Come on. Sally. Where are you? Faye asked herself impatiently as she looked at the clock, "You better be here," she said as she sat down in her seat.
"Ok class, as you all know we have repots to do today," Faye's teacher said as she wrote on the chalkboard.
Yeah and my partner's not here and she has all our stuff, Faye said to herself.
"Ok, who will go first? Any volunteers?" the teacher asked as she turned to look at her class. Silence filled the classroom as all the students looked around nervously hoping someone who volunteer. "Ok, then the evil finger of fate will pick someone," she said as she took out her grade book. "Let's see," she said as she closed her eyes and put her finger down on a name.
Please not me, please not me, Faye prayed to herself.
"Ok its, Rick Thompson," she said as she read the name her finger now rested on.
"Oh thank you, God," Faye said with a sign and slumped back in her seat.
"I'm sorry I'm late, Mrs. Bow. I had to go get my poster from my locker," Sally said as she came in out of breath.
"Miss Sally Young, I understand what you're saying but you need to get here on time."
"I'm sorry, Mrs. Bow, it won't happen again," Sally said as she stood by the door.
"I expect it not to, take your seat."
"Yes ma'am," she said and sat down next to Faye.
"Oh thank God you're here. I thought you wouldn't come," Faye said with the biggest look of relief on her face.
"Hey, I told I was didn't I?" Sally replied with a smile.
"Yes but…" Faye began.
"Girls be quiet. We have people presenting," Mrs. Bow said as she watched Rick and his partner, John give their report.
"Sorry," both, Faye and Sally replied.
"Alright boys, very good," Mrs. Bow said as she filled out the grade sheet and called up another group.
"This is so boring," Sally said after most of the groups where done.
"Tell me about it," Faye replied.
"Ok, Sally, Faye, you're our last group so get going," Mrs. Bow said as she looked up from her grade book and at the two girls.
Oh no, Faye said to herself as they headed up to the front of the classroom.
"Hi Faye, good luck."
Makoto is in here? Faye said as she stood at the front of the room, As if my life couldn't get any worse.
"What Faye?" Mrs. Bow asked as Faye mumbled something under her breath.
"Oh nothing," Faye replied and hung up their poster on the chalkboard.
"Ok, I'm Sally."
"And I'm Faye."
"And we did our report on the new Stargate that allows people to go into space," they both said in unison.
This is so embarrassing, Faye thought to herself as she stared at the class while Sally said her part of the speech.
"Faye, Faye, say your stuff, Faye," Sally said as she stared at Faye who was frozen in place. Her face was a red as an apple with embarrassment. "Faye," Sally said again and bumped her in the side with her tan elbow.
"What? Oh, yeah," Faye said and started her part of the speech, "Well as you can see, by the charts on our poster that the Stargate is really cool," Faye said and pointed at the poster.
"Faye, what are you doing? That's not what you're supposed to say," Sally whispered with a surprised and confused look on her face.
"See it goes really high in the sky, all the way into space. It's really cool and stuff," Faye said so embarrassed she couldn't think straight.
"Faye, what are you doing?" Sally asked again as the class began to laugh.
"I'm giving the report," Faye replied as everyone except for Makoto laughed harder.
"That's not what you're supposed to say. Just do what we did at your house," Sally said.
"But that's what I am doing," Faye replied as she looked at Sally.
"No, it's not. You're saying nonsense when you're supposed to be saying facts," Sally said beginning to get very embarrassed as well.
"These are facts," Faye replied, "So as I was saying it goes ahhh!" Faye said as the poster fell on top of her then to the white tile floor. At this point all the other students burst into laugher.
"People, people, settle down. Well Sally, Faye. It looks like your report is finished please take your seats," Mrs. Bow said with a look of disappointment on her face.
"Yes, Mrs. Bow," they said and went back to their seats.
"Faye, what happened?" Sally asked when they got back to their seats and class continued.
"I'm sorry, I was just… I dunno," Faye said looking like she was about ready to cry.
"Well ladies, gentleman, it looks like we've done enough for today. You have no homework."
"Yeah!" all the kids yelled with delight.
"Quiet down," Mrs. Bow said as the bell rang for lunch.
"Oh it's that time already? Well have a good weekend."
"That was horrible," Faye said as they walked down the hall to the lunchroom.
"It wasn't so bad, and we made everyone in class happy," Sally said as they walked.
"I hate that stupid thing, that evil report," Faye said as tears begin to slide down her face.
"Hey, it's ok," Sally said looking at Faye with a comforting smile on her face.
"Hey, Faye!" Makoto hollered from down the hall.
"Oh no, not him, not now," Faye said still crying, trying to wipe away the tears. If there was on thing she didn't want, it was Mokoto to see her cry.
He was one of the most popular guys in school and she was sure he'd laugh and then tell his friends. And if that happened they'd never let her live it down.
"Hey, he's nice. Just give him a chance. You shouldn't judge people based on how popular they are," Sally said as she stopped and waited for Makoto.
"Hey what's up?" Makoto asked as he ran up beside them. "What's wrong?" he asked as he saw Faye's eyes, they where red. It was obvious she had been crying.
"She's upset about the report," Sally replied as they stood in the hallway.
"Oh I see, well don't worry about it, Faye. It wasn't bad and everyone loved it," Makoto said with a smile.
"See I told you," Sally replied.
"The only reason they liked it was because I looked like a fool," Faye replied as she sank down to the floor.
"Hey, come on now," Makoto said getting down next to her, "It wasn't bad at all."
Oh this could be the perfect chance for those to get together, Sally thought to herself, I'd better leave them alone. "Well guys I've gotta go."
"Huh but why?" Faye asked as she saw Sally head for the cafeteria.
"Uh… I was supposed to meet some people at lunch, bye," she said and ran off with a smile, He really does love her. Oh that's so sweet. She's so lucky.
"But really, don't worry about it, Faye," Makoto said and pulled her to her feet.
"But I looked like an idiot. Everyone's going to make fun of me," Faye said as she wiped away the newly fallen tears.
"No they won't," Makoto replied, "I'll be sure they won't," he said and hugged her, letting her cry into his shirt if she wanted to.
What am I doing? Why do I feel so strange? Why do I feel like I like him? I hate this boy; at least I thought I did. So why, why am I hugging him and crying into his shirt? Faye asked herself.
"Hey, we need to go. Are you ok now?" Makoto asked as he pushed Faye away a little so he could look at her face, ending their hug.
"Yeah, I think so," Faye replied and wiped away the last of her tears with her shirt.
"Ok good, so let's go," Makoto said and took Faye's hand as they walked to the cafeteria.
I guess Makoto isn't so bad. Maybe he is nicer than I thought, Faye said to herself as they headed down the hallway a small smile appearing on her face. But I still hate that evil report.