I know what I did was wrong and I felt a little bad after saying she wasn't my friend and it made her cry. I just thought she knew already that there was no friendship going on between us.
I could see that Uche was typing at the top of our chat but I didn't get to see what he sent because a young woman who I thought to be the Ms Miller walked up to me and took my phone.
"Not in my class honey." She said before she put the phone in her jacket pocket."You are the new girl right? Casey mentioned about you. Tell me, do you know how to play any instrument?"
"..." I didn't answer immediately, I was trying to remember if I knew how to play any instrument and she just took my phone, I don't know if she expects me to just act like that didn't just happen.
"Take a look at the instruments we have here, do you think you'll be able to play any of them?" She asked again and I shook my head to tell her that I couldn't.
"Really, none?" She looked around for a bit before talking to me again."Maybe you can help with the flute. What do you say?"
"Okay," I just said." Can I get my phone back now?"
"No, you can have it back after mucic class period, okay?"
"Okay." I moped and went to pick up the flute.
"Alright everyone, are we all ready? I gave you all time for that." Ms Miller said loudly to get everyone's attention.
I looked around the room from left to right, to know where I could sit but I didn't see any free seat.
"Julie?" It was Uche."Come sit here." He urged me to go over to where he was. I went to him and he got up from where he was sitting.
"Sit here," he said and after I sat he stood and leaned his back on the walk next to me. It was then I realized that they wasn't enough space on the bench for him.
"What about you?" I asked him and he turned to me without a clear expression.
"Don't worry, just stay here. Nick left to get another bench." He said then faced back front.
So that was why Nick wasn't sitting here too when I came, they were usually together. I saw Nick come Into the room carrying a short bench just like Uche said. I didn't even know when he left before.
Uche helped him out when he was closer to where we were. After setting it to the wall side, they both sat with Uche sitting next to me but in the new bench.
Ms. Miller was talking now but I wasn't listening, I couldn't even hear her, all my senses were to Uche. Was he mad at me for what I said about Casey? I couldn't tell, I haven't seen him angry before and he also didn't look angry right now.
He just looked....well, normal. He just wasn't smiling as usual but I couldn't differentiate if it was because he was giving Ms Miller his attention or because he was mad.
As I looked on at him, I noticed the few strands of facial hair under his chin, I swear I have never seen them there before now.
I found myself smiling stupidly for some reason, I liked that he had those even though it wasn't very noticable. I wanted to touch them but I couldn't, not here.
"Julie?" I heard Uche's voice and blinked twice because I was a little lost. I saw a smile slowly take over his lips.
"What are you thinking about?"
"You?"
"Me?" He smiled more.
"Yeah?"
"But I'm right here." he said and I just smiled shyly before looking away."You are trying to avoid having to sing, yeah?" He asked after, I guess he saw the flute.
"Yes." I chuckled.
"How did you do that? You were able to convince Ms Miller?"
"I didn't even talk to her yet, she said Casey already told her. Can you believe she took my phone?" I turned to him and noticed that his smile had turned a little dry.
Casey, I shouldn't have mentioned her.
"Now I see why it was easy for you. Casey is actually her favorite student. Casey is the most enthusiastic whenever we come for music class, unlike the rest of us."
"Are you mad?" I decided to ask him because he was one of the only few persons ever that I would give a damn about if mad at me.
"Why? Is it my text? I'm not mad, I just...."
"You just what?" I asked really wanting to know what was on his mind.
"Julie, Casey is like the one person who almost everyone avoids and believe me when I say everyone, I mean everyone including our classmates and other grades and you are the only person she has been able to talk to lately without getting insulted but now...." he sighed after he trailed off.
"Oh, I didn't know." I said, really feeling bad for what I did.
"Usually when anyone new comes to our school, others just tell them not to talk to her, so she can't make new friends but since you came, I don't think you've given anyone that avenue to talk to you about her and she is just excited I guess, excited that you are still letting her around you for this long."
"Now I feel bad." I really did. "But why though, why is everyone avoiding her? Did she do something?"
"Yeahhhhh, that...." He looked away shaking his head slightly."It's stupid, the reason no one will associate with her, it's really stupid, I mean; I thought it would be over by now, I thought everyone would forget when we got older but I guess everyone's got sharp memory."
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