Hi! My name is Liam. I live with my mom and dad in a quiet neighborhood in the suburbs of Chicago. I've never really loved it here, but no matter how hard I tried to persuade my parents to let us move, they wouldn't give in. So this is why I'm spending a drab Tuesday at Edgewater High. Ugh. I hate that school. The food is disgusting, the students are like, so immature, and the teachers are the bossiest and overwork us all the time! It wasn't even my second week there! What the heck! Well….except this one teacher, Ms.Juno, my art teacher.
I continue to walk to school and I bump into my bestie, Jessica!
"Omg hey Jessie!" I smile at her.
"Oh hi Liam! Nice outfit today!"
"Thanks!" I reply. I was wearing a super cozy pastel pink crop top, and skirt. My makeup was also pink. You might think that's my favorite color, but it's not. It's lavender. I just like to wear a different color every day. (Like tomorrow I would wear green, then Thursday would be purple, etc.)
We walk all the way to school together. As we go up the path to the large double door, I spot a super buff dude hanging out with a bunch of other guys.
"Who's that?" I whisper to Jessica.
"That's Eric. He's like the captain of everything. Even fencing." Jessica looked disgusted.
I saw Eric walking towards us oh no. I'm too young to get beat up!
"Hey there sweetheart…" Eric looked Jessica up and down. I despise him already. No one treats Jessie like that!
"Hey! My eyes are up here, ya pervert!" Jessica wasn't taking any of it. That's the Jessie I know.
Although I can't help but admire Eric's lucius hair, bulging, muscular arms… those eyes….NO!
He is disgusting, and creepy. But then again-
My thoughts were interrupted as Eric walked away. I was so distracted, I missed the conversation between him and Jessica!
It was time to leave for class anyway.
History is one of my favorite classes. Mostly because Hamilton is like, the best musical ever! The teacher tells us we had a pop quiz. Ew. I hate pop quizzes. They're the WORST.
Luckily, I am sitting next to the smartest guy in class. I don't cheat all the time… Just occasionally..
Okay maybe I do cheat. But so what? My parents don't know, my teachers don't know, heck, not even Jessica knows! So I cheat.
When the quiz was done, I give my paper to the teacher and we leave for second period.
Gym.
This is going to be a long day.
I was never good at PE. I have chicken legs and I can't play any sports. The coach blew her whistle and the room went silent.
"Okay, class. Today we're playing dodgeball."
A few students groan in disappointment. I don't blame them! It's like when the dodgeball game starts, I am everyone's primary target.
"The team captains, as usual, will be Eric and Jo!" The coach yells at us. Jeez. We can hear you well enough, you know?
The team captains step up next to the coach. As they pick their teams, I cross my fingers, hoping Eric picks me.
If he does, our team will probably win.
And maybe I have a slight crush on him…
Lucky for me, I get picked on his team. Yas!