Normally, Gabriella could tolerate Miss Mulgrew's English class, but today, she felt differently, and she didn't know why, "Ok, Class, settle do-Rhiannon, earphones out!" Rhiannon tutted and rolled her eyes as she returned her white earphones to her bag,
"Rhiannon." Gabriella called to her, as if she were a dog that she could command, and Rhiannon had unknowingly strengthened that analysis by taking her seat right next to the entitled blonde.
Miss Mulgrew drew the class back in with the sharp, loud clap of her hands, "Ok, today, we're carrying on with Romeo and Juliet, carry on with your essay about how Romeo and Juliet are perceived by the people of Verona, Imogen, can hand you out the essays please."
The dark haired girl picked up the stack of sheets and preceded to hand them out, Gabriella was both amused and confused as to how Imogen Stewart, who was intellectual and reserved, be best friends with the brassy and absurdly beautiful Dynasty Barry, it was simply beyond her knowledge, something she never thought she'd find herself thinking.
Rhiannon scoffed and turned to her 'friend' "It's well 'ard this, don't ya reckon?"
Gabriella never took her eyes off her paper, "For you I imagine it would be." She said calmly, oft times she found Rhiannon Salt to be an excessive hindrance, but the red haired girl admired her…..she envied her, she wanted to be her friend, and that was Something Gabriella Wark could seldom boast of.
"And when you've finished, you can read it out to the class." Miss Mulgrew added on slyly.
Really, Gabriella was more or less finished, she looked to her left and saw Dynasty and Imogen, she didn't realise how long she'd actually been staring at Dynasty, until Rhiannon's stumpy fingers were clicking in her face,
"Who are you daydreaming about?" she asked, an unexpected flush coursed through Gabriella, she felt flustered and embarrassed, yet she didn't know why.
"No one." She said defensively, but if someone as stupid as Rhiannon could see right through her, then she was fucked.
Her and Rhiannon continued to sit in silence after that, "Ok, who wants to read theirs out?" Miss Mulgrew asked the class.
"I will." The voice belonged to none other than Gabriella, she got up out of her seat, no one could really understand why she was so timid, "Well…Romeo and Juliet…their families have been feuding for as long as anyone can remember, and by society, Romeo and Juliet are expected by society to despise each other." She looked over to Dynasty, who was busy penning her own essay, "When in reality, they just….don't." She finally pried her eyes away from Dynasty when she heard Miss Mulgrew, who looked very perplexed.
"Umm….ok, back to your seat." She turned towards the class, "Any feedback?"
"Maybe next time, she could try and be less boring!" At Dynasty's grin, the class exploded with laughter, Gabriella found her remark particularly cutting today, if only she could put her finger on it,
Then, when the laughter died down, Gabriella did the only thing she could, "Sorry, babe, what was that? It's just, what with that extremely guttural accent it's quite hard to understand a word you say." She was satisfied with that, she loved seeing Dynasty lose her temper, and that's exactly what she did, Dynasty was all but ready to swing for Gabriella, had Imogen not been the voice of reason.
The sea of students filled the corridor, and Dynasty was fuming, "Sorry, she just gets under me skin."
"Yeah, I know." Imogen said back, hoping it would calm her, "But don't rise to it that's what she wants." It was easier said than done, and these days, Dynasty found it harder and harder to ignore Gabriella.
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