11 Chapter 11

We went to our lockers and Charlie got the books that he needed for the lesson and we went to class. I sat down in between Ellie and Reiner in class while Charlie and Claire sat in the desk in front of me. The class was loud and noisy as the students chatted the morning away. They were introducing themselves to each other and getting to know one another. It felt nice to be in such a lovely room.

I have been homeschooled since as long as I can remember and this was my first time in a normal classroom with student. I am so excited about everything and I can't wait for the lesson to begin. Ellie and Reiner are busy with there books, classes haven't started yet so what exactly they are doing with their books puzzles me. They started whatever they are doing early this morning and they are still at it. I don't think that they are going to have much life around campus judging by how they pay no attention to anything but their books. It seems that I have trapped myself in between two book worms and that will be bad for me since I want to make a lot of friends. I have always read in novels how lonely the lives of book worms can be and I don't want that.

I get up to go sit with Claire and Charlie but just then the door opened and the teacher came inside. "Please settle down everyone," he said as he placed his files on the table and leaned on the table while facing the rest of the class. "Today is the first day of school so I understand that some of you are excited to start learning, others about making new friends while some of you would rather not be here. Anyway no matter how you feel, I want to give a big welcome to all of you. I want you to be comfortable and free with me because unlike the other teachers in school I am not that uptight. I hope that all of us will get along well but before we start the day I want you to turn to the person next to you and give them a compliment. Giving someone a compliment is one way of making friends that is why I am asking you do this because you will be seated with those same people for the rest of the school year so it will be better if you get along with them." he said before walking to his seat and sitting down.

A student carried his hand up, "And no you can't change your sitting arrangement for the rest of the year. This is one of the school rules and no you can't buy yourself out of where you are sitting with passes or points." he added and the student kept his hand down. I think he wanted to ask about what the teacher just explained about and I can't believe I am stuck here with this two book worms who don't even see anything past their books. I feel cheated and sad, around the classroom everyone was busy complimenting their neighbors and introducing themselves to them. I felt so jealous of them because neither of my deskmates even bothered to compliment me. It is as though they didn't hear the teacher's instructions.

I turn around and glare at Reiner but he just keeps writing in his book pretending not to see me. If he is going to be stubborn about complimenting me then I won't stop glaring at him either. He finally looks at me after a while and raises his eyebrows to me in question of what I am doing. How can he be so cold, he can't even spare me a single compliment .

"Why are you looking at me like that ?"

"What do you mean by that didn't you hear what the teacher said or are you deaf ?"

"I heard very well what he said but what part of that did he say to glare at me ?" he asked making me scoff at his ignorance. If he had what the teacher said then why didn't he say anything to me.

"Then why are you ignoring me, he clearly said to give a compliment to your neighbor."

"Oh! so you want a compliment, is that why you are being so moody. Well he also mentioned if you were paying attention that this was so that you and your deskmate can be friends but I have no interest in being your friend so why should I compliment you ?" he asked me so casually that I felt like the whole place go silent. My mind processed everything he had to say and tried to make sense of it all but my heart already understood everything that he said. The pain that I felt in my heart was one that could not be described in words, my throat was suddenly dry while sting tears clouded my eyes temporarily blinding me.

I can't believe that he said that to me without a care in the world. The pain in my heart kept getting worse by the minute and it felt like everyone was a million miles away from me. I felt so cold like the room temperature had suddenly decreased. My vision was becoming blurry and I could barely make out Reiner who was sitting right in front of me, I think. I can't hear anything other than the sound of my beating heart which was breaking apart. I don't understand what is wrong with me nowadays, I should have a check up done because this could be a dangerous disease beginning to develop in me and if I don't get treated them I might die. I inhale the air around me to try and calm my heart but it is futile.

"What are you thinking about that your face is so pale?" I heard someone say in a hushed voice in my ear " Are you perhaps thinking of that kiss that you stole from me yesterday." he added before bitting my earlobe gently making me moan. I snap out of my trance and cover my mouth with my hand.

"Ha ha haaaa," he laughed so loudly and caught the attention of the rest of the class and now everyone was looking at me. I could feel the blush on my face getting worse so I layed my head on the desk and refused to look back up.

"Mr. Reiner would you mind sharing what is so funny with the rest of the class ?" asked the teacher making him laugh even more. I pinch him from under the table to stop laughing but that only made it worse since he continued to laugh. The sound of his laughter sounded so good in my ears that it made me blush even more when I remembered the question he asked me. I wasn't about that kiss before but I sure am thinking about it now. The fact that he took the initiative of reminding me about the kiss means that he also remembers it and maybe even liked it just like I did. Maybe he also can't stop thinking about the kiss and that is why he brought it up.

"Sir, you did say that we should compliment our neighbor but I think that you have to start the first lesson by teaching Brandon what a compliment is. Instead of complimenting me he made a joke instead, he is so funny." I looked up when I heard his reply to the teacher and glared but he simply gave me his sinister smile and winked at me.