"What classes do you have?" I asked Cheyenne as we walked together, "my first class is biology, you?" Cheyenne responded while adjusting her stuff.
My eyes light up, "teacher name?" "Mrs.Lemon" Cheyenne shrugged.
"I'm in the same class as you!" I squeled, excited to be in the same class with Cheyenne, "I know." Cheyenne stated, "uh." "I know, you're hard not to notice Cora, you're like in 4 of my classes." We reach the main hallway as we push our way past crowds of people.
"Really?, I didn't know that." I said genuinely confused. "Cora your like a wall of beauty, long hair, good fashion, dream body, and unique features and it doesn't help that you're alone all the time like who doesn't know you without actually knowing you?"
Cheyenne remarked and I could see the irritation on her face at my cluelessness.
"You're the one to talk you also got unique features, you have frizzy short hair your incredibly tall and you have viltigo!" My voice gets higher as someone bumps into me without saying sorry.
"Yet you still didn't notice me," "you're very blunt." I flip my hair to side and Cheyenne shrugged, "let's just drop the convo, it sounds like it's gonna get heated over who's the prettiest." Cheyenne joked and I luaghed, "but you are very pretty." I said with a smile as we walked upstairs.
"Tell me something I don't know." Cheyenne grinned and I slap her on the arm as we enter the classroom and I look forward then I see him and my breath hitches, it was Xavier, just sitting there lazily with his legs spread and we lock eyes for a moment before he looked away and I also looked away still remembering that embarrassing moment.
"Let's sit over there." I pointed to the other end of the classroom just to distance myself from him and Cheyenne nodded as we walk over together.
"You know what our friendship is doing to me?" I said as I place my stuff down. "What?" Cheyenne asked "It's making me not notice my surroundings and I don't like that."
Cheyenne gave me a confused look and she just stared at me. "Girl you just meet me today why do you already have a problem with having friends?" Cheyenne responded as I sit down frustrated.
"Because when I'm alone I don't do anything stupid like bumping into someone!" My voice rises and I quickly lower it. "Are you still on about bumping into Xavier? I promise you it's not that serious everyone does it."
"Well not me!"
I look at Cheyenne furious because she's not getting it, I hate being noticed like really hate it and I also hate looking stupid like I'm not aware of my surroundings even though I am, and Cheyenne just can't seem to understand that.
"Cora are you really gonna make something as stupid as this into our first fight?" Cheyenne raised an eyebrow and I can see the skepticism edged on her face, I sighed and placed my hands down.
"No, I don't want to fight, it's just that like... I've never like.. bumped into anyone, my life is lame so I've never exactly like done anything stupid, exciting, or even exist to be honest."
I look forward my voice edged with sadness.
"Well I guess that was your first lesson that it's okay to bump into someone or be alive."
Cheyenne patted me on the back and I smiled at her about to say something until I saw her eyes light up again as she stands up to go to her friends as they enter the classroom.
Right she's not lonely like me.
My eyes wonder around the classroom and my eyes land on Xavier again and I noticed the way his jaw clenched, I turn my eyes away because I was not interested.
Few minutes passed and the teacher walked in and everyone returned to their seats including Cheyenne and she nodged me with a grin and I smile back at her.
"Today you guys are gonna do a project on the natural science of study of life and living organisms, exploring their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, and distribution, the project is due on March 12th and I want amazing detail and I have your groups here, group 1 has akai, Marco, Nelly-~-~-~-"
I zone out as she says the names of the members in the groups and 2-5 minutes passed until I hear Cheyenne's name.
"Group 3 has Liam, Cheyenne, Xavier, Grace, and Alexander." My face immediately drops realizing I'm not in the same group as Cheyenne and I look at her like she can fix it.
"It's fine we can ask her to switch members." Cheyenne reassured me and I agreed for now and I turned back to the front then my eyes widen as I hear my name.
"group 5 has Ashley, Ace, Mila, Cora, and Andrey." My face drops again and I curse my luck, I'm stuck with 4 people I don't even know making me zone out again for the rest of class because this is the first time I've actually cared about who I get in a project with in awhile and I'm not even with my first friend I got in high-school.
When the bell rings I asked Cheyenne to stay behind with me to ask for a switch of members and she agreed.
"Mrs.Lemon can we have a switch of members?" I asked as Mrs.Lemon sets up her stuff for her other class.
"Why is that girls?" Mrs.Lemon asked as she looked up at us. "Because I know no one in my group and I want to be in the same group as my friend." I said timidly because this is the first I've made a request to a teacher.
"And is that friend Cheyenne?" Mrs.Lemon pointed to Cheyenne who's next to me and we both nodded.
"I will make an exception because it's you and I don't want to isolate you but you have to get the person you want to switch with to agree to it." Mrs.Lemon said scooting back into her desk.
"Yes ma'am!" I said excitedly and we start to walk towards the door of the classroom.
"Should I switch with Grace? Or Liam? wait no Alexander!" I said happily, waving my hands around as we walk and Cheyenne chuckled.
"Just go with Grace I don't think she knows anyone in my group but definitely is friends with the people in your group." Cheyenne said while gazing down at me.
"Okay! What's your next class?" "Statics, I don't think your in my class though." my face drops again. "I have AP english" I lower my voice in sadness.
"Aw sorry babes statics is downstairs but I think 4th period I definitely have you." Cheyenne said as she walked away and I waved bye towards her as I walk towards my next class.
When I got there I enter and sit in a desk I see to sit in and I rest my head.
The usual Routine, as time past I felt a presence sit next to me and when I raise my head up to see who it was I saw Xavier and I freeze not because of that embarrassing moment, I already got over that but because I've never had a boy sit next to me especially a popular one and one that I've bumped into at that.
I lay my head back down hoping that when I raise it he would be gone but nope! he stayed there even when class started he sat there like a statue and I knew I had to eventually raise my head up to take notes but I did not want to see him.
After awhile of waiting I felt someone tap me on my arm and when I looked up Xavier's face was inches from mine, close enough that I could see the faint crease in his eyebrows, close enough that I could smell his cologne.
His eyes widened as we both froze before I moved back and Xavier looked away with the back of his hand over his mouth.
"My bad." Xavier muttered and I could tell he was flustered.
"It's fine," I replied looking away.
We sat together in silence we didn't talk to each other just noticing each other's presence which was enough for me and just like that the class ended and I quickly packed my stuff and I turn around for just a second and I saw Xaviers expression, his eyes where doleful almost like he was sad that I was leaving but I didn't think much about it and I left.