In An Heartbeat

3~Project

Mr muffins began the class with a shocker, he had a chemistry project for us.

"I see that some of you are behind the class-", he paused, looking at me directly and I winced.

Mira chuckled. She has been playing with her pen all through the while Mr muffin began his lecture.

Once Mr. Muffins looked at me. She paused, a smile cracking on her bored face, then she chuckled.

"He is talking about you?", She whispered in a question-like statement and I rolled my eyes.

"What do you think?"

Her smile grew bigger, she wanted to laugh. It wasn't a regular thing for Mr. Muffins to point out a student except the student was excelling exceptionally.

But now, that he was doing that to me, it only meant that he was beginning to be amazed by the level of my failure.

"So, I had no other choice but to come up with a project, one that isn't too close to chemistry-"

He paused looking at me this time, straight in the eyes, making it obvious to everyone that he was talking about me, everyone turned to glance at me and I curled my fingers in fright, folding my lips against each other.

"Hopefully, some of you would pass"

Mr muffins uttered and the class began to laugh. I could hear their laughter from behind and in front.

Christ, I wanted to die.

This was so embarrassing.

Mira who was smiling before had stopped, she scanned the reaction of the class with a frown across her face. She gazed at me pitifully, I refused to look into her troubled eyes.

She was worried for me.

I lifted my head and I saw Jace looking at me with a similar expression, he was also worried.

I sighed. He didn't need to. No one needed to. It was expected, as I was failing miserably.

I could feel someone else's gaze looking at me from behind, when I turned, I saw Miles staring at me, his jaw clenched, his light brown eyes darkened.

I knew that face, I've seen it before. he was annoyed. He was annoyed that Mr. Muffins was humiliating me.

Once our eyes locked, his cold icy glare softened, and he looked at me this time, with something I also knew.

I shook my head, telling him I was alright and he cast me a small smile. I faced the front and saw Jace staring at us.

Jace and I locked eyes, his eyes were still troubled so I cast him a small smile, just to let him know that I was alright.

He smiled back, It wasn't genuine. It wasn't like the one he had given me when I was heading to the class about forty minutes ago.

He wasn't okay with the fact that I was okay being humiliated this way. I could see it in his green eyes. He had a lot of questions inside them.

He was different from Miles who respected my decision. Miles only acted on his anger if I told him I wasn't okay with it, but Jace right here looked like he could cause trouble right now.

I sighed internally, I really hoped he doesn't do anything stupid. I don't want to be the cause of him getting into some kind of trouble or something.

"Okay. This chemistry project is simple. Create anything out of science"

Mr muffins muttered, moving on to the depths and surfaces of the assignment and I sighed in relief.

Jace didn't do anything. Though someone could be too sure when it came to Jace but right now, I was relieved.

***

"I will read out your project partner, then you switch to get familiar with yourselves"

Mr. Muffins uttered and the whole class listened in on their names.

He read out a long list of pairs, when my name was mentioned I looked up, "Jane-"

He paused, glancing directly at me. I stared emptily into space. He was making this class horrible for me. Everyone paused looking in my direction, Mr. Muffins continued.

"Jane and Mira"

Mira smiled, turning her dimples to me. I blinked recovering from that five seconds of horror. I stared at the happiness in Mira's eyes and my earlier uneasiness was gone.

I smiled back at her.

He continued to read everyone's name, I didn't pay any attention to it until he mentioned Miles.

"Miles and Jace"

I blinked.

What the- did I hear that correctly? Who pairs the best student in their class together?

I looked up at Jace. He was looking elsewhere. His eyes were locked with Miles, and they stared at themselves with no expression on their face.

Miles arched his eyebrows at Jace and Jace rolled his eyes looking away, back to Mr muffins.

Jace and Miles weren't enemies but weren't friends either. They just never crossed each other's part. Jace stayed in his lane and Miles in his.

But-, Now Mr. Muffins was joining their lanes together, I wondered whether it was a good or bad idea.

People said Jace was reserved but in the little time I've known him, I've discovered that he was far from that. He was no doubt, a mysterious guy who was always in his head but, he could be a pain when he wanted to.

Miles, on the other hand, had mood swings. Which meant that he could be hot this instant and cold the next.

I am used to it already but I only wondered if Miles and Jace's personalities could blend, I don't know why I was having a feeling that this chemistry project, with them as partners was a huge mistake.

They won't get anything done.

He read out everybody's names and then asked everyone to switch their seats. I didn't need to change seats because I was already sitting with my project partner.

I turned my eyes to Jace, he wasn't moving then I turned my eyes to Miles, he wasn't moving too.

I rolled my eyes, shaking my head at their drama. Jace and Miles just sat there, staring at each other.

After a moment, when everyone has almost finished switching seats, Miles sighed, getting up from his place and walking over to Jace with a very pissed-off look on his face.

When he reached the empty seat beside Jace, he placed his books on the table and attempted to sit on the chair.

Jace was faster, he placed his left leg on it to prevent Miles from sitting on it. Miles stopped, glancing at Jace's leg and then at Jace himself.

Jace was smirking at him and Miles muttered lowly, barely audible.

"Remove your leg"

"I sprained it when getting it up there, so I can't move it"

"You don't mind helping me, do you?"

"Remove your leg", Miles repeated himself, a frown across his face.

I eyed them both. I wasn't catching up with what was going on now. All I knew was that Miles was frowning and Jace was wearing a wide silly smile.

Miles looked at Jace's leg, he wasn't moving an inch. He arched his eyebrows, smirking at him.

" you know what, on the other hand"

"I don't mind"

He uttered, and before Jace could make sense of his words, Miles has already dumped his butt on his leg.

He winced loudly, using all his strength to remove his leg from under his butt.

Everyone turned to him, paying him the attention Mr. Muffins should be receiving and Mr muffins sighed, closing his markers.

"Jace Walt"

"You care to share with us what the problem is?"

I blinked, slamming my hands on my head. I knew Miles and Jace was a horrible combination.