I Spy With My Little Eye- Chapter 1

I wanted to write an MI high story after reading a lot of MI high fanfiction recently and seeing that there are only three Rose stories on the site (it annoyed me as Rose is my favourite character and she is really under- appreciated at times!) Anyway here's the first chapter!

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The students sat in their plastic chairs, most with their heads laid on the tables sleeping their way through class, all except one; Rose Gupta. She sat at the front of the room, listening to the teacher with aspiring eyes when once in a while thrusting her arm in the air in delight answering question after question. But she sat alone. Most believed her to be pathetic driven with attention yet few realised the true potential that was cascading from her heart. She could be filled in a room full of a million people yet she would always be alone.

'...so therefore the answer is five point three rec...', Rose replied to Miss Templeman's question only to be interrupted by a firm knocking on the classroom door causing the rest of the class to wake suddenly from their deep and peaceful slumber.

'Come in', Miss Templeman said putting the lid back on the whiteboard en and placing it gently on her desk.

The door opened and in strode a boy about the same age as the pupils. He had skin the same colour as the palest pearl, his hair was shoe polish black, straight and most of it spread across his forehead in the recent teenage style and his eyes shone like jewels as river greens and blues washed over his iris.

Miss Templeman looked up and smiled at him before turning to the students and saying 'Class, this is Niall. He's new here so be nice. Why don't you take a seat Niall?'

Suddenly at the mention of the good- looking new boy taking a seat all of the girls in the room brushed away the person sitting next to them and all their belongings to make way for the new boy who they would ultimately hit on. At least that was unless it was a girl they were sitting next to which meant them getting into a fight. This applied to all the girls in the class, even Carrie and Avril felt the urge to give Oscar a quick shove to make way for the new guy but Rose just sat there obviously not interested and moved her bag onto the empty seat next to her so he wouldn't be able to sit next to her. Miss Templeman rolled her eyes to compensate for not giving herself a face palm, she needed to get away from teenagers for a while.

Niall looked around the classroom to see chaos and smirked, he usually had this effect on girls and then he spotted Rose, quietly sat by herself at the front desk reading a book with her bag on the seat next to her. This confused him, it never happened, girls usually fell to his feet instantly and his charm controlled them like robots but this one was different. She wasn't bothered, not in the slightest smitten with him but in fact quite the opposite as she had shown by placing her bag on the empty seat next to her and her eyes firmly fixated on the book in her hand. And that's what intrigued him.

He walked over, silence hitting the room as the girls sat promptly back in their seats smiling sweetly not at all subtly implying their new- found feelings for him or praying that he would choose them to sit next to.

He stopped at Rose's table; her mind was still stuck snugly in her reading and her bag still in his way of the chair sitting next to her. He cleared his throat to show that he was there but still she didn't notice obviously being too engaged into her book...or maybe she was just ignoring him.

'Excuse me, could I sit there?', he asked catching her attention and pointing to the chair next to her.

There was a shriek from the girls that sounded loud enough as if somebody was gasping for air to live.

She put her book down and sighed, she was trying to avoid him but she could hardly say 'no' now could she?

'Sure', she smiled fakely, slightly cringing but he could tell she was lying; she was never a good actress. She took her bag off the chair next to her so he could sit down.

Miss Templeman rubbed her head distressfully at the previous commotion before asking the class 'Can you get your exercise books out please'

There was a groan from the kids meaning 'What? We actually have to do work, usually we just snooze while you yap, everyone's happy!' before a rustling of books and stationary hit.

As Rose picked her exercise book out of her bag her eyes flickered over a red flashing light that was hidden at the bottom of her bag, she buried her hand deep down to reach it before plucking it out of her bag. Her pencil was flashing...again. Could it be any more obvious? Luckily no one had noticed it so far.

Carrie and Oscar had already made their excuses of leaving class and were waiting for her outside, their faces peaking through the glass classroom door lisping 'Hurry up we've got a mission to get to!' She hand began to shoot up, the usual toilet trick in her mind but it somehow collided with Niall's face in a swift punch causing his nose to bleed thoroughly.

'Ouch!', he screeched, he knew that she didn't really like him but he wasn't expecting that! He held his nose in agony as blood spilled from it freely.

Rose, shocked with what she had just done began to stutter 'I am so sorry, here let me help you, I'm really sorry!'

She could see Carrie and Oscar's expressions clearly through the windowed door. Oscar's was a shocked, shrieking, what-the-hell-did-you-do-that-for type whilst Carrie's was proud with a thunbs up to Rose. Rose could read what Carrie was saying to Oscar as he dragged her to HQ not eager to wait for Rose anymore 'I taught her that!' which made perfect sense since Carrie was the ninja of the group.

Miss Templeman on the other hand didn't look so impressed and just muttered to herself 'Rose Gupta punching someone, what's the world coming to?', before sending Rose to take Niall to the school nurse so he could get cleaned up.

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They sat at the chairs by the reception in complete silence. It seemed that the school nurse wasn't here today due to a headache and getting physically sick, otherwise known as a hangover. So they had had to visit the reception for a towel and ice pack for Niall's nose.

Rose fidgeted knowing that every second she spent with Niall meant less a second for mission briefing. Niall noticed her twiddling fingers as seconds after second she would stare at the clock as if pleading that time would just fast forward.

'What's up with you?', he nudged her with his elbow whilst holding the ice pack to his nose.

'Nothing, it's just I'm running a bit late for something', she stuttered twiddling her fingers even more.

'Well I'm sorry but you're not going, I have no idea how to get back to class and the receptionist said I've gotta stay out here for another half an hour', he replied feeling happily selfish with himself although he did look like a complete idiot.

They both sighed before Rose looked at him sceptically, he noticed.

'What?', he moaned.

'It's just...pass me the wet towel', she sighed but he did as she asked of him.

She took the damp towel, drowned it in a bowl of water and wringed it out before pressing it down gently onto the blood stained skin around his face 'Sorry', she apologised one last time. He smiled, relishing the feeling of what felt like tight, caked mud sewn to his skin being absorbed away...and her touch.

'Thank you', he replied, grasping hold of her hand and clutching it gently before gazing at her. At first glance, she could have easily been the ugliest in the class but when you looked closer, under the glasses, baggy clothes and tightly made up hair she was one of the most beautiful and he noticed that. She didn't have to be fake and powder her face in make- up like the other girls because she was already beautiful.

He dropped his gaze quickly, uncomfortable all of a sudden.

'I never asked you your name', he said still feeling his textured fingers run across hers.

'Rose', she smiled behind her thickly rimmed glasses.

'Well Rose, if you're running late for whatever it is you're doing you can go. I'll be fine by myself', he smiled forced to let go of her hand.

'Thanks', she whispered, she had wanted to go ten minutes ago desperately but now she desperately wanted to stay but she knew she'd get into trouble if she did. She walked casually away but when once out of sight she ran quickly to the caretaker's closet leaving him by himself and an ice pack laid down on the bridge of his nose.

He smiled and whispered to himself 'Rose. A fragrant, colourful flower with enveloping petals and thorns growing across it's stem deriving from the Greek word rhodon' and then he sighed. He might have been punched in the face but at least it had given him a chance to get to know her.

Then he heard the buzzing of his phone in his blazer pocket and pulled it out, somebody was ringing him. The caller I.D. read S.K.U.L.

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So what do you think? Should I carry it on? Also I go back to school tomorrow and will probably not have much time on this so if you're expecting an update it won't happen very soon, sorry! Thanks for reading and please review!