My lover's promise

CHAPTER 2

As I waved goodbye to Mrs. Boyle, I couldn't help but to feel sad for her. It's like watching a family member in pain. Then I heard the first bell for the first period.

 "Shoot! I'm going to miss my first class!" I exclaimed.

 I sprinted down the hallway and started looking for my classroom. Luckily, three weeks ago, my mom took me to this school so that i will be familiar with it. Hate to admit it, but my mom was right and I'm really thankful for what she did. Even though, I thought my mom was just being paranoid or overly excited for me. I made it in my classroom and luckily my teacher hasn't arrived yet. I scanned the room looking for a vacant desk. I saw one at the back, it was next to the window facing the basketball court. I took a seat and began to prepare all of my things. All of my classmates looked at me when I took the seat next to the guy sleeping. Their looks tell me that, I shouldn't be sitting there, but I ignored the feeling because I like to be seated near a window, however if only I were early today, I would've chosen a seat next to the window and in the front so I could get a natural light coming from the sun and at the same time I could better listen to the teacher. Oh well, beggars can't be choosers, I thought. As I was laying down all of my things on my desk, I noticed that the guy seated beside my desk was asleep. His head was on the desk and I could hear his soft and noticeable snore. Probably he had a rough night, I thought to myself. I stared at him and tried to have a peek but I still couldn't see his face. He is wearing a hoodie. I began to study his other features such as his height, and it’s safe to say that he is tall because his legs don’t fit the desk. It extended almost to the seat in front of him. He might be an athlete, I wondered. Then the teacher entered the classroom.

 "Good morning everyone, sorry if I'm a bit late. There was a mix up in the schedule but now that I'm here. Let me introduce myself. My name is Mr. Greg Boyle and I will be your Physics teacher. " 

 Then he flashed us his dashing smile, showcasing his pearly whites and all of the girls in the room dreamily sighed in unison as if PRINCE CHARMING was standing in front of us. Meanwhile, the boys we're making faces at our teacher. Hahaha! They are honestly jealous, I mean look at him and given the fact that this teacher is older and yet he looks younger. His hair was neat, almost like those military men. He is tall, an easy 5’9 from my estimation. Then the teacher asked us to give ourselves a short introduction.

 "When we introduced ourselves in the class, we usually begin at the front. So, for a change let's start at the back. What's your name miss?" 

Mr. Greg asked not looking at me as he was reaching for his class record. I stood up and began to introduce myself.

 "Good morning everyone! My name is Nicole Linetti. I'm a new student here in your school. It's a pleasure to meet all of you and hope we could get along well." 

Everyone, smiled at me and they looked back at the teacher. After my introduction, Mr. Boyle stared at me for a quite a long time. Everyone felt strange seeing their teacher, stare at a student. Did he just zone out? I thought to myself. I have to do something. This is getting out of hand, everyone is looking at me and him. So before things could get worse, I decided to speak up.

 "So do you have any questions about me?” 

I asked everyone just to break the awkwardness of Mr. Boyle staring at me. Then Mr. Boyle spoke,

 “I FOUND YOU”.

 I looked at him confuse. "Uh?? What do you mean by that, sir? Hehe" I chuckled. 

 He smiled, and took a piece of paper from the class record and silently read what was written on the paper, it seems to be a paper that has lists of student's name and he said:

 "What I meant by , I found you is that, I heard you are really good with Physics and I need some students to participate in some contests" he paused. 

"Students let me remind you that there will be a physics contest and our school must choose 5 students to represent. I found out today that Ms. Linetti here has been given a scholarship to study here and she will represent the school, but I will still be needing 4 more students. So if you're interested please do approach me or show me that you could do it. Okay?" Mr. Boyle said. 

 Everyone in the classroom started to chatter. Others gave me a happy and reassuring look, while some is giving me the "if looks could kill" vibe. I smiled and sat down.

