed honestly. Sometimes, honesty could kill you. "What?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"D-Don't get mad or anything. It's not like I don't like being with you or anything. In fact, I do. Very much. I'm happy when I'm with you. I-" I blabbered, regretting that I did it seconds after. Shana's face turned as red as a tomato as she stopped my blabbering by placing a cold hand over my mouth. Her small hand was so smooth and cold, as if she had just been in a freezer. "S-Stop blabbering nonsense!" She growled, red-faced, "Just get to the point already and tell me." Now, it was my turn to turn red. She was right. Why was I blabbering shit?
"Shirley and her friends insisted on showing me around today. And I just couldn't say no." I blabbered again. "And you just couldn't say no." Shana repeated my sentence with sarcasm and sadness in her voice. She looked down at her feet and started tangling and untangling her hands. The silence almost killed me. "H-Hey, I told you not to get mad! I can spend every day with you. It's just this one day." I protested. Still silence. "L-Look! They were just being nice and I thought...it would be nice to accept the offer. Okay, if you don't like it, I'll turn them down now. Alright?"
I stood up from my chair and looked at the prefect with determination and assurance in my eyes. I felt like I was talking to a kid, trying to please it. "N-No." Shana put her hand on mine, gesturing to me to sit down. I sat back down and sighed. "Well? Then, what do you want me to do?" I asked. "Nothing. I-I don't mind it. I just felt...left out. That's all." She said, her voice practically dripping with sadness. She sure was a bad actress. Her eyes were large and droopy, just like a sad puppy that hadn't been fed dinner because of bad behaviour.
I didn't say anything for a while, when I realized her hand was still on mine. I felt comfortable but weird, and I wanted to shift in my chair. But I didn't, because it would only make her take her hand off me, which I didn't want her to. Just then, the recess bell rang and my classmates streamed out of the class immediately. It looked almost like a stampede. "Alright, it's recess. Have fun with them." Shana nodded and walked over to her bag to grab her money and tumbler. She then walked out of the classroom without another word.
I was about to walk out as well when the three squealing girls rushed over to me. "I can't wait to show you all the interesting places in the school!" Shirley almost shrieked as she wrapped an arm around my left arm and dragged me out. Jessie came to my other side and wrapped her arm around my right one. Tessa walked behind us and I could feel her hand on my shoulder and her long painted nails digging into it.
I sighed and suddenly wished for Shana to come rescue me. I felt weird. I felt like a bastard. A playboy. This was going to be hell of a day.
"Ohhh." Her lips formed a perfect 'O' shape, "Don't know where that is. Is it bigger than Green Leaf Secondary?" "Of course not. It's pretty much an unknown small school." I retorted, surprised of what she thought, "This school is like...the best and the biggest school of the state." She giggled again and clasped her side.
"Well...I- can I trust you with a secret?" She suddenly lowered her voice to a whisper, "It's killing me to not tell anyone." "Uhmm...sure." I answered, already anxious to know what the secret was. I leaned closer to her without realizing and she turned a light shade of red. "Do you promise not to tell anyone?" She whispered again and I nodded vigorously. 'Just tell me the dammit secret already!!'
"I-I'm a Bowmaster." She whispered hoarsely before gulping down on her words. I gasped and she shushed me harshly. I clasped my hands over my mouth as to assure her not a word would be coming out of it. "You...I-I can't believe you! YOU?!" I stared at her with an incredulous look. "Yes! Yes! Me! I'm one of the only people who actually have a JOB here!" She waved her hands around.
"But you're so...small and...petite...and-and..." I stuttered. "Shush, Ivan! Were those insults?!" She glared at me and pouted. "N-No! It's just unexpected. That's all. Who would've thought someone so cute as you could actually fight." I burst out in defense, knowing that complimenting her would make her even more vulnerable than she already is.
