The next day, Liam was with Scott, Stiles, Lydia, Malia, and Kira at Scott's locker. He saw Rose walking past the pack and waved her over.
"Hey guys, this is Rose," Liam said as the girl walked over.
"Oh so this is the girl you were telling us about last night," Malia smirked. Liam's face went bright red and he looked down at his shoes. Malia laughed as she introduced herself to Rose.
"I'm Stiles," said the pale boy to Malia's left as he smiled and shook the freshman's hand, "and this is Scott, Lydia, and Kira." Rose smiled and shook everyone's hands.
"I am in love with your outfit," the strawberry blonde girl said as she admired the girl's clothes. Rose smiled as she looked down at her cream-colored dress with a big, red sweater over it and her knee socks that were peeking above her brown riding boots.
"Thank you!" Rose said sincerely. The warning bell went off then, signaling that there were only two minutes until class started.
"Well we should probably get to class," Liam said to Rose as he started for the stairs.
"It was nice meeting you guys!" Rose said as she followed Liam.
"You too!" they all said back. Liam and Rose walked through the door of their class just as the bell rang.
"You're late," Mr. Lucas said as they took their seats.
"No we're not! We walked in before the bell went off!" Liam argued.
"If you're not in your seat when the bell sounds, you're late," the teacher retorted.
"That is the stupidest thing I have ever-"
"Liam," Rose cut him off, "it's okay." Liam looked from Rose back to Mr. Lucas and finally gave up, leaning back in his chair. Rose breathed a sigh of relief and turned to face the teacher. He was wearing black pants with a black shirt that had white designs on the front, which only made Rose think that he looked even more like a penguin than the day before. Mr. Lucas turned and pointed to an equation written on the board.
"Does anyone know how to solve this polynomial equation?" He asked. The class was silent. "How about you, Miss Waters?" Rose reluctantly got up out of her seat and walked to the front of the class. Mr. Lucas glared at her as she took the marker from him.
"What a grumpy little penguin," she said under her breath as she turned to face the board. She heard Liam laugh from the back of the room.
"Could he hear what I said?" she wondered. "No, that's impossible." Then she started solving the problem. Liam stared at her in awe. He couldn't believe how easily she was able to figure out the equation. When she was finished, she put the cap back on the marker and turned to Mr. Lucas.
"That's correct, Rose. You can go sit down now," the teacher said dismissively. Liam turned to Rose as she took her seat.
"How come you never told me you're a genius?" Liam whispered.
"I'm just good with numbers," she shrugged. "That doesn't make me a genius." Liam just smiled as he turned to pay attention to the lesson.
Rose and Liam walked to the cafeteria together and sat down with Mason and some of his friends. They ended up having to sit at opposite ends of the table.
"No, come on guys. Move over so Liam can sit next to Rose!" Mason smirked at Liam, who only glared back. Some of the guys moved over so that there was an empty seat next to Rose. "There you go, buddy!" Mason grinned. Liam was forced to get up and sit next to the blonde.
"That's better!" Mason beamed. "So Rose, how'd your first day go yesterday?"
"Well, I got lost a few times, and someone had to help me get my locker unstuck, but other than that, it was pretty good!" the girl replied.
"So did you make a lot of new friends? Or did you find anyone you like in particular?" Mason asked as his eyes drifted to Liam and back.
"I think my only friends so far are you and Liam," Rose said. "People here just don't really know me yet."
"Then you need to get them to notice you! I mean, you're so quiet all the time!" Mason laughed. Rose thought about that. Maybe there was some way to get people to notice her…
A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update! I was sick for a few days last week so I've had a lot of schoolwork to make up. Also, sorry this chapter is kinda boring. I needed a sort of filler chapter because things are gonna pick up in Chapter 3. Hope you guys liked it though!
