Chapter 10: 8/26: Second Period - Alixandria Thomas
9:17 A.M.
In my second period, Calculus II, I'm working on a sheet that just tests us on how much we can do on our own with simple calculus. I'm an expert at math, so I'm done with all the problems in about 10 minutes. After all, I am going to college to major in Applied Mathematics. If I can, I'll minor in Creative Writing.
Right now, I'm stuck on my phone going through my Instagram feed. A few of the students that go here have also posted 'first-day' pictures. Even though I don't follow her, I don't have to look to know that Savanah posted, too. It's just what she does to stay popular. As I still scroll through, a text message comes to my screen.
Chan-hee: Heyyyy Ali how was ur first class?
I'm quick to respond back to her message without getting noticed by my teacher, Mr. Price.
Me: Heyyy wasn't so bad as I thought it would be jus can wait for our class together
When the message is sent, I slide my phone back into my purse. Mr. Price is now going over the problems that he gave us. After five minutes pass, I feel the vibration from my phone, letting me know that I've got a message. Before I get to that, the next assignment is passed out to the class.
"Alright, students," says Mr. Price as he stands in front of the class. He wears a white button-up shirt and khaki pants. He looks to be in his late 30s with how his white skin starts to wrinkle on his forehead. His dark brown hair is short, but some of it side-swept to the left. Since there are six rows of 5 desks, he stands between the 3rd and 4th rows. I happen to be in the 3rd row in the very back, so thankfully he never sees when I do have my phone out.
"For the first week's assignment, you will do a mini project on something you enjoy doing in math. This can set on any concept you like, such as polynomials or radians. What I've passed out to you is the rubric for this project, so be sure to follow all the guidelines as written on it."
The project rubric is set on my desk as I secretly check my phone.
Chan-hee: Sameeee also French is gonna be a nightmare for me. I'm already bilingual in Korean and English, now I have to go thru this?! 😭
I let out a soft chuckle after I've read Chan's text. I remember how she wasn't always good at speaking English. It took a good few years before she finally mastered it. That was all thanks to the English lessons that Khalil and I had given her whenever we were over at each other's house.
Me: Awww don't worry bout it Chan luckily I've already taken it so I'll help u out k?
I read over the rubric to see everything that I need to do. 'Let's see, I'll have to get a poster that's big enough to do all of this right,' I think to myself after skimming over it. Every project I've ever done had to be perfect for me. I like to be creative with things, so I make future plans for where everything will be on it. But then again, I need to come up with my plan to be with Khalil. 'Why am I so selfish sometimes?' I say this time in my thoughts.
Anyway, I'll have 3 weeks to complete it, which is more than enough time for me, even though I have work and possibly track after-school. I'll figure something out eventually. I feel my phone vibrate again in my purse, so I'm waiting for a good time to take it out again and see what it is. Even though it's most likely Chan-hee.
"Now that you've got your rubrics, you can now decide on what you want your project to be on. That was all I had for today, so you can do what you want until the end of class. Just don't get too loud," Mr. Price says to his class before he goes to his desk in the left corner and sits down in the chair.
Sweet! I take out my phone and check my notifications. I see another message from Chan-hee, but under it is something else...
A message from Unknown. What the hell? I can tell my face instantly frowns as soon as I see it. I instantly click on it and read the text that was sent to me.
Unknown: Do you know your friends' secrets?
Seriously? What kind of person asks me if I know my friends' secrets?
Me: Ofc I do, why wouldn't I?
I go back to my chat with Chan-hee and see what she wrote to me.
Chan-hee: Yesssssss thank u so much ur the greatest best friend I could evr ask for!!
I smile at her text, but then think about if I really do know my best friends' secrets. I mean, we've known each other for practically our whole lives, but would they really keep something from me? I tell them anything they want to know. They know I would never keep anything from them, especially if it was something life-threatening. I want to ask her that same question that I'm thinking about now, but I decide to keep it to myself and switch it to another topic. The biggest thing that I want to achieve.