"O-Oh. Alright. Just DON'T TELL ANYONE!" She whispered again, this time, loudly. "I promise." I said, and then paused for a few seconds before adding, "Say, since you told me your secret, I guess I can trust you with mine." "What?!" She widened her eyes curiously and leaned across the table to come face-to-face with me. She was so close, our noses were almost touching. I blushed. I felt embarrassed. Really. "You sure you wanna know?" I teased, making her even more anxious and curious, "I hope you won't feel disturbed or anything."
"Nonono!" She squealed softly as a wide grin spread across her face, "TELL MEEEEEEE!" "Alright. Here goes." I said with a hint of drama, "I'm a Corsair." "What?!" She yelped with amazement and surprise in her eyes as she shot up in her chair. "Keep it down!" I warned her, absolutely worried that everyone would hear. "S-Sorry." She apologized and sat back down on her chair. The people who were staring went back to their books and acted as if nothing happened.
"That's AMAZING, Ivan!" She chuckled, "At least I know now that I'm not the only one." "Yeah." I smirked, "I've never told anyone about it before, so you better not spread it." "Sure thing!" Shana wrapped her small pinky around mine, which made me blush harder, "And you don't go spreading mine, okay?" "Deal."
"Oh, we should be going now." She said, examining her sky-blue watch while getting up, "I'll show you to the prefects' meeting room!" "B-But I'm not a prefect." I protested, but was already being dragged out of the comfy library by my violent guide. "Trust me, you'll love it!" She boasted excitedly, her arm still wound around mine and dragging me. "Won't the teacher yell at you or something? And what if the other prefects see? They might kick me out." I shot multiple protests at her, but to no avail. When she was determined to do something, she'd do it. One way or another.
We got to the end of the A Block hallway and stood outside a majestic-looking door that towered above us. Shana smiled at my amazed expression and brought out a ring of keys from her skirt pocket. She then attempted to stick each key into the tiny doorknob as to open it. After sticking the fourth key into the keyhole, I heard a click and the door opened a bit to reveal a small gap. "In we go." She whispered to me as she softly pushed the door open entirely.
I followed closely behind her into the dark room. The lights were not on and the whole room was pitch black. I could barely see anything and occasionally bumped into Shana. "Turn on the lights!" I told her, but it probably sounded like an order to her and she scowled slightly. "I'm looking for the light switch!" She shot back and I sighed. 'Who's the great genius who put the light switch so far away from the entrance?' I heard another click and the lights flickered on to reveal a majestic-looking room with a large, long meeting table in the middle of it.
"Taa-daa!" Shana squealed, excited as ever and hopped up and down. "Are you some hyper kid or something?" I cocked an eyebrow at her and she shrugged her shoulders. "I dunno..." She replied, "But my mom doesn't let me have candy." "Yep. You are." I sighed and scanned the room with my red eyes. It was absolutely gorgeous. The entire floor was covered with a red velvety carpet and cute orange lights hung from the ceiling. Lockers ran along the walls of the room, each with names, stickers and notes on it.
"Wow." Was all I could utter as my mouth hung agape. Shana laughed lightly and grabbed my arm to cuddle in it. I flushed bright red like a tomato. 'Was she always this intimidate with every other guy?' "Don't say I didn't tell you. We have our meetings here every day before school begins." She said as she wagged a finger at me, "Do you plan on becoming a prefect in future?" "After seeing this awesome place, yes." I joked and she punched me in the gut. Hard.
"Oww! What was that for?" I groaned and tended to my injured tummy. "Sorry. Didn't know I was that strong." She shrugged and ruffled her brown ponytail. What a girl she is. "You're like a man." I poked her cheek. "Yeah, yeah. I get that a lot." She retorted casually and shook the keys in her hand, "Come on, let's go. We don't have forever. The bell's gonna ring soon." I nodded and walked towards the door with her following behind me. Once we were out, she began locking up. I heaved a sigh and looked up at the sky. 'Maybe coming to this school wasn't so bad after all.'
