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10. Keeping It Up
"Lizzie,
you're back!" Eve exclaimed. Lizzie smiled and together they walked
to their lockers.
"I told you yesterday on the phone," Lizzie
said.
"Yeah, but it's still great," Eve grinned, "I was
kinda lonely on my own."
"Lonely? While Michael's in the same
class?"
"We're not doing so well," Eve started to speak
softly, "Saturday he told me he had no time to go to the cinema,
and we kinda started to argue... We've argued before. Actually, we
argue a lot."
"Aw," Lizzie felt sorry for her friend. "Maybe
you've gotta talk about it. With him, I mean, without fighting. Sort
the problems out!"
"Did you really think I haven't already
tried?" Eve looked opened her locker to get her books. "It didn't
help. Michael said there's nothing wrong, that I'm imaging the
problems."
"So he's saying you're the problem?" Lizzie asked
amused, but Eve shook her head.
"Don't laugh, Liz. This is no
fun, this is serious. I like Mike, I really do, but what if we're
just not meant to be?"
"Then you'll find out. But give it a
try and don't give up too soon," Lizzie warned. "By the way...
don't we've got maths?"
"Ah, I almost forgot!" Eve quickly
closed her locker and they ran to the classroom.
"Sorry
sir," Eve said, when they came in. The lesson had already
started.
"It's okay, but please sit down," Mr Hoffman
answered. While they sat down, Lizzie noticed several people looking
at her, in a way she definately didn't like. She wondered why.
She
quickly looked aside and saw William. He was listening to Hoffman,
while his neighbour Kenneth was drawing some cartoons in his
notebook. Kenneth... Lizzie smiled when she thought of the
conversation she had with Lydia, in the garden. Her younger sister
had considered to call her future baby Kenneth – of course! Lizzie
couldn't understand why she hadn't seen it coming.
"I guess
everyone knows about Lydia," she whispered. Eve looked up, with a
friendly look on her face.
"What else did you expect?"
"I
forgot, actually," Lizzie confessed. "What do you think they're
gonna say?"
"I don't know, we'll see."
Lizzie smiled when
she heard the 'we'. Eve was always there for her, but it had never
occurred to her that clearly as in the last few days.
While she
was smiling, a small piece of paper landed on her table.
"What
does it say?" Eve whispered. Lizzie unfolded it and read: 'Hey
Bennet, how does it feel, to have a sister that sleeps with
everyone?'
"That makes no
sense at all!" Eve angry said. Lizzie looked around and saw
Britanny and Rita watching her and giggling.
"Look," she said
in a low voice.
"Of course, Brit and Rit, we should have
known... our sweet lill' angels," Eve said, sarcastic.
Lizzie
quickly wrote also a message on the paper: 'What d'you mean
by that! Just go away and get a life.'
"Good
job," Eve nodded, and she threw the paper back. She looked sharply
at Lizzie.
"Aren't you mad?"
Lizzie looked at her – she
never heard such a dumb question in her whole life, but she could
understand Eve was confused. She didn't show it, but yes, of course
she was angry. She only didn't know what to do... Her sister had done
something incredibly stupid, and she couldn't blame other people to
think that. But the remark of Britanny and Rita was rude and Lizzie
wanted to defend her sister.
"May I please have your
attention?" Mr Hoffman loudly said, and everyone who hadn't been
already listening -a lot of people- looked up.
"The
next few lessons," he continued, "you're gonna work in pairs. I
want you to make a poster about a famous man or woman with a head for
mathematics. Pytagoras, Descartes... There are enough choices! Pick
and choose, and make a nice poster. It'll get a mark."
"O,
please sir, that's so sucking," Archie exclaimed. The whole class
nodded, but Hoffman shook his head.
"I don't wanna hear any
complaining... Now let me see... I'll make the pairs. Everybody
listen, please: Eve Dawson with Rita Cabot-"
"He must be
kidding!" Eve whispered, "I don't wanna make a poster with that
bitch! I hate her!"
"And she hates you," Lizzie tried to
hide a grin, but she couldn't manage.
"And
you're a bitch too, don't laugh!" Eve exclaimed, but now she was
also laughing.
"... Kenneth Rivers with Archie Steele..."
"I
wonder who's gonna be your 'mate'. Britanny?" Eve grinned, but
Lizzie carefully listened to Hoffman. She started to count everyone
who hand't been already called, but by then he already reached the
end of the list.
"... and William Darcy with Lizzie
Bennet."
"What?" Lizzie whispered. Her plan had been
ignoring Darcy untill the end of the day, but that was
impossible.
"Good luck," Eve grinned and Lizzie grabbed her
gear together. She walked to William's table.
"Eh, can I sit
next to you?" she asked. Kenneth had already left.
"Of
course," he said, and she saw something that looked like a smile.
She smiled back and hoped he would forget the whole emberassing
conversation they had had before.
"Which one shall we choose?"
she asked.
"Hippocrates, maybe?" William suggested. "You
know, the Greek from the circle and the square."
"I know,"
Lizzie smiled, "and that sounds fine by me."
You stupid girl,
she thought, can't you think of anything better? What will he think
about you? Nothing good!
He looked at her, and just when she
started to be nervous, he smiled back.