You Remembered?

Canteen cookies.

I might skip breakfast in the mornings because I’m running late for school, but you will never catch me refusing one of those glorious creations. 

“Oh my god SERAAA u got the last cookie!”

Soo turns out, I’m not the only one obsessed with them. Kat, my best friend, might actually love them even more than I do.

“Oh- hi Kat..yeah I did!”

Geez she’s staring at it so much she’s practically eaten the whole thing with her eyes.

…

sigh

I appreciate the perfect, chocolate chip- packed bite in the top right for the last time.

Goodbye, my love.

“Just take it bro-“

“THANK YOU SERA YOURE THE BEST”

“Of course!”

grumble

Okay so maybe I needed that cookie more than I thought..

But you should have SEEN her face, how am I supposed to say no to that? 

So yeah, in my head, it was worth it. Besides,  it’s just a cookie, I didn’t need it that badly.

Plus, it’s only third period art. Mr Lyon is half asleep for the first 20 minutes anyway, so I can just sit and preserve my energy .. 

Wait okay I sound like a polar bear or something. It’s not even hibernation season .

clink clink

I instinctively turn my head to my right. James Brown. Tapping his paintbrush on the edge of the glass like always. It’s kinda been a nervous habit of his - tapping stuff - since primary school.  Except today - the paintbrush was new, and very similar to the ones I use. 

“Hey, that’s new!”

He glances up at me, and all I can think is….he really needs a haircut . Seriously, his shaggy haircut from october had managed to become even shaggier, I was struggling to see his eyes .

“Huh?”

“The brush”

“Oh right”

“When’d you get them?”

“Like yesterday”

“What for?”

“I just wanted new brushes”

….

“Liar”

“Okay fine I got them because I think your paintings are cool and you know I’ve been trying to improve-“

“HAHAHHHAHAHAHAHA”

.

Ahh yes the James glare. Brings me so much joy to see him pissed. 

“Shut up.”

‘WE need to shut up, and listen to what the lion has to say.’

I turn back to the front of the classroom, Mr Lyon about 60% awake now ? And James about 100% laughing,  trying to hide it from me because apparently admitting I’m funny would be like walking through a landmine. 

“Helllooooo lovely people ! I have a lovely project for you today!”

A collective sigh ripples across the room.

‘You will need a partner-‘

YES. Free period of gossip with Kat!

‘’See you James, I’m gonna go look for Kat-“

I immediately push out my chair and start looking for Kat’s black, coiling , curly hair .

‘Fortunately for all of you,’

The class goes quiet.

“I have chosen your partners for you!”

….

A collective of both, sighs AND groans ripple across the room.

‘Oh you’ve got to be kidding me-‘

‘James stop whining’

Josh. Gideon. Scott. Jane. Ramona; the list of ‘people in this class that I’ve never talked to’ , is pathetically long.

Apparently I spoke to these two idiots at the start of the year and figured that was enough..