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"And therefore, air is considered a mixture." Our boring Science teacher droned. I looked to my side and found Shana, asleep in the most un-girly way. Her legs were sprawled open, giving anyone sitting in front of her the chance to peek at her underwear, her head was buried in her arms that were on the table and her ponytail was messy and loose. I was going to nudge her awake when I spotted the teacher walking in my direction. I smirked to myself at what was coming. And then again, she looked adorable like that.
The teacher stopped right in front of Shana's desk and slammed her hands on it. The prefect was startled and woke up immediately. "W-What..." She groaned as the whole class started giggling. "How adorable." The boy behind me whispered and his friend whispered back, "I just love her." "What do you think you're doing, Miss Joon?" The teacher boomed as the surprised girl shook her head, making her luscious brown locks bounce lightly.
I rested my lips on my propped up hands and began to laugh to myself without anyone noticing. If Shana did, she would kill me later. "S-Sorry, Miss!" The prefect stammered and got up to start bowing. "Prefect you are." The teacher muttered and motioned her to sit down, "Just...don't fall asleep again!" And with that, she spun around and strutted back to the front of the class to continue teaching. From the corner of my left eye, I could see Shana heaving a sigh of relief. I turned to look at her with a teasing smile on my face. She glared back and looked away immediately. Class went on, boring as usual.
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At times when there was no teacher in the class, everyone would go wild and prance around as if the class were a club. Boys were chasing each other around the back of the classroom and girls were flirting. The nerds were either reading books or finishing up the day's homework. I never stopped taking in the weird scenarios happening in the classroom until I felt a tap on my shoulder. I spun around in my chair slightly to face that person. There before me stood a girl with crew-cut black hair in a blue and white pinafore.
"Hi." She greeted loudly and dramatically, "I'm Shirley Won." "H-Hi." I greeted back rather unenthusiastically. She looked boyish in her haircut but she did have a stunning face. Not to mention, more-than-average sized cleavage. 'What am I thinking?' I mentally slapped myself. 'Cut it out!' "We've heard about the new kid, but we never expected him to be so...handsome." She smirked. I flushed slightly at her comment. This wasn't something that happened every day. Two other girls walked up to me, their hips swaying from side to side like supermodels with every step they took.
One of them placed an elaborately manicured hand on Shirley's shoulder and smirked at me. 'Didn't these girls know how to smile a real smile?' I was personally quite annoyed with all the smirks, but I kept it to myself. "Hey, Ivan." The girl with her hand propped up on the crew-cut's shoulder said in a tone a little too seductive to my liking. 'What was with kids nowadays?' "Hi." I flatly replied her and took a book out of my bag. I started reading it, pretending that I was totally engrossed in it.
I made two mistakes. Number 1, it was a Geography textbook. Who in the right mind would read a Geography textbook - and be so engrossed in it. Secondly, it was upside down, and that made it absolutely obvious I wasn't even reading a word of it. The three girls started giggling and the girl who had her hand on Shirley's shoulder patted my arm. "I'm Jessie." She said before smirking...AGAIN (oh God), "And she's Tessa." She pointed to the third girl. 'Jessie' had frizzy black hair and freckles. The other girl had tons of makeup on her. It looked as if someone had dumped an entire makeup kit on her face. I shivered slightly at the thought. That only made them giggle more.
"How about WE give you a tour around the school instead?" Shirley offered, "I bet it'll be more fun than just following that dammit prefect. What was her name again? Sarah?" "It's SHANA." I corrected her in a rather irritated tone. "Ooh. Alright." She nodded and snatched the Geography textbook out of my hands, "Well, is it a deal?" I was a nice person. I was too nice to turn down someone's polite offer. All I could do was to agree, and then go apologize to Shana. "Fine." I blurted out before gulping. I had a whole lot of explaining to do.
