There wasn't much to say about Sapphire. She was a quiet girl with a great knowledge of many things. Everyone liked her, but no one truly knew her. She passed her peers in the halls of her school like a ghost, the only remnants of her ever being there was the soft scent of vanilla shampoo. I'm probably forgettable, she thought to herself, and that's okay. As she entered her English classroom, Sapphire felt that her thoughts were confirmed; here she was in the classroom with only a select few students, while the rest of her classmates were outside the room chatting with their… friends, something that Sapphire did not really have. She had "acquaintances", sure, but real, true friends? Not particularly.

This was acceptable to her. It wasn't exactly how she wanted it to be, but, to her, it was fine. Thinking about it made Sapphire feel lonely, so she pushed the feelings aside and sat down at her desk, laying out her note-taking supplies. The usual suspects were here; Peri was to the far left in the front, playing some kind of game on her phone, Dalan was in the middle of the room with his head buried in a book, and Celeste was in the very back, fidgeting with a pencil. Sapphire had no desire to talk to any of them, sensing that any conversation to be had with them would be extremely mundane. Instead, she waited for class to start forlornly.

Unexpectedly, a new face entered the room. This new person emanated confidence and strength as she walked up to the drowsy English teacher's desk. Sapphire looked at her with curiosity, wondering who she was.

"Hi, I'm Ruby.", she said with raspy voice. The teacher looked up at the new girl and greeted her, telling her that he was expecting her. He told her that there was a free seat she could sit in, pointing to the chair behind Sapphire. The girl named "Ruby" spun her head around in Sapphire's direction, which caused Sapphire to turn her gaze elsewhere. Ruby sauntered over to the desk and sat down with a sigh. Sapphire turned her head a bit to peek at Ruby. Ruby noticed this and gave Sapphire a grin.

"You have very pretty eyes.", She complimented Sapphire and added, "I'm Ruby."

Sapphire stared at Ruby for a moment, her eyes squinted slightly, and then hesitantly responded with, "Hello… I'm Sapphire."

Ruby leaned back in her chair and draped her arms around the back of her seat, replying, "That's a very pretty name." Ruby then face-palmed herself and stammered, "I mean, uh… Oh, man, I can't believe I used "very pretty" twice!" Sapphire began to giggle at Ruby's sudden shyness and tried to hide her laughter by gently covering her smile with her hand.

"Your diction isn't too broad, is it?", she jested.

Ruby rubbed the back of her head with her hand and said through nervous laughter, "I guess not."

Sapphire turned herself around, so that she faced Ruby and asked, "Are you a new student?"

Ruby shook her head and answered, "No, I just transffered to this class." She looked away for a moment and a fretful expression crossed her face. Sapphire decided it would be best to leave the topic, as it was clear to her that it was making Ruby uncomfortable… for whatever reason. Sapphire just nodded. "Anyways," Ruby continued, "I hope this class will be better."

Sapphire shrugged, "It's okay." She laughed lightly, "Pretty boring, to be honest." Ruby laughed with her, which caused Sapphire to feel hot in the face. She's gorgeous, Sapphire thought. Suddenly, the bell rang inside, and probably outside, the classroom. A herd of bustling students corralled themselves into the class and took their seats, talking and laughing as they went. Sapphire shuffled herself back around so that she faced the front of the class and sat upright. It's time to focus, she told herself. A thought suddenly entered her mind, I wonder if Ruby thinks my hair is pretty, too.