Chapter Two - Maybe Maths Isnt So Bad After All
Just 5 minutes to go. 5 minutes until the end of break. 5 minutes until complete and utter boredom. I hated maths. "Don't you think maths is ridiculously pointless Charlene?" I turned to ask my oldest friend. "Yes Lorelei its crap ok, but we still have to do it," she answered. "I know, I was just saying." I retaliated. The taller girl turned towards me, looked me square in the eyes and said firmly, "ok I'm giving you permission you babble on about the new girl." I looked at her, pulled a cute confused face and said, "I have no idea what you're talking about." She replied, "I'm not stupid Lor, ever since you saw her in the dining hall you been practically jumping up and down with excitement." All of a sudden I couldn't hold it in any longer. "Ok you're right" I squealed, "I can't stop thinking about her, isn't she gorgeous?" Charlene sighed and was just about to answer me when the rest of our group walked up to us. "What you talking about?" asked Lisa. "Nothi…" I began, when Charlene interrupted me with "Oh just that Lor fancies the pants off the new girl." The whole group started oohing at me, and I felt a blush rise on my cheeks. "Shut up you lot" I said hitting them on their arms. All 7 of us were grouped in an odd circle/square shape under the stairs near to the maths rooms giggling and talking, and I thought to myself, "what amazing friends I have."
Charlene stood to my immediate right. She is tall-at least 5 foot 10-with just-above-shoulder length, flicky black hair. She has kind eyes that are a soft brown shade, and a sweet, caring face. Charlene is considered the mother of our group. I have known her the longest as her and I had gone to primary school together. She was chatting to Lisa who was stood next to her. Lisa is shorter than me and Charlene at 5 foot 6 but she is tough and sturdy, and yet one of the gentlest people I know. Her hair is long, light brown and scraped back into its usual pony-tail. Opposite Lisa, the twins, as we call them, were facing each other and talking so fast none of us could understand them. 'The twins' are Mollie and Sophie and are usually inseparable. Mollie is slightly shorter than me, about 5 foot 6 and a half, and has long, straight brown hair that shimmers slightly in the light. She is lovable and sweet, yet will always speak her mind. Sophie is around the same height as Mollie but with shoulder length blond hair and a full fringe, resting just above kind shining green eyes. Sophie is slightly shy but is so sweet and kind that it's hard not to love her. Then stood on my left were Selene and Sasha, who were more than likely talking about an anime or manga of some sort. Sasha was another old friend who went to primary school with me and Charlene. She was the shortest in our group, but with her size didn't matter and she stood up for herself and us every minute of every day. She had hair that was naturally blonde-now dyed bright red-and that hung a her shoulders. Selene was also a natural blonde, but her hair was long and dyed pitch black with a short sweeping side fringe. She was the only person that I could slightly relate to in the school as she was bisexual, but even then she leaned more towards boys. Then there was me. I was quite tall, at 5 foot 7, and had short brown hair that was shaved in on the right side with a very long side fringe that came down to a point on the left side. I had snakebite piercings, but wasn't allowed to wear them for school so I didn't have the studs screwed on. In my right ear I had a purple 6mm tunnel and in my left a small skull stud. I was the joker of our group and somehow always made anything anyone said sound silly or rude. But even with all of my amazing friends, I knew something was missing.
As we were stood there chatting, the school bell rang and we parted ways, each heading for their own classroom. I walked into the room and headed for my seat and out of the corner of my eye, I saw a flash of silver. I turned my head towards the front of the classroom and saw the girl from the dining hall earlier. Although my brain was thinking of the girl, my body was still thinking of walking, and as I was watching her, I collided straight into two chairs - one of which someone was sitting on - and fell head first towards the floor, along with the person that was on the chair. "Ow" I grunted as I untangled myself and stood. I risked a glance towards the girl and saw her smiling softly. "Great," I mumbled sarcastically under my breath, "I bet that was attractive." I dropped my bag down and slouched in my chair, frowning. "You ok?" asked a voice. I looked up towards the voice and there stood the girl. "Ummm...yeah, I'm good" I replied. She smiled at me and I felt my stomach flutter. "The teacher said that this seat was free and I could sit here" she said, motioning to the seat opposite me. I stared at her for a moment then said "Yeah, no, I mean you can sit there." She giggled and I felt myself blush."By the way, my name is Jenna" She said. "I'm Lorelei" I answered, smiling. She sat down in the seat and started taking out her equipment for the lesson, all the while absent minded to the fact that I was staring at her. She looked up and I quickly looked away, pretending to be looking for something in my bag. The whole lesson continued in a similar way. I would stare at her until she looked at me then I would turn away, though every now and then we would catch each others eye and smile at each other. I knew from then on that I would'nt be able to get this girl from my mind.