Chapter 3 - Sophie

Our school uniform is quite simple. The girls have to wear the school skirt which goes just above your mid thigh. It is blue, yellow and black checkered. Then you have to wear a white top. You can also wear the school tie and blazer but you only really wear them if they go with the rest of your outfit. You can choose the shoes and jacket you wear. The boys have to wear black or brown trousers with a yellow shirt and the school tie. The Boys have to wear they're blazers. Everyone at St. Edwards had good fashion taste so the school is quite laid back about the uniform.

It was the first Monday after the masquerade and everyone would still be talking about it; I just hope Gideon wouldn't be looking for me.

I decided I would wear the school blazer today as it looked windy outside. The blazer was just like a grey jacket really. It went all the way down your back and curved round the front. The only thing that made it obvious is was a school blazer was around the outside of the blazer was the school colours: blue, yellow and black. I put on a white shirt and the school skirt and then some grey knee length socks. I grab my big, grey school bag and and simple black ballet pumps. I was just about to leave my loft apartment with my sister, Scarlet, when I quickly ran and got a tie to go with my outfit.

When my sister and I got to St. Edwards I went to my locker to drop of my bag before assembly. Assembly started at 8am so everyone was already making there way to the assembly room.

When I got there I noticed Tessa and Cecily had saved a seat for me next to them. As I was making my way over to them i noticed Will Herondale and Gideon Lightwood sitting next to each other in the row opposite the one I was going to be sitting in.

The school dated back to the 1800s. The assembly room kind of resembled a church so there were rows where everybody sat. Each year got there own row, half the class on one side of the aisle the other half on the other side. Some classes were bigger then others so, if they had to they had another line but since it was a private school there is only about 16 in each class. Sophie's class was bigger so she had 29.

"Hey S." Cecily said as I got to my seat.

"Hey guys."

"Omg Soph, you know Tessa and my brother danced together at the ball..." she paused waiting for my answer.

I just nodded.

"Well now he keeps looking at her!" She squealed.

"Omg noooo." I said trying to look at Will without him seeing.

"No he doesn't Cece." Tessa argued.

"Oh really well ..." Cecily was cut of as the head teacher walked into the room and everybody stood.

Cecily

Assembly was boring as usual and just to make the beginning of my day even better I had Maths. Lucky me.

When I got to maths the only seat left was next to a boy with blonde hair. I sat down and started to get my text books out when the boy next to be turned his head to look at me. When I met his eyes my heart starts to pump quicker. God why did this boy make me feel like this. I only danced with him at the ball and now I have a crush on him?

By the end of the lesson I had barely done any maths problems from the book. All I could think of was Gabriel. Okay not just Gabriel but about how cute Tessa and Will are together and who Sophie was dancing with at the masked ball. But mostly Gabriel.

I was walking to my locker to get my books for history when I walked past Gideon Lightwood. He had his locker open and was putting books in his bag. I was trying to see what book he was holding to find out what is next lesson is when I stopped something that looked familiar. A mask. Sophie's Mask.

Tessa

I was walking to English when I saw him. God I had already seen him 3 times today. Luckily when I saw him before, the class I was heading to was very near but now I would have to walk past him to get to English. I decided to just go wait, until he past, by my locker.

I was sure he had pasted so I shut my locker door to see Will leaning against the locker next to mine.

"Hey Tess." He said casually

"Don't call me that." I snapped.

"It's fun annoying you." He grinned.

"What do you want anyway?"

He smirked, "just wanted to say hi."

"Well I'm going to be late so bye."

I started to walk to English and Will followed me.

"Um what are you doing?" I ask.

"Going to English." He relied happily. "You do know we have English together right?"

"Um yeah ... I knew we had English together."

When we got to English we were told it was a reading lesson so, we could read whatever we wanted to for the hole lesson. I liked these lessons the most. They were basically a free period.

I started reading Great Expectations. I looked up from my book and looked at Will. Just then he looked up and caught me staring. He winked then went back to reading his book.

I could feel my cheeks heat up so I just rose my book to cover my face. I didn't look at anything apart from my book for the rest of the lesson.

Sophie

I was waiting at the top of the stairs outside school waiting for Tessa and Cecily. Every lunch time we would meet by the top of the steps and go and get yogurt together.

"Hey T." I called to Tessa as she arrived.

"Hey, Cece is just coming, I passed her as she was putting her books away and said she would meet us." Tessa explained.

Cecily arrived 5 minutes later and we made our why to the yogurt place.

Tessa, Cecily and I have been best friends since we all started St. Edwards when we were 13. When we were 15 we started going to get yogurt together and now it's kind of a tradition.

"So S, what's your mask from the other night doing in Gideon Lightwoods locker?" Cecily asked excitedly.

"Shit!" I coved my face with my hand.

"By the angel, was he who you were dancing with at the ball?" Asked Tessa.

I nod, "How do you know it's in his locker?" I ask.

"Well I was going to history and I walked past his locker and well ..."

We stop talking about the ball as we enter the frozen yogurt and get out lunch but as soon as we start walking back to St. Edwards they ask more questions.

"So is he good at dancing?"

"People say he's really sweet, is he?"

I don't answer any of the questions until, Tessa asks one that I need to tell them.

"Why is your mask in his locker anyway?"

We get to school and sit on the steps with our lunch.

"Um well you see he look his mask off and then ... I got panicky so I just kind of um .. Ran away. But when I got to the top of the stairs my mask fell of." After I finish my story they just look at me.

Until C finally breaks the silence, "but you guys would be soo cute together."