Come on girls, be quite please. Come on, please.

I continued hearing the whispering of my flatmates, who were raising the tone of their voices as they were speaking.

Ok Paine, come, relax. Five, four, three, two, one…

I jumped out of the bed and closed the door of my room with a slam at the same time I shout them to be quite. Silence. I looked to my clock and saw that there were only five minutes left until my alarm sounded. What the hell? Though they are only five minutes, I want to sleep, I though while I was returning to my bed.

Beep, beep, beep, beep.

Impossible. I turned off my alarm clock and looked at the ceiling of my room. You'll pay dearly for it girls, I swear.

I woke up reluctantly. I took my jeans, my black boots, one of my vests of the same colour and my jacket that I bought myself expressly for these boots. I got into the bathroom and looked in the mirror. Everyday the same thing. It is not that I liked to make up to go to classes, but if I didn't, I would have to stand scolding from Rikku saying basically that I had a sickly aspect. I will put only a make-up base, I don't have time for the rest. I went out of the bath and took my books to put them in my bag. I started looking for it for all my room without finding it. Maybe I left it down, I though and went out of my room lowering the stairs of two in two.

I came to the lounge and started looking for it again, but it wasn't there either. I heard the voices of my friends in the kitchen, so I decided to go and ask them.

"Do you have any idea of where I left my bag yesterday?"

"Good morning Paine." Said Yuna nicely.

"Yeah, morning. My bag."

"Eeep" Exclaimed Rikku.

I turned towards her and stared at her green eyes.

"Rikku?" I asked angrily.

"Well, you see, I left my bag in class yesterday and…I don't have other and…"

"In class?" I said and I went to the lounge. After a few seconds, I returned with her bag. "So, what this then?"

"Rikku, I think she's caught you." Yuna laughed.

"Paine! My bag doesn't suit with my clothes today." Rikku answered.

Does she just take my bag because hers doesn't suit with hers clothes?, I asked to myself. I looked her up and down. She was wearing a pair of red boots, a pair of black shorts and a sweater of the same colour.

"Are you kidding me?" I asked sceptically. "Give me it back."

"You can take mine. I'll give yours at the end of the day."

"Rikku, you shouldn't go taking the bags of the others because yours doesn't suit with your clothes." Said Yuna, looking at her mug full of coffee with a little smile.

"What?! But it was your idea." Shouted Rikku. "Paine, please, just today. I swear it's the last time."

"No Rikku, I want my- " I started to said but Yuna interrupted me.

"Girls, argue about it while we go to the high school, we have to go."

I looked at the clock of the kitchen and saw that we had to be in the high school in 10 minutes. I looked at my books, which I had left in the table of the kitchen, and then to Rikku's bag. It was a bag with stripes of different colours, something that was not going with me for anything. I breathed heavily and put my books unwillingly in it. When I turned to look at Rikku I saw that she had a smile of victory in her face.

"I'm going to kill you"

"Yuna" Yelled my blond friend and she hid behind her cousin.

"Paine. You have to do it later, you haven't got time." Yuna laughed.

We come to the high school a few minutes before the stamp sounded. We go to our first class, which was Chemistry. It wasn't a boring class, and at least, nobody disturbed me in this subject, even the teacher. We sit down in our places of always like of custom: Rikku next to the wall, Yuna in the middle and me in the other side.

Normally in this class, a girl called Lennen sat down next to me. She was a quiet girl and that's why I didn't care if she sat next to me. It was better that to have to support to other people as Oakka, who didn't stop speaking, or as Sahma, who always was asking stupid things. Ten minutes had happened since the stamp had sounded and since the teacher had come, and there was no Lennen's track. Maybe she's ill, I thought and turned myself to speak with Yuna and Rikku.

"Well, someone's woke up grumpy today." Rikku said looking at me.

"The truth is that I don't like to wake up with your noisy voices."

"Excuses us Paine, we didn't meant to disturb you." Yuna said worry.

"But you had to wake up in a few minutes!" Rikku yelled me.

"I still had five minutes of sleeping." I said a little annoyed. "I wanted my five minutes."

