The dull lights in the classroom, the teacher blurting out random phrases, expressions and other random crap that I don't care about, the short humming of the wind as it passes through the classroom window, the little bit of dust that is just big enough to make you sneeze loudly right in the middle of-
''Achoo!'' My body reacted on its own, jumping out of my seat.
I could hear the shifting of everyone seats as their necks turned to face me like owls. Their eyes gleaming with pleasure at the thought of finding some entertainment in the repeating loop of integrals and algebra. The classroom erupted into laughter as I ducked my face into my collar, inadvertently smelling the strong cologne I'd put on today.
''Fuck.''
I whispered underneath my breath as I turned to look at the group of girls looking at me with their gleaming gazes, gossiping as their nails tapped against the desk like morse code. I pushed my bangs out of my eyes and felt my cheeks heat up red with embarrassment as the class chit-chat died down. The dull gusts of wind filled the cold air of the classroom once again.
The clock ticked continuously, the air in the classroom grew restless as the hand fell closer and closer to the end of class. The teacher seemingly growing more restless as well threw those gleeful words that could make every student jump out their seat with excitement.
''Alright, we'll leave it there.'' The teacher exclaimed. And as sighs of relief scattered across the classroom, the idle chit chat started. Suddenly, I hear the sound of footsteps, in the same pattern I always hear them, seemingly loud and irritating.
''That was a great sneeze back there, almost made me jump.''
Her face grinning at me like a kid that had just found her new play toy.
''ha-ha''
I idly laughed, pushing the sarcastic tone more than I probably should've. I felt the scent of her flower-heavy perfume pull closer to my face
''Hey, come on- I was just joking Jake.'' She pouted.
She called my name in a way almost making me want to forgive her for her slight tease a moment ago, I sat down and continued to peruse my book as she pulled the chair out from the desk in front of me and sat down with her eyes glaring at me in some sort of attempt to get me to engage with her.
''Do you ever get bored of teasing me, Alyssa?''
Her blue eyes shone like a lighthouse as her golden hair swept up like waves, the slight blonde frays getting in her mouth just before she was about to come up with her remark. She coughed in an attempt to get the hair out, but just ended up pushing more hair into her eyes.
''Come on, you're gonna die if you aren't careful.''
I slowly pushed her face out of her face, it seems she cut her hair again by herself. Probably only I could tell from the frizziness that was protruding from the middle of her hair, I continued to push her hair back behind her ears as a stray got caught in my face and I started to cough relentlessly.
''Hey, wha-what are you okay?''
She expressed her concerns in a cute way as I cleared the hair off my lips.
''I swear to god, if you cut your hair by yourself again- I'm going to buzz it all off!''