(Deuce's POV)

'I'm going to be late, I'm going to be late, I'm going to be late!' I repeated in my head, barreling down the halls.

I wound up spending too much time down stairs and talking to Cleo so now I have to run to the second floor, all the way across school. Then, I accidentally crashed into someone, knocking them off their feet as I staggered back with my sunglasses falling off.

"Grrrr! Watch were you're-" I cut my self off mid-sentence when I saw her.

She was a rabbit-girl with long ears, brown eyes, a baggy sweater and a little fluffy tail sticking out the back of her baggy pants. She was adorable in a type of shy way.

"I'm so sorry; I didn't mean to bump into you!" She hastily picked up her books before looking up at me.

Oh crap, my sunglasses! It was too late; she had already seen my green, snake eyes. For some reason, there was only a white flash in her eyes instead of turning to stone. What the…

Before I say anything else, the rabbit-girl sped away. Who was she? I wondered as I secured my sun-glasses on my ears and bridge of my nose.

DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING, DING!

Crap, the bell!

"Deuce Gorgon, how nice of you to join us. Oh well, the lesson is barely started so take a seat." Mr. Lou Zarr groaned as he turned back to the chalkboard.

"Sorry about that-" I tried to apologize.

"Just take a seat, Mr., Gorgon." He insisted.

Just as I moved away from the doors, they flew open again and that rabbit girl ran in, out of breath as she stopped.

"Ah, you're here" Mr. Lou Zarr spoke as I walked away to a seat in one of the several rows, my eyes never leaving the girl.

"Class, this is…uh" he glanced over to her for an answer.

Her cheeks turned redder if that was possible as she mumbled shyly. Mr. Lou Zarr asked for her name twice before fully hearing her name.

"Welcome to Cwalculus, Harriet Ferals, I'm Mr. Lou Zarr, the substitute creature. There's an open seat next to…" his eyes scanned the room. "…there, next to the werewolf girl over there, Clawdeen Wolf."

I glanced to my right, seeing an open seat between me and Clawdeen. The new cute girl, Harriet, was going to be sitting next to me. There was a strange feeling in my chest, a clench and a lifting of my heart. She walked up the stairs, holding her books closely to her chest as her nose twitched, ears slightly trembling. I softly sighed, she was so adorable and appealing for a shy girl. Wait a second, cute, adorable and appealing? I have a girlfriend! I shouldn't think these things about another girl.

"Umm, excuse me" a small voice picked up my ears.

It was Harriet. My chair was pulled out too far for her to get by. Quickly, I wrapped my leg around the chair let and pulled myself forward.

"Thanks" She spoke nearly above a whisper.

"Hi, I'm Deuce" I greeted, repeating 'just be a friend' in my head.

"I'm Harriet" She flashed the smallest smile.

"I met in the hall earlier, I accidentally knocked you down."

"Oh, I'm still sorry about that" she blushed.

"Don't worry about it, it was my fault. Hey, how about I make it up to you by buy you lunch." Nice going genius.

"Um, okay, thanks" her eyes flickered off to the side several times, as if looking for a safe place.

"Great" I smiled.

She smiled back but with her eyes drifting to the lower left corners of her eyes. Hmmm, so-

"Mr. Gorgon and Ms. Ferals, pay attention!" Mr. Lou Zarr's yelling cut off my thoughts.

Something tells me today's going to change everything.