Enshrined love

Chapter 3

Zoe's POV continues

I won't lie so far today I haven't felt the feeling of being less than yes I have only been in the school property for less than 30 minutes but I'm going to choose to declare this day a good day. I walk following the boy's directions ending up at a door, looking up... what do you know its room 45 he actually gave me the correct directions not to say I doubted him but you never know with people especially those you've just met. On my journey to the room it didn't escape my mind that I got stares as I walking however I'm choosing to chunk it out to being curious stares maybe they realise I'm new so I'm not going to pay attention to it. Standing at the door i pull out my phone checking the time, its 8:55 and my class begins at 9, would you look at that I'm early. I grab the handle taking another deep breath in and out to ground myself and decide to walk in. I glance up toward the students, some are seated minding their own business or whatever while others are standing in groups talking and laughing. I turn my head to the teachers desk in front the class teacher is also here seated in her chair. Not wanting to risk seating in someone's seat I decide its safer to approach the teacher whose name according to my time table is Mrs Martin. As I walk towards her I noted she is looking down reading her notes. She looks to be in her early 30's. She has straight beautiful brown hair cascading her face and shoulders ending on her mid back. She has on a black leather skirt paired with a silk black formal shirt tucked in at the waste. The shoes are high heeled and red in colour. I stop next to her desk pulling my shoulders back. "uhmm hum" clearing my throat. Her head whips towards me. First she is a bit startled which last a nanosecond before her face is graced by a toothy blinding nodding her head for me to continue. "Morning my name is Zoe Woods and I'm the new student" I said smiling back at her. "Morning Zoe nice to meet you. Just stand there I'll introduce you then you can take any seat" she says with her smile still not wavering. She closes her book with her right hand leaving a bookmark on the page she was busy with, before pushing up the table to stand turn away from her desk moving to my side. She then placed her left hand on my left shoulder and the right on my right forearm slightly pulling me to her. I look at her face still smiling that when I hear her calls out a greeting to the class "attention class". The class goes quiet she continues whilst looking at me and smiling "Everybody this is Zoe she just joined our school treat her nice and make her feel welcome" she says. She turns and whispers to me to take a seat . I look forward meeting the curious eyes of my classmate and maybe future friends. To my right I see there is a unoccupied chair next to the window which I would love to seat at so I push my body forward moving across the class to get to the seat. I seat and begin to remove my English book from the bag back placing on the table. I turn to the front as I hear Mrs Martin begin her lecture. I notice she waited for me to settle before she began... what a thoughtful person. I think maybe this school might not be bad after all. I tune out all those thought and begin to concentrate on the lecture at hand listening and writing notes. I have to admit although I usually find English boring I like Mrs Martin style of teaching I heard her as she explained the terms and I understood so it should be easy doing the homework she gave us. I start packing my things as the bell already rang i push up on the desk standing on my feet bag and apple on hand. I turn ready to move boom I'm met by a body wall... huh? Confused I look up finding the deepest blue eyes I have ever seen implanted on a face that can only be described as God crafted my mouth goes dry I just look at him stunned. I can see his mouth moving but no sound reaches me. He has a lit up smile playing on his face at he talk man this guy is a good looking I thought to my self still lost in my own world, I see him reaching out his hand and I realised he may have been introducing himself. I stare down at his hand for a nanosecond, clearing out my throat I reach out hand and shake his hand repeating my name. His hands are smooth and soft like my own. I start to take him in.... his hair is Jack black tousled to the right hand side. Looking messy as if he has been running his hands on it too many time. His ears are pierced glanced with diamonds studs. Straight nose. He has sharp edges to his face. He has that 1980's Johnny deep play boy face I like. His chest is make and tad bulky I just want to touch him l, feel him making me swallow. He is wearing a black short sleeve tight shirt that is clinging to him. I notice no tattoos onsite. That I don't mind. “Uhmm hum” I hear him from the pit of my dreams clearing his throat. I look up to his face only to find him chuckling. "Are you done checking me out". He says. Instantly my face turns red in embarrassment. I look down trying to hid. Oh God I've been caught staring. Earth open up and swallow me please. I silently prayed. I feel his hand on my chin raising my head to look at him "None of that, I know I'm a site" he says cockily and I just look at him. This is enough embarrassment for a day I step back removing my face from his touch which is soft and calling to me by the way. Gathering myself still looking at his face because for the life of me I just cannot look away. I save myself by defusing the growing tension by asking "Do you perhaps know the way to room 6 is?". He looks at me now with a thong dropping grin and says "You are in luck I'm also heading there and what's more you and I have the same classes so we will just seat together in all of them" . I just give him a tight smile fearing I might embarrass myself again or better yet just full on jump the guy. Lord I'm f****d, royally f****d that is. “Let's go” he says moving out the way for me to walk pass. It is at that moment that I realise he is tall well maybe 6'. He matches my steps and we are walking side by