"This is all just a bad dream. I will soon wake up and be lying in my own bed. Maybe if I pinch myself…"

"Noah what are you doing?"

"Ow!" Damn. "Nothing." I reply as cold as possible. Sometimes I swear I just wanna sock Tino in his cute little face. I mean it's none of his business if I wanna pinch myself or whatever the hell I feel like doing. Tino shrugs at my reply before turning his attention back to the computer doing whatever it is we are supposed to be doing for class. I glance at the clock and instantly regret it. Class isn't over for another thirty minutes. Fuck. Not wanting to tune into Mr. Belos, I turn my attention to my computer and start surfing the web. While watching some random video with a guy in a banana suit singing "I'm a banana!" over and over, Mr. Belos decides to pick on some poor sap to summarize what he just said. Too bad that poor sap is me. "Ah Mr. Noah. Would you mind telling the class what I just said to refresh their memories?"

Of course I have no idea what he said. I mean who wants to listen to some bald dude go on about how 30 million centuries ago these people crossed the Atlantic on whales or whatever? It's just weird. Mr. Belos I will not lie, I was paying absolutely no attention at all and was watching this guy in a banana suit singing which is much more exciting than listening to you because frankly, you are boring as fuck." I then smirked before surfing the web again, ignoring Tino's weary look.

That is the one thing I like about this college. You can never get in trouble no matter what you say. The headmaster is always spouting nonsense about students being free to speak their minds and crap. Frankly I don't mind because it just let's me get away with more stuff.

I look back up to notice Mr. Belos adjusting his glasses before giving me a cold stare and you can tell he is not happy by the way he speaks to me. "Well Noah, if I really am as boring as you say maybe you will enjoy your class's newest assignment." He then turns to speak to the rest of the class, instead of focusing on me. "Class, your next assignment is one that will last the whole year. You each will be assigned a student from another country and learn about them and their culture through email. At the end of the year you will then each get to visit the other's country and write a paper about your experience there. Any questions?" Mr. Belos ends his little announcement with the clap of his hands before pulling out a box and placing it on his desk. Since no one care enough to ask questions, he then instructs everyone to pick a slip of paper out of the box. All the info on our partners will be there and we are to write our first email before class is over.

While everyone else begins to go up front, I turn to Tino who is texting away on his new Iphone. Damn him and his CEO dad. "So what do you think of all this? Personally, I think it's stupid and a one way ticket to rapeville." Tino clicks one last button on his phone before looking up at me with a smile. I always told him he smiled too much.

"Of course you think that." He paused before continuing. "I think it will be a great way to make some new friends ya know?" I scoffed at his last remark not liking the way he worded it. I have friends, just not that many. In reality Tino was the only one who stayed around really. Everyone else just labeled me an emotionless freak and stayed away. Not that I mind or anything but it was nice to have someone like Tino around even if he is little too peppy fro my taste. As I was lost in thought, reminding myself just how lonely I was Tino gave me a slight nudge as he stood up signaling to me it was our turn. Wanting to get this whole thing over with, I stood up quickly with a sigh, made my way to the front of the room and picked an envelope out of the box and returned to my seat. Tino did the same but in a cheerier way, basically skipping there and back with a huge smile plastered on his face. Sometimes I wonder why I keep hanging out with him.

I watched as Tino quickly opened his envelope and read it over. He furrowed his brow a little before speaking. "I have some kid named Berwald. Who did you get?" I could see the anticipation in his eyes and rolled mine in response. We were supposed to be in college dammit, not first grade! With a sigh, I opened my envelope and unfolded the paper. I scanned down the paper which contained the person's name, email and short personal quote. "I'm awesome?" I said aloud as I read my, err "pen pal's" description. "Conceited much?"

Tino gave me a funny look and chuckled before looking back over his paper. "Mine says, 'Rules should be followed, not broken'"

"Sounds like a real prick." I told him after a few chuckles. Tino sighed and went back to his computer to start on his letter, which I should probably do as well. Once logged on I froze, with fingers hovering over the screen not knowing what to do next. Shit, what am I supposed to write? I looked around for ideas and found out that I wasn't the only one stumped since Mr. Belos was writing different questions to ask. Not really caring, I picked a few that sounded good and started writing.

Dear Mathias,

Um, hey. Personally I feel this is very stupid but it's worth a grade so here goes nothing. My name is Noah and I live here in Norway. Shit. Um, well what's your favorite color? Your favorite animal? What is it like there? Um, I don't know! Ugh, this is stupid and I'm gonna kill Mr. Belos and maybe Tino while I'm on a roll. Anyway yeah, that's all I got.

Whatever,

Noah

I looked back over what I read and frowned. The whole letter was stupid and horrible but class was almost over so I shrugged and clicked send. Maybe I will get lucky and get someone who doesn't care as well. But of course that will never happen. "Fuck it." I say and with that I log and go to my next class wondering how this whole thing will turn out.

YAHHHHH! I am on a roll~ hah I just had to write this because I love the Nordics! They are all so cute and did you know Iceland and Norway are official brothers! I am so happy cuz I was gonna make them brothers anyway :D so yeah plz review cuz review makes me work harder and write faster!