When I finished saying it I felt that someone was sitting down to my side. Not a boring one, please, I wished. I looked over my shoulder and saw Gippal leaned on the chair and looking at his mobile. What is he doing here?, I wondered. I looked at the back of the class looking for his friends. Tidus was sat in the same position as Gippal, looking also down, and Baralai was sat in a correct position, taking some notes occasionally and attending to the teacher. I continued looking at them trying to analyze the situation until Baralai raised his head of his papers and looked at me. I returned myself rapidly, shamming that I was attending to the class. Great…now he'll start extracting his own and erroneous conclusions. I looked at Gippal out of the corner of the eye and saw that he still was with his mobile under the table. At least he isn't bothering me. Ha, how wrong I was.

"Hey, Paine."

Oh, he knows my name, what praise.

"Hmm?"

"You could be a bit more discrete. Tidus has caught you looking at Baralai."

What! I wasn't looking at him!

"I don't know what you're talking about."

"If you say so."

I turned myself to look at him and saw that he had a stupid grin of satisfaction in the face. Five … four … three … two … one …, I counted mentally and breathed depth.

"As I said before, I don't know what you're talking about."

Gippal just laughed and continued speaking for the mobile with Tidus, according to what I deduced after our small conversation.

The class seemed to never end. I was looking at Yuna and Rikku out of the corner of my eye and saw them speaking, surely of these stupid videos that they saw together. I noticed that the teacher was looking at them so I gave a flick to Yuna in the back.

"Rikku." Cid, the teacher said. "Come here and resolve the problem of the other day."

"Of course." She said happily.

I let her pass, but Gippal was too much entertained with his mobile to realize that he was blocking the way to Rikku, so she gave him a gentle touch in the shoulder accompanied of a smile to call his attention. Gippal startled and looked towards the teacher before looking at Rikku. He looked at her a few seconds before returning the smile to her and let her pass, following her with the eye. Does he just realize that she exists or what?, I thought, observing him.

"You should be more discrete." I told him while I was looking at the whiteboard.

"Excuse me?" Gippal asked.

"Yeah, you know. Oh come on Gippal. It seems like you have just realized that she exists after so many years."

"Like what happened to you with Baralai."

"Ok, get it memorized, I wasn't looking at him." I answered him angry.

"Listen Paine." He started saying, but the stamp of change of class sounded and I already was taking my things and going to my following class.

Yuna went out with me to go to her History class and I went to my English class, which was beginning in five minutes.

When I came to my class I left my books and I realized that I had forgotten my pencil case. I could leave it there, because surely, Rikku would take care of it, but a part of me realized that if I was not going for it, I would have to ask for a pen, which it would imply having to speak with the people and being grateful to the person who gave me one. I left my things in a site that I found and went out running for my pencil case.

When I arrived, I saw that Gippal had not moved of his site, and that his friends had sat down with him. I saw my pencil case on the table where I had been sat before, that now was occupied by Tidus. When I approached for it, Tidus took it and removed it from me. I threw him an aggressive look and took the pencil case of his hands. He and Gippal limited themselves to laughing while Baralai was smiling. Could they be more stupid?

I started walking towards the door when I heard that Gippal was calling me. I turned myself to see what he wanted and he threw me a wink. Five… I inspired, four … three … two …, I gave up the air, … one … and I went out of the class. It's going to be a really hard day.

Both classes before lunch time were unbearable. The needles of the clock seemed not to advance. Finally, the rest came. I saw that Yuna and Rikku already had come and taken a table to sit down.

"Paine!" Rikku greet me.

"Kill me, please, I don't bear anymore this day." I begged.

"Come on Paine, there're only three more classes." Yuna said, trying to cheer me.

I looked at her to say something but suddenly, I heard somebody calling my name. I turned myself to see again the boys who seemed that they had just known me. Tidus threw me an enterteining smile, Gippal was laughing heartily and Baralai was just smiling. The countdown did not relax me. I got up and stuck a stamp with all my forces to Tidus.

"Fuck!" Tidus yelled.

What? You didn't expecting it? People know what happen when they annoy me.

I pick up my books and walked away. I looked at my friends, who were staring at me with the jaws dropped.

"See you later girls." I said and I left the room as quick as possible. What's wrong with those guys today?