The peculiar guy

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I entered the hall with an uninterested face. Arnold was standing away from the crowd staring at me. I felt goosebumps trying to avoid eye contact.

Miss Anna entered, she was the most fun teacher to be with in the whole college, she treated students like friends and talked casually to everyone.

"Good morning everyone!" she said excitedly, "ready for your dance lessons?" Everyone started shouted "YYEESSS" as they clapped and hooted really hard. "Please choose your partners" she requested. Everyone stood near their partners and I stood near miss Anna.

She glared at the whole class, and said to me "dear Scarlett, I think you got your partner today". I stood still, confused. "Young boy! please come here" she said looking at Arnold.

My heart started racing "no, no, nnnoooo, It's going to be weird" I thought, Arnold came and stood in front of me.

"Perfect couple!" exclaimed miss Anna excitedly. Everyone started hooting and staring at us. "a, a, I think there is a misunde.." Before I could finish miss Anna said "no, do as I say". I stood quiet near Arnold.

The music started and it was really awkward, until Arnold bowed and said "may I dance with you". "Uh, Yeah sure" I said as I blushed.

Arnold gently kept his hand on my waist, and his hands were COLD!, not random cold but FREEZING COLD!. They were colder then the snow or weather outside. "Are my hands cold?" He asked in a gentle way. "No, no they a-a-are Beautiful!" I said unconsciously, and he smiled, he smiled the most beautiful smile I had ever seen. I was embarrassed! but, at the same time, my heart skipped a 1000 beats for that smile. "No, I mean to say they are warm", I lied, embarrassingly in a way, that he knew I was lying. "My hands are warm?" he said, while he again gave me a smile. I too smiled at him, and continued to dance, silently the whole period while Arnold remained to stare at me, and I avoided eye contact, enjoying the dance, as I saw every girl getting jealous of me.

That span of time was embarrassing, but at the same time it was magical. His hands were cold as ice, but I felt like they were the warmest hands, I have ever touched.

The bell rang and before I could say anything he gently pushed me away a few centimeters and quickly walked outside. I remained confused. Patricia excitedly said "girl!, I want to know each and everything you both talked!", "yeah sure, but later" (I was damn hungry)

(It was recess) as I was walking down the hallway, I saw, Arnold. he was rigorously washing his hands, like he just touched the most nasty and dirty thing in the whole universe. I stood silent, confused and embarrassed.

I rushed to the cafeteria and tried not to think about him. The new popular group (Kelly, Arnold and Markester) came inside the cafeteria and sat in a corner. I made up my mind not to think about Arnold, but the whole time I ate with my friends, they kept looking at me and talking in a serious way, like they were planning to kill me. I avoided them as much as I could.

The bell rang and it was physical education period. Everyone gathered in the large ground, luckily this time the boys and girls played separately as selections for the football team were being held.

The girls decided to play dodgeball. Two teams were made and Kelly was in my team. The girls in my class were already mad at me, for dancing with Arnold. They planned to make me the target, and I was unaware.

The game started and Kelly was the star. Everything was fine until the physical education coach(Mr. Park) left to select boys for the football team. Every girl in the opposite team leaving Patricia targeted me, and started continuously hitting me with balls in a great speed.

I bowed and covered my head with my hands, but I could feel the balls hitting me very harshly. Everyone started laughing, as I fell on ground with a splash off fastball. Patricia shouted "Guys! what are you up to! it's not fair! leave her!" but the girls replied "shut up miss lawyer or else, you will be the next target" but she continued to stand for me.

Everything was a nightmare for me, until Kelly decided to stand for me. As I told she was a star at the game, she caught every single ball, or dodged it. She didn't let a single ball hurt me.

The time ended and it was our turn to play ,but before I could say anything Kelly said "don't get excited early, we have to make them pay". I remained silent and confused.

As the game started again, I could only remember Kelly catching all the balls and throwing them, with way more speed then they did , just by a flick of her hand.

After the game ended I saw every girl who targeted at me crying in pain. Patricia ran and hugged me tightly "are you OK? Does it hurt" she said worryingly. "no, are you fine?" I said. "yeah she didn't threw a single ball at me" she said.

My eyes searched for Kelly and as I spotted her, I rushed towards her "Kelly!" I shouted. She turned "thank you so much for saving me today! I will never forget this favor" I said. She smiled and said "you really don't have to take it as a favor, they got what they deserved". My heart suddenly felt heavy because of the sudden increase in respect for Kelly. She was about to go but I suddenly asked "FRIENDS?" as I raised my hand for a high five, she smiled by turning her head a little bit. "Sure" she said as she gave me a high five. I felt happy but also a little strange, as her hands were also as cold as Arnold's but I ignored it.

We were informed that we will not have anymore classes for that day, because of the football team selection, and that was great as I was really, really tired.

I went home and unconsciously & slept for two hours straight. When I woke up I felt fresh like never before, but at the same time I felt really hungry, I decided to cook something but as I opened my refrigerator, it was empty.

Then I suddenly thought about the old lady at the bakery shop, without any further ado I grabbed my overcoat and went straight to the bakery.

As I was walking towards the bakery, I started thinking about the best phrase, for greeting the old lady.

Finally, I reached the bakery and I was shocked to see that

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