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Chapter 9: Classes
"Care to tell me what you were thinking about?" My smile just grew, and again I was glad he didn't have Edward's power, and that Edward wasn't with us.
"Nope. Just had an epiphany. It's only important to me. I don't want to bore you with details." Truth was I just didn't want him to think of me as some pathetic loser who didn't see herself clearly; that's certainly how I was feeling at the moment. I just felt so loved, and a lot of confident in his presence. I'd only know this guy for a day. This was gunna be a problem.
"Well, seeing as to how your thoughts aren't important to me, maybe we should get to class, where there are thought's that are important. Namely, the teacher's" he said sarcastically.
I couldn't help but laugh. I looked at the clock again and saw we only had three minutes until class. I seemed to be cutting these things close lately.
I turned to open my door and saw it was already open. Nahuel was holding it, with one hand out for me to take. I took it, glad to have an excuse to touch him. He was leaning forward, so when he stood up straight his hair was slightly out of place. I took this as my chance to run my hand through it. It was so soft, thick, and full of volume. I was instantly jealous. He smirked as he took one of my curls and pulled it, still holding my hand. When he let go, it sprung back into place. This turned his smirk into a smile. I loved his smile. It wasn't the crooked smile Edward had, and for that I was glad. I didn't want him to have someone else's smile. His was breathtaking. It could light up the town. We started walking.
If you could see that I'm the one who understands you. Been here all along, so why can't you see-ee-ee, you belong with mee-ee-ee, you belong with me.
I didn't remember taking my phone off vibrate, but I guess I must have. I looked at my phone; it was a text from Bryn. I saw you in Nahuel's car. You guys official yet? I was going to kill that girl!
I took my hand from his so I could text her; I loved having a full keyboard. Ha ha, very funny. I will rip you head off next time I see you. No, we're not "official," we've known each other for one day!" I sent back. I turned my phone on vibrate when I was done.
"Do you want to be?" Nahuel asked. The smile was gone and he'd stopped walking. He must have read the message over my shoulder. Crap! What do I say?
"Do I want to be what?" I knew what he was referring to, but I asked anyway, for clarification.
"Do you want to be official?"
"Oh, um… I don't know. I mean, we've only known each other a day. I guess I wouldn't mind. How do you feel about it?"
"Let's just say, I feel bad for Alice, Edward and Jasper."
"Why's that?"
"They have to see, hear, and feel how I feel about you." I was in shock. I had a full on blush, and glanced down. I've never heard anything more romantic – other than Edward and Bella – in my life.
I felt I should be honest back, "I guess I should feel bad for at least Alice and Edward then." I looked up at him while I said this; he understood.
He grabbed my hand. "What are you doing tonight then?" I didn't have any plans… yet!
"Going out with you?" I guessed.
That smile of his was back. "Only if you want." I almost swooned, do people still do that? He must have talked to Bella and Alice to know I'd want to hear something like that; something Edward would say. I loved that he was giving me the option, but it wasn't necessary. "I'd love to."
We continued walking to class, not caring that we were late. We walked in, sat down next to each other, and I put my bad on my desk. I put my head down on it and looked at Nahuel. He put his head in his hand and looked back at me.
"Do either of you have a pass?" Mr. Wagner asked.
"No." We said at the same time. I think I said it slightly dreamily. I hoped no one noticed. I knew Nahuel did though. I flushed slightly, and closed my eyes for two seconds. I opened them and saw Nahuel smiling and his eyes gleaming.
I couldn't stand history, which was why I sat in the back corner. I never minded before, but now it was my favorite seat. I didn't have to worry about people seeing us, and my teacher never gave lectures, so I didn't have to worry about being called on. We just watched movies, and did book questions, with crossword puzzles that went along with the chapter. Today we were doing a crossword puzzle.
I never worked with anyone in the class. It wasn't that I didn't have friends; it's just that they'd rather fool around, and I needed to do all that I could to get my grade up. Nahuel offered to help me, but I declined.
"I really need to do this on my own. I appreciate it though."
I pulled my book out of my bag, and by the time I opened it to the right chapter, Nahuel was done, putting the puzzle off to the side. I sighed and shook my head. He laughed quietly. I kept shaking my head.
I looked at all the hints, seeing which ones I could answer on my own. I could do a few, but then I needed to resort to using my book. It didn't take me long. I was done after maybe ten minutes. Nahuel got up, grabbed both of our papers and turned them in. When he came back to his seat we spent the rest of the hour, (there was still half an hour left,) looking at each other, and talking.
I felt my phone vibrate and I knew who it was going to be. Are you kidding me? Get on that before someone else snatches him up!!
Oh won't Bryn be in for a surprise, I thought. I texted her back, I have something I ne –
My phone vibrated again. I saw it was from Bella. I finished my text to Bryn –ed to tell you. After I sent it, I checked the message from Bella. Chrystal!!! I'm so happy you're going out with Nahuel tonight!!!! You should come over so I can dress you up!!! This is going to be great!!! ~Alice!