 "So let's move on to the guy next to you, Nicole can you please wake him up." Mr. Boyle said.

 "Hey, I whispered, to him "The teacher is here, please get up." 

Then he lifted his head up from his desk and opened his sleepy eyes and looked at me then stood up. Wow he has green eyes, and a blonde hair. He looks like an angel, I said to myself. I couldn’t help but blush at him. He is gorgeous. While I was captivated of him I noticed that my classmates didn’t like him at all. Others showed fear in their faces and the other half showed anger towards him. 

 "Hello, my name is Maverick, Maverick Reynolds and that's all". 

 Then he sat down and went back to sleep. Everybody was silent then after this awkward pause, we decided to continue with the introductions and a few more minutes every one of us had introduced themselves, Mr. Boyle started his class. While Mr. Boyle is teaching I couldn't stop thinking about Maverick. I mean why is he sleepy and why does he act as if things doesn't matter to him and why do my classmates acts strangely with him. He is so handsome. He is like an angel. After 45 minutes, Mr. Boyle's class ended and I got up and prepared for my next class which is PE. I hate PE. I'm not like those athletic girls who looks so healthy and graceful with everything that they do. Heck! I couldn't even run for 3 minutes without wheezing. Nevertheless, PE is an important subject, if I fail I would eventually lose my scholarship. I should do more exercise, I thought. So I went to the locker room, and there I met some of my classmates. Their locker room was spacious. It has cubicles for those who wants to change in private and cubicles for those who wants to shower. This school really values privacy. The locker room even has a flat screen TV. I made my way to my assigned locker and began putting in my things since I wasn’t able to because I came in nearly late, I could see from the corner of my eyes that some of the girls aren’t using the cubicles for changing. I studied their bodies and I could see that they are really sexy and fit. I began to feel embarrass, my body is not as beautiful as theirs. So I decided to use one of those cubicles. As I was about to change my clothes, a girl with a blonde hair and pale face approached me. She looks like she was suffering from depression or she just didn’t have enough sleep from last night. She had bags under her eyes and was hesitant to say something. She just stood up next to me. So, I took it up to myself and asked her something. 

 "Do you want to use this cubicle? I can wait... 

 "Why are you with Prix? Are you a couple?" She asked with a stutter in her voice. 

 Wow, she didn't even let me finish, I thought. "No! We're neighbors and I missed the school bus so i took a ride from his mom."I explained. 

Her eyes then glistened with hope and she smiled.

 "Oh, I'm sorry, it's just that i really like him" she answered. You're Ashley right? You're one of those singing club members. What club is that again? I asked 

 "Glee club" she answered.

 ”You're a beautiful and talented girl, you should try talking to him, I said but who in the right mind would like Prix he is so disrespectful, I thought. 

 “No!!!” She screamed. My eyes widened in shock.

 "I'm sorry, I don't mean to yell. It’s just, I think we're on different levels. I think he won’t even talk to me even if I try” She bowed her head slightly. 

 ”Well, don't be sad. I'm sure he will notice you or you could have the courage to talk to him. You know, baby steps." I said with an encouraging look. She smiled, and said,

 "Look Nicole, PE is about to begin, is it okay if I'm going to head out, first?" she asked. 

 "Of course, I'll catch up with you." I answered. 

 I entered the changing cubicle and quickly changed into my PE uniform. I wonder what her deal is. She seems to very much like Prix but she doesn’t want to talk to him. Such a weird combination. When I was done changing, I was surprised to find out that the whole place was deserted and I realized that there's only 5 minutes before PE begins. I went out of the locker room and made a dash to the gym. When out of nowhere someone grabbed my arm.The hands were huge and I knew that this is not a woman. He pulled me and spun me so that I am facing at him.

 “Ow! What's your problem!? I'm gonna be late for my PE class!” I yelled with an annoyed expression from my face only to be change with fear when I looked at his face and I suddenly realized who it was. 

 "Oops"