They continue doing their puzzle quietly, until Eren and Jean begin screaming at each other.
All of the people in that class were seniors.
Annie couldn't understand why those two acted like grade school kids.
"Eren, Jean" Ms. Hange said pulling Eren out of Jean's way "Please calm yourself"
"No! He's killing me! He can't just shut his damn mouth!" Eren said pointing at Jean
"He doesn't let me look for the words!" Jean screamed
Principal Keith Shadis came into the room and stare at Hange, Eren and Jean.
No one in the classroom moved.
Bertholdt was frozen; Annie didn't pay attention to the situation.
"Would someone be so kind as to explain this situation?" the principal said looking at the young men
No one said anything.
"If no one explains this shouting to me, I will take the right to go to the ball away from you."
Eren got angrier while Jean tried to calm down.
"Sir, it was a misunderstanding" Jean said trying to explain
"Come with me, both of you" he said seriously "We can negotiate this in my office"
The boys got out and the principal stare at the class for a moment.
"Ha!" Ms. Hange said "Well now we can finish this! We have less than 10 minutes!"
Bertholdt sighed looking down at the crossword.
Their time together was about to end.
Annie was feeling the same way. She didn't want the time to end.
It didn't matter, she wasn't even trying anymore, Bertholdt was doing most of the working, which
wasn't fair…
But her thoughts were full of Bertholdt, since last Saturday when they went out.
He likes her and he likes her a lot, she was happy about it.
She had notice him before, and she had notice that he was quite handsome. One of the best looking guys in their class.
He looked mature and quite, and he was helpful to others…
Some crazy thoughts had appear in her head since the beginning of their senior year, but Annie would dismiss them as fast as she could because she couldn't allowed herself to do that, she was still grieving.
But now she saw this as an opportunity to make things go somewhere. Bertholdt really did try to make her feel comfortable and he looked like the kind of guy who would always be there for her.
He was… something else, something she has never seen before, and she was happy that he felt something for her.
She knew this… it made her happy, yes, but at the same time it made her afraid
The bell rang and everyone go up.
Annie grabbed her backpack and begun walking to the door, while Bertholdt turned the paper in. He followed Annie to catch up with her. Their classrooms were kind of close.
"Hey Annie…" Bertholdt said quietly "If you don't want to sit down with us… you can sit on your own"
Annie looked up at Bertholdt and nodded.
"Well… I'll see you around…"
"Ummm… Bertholdt?" Annie asked removing on of her pieces of her "I've never gone to a dance with a boy"
"That's okay." Bertholdt answered smiling "I will take care of you"
At the sound of these words Annie felt a little punch in her stomach.
She only nodded at Bertholdt and walk as fast as she could to get to her math.
"Hey Mina?" Annie asked the young girl who sat beside her
"Yes?" the girl answered with a smile
"Are you going to the ball this Friday?" Annie felt like she was invading someone's property
"Yes" Mina said smiling "I'm going with Marco"
"… Did he ask you?" Annie asked a little curious
"Yes." Mina said covering her face in embarrassment "He bought me a cookie-cake and it said 'would you like to go to the dance with me' and… and I said yes" Mina was a little embarrassed to talk about that.
"Oh" Annie said nodding her head.
Was it okay for her to go?
"How do you dance?" Annie asked
"Move your body!" Mina said throwing her hands in the air "Are you going, Annie?"
"Yes…" Annie said looking to the floor "Bertholdt's taking me"
"I knew it!" Mina said almost screaming.
The class turned around to see her, Mina smile at everyone and continue talking to Annie
"Do you have your dress yet? Or what are you planning to do with your hair?"
"No." Annie said thinking "I think I need to go buy a dress…"
"Yes!" Mina said exited "Buying dresses is fun!"
Annie nodded. Her money would come this Wednesday; she could go buy that dress on Wednesday.
"If you can't afford a dress, I have some at home!" Mina said "Marco takes me to all these balls thanks to his family"
Annie looked at Mina with round eyes
"Would you care?" Annie asked
"No! Not at all! After all we are friends!" Mina said smiling
'Friends' Annie realized something.
Mina had always been there for her when she had trouble.
People were there for her, she just didn't let them in.
She wanted to punish herself for things that weren't her fault.
She was isolating herself.
"When do you want to come over?" Mina asked with a smile
"Whenever you can" Annie answered, still a little surprise
"Well, you can come this afternoon!" Mina said excitedly "Marco can take us and then he can take you to your house!"
"I can walk from your house." Annie answered
"Annie that's dangerous!"
"Girls!" the teacher said from the front of the room "I would love to have your homework" his voice didn't match his joke, it was rather uncomfortable
"Well" Mina said whispering "You'll pick a dress today! We could do our hair together!"
Annie, didn't know if life was finally smiling at her, or if it was something else.
But today has been a wonderful day.
She knows Bertholdt's feelings, and she's beginning to understand hers… they were similar.
Everything will work just fine.
Besides, she just learned she was liked by various people. She felt happy and she felt the need to be a nicer person. Maybe talk a little more with the.
She was just happy…
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