"Persis, get up." Someone called me, interrupting my sleep. "Persis, we will be late."
"Five more hours…" I mumbled, rolling over and covering myself with the blanket. Someone suddenly decided to snatch away my covers and I immediately shot my eyes open, coldness caressing my body. My vision was blurry for a few seconds, but then when I could see normally I saw a man with long black hair standing beside my bed, looking at me.
"Now." He mumbled and I groaned, lifting my body up.
"What time is it?" I asked, rubbing the sleep from my eyes – or at least trying.
"7AM." I eyed Itachi as he was fully dressed in the school uniform, consisting of a white dress-up shirt, black pants and a black jacket, which had red lines around the sews. It looked good on him.
Slowly I managed to stand on my feet and drag my body towards the bathroom as the male left my room. If it was not a mission, I would probably lie back in my bed and continue my sleep, but I had to be up.
I looked at myself in the mirror, an extreme terror written all over my face due to the fact that my hair was a total mess. I grabbed a comb and started brushing the red locks until they finally stood in place. After washing my teeth I put on eyeliner and mascara, ending my make-up with a bit of powder. As I walked back in my room I changed my sleeping attire, which was a simple oversized tee, to the school's uniform – short black skirt, a white shirt and the same jacket as Itachi's, but shorter. Thankfully, they did not have any shoes policy, so I decided to put on my converse. There were usually the knee-length socks, but I decided it was still too hot to wear them, so my legs were bare.
When I left my room I felt the smell of pancakes and my body was dragged towards the smell's direction.
"Pancakes?" I eyed Itachi, who was already eating his portion. "When the fuck did you get up?"
"Around 6 in the morning." I nodded in response and looked at the coffee before me.
"You even made me coffee, I think I will marry you." I joked, taking the cup and taking a sip. He laughed at my statement and I looked at him, my glance serious. "You are like the nicest partner I have ever had."
I saw the hint of a smile from his side and grinned at him after yawning, attacking my food.
After I was done eating, I took my coffee and grabbed my cigarettes, going to the balcony to have a smoke. When I lit up my cigarette, I sighed, looking at the city before me. We were not that high, but I could see a big part of Los Angeles from this balcony.
I sensed someone joining me and glanced at Itachi, who was also holding a cup.
"When do we have to go?" I asked, knowing that he came out so he would inform me about the time of our departure.
"In about five minutes."
"Who's driving?" I asked another question, sucking on my cigarette afterwards.
"Probably I will, because I know the way now." He said and I nodded as the Japanese retreated back in the flat.
When I finished my cigarette I threw the butt and walked in, downed my coffee quickly, grabbed my bag and we headed out towards the garage.
"Did you sleep well?" Itachi asked me as he started the car's engine and left the building.
"Not really." I mumbled, counting my hours of sleep – about three.
"Why so?" He looked over me, concerned.
"I can never sleep on the first day when I am changing beds." I said with a yawn, rolling down the window to get some fresh air in the car.
The other part of the drive was relatively silent as I was too sleepy to participate in a decent conversation. All we discussed was the reason in front of the other students of how we know each other and why we live together – we are very close childhood friends and moved in together, because we both have changed schools.
We reached the school gates ten minutes before the first period was to begin. Itachi parked the car and we got out, taking our things and walking in the building.
It was a marvelous school, there were a lot of ornaments both from the Renaissance and Baroque, full of old architecture style. I think we actually walked around aimlessly for a couple of minutes and got kind of lost.
"I think we are here…" He said with a bit of doubt. Our first period was Biology.
"Eh, fuck it." I mumbled, opening the door and walking in. School had started a week ago and most of the students already kind of knew each other, at least the ones who were not already in this class in the previous years. That is why when I opened the door everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at us. "Sup?"
"Hello, everyone." Itachi greeted them with a half-assed smile and I snorted silently as I saw him trying to be polite. Suddenly, someone rested their arm on my shoulder and I turned around to see a man in his mid 30ies looking right back at me.
"You must be the new students?" He asked, taking off his glasses and shaking our hands. "My name is George Blakeley and I am your Biology teacher." I only nodded, and he dragged us in front of the whole class. "Class, these are Persis Morgan and Itachi Uchiha and they will be your new classmates."
I just smiled weakly, already disliking most of the students. I could see the hungry glares I got from half of the male students. Stupid imbeciles.
We sat down on a desk next to each other and the class began. First day of school, first period, and I was already going insane, wondering how I would manage to keep this up for a whole year. The moment I heard the school bell I grabbed my things and got up.
"I'm going down for a smoke." I told Itachi, looking at him, and then whispered. "Socialize here."
When I received a nod I left the classroom and found my way down and out of the school's gates. I saw where the smokers' zone was and joined them, casually asking for a lighter.
"Hey, you are the new girl in my class?" The boy who gave me a lighter asked, looking at me curiously. He was tall and lean, brown hair and light brown eyes.
"Yeah, I'm Percy." I said, shaking his hand.
"You're cool. I'm Daniel." He smiled at me. "Do you know the other guy?"
"Itachi? Yes. He's my best friend." I grinned and he believed me immediately.
"Awesome. You know, my friend John is throwing a party tomorrow evening, both of you should totally come!" Daniel said, with a lot of enthusiasm in his eyes and I nodded.
"Sure." I said and after I finished my cigarette we all got in the school and in class.
I sat down next to my partner, mentally unprepared for two periods of Maths. Bored out of my mind, I took a piece of paper and started doodling, afterwards remembering what had happened in the pause and scribbling something and handing it to Itachi.
Guess what? – was what I had written. As an answer I received a simple question mark and I started writing down. Guess where we are going tomorrow evening.
How did you manage to do that so quickly? – Itachi answered, and I grinned as he caught up to what I had done.
Smokers are very friendly and this is a good way to socialize during the school days. – I told him and he rolled his eyes. – This Daniel guy will give me the address after classes and we might even get to meet Johnny boy today.
Good job, Persis. – He said and lightly smiled, his eyes returning to the white board and the teacher. Meanwhile I was simply dying, drawing shit on the whole paper.
When school was finally over, I grabbed my things and Itachi did the same. Just when I left the classroom, we were cornered by Daniel and company.
"Hey, guys, wanna tag along with us? We're going to a bar this evening." He invited us after introducing himself to Itachi, along with his other friends – Roger, Simon, Lewis and John.
"Why not? Where and when?" I asked and we all started walking towards the parking lot. While we were walking I managed to sneak the Mercedes' keys from Itachi without anyone noticing, excluding Itachi, of course. He sensed be, but said nothing about it.
"Adams' bar at 7 PM?" Roger said and Itachi nodded – he probably knew where it was.
"We'll meet you there." My partner spoke as I unlocked our car and got on the driver's seat.
"Nice car you got there. CL S-class?" Simon asked, intrigued by its beauty.
"Bull's eye." I winked at him and waited for Itachi to close his door before I started the engine. "See you later."
The car roared and we left the school. I remembered the way towards our apartment, heading towards its direction.
"What was that all about?" Itachi raised an eyebrow, meaning me stealing the keys.
"I'm the 'cool' girl, had to do it to impress them." I briefly explained and he just chuckled.
"Just think about how much a guy needs to be impressed." I couldn't help myself but laugh at his statement.