Ugh… I hated dressing up, but how could I say no to Alice?! I grudgingly replied, Sounds great Alice! I'll have Nahuel give me a ride over!
I turned to Nahuel, "I'm gunna need a ride over to you house after school."
"Alice…" Of course he'd assume her.
"Yup." I said, popping the 'p.'
"That's fine. More time to spend with you." Awww, he's so sweet!
The bell rang. It reminded me we were in class. Nahuel got up, and out his hand out. I grabbed my bag, stood up, and took his hand. We walked to our next class, which was chemistry. I didn't really like this class either, but I suddenly had the feeling I'd like it today.
Went to my seat up front – we had assigned seats; otherwise I would not be sitting there – which was next to Bryn. That was the only reason I didn't protest my seat. Bryn was bouncing up and down in her seat. I sat down, put my bag on the floor, and slowly pulled out my chemistry notebook.
"Oh, come on! You cannot send me a text saying 'I need to tell you something,' and then not talk to me!"
My phone started vibrating, so I glanced at her, gave her a quick smile and put up one finger. I then looked at my phone. It was from Bella's number. I knew that meant it was Alice.
Perfect! I can't wait, this is gunna be so much fun!!! Bye!!!!! I didn't feel the need to respond, so I put my phone back in my pocket and looked up at Bryn.
"Hi." I knew it would irritate her, and I wanted to milk this for all it was worth. I knew I'd get a big explosion from her about this. I gave her a big, cheesy smile.
"Don't 'Hi' me! You tell me what you 'need to tell me,' before I smack that big, dumb smile off your face!"
"Why, Bryn, I'm shocked! Is that any way to treat a friend?" I was having way too much fun with this.
"Chrys –"
"Bryn, chill! I'm just messin' with ya." I was laughing.
I got another text. "Hold on." She looked pissed. I just laughed some more. Aw, come on Chrys. Leave the poor girl alone and just tell her. Nahuel texted me.
Awww, but my way's more fun!! =D Ok, fine… I replied.
"So, I'm… going… on… A DATE!" I squealed quietly.
"OH MY DAMN, DUDE!!!! AHHHHH!!!!" I put my hand up to my head, slightly scratched, and looked around, embarrassed.
"I know! I can't believe it either!" I whispered to her, when I was done.
"Shh, shh" I heard my teacher, Mr. Pearson, say. I hated when he did that. He did it at least thirty times within the hour of class. It was so annoying.
I saw Bryn pull out a piece of paper and write something on it. I knew better than to think she was taking notes. While she was writing, I got another text: Haha, you're so adorable! =). He thought I was adorable! What a sweetie. Aww, you're a sweetheart! I texted back.
A minute or so later, she slip the paper to me. How did this happen? I thought you just said you weren't 'official'?
I glanced up at her with an exasperated look. I did, but that's why it happened. He read the text over my shoulder, and then I heard him say "Do you want to?" and then we planned a date for tonight! I'm going over to his house today so Alice can dress me up… Yay?
She looked up at Mr. Pearson, to make sure he wasn't doing anything important, then looked back at the note, and kept writing. She slid it over when she was done.
That is so cute, I wanna help! Do you think that'd be alright?
Now I was the one glancing up. He was yelling at someone sitting in the back. I wrote back, Um, I don't know. I can text Alice and see what she says. I was about to slide it back to her, but my phone started to vibrate. I pulled it out and looked at it. Of course your friend can come! I'd love to have some help!!! Ahh, I can't wait!!! I put my phone in my lap, grabbed my pencil and wrote, Scratch that. Alice says you can come; that she'd love the help. Then I slid it to her.
I picked up my phone and texted Nahuel, Bryn's gunna need a ride too =)
Bryn handed me the note. Yay! This is gunna be awesome! I looked at her and nodded. She grinned. I took the note, folded it up, and put it in my bag.
My phone vibrated. I looked up at Mr. Pearson. He was still talking nonsense, so I looked at my phone. Haha, that's fine. I don't mind. I was happy, and not even Mr. Pearson could bring me down.
The bell rang. I bent over to pick up my bag, and then stood up. Nahuel was there, ready and waiting. Bryn looked at him, then at me, then smiled, waved to him, and left. I sat next to her next hour too, but luckily it was sign language, so I wouldn't have to hear her. I was already fluent in sign; my aunt and uncle were deaf. I was only taking the class to work on my grammar. I was also close with the teacher, so she didn't mind much when I didn't participate in the 'let's learn vocab" section of class. It gave me plenty of time to myself, which I liked. Bryn was in the class because I had forced her to take it. I assumed Nahuel was taking the class because I was in it, and maybe because he didn't need to take a language he had already taken a million times before. Sign was new to the curriculum, so he wouldn't have taken it before. It'd be a nice change to find something I could do better than a vampire.
