I walked up the stairs confidently, stroking my long black hair. When I arrived at the top, I walked slowly looking at all the eyes staring at me. My heart started beating faster and sweat rolled down my forehead. I Grabbed the speech I had set under the pedestal and read it aloud.
" The time and effort we've put into growing up are astonishing. We worked towards this goal since- well forever. We weren't always thinking about it but- "
I heard a voice call my name. Then I snapped out of it.
" April! It's your turn to pick a partner, it must be someone you've never worked with." My teacher, Mr. Johnson said.
"Can I work on it by myself? It's just a project, not like I cant handle it. " I said back.
"Fine, I will pick. You will work with- " He looked around and quickly stopped. "...Jamal"
Stefanie immediately looked over at me and gave me a nasty look. My heart started beating fast realizing who my partner was. Jamal, The Jamal. How could Mr. Johnson do this to me? Does he know who that guy is!?
"NO, NO WAY" I quickly yelled. My face was turning pink. I strictly avoided him. But he was in ALL of my classes. It's like he's stalking me or something.
"I have chosen now go sit with him!" Mr. Johnson sternly said back. I lowered my head as I stood up and grabbed my things. I went around the back and sat next to him. Mr. Johnson then went on about the assignment, he never told us anything about what we were doing, just about how We each had to put in a lot of effort and he could tell if one did it all.
He then pulled out a HUGE box and set it on his table.
"Now, Come get your babies." He said opening the box.
BABIES? BABIES!? I WAS PARTNERED WITH JAMAL FOR THE INFAMOUS BABY PROJECT? THIS WAS NOT HAPPENING! MR. JOHNSON COULDN'T DO THIS TO ME, HE WOULDN'T. MAYBE IT'S A JOKE. IT BETTER BE A JOKE!
I started laughing assuming it was a joke. No one else was laughing.
" What's so funny Ms. Abonie? " He asked me. I quickly realized it wasn't a joke, and on top of me having to work with "Playboy-Jamal", I was now embarrassed. Not the best day so far.
"You gonna get it?" Jamal asked me.
"Nope, I refuse to work with you. " I said to him.
"Fine, Be like that. I'll go get it like the gentleman I am. " He said standing up.
"Gentleman? YOU? That is a VERY funny joke, almost funny enough to make me laugh. Go get the robot." I sassily said to him. He looked at me and made a sly grin, he then walked up to the table and grabbed our robot while whispering to the teacher. I knew he was saying something about me but I couldn't go up there. Steffanie's seat was two tables in front, and right next to the path. Steffanie says she's "In a relationship" with Jamal. She yells at any girl who talks to him and even stares you down if you look at him. I'm his PARTNER, that's a good enough reason in her mind to KILL me.
He walked back to our table and handed me our robot-baby.
"What's the name?" He asked.
"You pick," I said.
"August, or Autumn?" He asked, "I took inspiration from your name, It's really pretty."
Wait ONE SECOND. Was he FLIRTING with me? This is- I- I HAVE NO WORDS. Is this him? or Is he just doing this for the grade? AUGH, I'm so confused.
"What?" I asked, my face was turning pink. He looked over at Steffanie and quickly looked back. She was staring at me, not just a normal stare THE DEATH STARE. Any girl she's ever looked at like that, transferred schools. I hope it was a coincidence.
"Back to the-" He started, then the bell rang.
Finally, this class was over.
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