September Event: Back to School
Prompts: 44(Dialogue) "Where should I sit?" / "Sit next to the [boy/girl] you think is the cutest.", 54 (Dialogue) "You have no sense of fashion." / "Well, I think that depends..." / "No, that wasn't a question."
Word Count: 574
New Girl
Alice sat in the head teacher's office, waiting in silence for her 'buddy' to show up. She was already ten minutes late, and Alice was beginning to feel very awkward sat in the head's presence.
"Sorry I'm late," a girl panted as she flung open the office door. "We had a new bus driver this morning, and he took a wrong turn. Fortunately, yours truly noticed before we ended up in the next town over."
"No problem, Miss McKinnon, the point is that you finally made it," the head teacher said. "This is Alice, she is a new student, and as a member of the 'Buddy Project', you have been selected to show her around for the first week or two until she finds her feet."
"No problem, Sir," the girl answered, "As always, I'm happy to help. Hi, Alice, my name is Marlene McKinnon."
Marlene offered her hand to Alice
"Hi," Alice replies, taking the girl's outstretched hand.
"Excellent," the head master boomed. "Now that introductions have been made, you girls had best be off. Lessons begin in five minutes and you don't want to be late on the first day of a new term."
The two girls stood up and exited the office side by side.
"You have no sense of fashion," Marlene commented, looking the new girl up and down as they walked down the corridor away from the head teacher's office.
"Well, I think that depends..." Alice answered, tugging at the bottom of jumper.
"No, that wasn't a question," Marlene said, cutting her off. "No matter, we'll go shopping this afternoon after school. We'll get you some new clothes and give you a makeover. You'll soon be up to speed."
Alice walked towards her first class of the day in relative silence as Marlene reamed off all the shops they would visit and the beauty treatments that she would use on Alice. None of that interested her so she simply nodded her head and made noises of agreement at appropriate intervals.
"Where should I sit?" Alice asked uncertainly as they walked to their first class, unsure of what the protocol was in this school. At her last school the teachers had assigned places and in most classes she had ended up sat next to someone who cheated off her.
"Sit next to the boy you think is the cutest," Marlene answered simply. "Personally, I sit next to Sirius Black every chance I get. I know he's in a relationship with a guy, but a girl can hope, can't she?"
"Which one is he?" Alice asked curiously, wondering what kind of guy could capture Marlene's attention
"He's the one with shoulder length black hair," Marlene told her as they entered the classroom. "The guy on the back row, do you see him?"
"Yeah, he is gorgeous," Alice admitted, although in truth he really wasn't her type.
"Don't forget, he's mine!"
"Okay," Alice said, holding her hands up in mock surrender. "I'll just sit next to that guy there, in front of Sirius."
"Oooh, good choice. That's Frank Longbottom; he's sweet, smart, sensitive, and he's available," Marlene said, giving her subtle wink. "Grab the seat quickly, and we'll catch up after class. In the meantime, I have some drooling to do."
Alice offered Marlene a smile before making her way towards the seat next to Frank Longbottom, and by the end of the lesson she was already half in love with him.