"Fabulous!" Jessie shrieked and started high-fiving her friends as if I did not exist at all. 'Girly.' I thought and turned back around to face the front. The girls continued squealing in joy as if they had just won a lottery ticket or a free trip to Rome, as they walked back to their seats at the back of the classroom. I stared blankly at the messy whiteboard. BORED. Just then, someone slammed their hands down on my desk and I looked up. My brown hair ruffled and sticking out in weird angles. "You look really spaced out. I thought you died." Shana waved her hands in front of my face with a clueless worried expression on hers.
"Of course I'm not dead." I said as I punched her lightly in the tummy. So light, it was almost just a touch. I wanted to laugh at how stupid she was - and adorable. She laughed softly and punched me back - NOT lightly. "Can you at least be girly and soft for ONCE?!" I complained and rubbed my sore side. "Well, sorry. I can't help it. I go for Taekwondo." She chided, sticking her tongue out at me, "And I'm a BLACK belt!" "Showoff." I muttered and she raised her fist to punch me again. I closed my eyes and braced myself for the stinging pain.
In the darkness of my closed eyelids, I could hear giggling. I reopened my eyes and found Shana to be giggling all over my desk. She dragged an empty chair from in front of my desk and sat down opposite me. "Where do you want me to show you around today?" She asked sweetly. "Uhmm..." I began. How was I going to break it to her?! 'Damn it.' "Y-You...uh...don't have to show me around today, Shana." I sighed honestly. Sometimes, honesty could kill you. "What?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.
"D-Don't get mad or anything. It's not like I don't like being with you or anything. In fact, I do. Very much. I'm happy when I'm with you. I-" I blabbered, regretting that I did it seconds after. Shana's face turned as red as a tomato as she stopped my blabbering by placing a cold hand over my mouth. Her small hand was so smooth and cold, as if she had just been in a freezer. "S-Stop blabbering nonsense!" She growled, red-faced, "Just get to the point already and tell me." Now, it was my turn to turn red. She was right. Why was I blabbering shit?
"Shirley and her friends insisted on showing me around today. And I just couldn't say no." I blabbered again. "And you just couldn't say no." Shana repeated my sentence with sarcasm and sadness in her voice. She looked down at her feet and started tangling and untangling her hands. The silence almost killed me. "H-Hey, I told you not to get mad! I can spend every day with you. It's just this one day." I protested. Still silence. "L-Look! They were just being nice and I thought...it would be nice to accept the offer. Okay, if you don't like it, I'll turn them down now. Alright?"
I stood up from my chair and looked at the prefect with determination and assurance in my eyes. I felt like I was talking to a kid, trying to please it. "N-No." Shana put her hand on mine, gesturing to me to sit down. I sat back down and sighed. "Well? Then, what do you want me to do?" I asked. "Nothing. I-I don't mind it. I just felt...left out. That's all." She said, her voice practically dripping with sadness. She sure was a bad actress. Her eyes were large and droopy, just like a sad puppy that hadn't been fed dinner because of bad behaviour.
I didn't say anything for a while, when I realized her hand was still on mine. I felt comfortable but weird, and I wanted to shift in my chair. But I didn't, because it would only make her take her hand off me, which I didn't want her to. Just then, the recess bell rang and my classmates streamed out of the class immediately. It looked almost like a stampede. "Alright, it's recess. Have fun with them." Shana nodded and walked over to her bag to grab her money and tumbler. She then walked out of the classroom without another word.
I was about to walk out as well when the three squealing girls rushed over to me. "I can't wait to show you all the interesting places in the school!" Shirley almost shrieked as she wrapped an arm around my left arm and dragged me out. Jessie came to my other side and wrapped her arm around my right one. Tessa walked behind us and I could feel her hand on my shoulder and her long painted nails digging into it.
I sighed and suddenly wished for Shana to come rescue me. I felt weird. I felt like a bastard. A playboy. This was going to be hell of a day.
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