Unexpected
I thought he was just another boy at school. I was wrong.
He was more than that.
He was my neighbor.
He would become the one who changed me.
But I didn't know that then.
I sat in my usual spot in the classroom.
The back left corner.
I didn't have many friends.
Only one best friend who dragged me along with everything she did, even if I didn't want to go.
I was forced to go to parties.
Prom.
Senior ski trip.
Every social event I hate.
I hate talking with people.
My best friend, Lyra, loves everyone she sees.
That's why I always want to sit in the back and shrink away from everyone.
Lyra plops into her seat right next to me.
"Do you know about the new classmate coming in today?"
"Of course not, how would I know?"
"I don't know. Maybe because you are so silent and broody you remember everything that is said around you."
I sigh. The comments are endless.
"No. And I don't care."
"Of course you don't. But what if it is someone like you? Would you make a new friend?"
"Even if they are an introvert, I have no interest in having more friends. Even you is too much."
"Agh! Hurtful."
"It's not like I say it so many times."
"I like being dramatic."
The teacher walks into the classroom and calls for attention.
"Good morning class! As you may have heard, we have a new student joining us today. Join me in welcoming Kade Mercer!"
The class let out light applause before the boy walked in.
He was pretty I guess. He had wavy hair to his ears and perfect skin, and kinda looked like one of the models in Lyra's magazines.
All of the girls in class gasped while the guys groaned.
"Hey! Is this how we react to a new student? Be nice!" The teacher reprimanded.
Lyra snickered.
I gave her a look.
"What?"
"Don't you think he's smokin hot?"
"Nah, he's not my type."
"What?! I've seen your magazines, and he looks exactly like the guys in there that you obsess over."
"Eh..."
"I can't believe you."
The teacher shushed us.
"Okay Kade, welcome. Find an open seat and I will get you our English book for this semester."
Kade scanned the room and focused on the spot next to Lyra.
I panicked.
"Lyra, whatever happens, tell him to scooch his ass somewhere else."
"I can't do that to the new kid! That's so rude."
I buried my head in my arms when Kade walked over and asked Lyra if he could sit there.
"Of course! You are welcome anytime."
I screamed in my head. Lyra is going to be dead after first period.
Kade and Lyra chatted during the whole of first period. I have no clue what they were saying, I spaced out on purpose.
Once we left the classroom, Kade headed the opposite way we were going, so Lyra turned to me.
"You should talk with him. I like him."
"You like him?! You are talking to someone who measures up to your obsessions, and you only LIKE him? You have gone mentally insane."
"Huh, it's funny. You were the first to admit that he is good-looking."
I groaned.
"Really? Is this what you planned? Okay, now you can gush about how he is your soulmate."
Lyra snickered and headed to the bathroom.
I walked to the next classroom and took my spot in the back left corner again.
I collapsed in my chair and sighed as if my soul left my body.
I seriously do not get how Lyra is not overreacting to Kade. It is so unlike her.
Unless she already knows him.
I popped my head up. That has to be it! There is no other explanation for how she is acting right now.
The classroom door opened and I glanced over, expecting Lyra.
But it was Kade.
No one else was in the classroom, it was only me and him right now.
I panicked and hid my head in my arms.
"Hey."
I looked up, and Kade stood right in front of me.
I startled and almost tipped backward.
He had caught the chair, somehow behind the desk now, and loomed over me.
"H- hello?"
He smirked.
He leaned in closer, and I pushed my back hard against the back of the chair.
"Mm, you smell nice."
His chest had gotten close, and I put my hands on him to push him away, but he wouldn't budge.
"What do you want?!"
