Well that was so fucking embarrassing.
We are officially back in school. Everyone is back. There was a lot of screaming from old friends seeing each other. And grade 8's, gawking at us in assembly because we were the cool people, I had a lot of fun picking on them and barking out orders on where they should sit and to stop talking. Of course I noticed Scott. He is the sun.
I also saw all my teachers in assembly and we hugged like old friends. After assembly, we went to our first class which was with Miss Anderson. She is my physics teacher. Scott was sitting infront of me with his friend (all the more for me to stare at), Cassandra was in another class, she didn't take physics. Billie sat next to me, jumping with glee when she saw who was infront of me. Miss Anderson gave a speech about it being a new year and what was expected of us and us being on our A Game, and she just HAD to bring up last year's incident where I didn't write my name on my test paper but doodled "I heart scott james" at the back and that's how she knew it was me. She brought up that incident and everyone in class laughed. I saw the tip of Scott's ears turn pink with embarassment. I glared at Miss Anderson through slits. I didn't know how or when, but she would pay. The rest of the class flew by, we didn't learn anything new because it was the first day. After the first break, the prefects had to do activities with grade 8s. We were gonna give them orientation and then play fun games and throw eggs at them, just to welcome them. Oh bell, just rung. Next period is English.
A little later
I am shaking. Something really weird just happened. SO there I was walking into English class. I grabbed the third desk on the first row, and Billie chose the desk behind me, I didn't even think to pay attention about who was in the desk in front of me, so I felt free to belt out Rihanna's song " Shut up and Drive" while I was unpacking my books and pencil case from my bag. Then this voice, the only voice that makes my knees go weak and my jaw slack says:
" who is singing?"
I look up, and my brown eyes meet his blue eyes. Scott James. The boy who had launched many lady boners all over our school. The boy who was in a committed relationship with his girl since Grade 8 (and you couldn't even hate the girl because she was nice, hell she was even a friend) I was hopelessy, completely, madly in love with him. I just stared at those eyes, I felt like I was drowning, I couldn't even tell you who I was, where I was from and what century it was, that's how lost I was in his eyes. Luckily Billie, who knows about my sickness for this boy answered for me.
" It was Thandi" She sounded smug.
His blue eyes were on Billie while she was talking, but when she said my name, he rested them back on me. My heart, my poor heart. I felt like It would burst forth from my chest.
"It sounded really nice" He said softly.
I was finished.
I couldn't even tell you what our English teacher, Mrs Adam, said. I was on a high. And after he said what he said, he saw how taken aback I was and he smiled a little. Like he WANTED me to be all shooketh. Billie was gripping my arm so tight that I felt so sure that she was gonna leave fingernail marks, but I didn't care. Something was happening.
After break, the prefects gathered with the grade 8s and made them play silly little games then we had a water fight with them, well it wasn't much of a fight because we had the water guns and the water. So….
Then afterwards, we sent them around on a scavenger hunt around the school. Dean and I had to go up to the geography department to give clues out to the grade 8s who must have figured out the first clue. Dean and I were busy talking about the holidays and laughing at the teeny weeny grade 8s like we have never been through that young, when I see Dean look behind me and his eyes widen. I whipped my head around and there was Scott. I- I think I flatlined.
"hey Dean, Mr Parker asked us to be with the partners they assigned to us"
"oh shit, okay". Dean rushed past me and ignored my panicked look.
Like I could take Scott in little doses, this was a little too much dazzle… I felt so tongue tied, normally I am the coolest girl and always have a joke at the ready but I couldn't think of a single thing to say. I was staring at the ground hard like it was going to crack open and give me the answers.
"Hey Thandeka… I am sorry about Miss Anderson today, I hope she didn't embarrass you" Scott said softly glancing at me, he seemed pretty shy which was wild.
I gaped at him forgetting that I was supposed to be tongue tied.
"you're apologizing for something someone else did??" I asked, my voice sounded so loud and high pitched compared to his soft tone.
He shrugged, "how was your holidays? ", he asked after a short pause.
I was so confused, like what was happening. Was this a dream??
"It was good. Just went to festivals and hung out with gang… " I mumbled feeling so obnoxious but he looked so interested in my answer. I thought about my holiday and realized that I actually had a kick ass holiday… I must have been smiling because Scott was looking at me and asking what. God, when his whole gaze was focused on me up close, it felt all kinds of unnerving.
"what Scott?", I felt a delicious thrill when I said his name. It felt so intimate.
He was still staring at me and instead of making me even more shy, it was making me feel bold. My goodness the way he was staring at me was like I fascinated him.
"Scott… Stop it" my voice sounded so breathless.
A group of grade 8 students came and I gave them the next clue.
After they left, I went back to staring at the ground. I could feel that whatever that had caused him him to start talking to me was dying now and he went back inside his shell. And he went back to being impenetrable. Soon Dean came and told us that those were the last students and we could leave. Scott walked ahead of me like he couldn't wait to get away from me. I ignored him and joked around with Dean.
Anyways that was the first day of School.
I predict that this is gonna be a good year.
Lotsa love