side. Deciding to kill myself with embarrassing one more time as if the last few minutes were not enough. “You know earlier when you were talking to me I didn't hear what you said I was just engulf in my own little word". I just blur out with my cheeks flushing. He stops walking and so do I. Oh Lord I f****d it up didn't I?. I brace myself for what is to come.. however instead I hear the most warmest most comforting laugh I ever heard which shocks the hell out of me dampening my already soaked thong. I pull tight together my legs fearing it will drip to the floor further embarrassing me. My eyes at this point are wide as my body welcome what this guys is doing to me and responds. I look up his face again this time the laughter is gone but his face is plastered with a smirk. He knows what he is doing. Cocky asshole I think. "Oh sweetie I saw" he mocks. "No worries. I'll just introduce myself again" he says pulling out his hand for a handshake again. “I'm Ted Henderson". I meet his hand with mine "I'm Zoe Woods" I say smiling at him "Alright Zoe Woods. We need to go or else we will be late" Ted says gently tugging my hand he was still holding. We walk make a right turn all the while he is leading me. I like a man taking charge not that I ever had one. Not to long we reach room 6 for the maths class. Being the gentleman I assume he is he opens up the door for me leading me to a chair at the far end of the classroom. He then takes the one next to me. I’m not really sure what to make of Ted here is he a friend or another guy I'm crushing on and him to me? I asked myself After settling down on my chair, I start taking my books and I see him doing the same. Ted start telling me about the school its history and the teacher that I'm about to meet who is apparently Mr Rod. He is my maths teacher really good in his job and is very kind just a little nerdy. I expected that most of my maths teachers in the past were the same. Whilst talking to Ted the door to the classroom push open revealing a man maybe in his 40's blonde short hair with a military cut. He is wearing glasses and holding a ton of papers. He is dressed in a brown suit and dress shoes. I guess he is the maths teacher because he moves towards the teachers desk and neatly place his stack. At that exact moment I hear the bell ring. I shift my body settling to the seat facing front ready to pay attention. "Settle down everyone" him say with his deep voice. Which I didn't expect from him. It’s that kind of a voice that you can lose yourself in. If you haven't met him physically. He then moves to the beginnings his lesson on Geometry. Not a minute later the door push opens and four students sashay in; three boys and one girl. I'm not really paying attention to them at all just looking at my notes "And so comes the royal gang" I hear Ted whisper not sure to himself or me so I turn to look at him. He looks bored his playing on his phone. "You guys are late and are disturbing the class . Please seat down" I hear the deep voice of Mr Rod say "Sorry Mr Rod" one of the boys says while the rest just match in and taking their seat almost at the front of the class. I return my focus to the lesson being taught after all I really like maths it's my favourite subject. I really enjoy dealing with numbers while others find it stressful. I’m a good grade students and I take pride in that. In between my listening Ted tells me more about himself. I find that he has a young sister the "devil incarnated" as he calls her to which I whisper laugh. His parents are lawyers and he comes from money, generational wealth type. He has two friends his cousin; Mathew and Mathew's girlfriend Kate, the two of them I will meet during lunch. He is 18 years old like me and is into crazy crime shows like me. Too soon the class comes to an end. We pack our staff ready to head to our next class whilst still talking and laughing. I stood up placing the chair under the desk like Ted. I follow him still talking. I note the four “royal squad members” as he calls them are just seated still even though class is over and there is practically no students left beside us. I decide to ignore their stares and continue my conversation with Ted. We make our way to the lockers to take out the books needed for the next class and the one after lunch. Seeing I'm not going to eat my apple I decide to just leave it in the locker. I really enjoy talking to Ted he is smart makes me laugh and I feel comfortable around him beside the fact that I'm smitten with him I mean who wouldn't the guy is a God I tell you a God. We are walking to the next class when I stop in tracks no! no! no! I scream in my head. I think I heard him wrong when he says he is gay. Yep that knocked the air out my lungs. To say I'm disappointed is an understatement of a century. "Darn it and here I thought I had found my soulmate. You saw me practically drool over you." I say out loud too distraught to keep it in. Ted just laughs and say "at least you can have me as a friend”. “Guess it friend then" I mumble to myself. It's better than nothing and oh…..yeah!! I have a friend that realization made me giddy my mood returning to a high. Ted and I continue walking to our history class the last class before lunch still talking and him trying to cheer me after destroying my fantasy of our ever after. We reach the class taking our books and I tried to concentrate the keyword being tried. I failed miserably. History is boring point plank I don't like it the teacher Mrs Beck is just the same boring and old. I swear I thought I was going to pass out. It didn't help that Ted kept laughing as my eyes closed from time to time "i***t" I snapped. By the time the class ended I'm sure I died 5 times “I'm not sure how I'm going to live through this the whole year” I tell Ted pouting. “Don’t worry is just a couple of months of torture then we off to college”. He says holding my shoulder giving it a squeeze trying to encourage me as the past hour drained me to the core. Taking my backpack slinging it over my shoulder, Ted takes my hand as we go to the cafeteria to eat and I'm starved.