The Perfect Project Partner

chapter -1

Ring! Ring! Ring!

I groaned and covered my ears with my pillow to stop the annoying sound and sleep some more but no such luck as the beeping won't stop . " ugh! who wants to die this morning ". I said out loud and reached for my mobile phone which was kept at nightstand . With one eye open I looked at my phone screen to find that it was my alarm. " why did I set an alarm " I thought.

Upon remembering what day it is and checked the time to see that if I won't get out of the bed this instant then I'll be late on my first day and man I hate being late. I hurriedly went inside the bathroom that is inside my room to take a shower . Within 15 minutes I was ready and done with getting dressed . I wore a blue top with denims , applied some Chapstick on my lips and let my golden locks air dry and made my way down stair.

As I entered living room , smell of strawberry pancakes hit my nose and my mouth watered . " Morning everyone" I said as I entered kitchen." Good morning , sweetheart" my dad Daniel Carson replied with a warm smile that reached his blue orbs that are similar to mine . " Finally you decided to graced us with your presence" my brother Jack Carson said with his mouth full." Jack , no talking with mouth full, where are your manners" my mom Lisa Carson said him with a scrowl on her face " come on Charlotte have your breakfast"mom said me with a smile and I happily agreed her and poured some syrup on my pancakes and started eating." So, are you both excited for your first day" dad asked me and my brother. " Yeah , finally I get to go to high school " Jack replied with a toothy grin ." Yes! finally one more year and then high school is over" I replied with a similar grin and our parents laughed at our contradicting statements .

After breakfast me and Jack made our way towards my car that I got after getting my driver's license. We said bye to our parents and received good luck from them." Eww, char your taste in music sucks, this song is so cheesy" he said with a scrunched nose as 'Perfect' by Ed Sheeran was playing and went to change the song but I quickly slapped his hand away " Don't you dare change it" I told him with a fake glare. After sometime he himself started humming to the song . I know that he likes these kind of songs but won't agree to it. He has a 'reputation' to maintain as he is 14 years old now going to high school . I rolled my eyes at that thought.

As we reached the school , I parked the car in parking lot and turned around to see jack nervously looking around. " You'll do great , trust me , just be yourself " I said him with a reassuring smile and he gave me a nod . we got out of the car and started walking towards the entrance , suddenly I was tackled in a bone crushing hug and wind was knocked out of me but as the familiar coconut scent filled my scenes I wrapped my arms around the slender frame . " I missed you " we both said at the same time and laughed .We released each other after some time. "Look at you jack-jack ,all grown up and ready to start high school " my childhood best friend Amelia Wilson said to jack and ruffled his hair . Jack groaned " It took me ages to set them Amss , now you ruined them" and turned away to set his hair right by looking on the near by car window ." You sound like my grandma Amss" I told her while laughing. " whatever" Amelia said by linking her arm with mine.

Three of us started walking towards the school ." So, jack-jack are we going to see you on the field now" Amelia asked Jack using his nickname. " If I get selected ,then you will " he replied with a shrug. Jack plays soccer and I agree he's pretty good at it . If he tries a little hard he may even become a professional soccer player one day.

Jack spotted some of his middle school friends and went towards them saying he'll meet at lunch.

" I have so much to tell you " Amelia told me with a glint in her brown eyes which means she's got some gossip. " Sarah cheated on Ryan . They were going to complete their one year but Ryan found her making out with someone else. Poor Ryan , he really liked her" she told me as we reached our lockers . " But Sarah was really into him , she was the one who reached him first and he even rejected her the first time but now she only did this to him " She added some more information that I already know. " Ohh , really" I replied her trying to sound interesting. " Come on char , you don't need to pretend with me , I know when you are not interested" she said while crossing her arms . I just replied her with a big smile.

"let's see how many classes we have together this year" I said her trying to change the topic. "I totally forgot about it, lets check" she said getting excited and we crossed our fingers hoping to have most of the same classes."So ,we have homeroom economics, English literature and history together" she said smiling from ear to ear . " Good, I just have chemistry and photography class that we don't have together" I said happily as we got most of the classes together.

I took photography this year as I really wanted to give it a try, as a child my dad would take family photos every Sunday whether it be us playing , eating , sometimes we would even try some costumes just for photos but as we grew up that routine just stopped and I really miss it. So , i just wanted to do something that reminds me of my childhood days before I go for college and try something else.

All of a sudden we heard loud angry voices and Amelia and I we both made our towards the source of voices. We saw Ryan holding someone from his T-Shirt collar looking really

angry. The person on whom he had a grip was not visible as Ryan was blocking my view. "Don't test my limits" Ryan told to the person and pushed the person really harshly . As he released him I got to see who he was . He was Andrew Scott, the school's soccer team captain and a typical bad boy ,as he likes to be in trouble . Andrew had a blank look on his face but as he turned around his eyes met mine .His green eyes held so much intensity that I froze on my spot. I quickly adverted my eyes and took Amelia's hand and walked away towards our class.

Rest of my day went smoothly and I forgot about morning and made my way towards my last class of the day that was photography.

I sat on a corner seat next to window in the last and was looking out of window when someone took the empty seat next to mine. I looked up to see that he was none other than Andrew Scott and I shifted further in my seat and tried to ignore him.

Then Ms. Clover our photography teacher came and started the class. " Welcome everyone , I hope we'll have some exciting time together this year" Ms. Clover is a young woman in her late 20s with great enthusiasm. "Some of you might find it frustrating but I would like to give your project on the first day itself as it would give you plenty of time to complete it" hearing her all the students groaned. And Ms. Clover laughed at our obvious reaction. " So, this project is about showing various photos in the form of a one and a half minute with minimum of 50 photos . you are free to choose any theme you like and this is a partner project ,for that lets have chits to decide who will be whose partner" I crossed my fingers and prayed to have someone nice as my partner as our teacher started announcing names by taking out two chits at a time. " Now we have Ethan and Jasmine" Ethan smiled widely to have Jenny as her partner she said while taking out next chits" Charlotte" my heart starting beating loudly hearing my name " and Andrew" Ms. Clover completed and it felt like my heart stopped beating after knowing who my partner is and the bell rang ending our class and students rushed out of the class and turned around to see him already gone

"Just a great way to start my year". I thought.