Chapter One
I have just finished
my first lesson and I have to tell you it was the funniest of my life, it was
Maths and we have such a cool teacher, I had the lesson with Kaz so it made it
even funnier, I swear if you entered those two as a double act in talent show
you would win first prize no doubt.
I have a free now
and so does Lisa and Shreena so Im going to go see how their first period went
and no doubt there will be another argument over how many times Ben looked at
either of them-there always is.
We sat down on the grass and they started
straight away,
“Oh he looks so
lush this year Beth you wouldn’t believe it”
“Yeah” my mind
really wasn’t on the subject as I noticed Paul and his girlfriend in a very
intense make out session, I turned away in disgust and listened to Shreena and
Lisa talk about the , oh so wonderful Ben Adams.,
“Beth, you seen
anyone you like yet?” Lisa asked,
“No” I lied, if I
had told them they would have gone right up to Paul and told him in front of
his girlfriend, which would have led to me going into hiding,
“Oh come there
must be someone, I mean you are in a class with only three girls and the rest
are guys, there has to be someone”
“Honestly there is
no one” I said, hoping they would drop the subject,
“Fine, but I bet
there is”
“Im going to find
Siobhan or Hanne” I said snapping at them and walking off,
“Beth don’t be
like this we were only messing” Shreena shouted after me but I wasn’t going to
listen.
After about ten
minutes of walking and not finding anyone I decided to go and sit at one of the
benches at the back of the college, I saw a tall figure sit down next to me,
“Hey Beth”
“Hiya Mark, how
are you?”
“Im ok and you”
“Am fine” I
sighed,
“You aren’t,
what’s wrong?”
“Just Lisa and
Shreena pushing me”
“So they haven’t
changed?”
“Nope”
“And Siobhan?”
“What about her?”
“Has she changed?
Does she still hate me?”
“She doesn’t hate
you”
“Well she runs off
when I try to talk to her”
“She is just a bit
shy”
“She talks to
other people just fine though”
“Don’t worry…”
“Why on earth would
you think I was worrying?”
“Mark, do you like
her?”
“A bit”
“Just a bit?”
“Okay I like her a
lot, I have liked her since year 7, but every time I went to ask her out she
freaked out and ran off”
“Well give her a
little bit of time, okay Im sure she will stop that soon”
“God I hope so”
“So what where
Shaz and Lisa pushing you about?”
“Do I like
anyone?”
“Well do you?”
I stayed silent;
Mark was pretty much a mind reader anyway,
“What’s his name?”
“Paul”
“Marazzi?”
“Yeah that’s it,
do you know him?”
“Yeah he is some
of my classes, want me to put in a good word for you?” he said smiling and
nudging,
“God…No, you do
that and I will hunt you down”
“Okay well I wont
then”
“Thank you” I said
hugging him,
“Well Im going to
get going, wanna check out all the music rooms”
“Okay well I will
see you around”
“Yeah bye” with
that he got up and walked back into the building.
“Beth, can I talk
to you a minute?” the voice near me made me jump,
“Oh god Siobhan
you scared me”
“What’s going on
between you and Mark” she said looking as though she was about to cry
“Nothing”
“Then why did you
hug him?”
“Cos he is my
friend”
“What where you
talking about?”
“You infact”
“Me?”
“Yes you”
“Why?”
“You will find out
why and trust me it isn’t bad” Siobhan sat down next to me and we chatted until
it was time for out next lesson.