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Chapter 19 - Exciting task

Misha's POV

"Why is she here?", I whispered to myself. I think my seatmate heard me as Tatiana was looking at me intently and then towards the girl in front which raised her brow in surprise.

'Yes, Tatiana. Me too.', I thought to myself

'I don't need anyone to look after me in school. This is just a prank my mom came up with, but to actually enroll her here officially? This is outrageous, but I guess she's staying for long', I thought to myself.

"Good morning! Mm--my name is Lauren, and I hope that we will all be friends in this class", Lara said with Lauren as her guised name.

She closed her doll-like eyes and bowed her head to hide her face from everyone after she introduced herself. She opened them one after the other to check the students' reactions.

"SO CUTE!!!", everyone exclaimed when she did that, except Tatiana and Kendra. I, on the other hand, was screaming in my head as well on how cute she was. I noticed Kendra clenched her fist but I didn't mind that much. Maybe she was annoyed from all the noise going around the classroom.

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Lara's POV

I have never been in a crowd this much before. I was home schooled so I never got to be friends with other people my age. I felt really nervous when I came in front to introduce myself, but after hearing them say something about me, I felt relieved and happy, and I just can't help but smile.

I was told to get a seat next to a student near the glass window facing the hallway. I couldn't see Ms. Misha from here so it's quite difficult for me to fulfill my task.

This task was given to me by Ms. Misha's mother so I could look after her daughter at school. After the incident, she was very worried and even thought of getting Misha to be homeschooled as well, but she knows her daughter well enough not to do so. That's why she enrolled me here so she can finally be at ease.

I don't actually think this would help Ms. Misha that much, but the thought of being able to experience the life of a regular student makes it exhilarating, and being able to be with Ms. Misha most of the day made the task even more exciting.

'I can't wait till the end of 1st period, I want to get closer to Ms. Misha', I thought to myself.

I suddenly got this feeling that someone was watching me. I looked around but saw no one looking my way.

'Weird.', I whispered to myself. I ignored the feeling and went back to focus on the lecture. I need to pass in all subjects so I could stay here longer.

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After 1st period

Misha's POV

"Ms. Misha, wait! It's me Lar-uhhh, Lauren!",   she called my attention and was trying to free herself from the pack of students that wanted to get to know her. I didn't have any choice but to message her not to go near me and just pretend that we don't know each other. I pressed send and walked fast to our next class.

"Hey! How are you doing? Do you know the new student?", Kendra asked as she caught up to me.

"What? No", I quickly denied. She gave me a look which seemed to be unconvinced.

"But she called you by your name just now", she probed.

"I don't know, maybe she knew me from somewhere or someone, it doesn't really matter because I personally don't know her. Besides, I have met a lot of people before because I transfer to different schools every year, so I guess she might have known me from one of those schools. *sigh* Just don't mind her. We have to hurry or we will be late for our next class", I said, increasing my pace towards the next classroom.

"By the way, do we have a designated seat for the anatomy class already?", I asked.

"Unfortunately, yes", she said and sighed.

"You will be sitting on the vacant seat at the table at back. I, on the other hand, will be sitting in the seat of the front table again together with my dear cousin", she said and rolled her eyes.

"Oh! Then who would my lab partner be?", I asked.

"We will see, it's a good thing that we are still together in this class, but it would have been better if you were my lab partner", Kendra said and pulled my hand to go inside the lab room.

The room were full of skeleton displays, posters of different kinds of body parts, and, is that? I went nearer a glass covered tube where a seemingly real, frozen body was kept. Kendra excused herself to go to her seat to prepare for the class. I didn't bother to respond with a yes and nodded without looking at her. I was just too drawn by the spectacle in front of me.

"Are you new to this?", a very familiar annoying voice intervened my curious thoughts. Tatiana looked at me and chuckled.

"I know what it is. It's a cadaver. It's just that, I haven't seen it up close like this", I said, definitely just guessing to escape from her pending tease.

"Hmmmm. You got out of it this time. Good job, Miss MI-SHA" she said saying my name in a playful manner. She smirked when I got annoyed.

"Oh! Here comes your loyal servant", Tatiana whispered and went her way to their counter in front.

I guess she knows something about Lara. Oh wait, yes, she does. She has seen her before when I went for a jog. She was rude and annoying back then, but now, I can only say she's annoying. I saw a different side of her when she visited me at the hospital, so it's only natural for me to appreciate her at some point.

I then remembered the bet we made with the kids. About the ki-kiss.

"Urgh! Do we really have to do that?", I whispered to myself as I took a good look at her deliciously looking plump lips.

'Wait what??? I did not just think about her like that', I thought to myself.

I felt a hand pulling me at the last counter to take a seat.

"Why are you spacing out and what activity are you trying to avoid?", Lara asked, genuinely curious about what I was saying about. I guess I said it a tad bit louder.

"Nothing! And please don't forget what I told you" I whispered to her and I received a thumbs up from her.

"I am Misha and you are Lauren right?", I acted like it was the first time we met and offered my hand for a handshake.

"Yes, that's my name. I hope we will get along from now on Miss, I mean, Misha", she said and winked at me like she accomplished her mission or something.

'Why is everything she does so cute?', I thought to myself.

- To be continued-