The problem with hating you

The first thing I noticed about Daniel Carter was his attitude. The second thing was that he was standing in my way. “Are you going to move?” I asked. He looked at me slowly, then at the classroom door behind him. “No.” I stared at him. “Excuse me?” “You heard me.” It was only my first morning at Westbridge High, and somehow I had already found the most annoying person in the entire school. I tightened my grip on my books. “I need to get into that classroom.” “And I need to stand here.” “Why?” He shrugged. “Because I can.” I took a deep breath. Great. New school. New classmates. New teachers. And apparently, a new enemy. I pushed past him and walked into the classroom. A few students turned to look at me. I ignored them and chose an empty seat near the window. A girl with curly hair dropped into the seat beside me. “Hi,” she whispered. “I'm Maya.” “Favour.” “You're new, right?” I nodded. Before she could say anything else, the teacher walked in. “Good morning, class.” Everyone became quiet. She placed some books on her desk and looked around the room. “We have a new student today. Favour Morgan, please introduce yourself.” I stood up. “My name is Favour. I just transferred here. That's all.” A few people laughed. I sat down quickly. Then I heard a familiar voice from the back. “Very inspiring.” I turned. Daniel was sitting there, looking amused. I narrowed my eyes at him. He smiled. I already hated him. And I had only known him for ten minutes. I had no idea that by the end of the day, Daniel Carter would become the biggest problem in my new school. And I definitely didn't know that one day, I would wish I had never hated him at all.