Chapter Eight
The school bell rung loudly for the start of the Saturday lessons. Adrian walked into his Geography classroom to only see Sydney in the corner that the two and Eddie usually sat in. The young artist always arrived at class just as the bell went off, but Sydney and Eddie would normally come to the lesson early.
"Hey, Sage." Sydney looked up from her text book after hearing her nickname. It's been three weeks since the attack happened, and during those three weeks Adrian has given some of his mates nicknames. Sydney was Sage while he called Mason and Eddie by their surnames. For some reason, he gave the nickname 'Jailbait' to Jill, which at first she didn't like. But over the weeks she's grown used to it.
"Morning Adrian."
"Where's Castile?"
"He told me this morning that his Saturday lessons are being taken over by English." Adrian slid into his seat next to Sydney. "He completely forgot about his English coursework and now has to spend his Saturdays catching up before the end of this semester."
"And that's why he should always do his work early."
"Like you should say that." The young scientist rested her head on her hand, smiling at Adrian and watching him with her hazel eyes. "I heard from Lissa that you still haven't completed your first unit for Media Studies, which needs to be handed in next week."
"I hate it how you girls always talk about things."
When Sydney laughed at Adrian's comment he couldn't help but stare at her, listening to her cute and yet strangely beautiful laugh. The sun shone through the window and landed on Sydney's face, causing her to sudden raise her hand to block the sun and squint. And there it was again, the gold tint that he saw on his first day.
Normally when he looked at Sydney's eyes they were a hazel colour. But every so often he always caught a gold colour to her eyes that shone brightly whenever a ray of sunlight managed to land on her face. Whenever he saw that gold tint, it always took his breath away. The more he stared at her, the more he realised that it wasn't just her eyes that were beautiful; it was her.
The way her hair looked in the light always seemed very silky for him to touch, yet he saw how messy her hair could be first thing in the morning. But even in its messy state Adrian always thought it just made her look…kinda sexy in a way. And her face, she was a beautiful girl. A VERY beautiful girl.
It was only when the teacher walked into the classroom Adrian realised that he had been staring at Sydney. He snapped back into reality to see her just staring back at him too.
"Is everything okay?"
"Uh…yeah! Everything's fine, just thinking about something. That's all." A chuckle left Adrian's mouth as he grabbed his own text book and flipped it open.
The first lesson of the two went slowly. This was usual though; the teacher would spend the first lesson writing up notes for everyone to copy as well as lecture them about information on the topic they were studying, then during the second lesson he would give them work to get on with. At least that way the students would learn something during the double lesson.
When the bell rang to end the first lesson, the teacher walked around the classroom to see that everyone had copied the notes off the board before handing them the work that they had to get on with.
"I seriously need to get out of here."
"How come?"
"I have a science project that needs my attention." Adrian chuckled. Of course it would be something about science to this girl.
"What are you doing for the science project?"
"I chose to base it around chemicals from the periodic table." Sydney allowed the pen to slip from her grip, knowing that she wouldn't be able to concentrate with her work when her mind was all focused on her project. "I have everything I need but I just haven't got the time. I'm going to have to ask some of my other science friends for help, but they'll probably need to spend their time on their own projects."
A thought popped into Adrian's mind. He wasn't as much of a scientist like Sydney, but he knew his fair share of science and chemicals after the amount of times he managed to set his work on fire at previous schools due to chemical mix-ups. Plus, he did have a lot of free time on his hands as most of his lessons were exam based rather than project based.
"How about I help you?" She looked up at him. "I may not know as much as you, but if you need an extra hand for anything I can help you. I have a lot of free time right now." She smiled at him.
"Thanks Adrian. It really means a lot to me." He grinned at her. "If you want to help, you can."
"I shall. I don't want my friends stressing out over work." The teacher turned away from the two, focusing his attention on some students who were laughing loudly and distracting the others. Adrian spotted the fire exit door behind them, and poked Sydney. "Shall we get out of here?"
"But the teacher will notice!"
"No he won't. Besides, we can go start on your project."
"Let's go then!"
The duo managed to slip out the classroom and ran off across the field laughing, as the Geography classrooms were in a separate building from the main school. By the time they made it to the science classrooms they were both in hysterics and nearly crying of laughter. Neither of them could remember the last time they laughed so hard.
Sydney pulled out a spare key to a classroom and walked in, with Adrian following her. He figured that she was given a key because not only was she a member of the science club at the school, but unlike him she was a well-behaved and trusted student. If he ever got his hands on a key to a subject department, he would probably end up dragging Mason, Eddie, Christian and Dimitri into a classroom and completely mess it up.
Once the pair grabbed some safety goggles and white lab coats they walked to the back desks in front of the chemical cupboards.
"These are the instructions of some chemicals combinations I want to try out." Adrian was handed a sheet covered in different kinds of chemicals, some he knew and others he never heard off. "Could you measure the first set of chemicals while I get the equipment ready? Wait." She looked at him. "Will you be able to do it? With your arm, I mean?"
"I'll manage."
They got to work. While Sydney got all the equipment together, turned the gas on and lit up the Bunsen Burner Adrian found all the chemicals he needed and started to measure them all out to put them in separate glass containers. He found it hard at first because of his cast, but he managed to hold the containers still with his right arm while pouring out the chemicals with his left.
With everything ready Sydney patiently waited for Adrian to finish measuring the remaining chemicals. She glanced at him, tilting her head to the side and resting her hands on the desk. The way Adrian was so focused in measuring out the chemicals for her, it was a rare look that she only saw when she would walk into his room and saw him painting. It was as if he was the only person who existed in the room with the way he stared at his work.
Her eyes trailed from the look on his face to his entire face. Adrian, in her opinion, was a very cute looking boy when she first saw him. But now, the more she stared at him, the more she saw the handsome side of him. She next moved to his hair, which was in its usual styled messy look. It strangely suited him.
She lowered her gaze to his eyes; his emerald green eyes that were so focused on the work in front of him. After staring at his eyes for several seconds she then moved her attention to his lips. They looked so soft. A thought ran through her head; I wonder if they would be soft if I kissed them?
When she realised that Adrian was staring at her, she felt her cheeks burn up a bit.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah, just waiting for you to finish."
"I am."
"Then let's move on!" She pulled some of the chemicals towards her, ignoring the hot feeling she felt on her face. Adrian saw how red her face was, and when a little voice in his head said to him 'she looks quite cute when she's embarrassed' he had to look away from her before she spotted his own face going slightly red.