We walked to class, and sat down. We didn't have assigned seats in this class, so Nahuel sat next to me and Bryn. The class went by quickly and quietly. After ASL, I had health. The class was fun. My friends and I mostly just talked about random facts. I had a feeling I wouldn't be talking to them much.
Health always went by fast, but today it went even faster. I blamed it on the guy sitting next to me, taking up all my attention.
Lunch was next. The cafeteria was tiny, so my friends and I usually sat in the commons. It was more fun there anyway. Nahuel and I walked to the cafeteria, put our bags down with everyone else's on the table by the door, and then went to buy food. They were serving pizza and some weird taco things. We both grabbed pizza and chocolate milk. We bought our food, grabbed our bags, and made our way to the usual spot. Bryn was waving us over, and I went and sat against the wall, and put my tray on my lap. Nahuel sat across from me and did the same. He took a bite of his pizza and swallowed. This shocked me. I knew he was half vampire and could eat human food and be just fine, but I hadn't actually expected him to. I followed suit and ate my pizza. Bryn did most of the talking, and a couple of my other friends talked too. I talked a little, but I mostly just sat quietly, amazed by the wonder sitting across from me.
Bryn noticed this, so kept most of the conversation directed away from me. I looked over at her and thanked her with my eyes. She merely nodded, and kept talking. Too soon lunch was over, and it was time to go to math. I hated math, but I was good at it. It was a sucky mix.
Nahuel and I walked to class, and then sat down in my seat. Nahuel was across the room from me, and this was the one class I couldn't use my phone in. Our teacher, had eyes like a hawk. This just made me hate the class even more.
After what seemed like days, the bell finally rang, and we walked to the last class of the day; English. Personally, I didn't mind the class, but I absolutely despised Ms. Pinkney, the teacher. She was a stubborn old bitch. I was stubborn too, so we butted heads a lot in class. Luckily, Ms. Pinkney had recently let up her rule about assigned seating. I could at least sit next to Nahuel, he would keep me calm.
My friends, Alex and Alyssa, were also in this class. It was the only class I had with them, and we girls have spent many a night making fun of Ms. Pinkney. She wore the most bizarre outfits, and she had to wear the items in those outfits specifically with that outfit. We've seen plenty that we've questioned her sanity on. Today she was wearing her picnic blanket skirt. I pointed this out to them, and we all laughed.
We were reading some play right now. I didn't feel like reading today but, Alex did. Alyssa I didn't follow along, and we were laughing at the lines in the play, often distracting Alex. Ms. Pinkney yelled at her to 'pick up her cues.' This just made us laugh more.
Nahuel just looked at me with this look in his eyes. He handed me a not. It said: You really shouldn't make fun of your teacher like that. It isn't very nice, or respectful. She is a teacher, not someone who should be mistreated. She has to deal with ignorant teenagers all day. It can't be easy for her. He would have some small print, perfect hand-writing too. It took me a few tries before I could decipher what he had written. Was he honestly telling me I shouldn't 'disrespect' Ms. Pinkney?
You've had her for a teacher for two days. That's still enough time to understand how bad she is! She doesn't respect us. Alex, Alyssa and I have tried to be nice to her; she's just such a bitch. And all the teachers have to deal with ignorant teenagers all day. Not all of them are this bad. She treats us like we in kindergarten, and then yells at us for saying one little thing, saying we're, 'in AP eleventh grade English, you should know how to act.' It's ridiculous! She never gave us a chance, and we've given her plenty. I wrote back. Nahuel was amazing, but I wasn't gunna let him tell me how I should treat Ms. Pinkney. He didn't know her like I did. I wasn't just going to let it up. I gave the note to him.
He gave it back instantly. It said: I'm sorry for misjudging. It's just how I was raised. I didn't mean it. How could I be mad at that?
No, I'm sorry. I should've understood that that was how you were raised. I didn't mean to snap. I handed it to him.
I got it back instantly again. It's alright. I'm sorry too. You might want to pack up your stuff now. I looked up at him, confused. He simply pointed to the clock. There was ten seconds left of class. "Oh." Then picked up my bag, and stood up as the bell rang. I hugged Alex and Alyssa and told them I'd see them on Monday, and that Alex did an excellent job of reading today. She laughed, and then left.
Nahuel took my hand, and led me out the door. He threw our note into the trash. We made our way outside where we met up with Bryn.
"Which car?" She asked. I pointed to the Aston Martin and her mouth fell open.
"Are you serious?!"
"I know. I hate him too." We all laughed, and made our way to the car.
Just a warning, the next few chapters are going to be as long, if not longer, than this one, so you're in for a lot of reading. Tonight's my prom, *eep!* and this weekend I'm extrememly busy, so I may not update for a while.
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