Enshrined love

Chapter 8

Zoe's POV

Ted and I made it to class with only a minute to spare taking our seats at yesterday's spot. Some time during the lesson my eyes began to wonder around the classroom landing on Nathan seated on the other side looking directly at me as our eyes met making me blush and shy down. It took a minute but I composed myself and focus back on my lesson at that time his words came back to me shocking me to the core. He said that we had classes together meaning I'll be seeing him in most if not all my classes. But if that were true why didn't I see him yesterday. I mean I would have remembered him, he is memorable after all. Searching my memory I can't seem to recall seeing him. Huh.....? I thought. Letting go of those thought my mind trailed back to the lesson at hand driving me to caution my self not to look to my right. I had no control over my feeling it seems and I do not trust myself as far as that man is concerned yes I have only met him a mare 20 minutes ago but according to my scale he is a God and like all gods he has power over me. What can I say I am a teenager and I'm hormonal. I mean just yesterday I was ready to jump Ted if not for him being gay I probably would have. I have never had a guy be genuinely interested in either being a friend or a boyfriend to me before so you can't blame me for Ted it's just a normal reaction or that's what I tell my sick self who is still somehow holding up hope that Ted is not gay but is just confused. During my chemistry class I realised literally I could not move, I couldn't even look at bloody Ted since he was seated to my right. We would make small talk there and there but my face was staring straight in front. My relief came only when I heard the sound of the bell. I was so elated that I let out a deep breath that I was holding. Ted and I both packed our bags and headed to the next class making sure I keep my head down and not look around not to draw Nathan's attention to me again but, alas Nathan wouldn't let me breath. I found myself looking at the very eyes I've been trying to avoid for the last hour as we sat waiting for the maths teacher in our second class. “Henderson” his dark and soft voice echoed. How can a teen have a voice like that. I wondered to myself. Ted just shrug out a “Hey Nate” before going back to texting on his phone as he is slumped on his chair. Nate and Ted seem to know each other as in “I know you but we're not really friends but I don’t mind you” type of way which I find interesting and will definitely ask Ted about. “So me and my friends are hosting a house party this weekend and seeing you are new... I was thinking maybe you would like to come?” Nathan offered. On the side of my eye I see Ted whip his head so fast I'm sure he is going to get a headache to look at Nathan with a shock expression. I guess that never happened before. I mused to myself. “You are also invited Ted” Nathan continues not taking his eyes of me. Ted's mouth goes slag. I'm not really sure what to make of this. Yes I've never been invited to house party before nor had I cared to go to one. My friend Ted seems to also be taken back by this gesture Nathan is offering making me not confident in wanting to go however I had vowed not to be my former self and recluse myself from being a teenager. Mmhm what to do? I know Nathan is waiting for an answer which I don’t have so best bet I turn to look at Ted who seems to understand my internal struggles and he looks back on to the hunk before me. “ So like can we bring our other friends” he asks hopeful. Nathan answers without hesitation “Sure why not” Triumph smile graces Ted's mouth and I can't help but smile also. “Guess we'll be seeing you Saturday then" I say in turn to Nathan. Who casually just hands me his phone which confuses me at first. “Your number so I can send you the location” He says seeing the confusion on my face. “Oh” I flush taking the phone to typing my number in and save it before returning the phone back to him. He takes his phone back look at it then smiles, like he genuinely smiles. Damn he's cute. “Well that was strange” I hear Ted say. Just as I was about to ask how so? The bell rings and the Mr Rod sashays through again with a pile of papers.

The lesson went rather quickly. I love maths and I think I love it more here to a point that even yesterday I felt the lesson was too short . I am however dreading my next class history I really cannot comprehend the need to study it. I mean give me something else. Although I do understand the philosophy "to know where we are going we need to know where we're coming from" I cannot for the life of me understand why I can't just study it for a year and the rest of high school be free of history. Ted on the other hand thinks it's funny how much I hate history and I don’t care. Giving him a side eye as he laughs himself silly because he knows I'm about to enter world war 3 with sleep. It also doesn't help my mood that each time I wake from my partial sleep my mind is now programmed to look at Nathan who, like Ted seem to be enjoying my struggle as I have caught him numerous time laughing at me which causes me to flush and want to kick myself. After sometime at last the bell rings. I’m so annoyed I could seriously kill Ted right now. “I don’t understand why you don’t just stroll through your phone to keep yourself from falling asleep” he says in between laugh which is a fair point come to think about it. I can tell Mrs Beck is somewhat short-sighted looking at her I don’t think the she can see far past her extended arm so she won't catch me on my phone. I’ve constantly seen her squinting her eyes trying to zoom in. She seriously needs glasses.