ixated on the one person wh

nova Mc

saw her beautiful face. And right now, I wanted nothing more than to take her in my arms and hold her, en

in my tracks. The coldness in which she speaks c

sign that I wasn’t the only one shocked by this situation, but all I sa

ain with more sternness in her voice. Defeated, I make my way to

o happy for the first day of school. I focused my attention bac

Gen

acher for the school year, you can call me - Rhea Genova McMill

‘present’ when your name is called” Rhea says, c

dad R

ese

Mack

es

e mesmerizing beauty that stood in front of the clas

st two weeks

kiss never

ave forgotten a

Deya

. Ghost me for something we both wanted a

Deya

ar the girl by me say, sn

k with an annoye

ed three times now” she says in a defensive ton

gaze locks with Rhea who doesn’t look too pleased. I rolled my

nerv

the staring contest and not giving a damn that the entire class was possible star

g at me. Instead of answering, I l

ng the piece on the desk and proceeds

here but here. I h

at, I needed

ith so many unan

n before saying “girl, you better pay attention, the teacher be giving yo

ks about her looks, I wo

she says nodding h

ask with annoyance

shrugs and I

ard and was shocked to see

th my little discus

gave any

ook wasn’t even out of my backpack yet, which explains how mu

t see the need for considering I validated Entrepreneurship and English. The subjects which were alie

chebag lecturer we had last year for chemistry. He

bad teacher, but h

arry some items back to his office. He said ‘I bet underneath those baggy clothes is some real assets eh?’, I had never been so scared, conside

y. What could have happened to him? I’m not asking because I am wo

thoughts. The way she calls my name gave me butterflies because she pronou

How do I tell the entire class that I was smiling be

ll want to know” she pressed. She wa

nt detention after school but I didn’t care. If anything,

t think how pretty your lips are and I would love to feel it on

rl who talks back at teachers or who makes fun of them as they teach, but I had to

matized her. Every gaze that was on me turned to her as she wondered if

one week,” she

e

gh three periods and then I

about getting detentio

“what makes you

mile on your face when she said de

s about being happy a

ace the front of the class, pretending to be

r personally?” I he

t?”

ou don’t look like someone who will purposely

ttention back to the lecturer w

s one I d

pay attention but red wouldn’t let me as she poke

oud because the entire class turn

Rhea says slamming the folder she held o

t that she said anything. I would have preferred if she had ve

s and walked out of the classroom. This was not what

my first period, which means I will have to walk all the way there. It was called the main building because t

choice I made back in my class. My father was going to hear about

sks, adjusting her glasses so they lie

have her ask me why I decided to walk to the other campus to use the toilet, or I could tell her I was

d for op

office,” I said and prepared

re already being sent to the principal’s office” she blabbed on and

Wanda but she had already made it c

wasn’t a tr

an advantage to misbehave because I knew daddy’s m

t behind my camera taking pictures, I was in so

at she and I certainly many others,

emaker will do, but it was for the right reasons. Rh

alls or answered my messages. I hadn’t meant to stigmat

dare

uly thinking. That will just make everyone see me as a psychopath.

s call for des

uences, which I w

ff the more. This was all red’s fault. And I bet rhea just wanted me out of her class be

ignore

going through this sc

ermitted me to enter. I pushed the door opened and peeped in, me

for a fact, reasons why I was a

there. Because there were very few people who were built like tha

d

ny La

hell was h

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