Chapter 5
SETH
Oh my gosh she is in my chem class. I thought that after that awkward staring contest in the cafeteria I would be done with her. I mean I knew I was going to be partners with a kid that was coming to school late, but does it really have to be her? Looking at her face I can see that she is just as surprised as I am. She actually starts to blush a little bit. She kind of looks good with a little color in her cheeks... what am I doing? Lucy is not my type. I don’t even know her last name, I have never talked to her in my whole life, and she is a druggie.
She takes her time walking over to our shared desk and sits in the open seat next to me. I try to pay attention to Mr. Brady but my mind can’t help but to wander. What is wrong with me? Lucy is just an ordinary, everyday girl. It’s not like she has ever done anything to make me like this, it’s the first time I have ever seen the girl. I just need to calm down. Yeah, I need to keep my cool. Maybe I should introduce myself. When Mr. Brady gives us work I turn to her. Her face is looking down with her dark brown hair pooling around the desk. I clear my throat.
"Um, hey, I'm Seth Marshal, your new lab partner" I say. She looks up at me; her eyes are dark and guarded. I hold out my hand, she does not take it. She looks at me then my hand, then gives me a dirty look. Ok that could have gone better. I pull my hand away then she looks back down. I feel like this is going to be a very, very long semester. Hopefully as the days go on it will get better, maybe she will warm up to me. But somehow I doubt it.
I get started on the lab that she and I are supposed to be doing together but I can see that she is obviously not going to be doing anything, for today at least. I am not going to sit by and let this girl fail the course. I have been put in charge of making sure she understands everything that we are doing. I am her tutor in this class.
"Ok Lucy you need to open your lab book to page 25. We are working with acids and bases. So for you to get caught up in everything that we have been learning I think that we should meet after school or maybe during lunch for a few weeks-" She holds out her finger for me to stop. Then she takes out a note book and scribbles something on to the paper then shoves the notebook at me.