"My gaze was extremely focused on him. *sigh… He is the guy, my guy…"
"Dork ass! Stop straying away from the class! Ms Harrison does not like it one bit!"
"Errr…Errm…I'm so…o…ry?"
That was when Crystal hand fist came smacking on the back of my head. She drags me across our building corridor. It seems my normal day gaze on a bright shiny Tuesday got cut off.
"Have you been gazing at Mr Smart ass Jay again all morning?"
"*sigh…he is just too hunkish isn't he?"
"You have to quit dreaming already and make your move slow poke!"
Luke's hand came squishing down on the top of my head out of nowhere as he made another choking turn at my neck, choking me under his smelly armpit…
"LUKE! YUCKS! That smelly armpit of yours is such a mood breaker!"
"You would not have earned it if I didn't have to make lame excuses again to Ms Harrison!"
Another slap came hitting my ass from him as I jolt forward and glare at him angrily. He always does that yet they are my friends from the same batch of class. Ely-art class. Or what most of them will call it, Elephant class.
"Speaking of classes, finals are around the corner and Madam Bertha warned us about our entrance exam."
All of us gave out a huge sigh. It seems hopeless to even enter college now. But will he be in college? I am sure he will enter Oxford due to his smartness. I wish I am like him.
Smart, confidence traits, poker face and definitely heartless ass dude. However, what actually caught my attention during my first day in high school was his ability to speak in front of all of us and motivate each and every one of us to look forward to a whole new exciting life as a new junior in high school.
He got the looks, he got the brains and he definitely got my heart as well. Cupid shoot those damn arrows, make it three this time and make him love me….
"Clare? Clare… CLARE!"
I jolt out of my day dreaming and wipe off my drool of my cheek. Gosh I am drooling! Everyone literally laugh at me and started pointing fingers at me.
"One more time and you are off to the principal's office young lady!"
I stood outside the principal's office shaking my legs till it's my turn to enter. I sure got my ass busted this time. I shouldn't have lost focus during Algebra class just because I caught a glimpse of Jav walking past my corridor.
When the door clicks and Mr Stockholm secretary, Ms Lucina peered by the door and wink at me signalling me to come in, I stood up, ruffled my skirt and took a deep breath.
"Deep Breath Clara, it will all be over soon…"
"One step…save…Two step…save…Three step…AIYAK!"
I trip over the door divider and fall flat on my face.
"You ok honey?"
I got up and rub my forehead. My wide forehead is going to have some dark blue black spot for this. Just around the corner when I turn to ruffle my skirt, I saw him laughing with his course mate as he passes by the corridor. How embarrassing.
"Come on honey, we don't have much time"
I sweep up dust on my pinafore and took a deep breath before marching in, until, I realize I forgot to pick my detention slip of the floor. I drew funny faces all over it. I turn around and started scanning the floor. Where can it be?
"What is this pink slip?"
"Although it was a distance random question, I saw Javyer bent to collect the slip under his shoe until he started laughing and share it within his friends.
"Who fails English when it is your mother tongue? Oh my god! So much embarrassment"
He continued laughing and waved the slip sky high away from my reach. His classmates was laughing and even teasing me. Javyer's girlfriend, Bonalina was perching on his chest purring and smiling grimly at me.
I stared at the slip which was above my head. Being only 5 feet, I can barely touch his wrist. Ms Lucina got pissed and started stammering and warn them.
"Give her back the slip you damn brats. I got not much time too goof around with kids like you"
"Ms Lucina…"
She walk past me and grab the paper from Javyer hallway glaring at them. She hold my hands and drag me into the principal office.
"Come on Clare. We might as well get things done and get you out of here."
For a medium frame women with nerdy glasses and a size 35 skirt with huge blouse, she sure yank me hard enough to let me buckle in my steps and almost trip behind her. Those arms sure look solid from years of housework and lifting potato sacks. I almost kiss her ass if I did not put my right leg in front to balance my steps.
Javyer and his group gave out a huge grackle of laugh and even smack palms with one another. I felt miserably embarrass as the door shut behind me and as Ms Lucina let go of me, I started rubbing my sore wrist and followed her into the principal room.