The day started of normally and as bland as ever,even though it was a beautiful day as the beautiful summer sky graced the land with it's beauty and birds chirped sweet songs which told tales of their happiness and tranquility with life. But the same couldn't be said about Astrea Williams as she sat looking out the window of her honour role class wishing she could be like those very birds that didn't have a care and lived in continuous peace and tranquility but somethings in life are just a distant dreams that we cannot do anything about ,but hold onto and pray that someway, somehow a miracle will come down and save us from our misery, which is different for every individual but for Astrea her misery was linked to the fact that she was an honor student.
Being an honor sounded like a merit but in reality it was filled with unnecessary pressure and overly high expectations, which though they were easy to achieve by Astrea's standards it was still jarring how high people's expectations for her we're in comparison to other honor role students .
*RING**RING**RING*
At the sound of the bell Astrea was pulled out of her reverie but only for a little while as she soon returned to lamenting her life and how she was slowly falling into a pit of overly high expectations and anxiety which once she totally fell it would be incredibly hard if not impossible to get out after which she would become a puppet of others expectations.
As she was wallowing in self pity she suddenly bumped into something rock hard while turning a corner and fell.
"Thank you", Astrea said not looking up yet .
"Your welcome", the person said looking at Astrea with concern still holding her.
As she finally regained her footing she looked up at the most handsome boy she had ever seen coupled with the most gorgeous pair of blue eyes that sparkled like sapphire's in the sunlight and for a moment both of them stood there dazed in each other's eyes and both Astrea and the mystery boy could feel the heat creeping onto their faces.
'OMG am I blushing, what's wrong with me , Astrea get your head back', Astrea scolded herself in her head.
Once she finally regained her consciousness she gently pushed him away and thank him.
After which she ran to class , she spent the rest of her classes before lunch thinking about this mystery boy, she had never seen him before but she couldn't rely on who she had and hadn't seen because she didn't really give anybody attention so she obviously hadn't seen him. But she could tell that there was an air of mystery to him which wasn't helped by the fact that he wore black on black clothes , a stark difference to her collection of pink and bright clothes. The amount of black he wore made her wonder how he survived in summer seeing as black attracts heat but she didn't judge.
*RING**RING**RING*
With class dismissed she made her way to the cafeteria where she met up with her Best friend and technically only friend , Ciara . Together they went to buy they're food, Astrea bought a burger and friends with a large sprite while Ciara bought a Salad without any dressing and they made they're way to the table they usually sat at.
"Girl, I wish I was you, I don't remember the last time I ate a burger because I'm scared of becoming a potato but you were blessed with a fast metabolism, and a great body", Ciara said to Astrea.
" Hun you shouldn't compare yourself to me , you're beautiful", Astrea said .
"Thank you", Ciara said being genuinely grateful.
And with that they returned to eating in silence, until Ciara started speaking.
"Girl, what is wrong with you , you are usually more talkative than this what's going on , is it a boy?", At that Astrea eye's widened.
'How did she know?', Astrea thought I. confusion.
"So it is a boy, spill it ", Ciara squealed in delight.
With that Astrea went on to recite everything that happened, while Ciara sat there's listening with as much enthusiasm as a toddler.
" ...and he had the most gorgeous blue eyes ever and he was so handsome and I felt my knees go weak", Astrea said with a dreamy look on her face which was far from her normal neutral expression.
"Astrea, was your mystery guy wearing all black", Ciara asked looking ahead of her.
"Yeah, how did you know", Astrea asked still I her dream.
"Because he is coming this way", Ciara said.
"WHAT!", Astrea whipped her head back only to see her mystery guy walking towards their table and her heart went into overdrive.
Ciara noticed this and said "calm down girl , it's ok, breathe".
Astrea followed her instructions and took a deep breath.
"Good , now I'm going to leave y'all alone as he is almost here, have fun", and with that Ciara left and Astrea was in total confusion which she didn't have time for as he was here.
"Hi", the mystery guy said standing next to Astrea's chair.
"Hi",Astrea said with a smile and quickly said"Please sit down".
"Thank you", he said sitting on the Chair Ciara was previously sitting in which was right next to her and she tried her best to keep her cool and she hoped it worked.
"So I didn't get your name earlier, I'm Ezra what about you?", The mystery guy named Ezra asked .
"I'm Astrea and sorry for bumping into you", She said trying to maintain composure.
"Astrea, that's a pretty name , does it by any chance stem from Greek mythology".
"Yeah, it does", Astrea said, happy that someone else had an interest in Greek mythology.
"I am shocked you knew that because everyone I've talked to doesn't know squat about mythology", she said in awe.
"Really, I'm a huge mythology nerd, ok not really, I just heard it from my mother, she's the mythology fanatic in the house ", Ezra said making Astrea nudge him with her elbow slightly.
"Dude really ", Ezra said trying to hold back his laughter which ultimately failed and he laughed out loud which let to her nudging him with her elbow again and then they both burst out laughing and they both felt as if they had known each other for the longest time even though today was the first time they spoke .
"So can I have you number ", Ezra asked with a hopeful gaze.
"Sure", and then they brought out their phones and exchanged numbers.
*RING**RING**RING*
It was the bell and on the way out she saw Ciara waiting for her leaning against a wall
and once she saw her she pushed herself up.
"So how was it", Ciara said with a teasing smile.
Astrea didn't answer her and walked to her next class