Me: Awwww ur welcome, but listen I need ur help with somethin BIG
As soon as I hit send, another text from Unknown comes to my phone.
Unknown: Don't you know that all friends, even best friends, keep things from each other? You never know what you might find out could change your life.
Just from that message, I get chills throughout my whole body. They're right. Whatever it could be that one of them, or both of them, are hiding from me, it could change the relationship between the three of us. 'Oh God, what do I do?' I jump a little when my phone vibrates in my hand. I see that it's just another message from Chan-hee.
Chan-hee: What is it??? Tell me NOWWWW
I had forgotten I was even going to tell her about Khalil, but now would be the time to do it. Even if she could be hiding something from me, I wasn't going to keep this from her. Khalil is the love of my life, and she deserves to know that. I just hope she'll be able to tell me whatever it is she's keeping from me sooner than later. Else, what could happen to us in the future?
Me: Ur probably gonna freak out or say eww when I tell u this, but,... I'm in love with Khalil. I have been for almost my whole life. I only realized it last night at the beach when we were talking about our memories. Therefore, I need u to help me have him for myself, which means we're gonna have to do somethin about Savanah, and possibly her best friend Alice, too.
Alice Shaw is the lifetime best friend to the evil heiress herself. She's always been by her side no matter what, always copying what Savanah did, whether it be makeup, clothes, handbags, whatever you can think of. I don't even know how she could be friends with that monster after Savanah basically tortured Chan and me our whole lives through school. I feel sorry for her almost, but then again, she's just as bad as Savanah.
It's almost time for my class to end, but before the bell rings, I send a quick message back to this unknown person.
Me: Yeah, ur right about that but whatevr happens between us will nvr change our relationship. So take ur best shot at us, n see what happens, ok?
The bell rings now at 10 AM. My next class is Fine Arts, while Chan's in Business Management and Khalil's in Game Design Foundations. As I quickly head for my locker to switch my books out, I end up bumping into someone. Luckily, I catch my stuff before it falls out of my arms, but the person in front of me holds me under my arms, too. I look up and I see it's Khalil. I instantly get hot just from looking at him with his prominent cheekbones, brown eyes, and firm lips. I turn away and back up some from him. "Uh, thanks. I didn't realize we were in the same hall," I say to him. Thankfully, I hadn't stuttered in front of him or that would've been more embarrassing.
"Well, you know my next class is Game Design Foundations, so it's on this hall to the end," he says back to me in his deep, husky voice.
Hearing his voice makes me get butterflies in my stomach. I think I might be blushing too now that I feel heat on my cheeks. I have to get away from him before making a fool of myself.
"Oh ok. Well, see you around then!"
And with that, I quickly move around him and get to my locker. After I get my books out, I quickly go down a flight of stairs to get to Fine Arts. I find a chair to the back and sit down quickly before the next bell rings for the third period. 'God, I hope he doesn't think that I'm weird. What do you mean? Of course, he thinks I'm weird. He's known me my whole life!' I say in my head, my thoughts just racing all around in it. But then, I return to reality when the classroom door closes, and I see the teacher walk to the front of the class. It's a woman who looks really young, about in her mid-20s, and she wears a faded blue t-shirt with bleach-washed jeans on. Her black hair sits atop her hair in a messy bun, and she leans now against the whiteboard on the wall.
"Good morning, class. My name is Ms. Pacelli, and I will be your Fine Arts teacher for this semester. What we will do in this class is mostly visual art, which in other words means painting. It's alright if you don't have any experience with painting yet, but in this class, you will learn how to do so and then be able to discuss it in class talks."
Taking a painting class has me more worried than Khalil, but that's good because I need to be focused on my class. I probably won't text Chan-hee back until my Latin class since Fine Arts is definitely a class I have to keep up in. I just hope I get through this year without any trouble like that, and I damn sure hope that my best friends aren't hiding anything from me. If they are, all hell is going to break loose on them, and trust me, they know how I get when I'm angry.
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