'I'm totally getting detention today ' i muttered to myself while running towards my school which used to be a palace hundreds of years ago.
I reached the school gates ,panting and found them closed.This was not good, it was the first day of school and I'm late. I can already imagine Ms Grace , our principal murdering me with her horrible glare and giving a one hour lecture about the importance of punctuality and discipline.
It's actually not my fault that my home was five miles away from the school and the bus was late today.
I saw Alex
Our class monitor and my best friend running towards the gate, and i waved at him.
'Where were you Elena , do you know how much trouble you are in ' he asked in a concerned tone.
'I know , but what can i do the bus was an hour late'
I told in a pleading tone.
'I don't know Elena , the devil (our nickname for Ms Grace )had announced that the latecomers had to clean the entire hall way today and you are the only one late today '
'Argh, not again , come on Alex how can she do this to me , i mean i have told her atleast a hundred times that my home was five miles away in a remote town and that the bus us alwats late, she could have atleast spared me the first day of school, its like she hates me'
Alex smiled at me amused , his light brown eyes seemed to sparkle, and i felt that same constriction in my heart i felt for the past eight years , since he walked into my class and introduced himself to the class as Alex Johnson and took the empty seat beside me , smiling and asked to be his friend .
The problem was Alex never seemed to know how i felt about him.