Racing Pace

Reece's POV

"That's it for today kids. I'll need my essays on Friday morning on The Theory of Philosophy of Education. Class dismissed." Mr Evans said with a huge grin on the face. I put my books back in my bag and decide to go to next class which Is English lit. I finally get to be a menace in class with all my friends, I smile to myself.

"Hey, Reece wait up." I hear Walter call me and I swivel on my feet and look at him. I sorter blushed when I heard him say my name for the first time. "What's your next class? Says here that I've got English Lit. Do you know where that is?" He narrows his blue eyes at me and it's only now that I am realising that he is so tall.

"Oh, that's my class. Can I see your timetable?" I ask him and he passes me his phone. I kind of hope that he has the same subjects as me and I smile when I notice that he does. "You'll be with me from now on then we've got the same classes."

"Brilliant!" he exclaims in excitement, and I just chuckle and tell him to follow me. "Does this make us Besties now?" He asks.

"Well, you have to meet the gang first. They're the ones that will decide." I say nonchalantly.

"Reece, I don't appreciate the betrayal, why are you chumming it up with the new guy. I consider that as cheating." I hear Brick's irritating voice say when we pass by him and his friends. Cameron looks at me weirdly and he winks at me. He gives me a thumbs up too.

"Is that the gang? I don't think we should walk together if you've got a boyfriend." He apologies taking his phone back from my hand.

"Brick is not my boyfriend!" I exclaim and I can tell he's trying to hold in his laugh.

"Your boyfriend's name is Brick? A woman went in labour and decided to name her son Brick. Does she have a personal vendetta against her son?" He starts laugh hysterically and I agree.

"Exactly! I'd never be caught dead with a guy named Brick." I put my hands up in the air. "Brick is a classic playboy. He's slept with the whole school and thinks I'm next on his stupid list." I tell Walter and he just nods his head and continue having a light conversation. We finally get to class, and I find Bel at our usually corner with her bags and stuff lying on other desks, saving us seats.

"I did not know that you were bringing company." Bel purrs looking at Walter behind me, I scare of one of the weaker kids off the chair next to me and I tell Walter to sit there. "My name is Belle Myers by the way." She says to him, and I sit on my desk waiting for the teacher to show up.

"Pleasure, my name is Walter." He says in his British accent.

Cam joins the class and sits behind Walter. I look at how Walter seems to be happy around us. For now, at least. Wait till he finds out how weird we are. "Sup man, my name is Cameron, but you can call me Cam." He speaks. And Walter introduces himself too.

"Is this the gang, Reece?" Walter asks me and I shake my head and tell him that one person is left. Cameron starts talking Walter into trying out for the soccer team because he's fit and all and Walter actually looks interested in Cam's offer. I look over to Bel.

"So, are you guys dating now?" Bel asks me. I pop my eyes out.

"I just met him. Besides. He wouldn't be into me like that." I say a little sadly and it was a fact. The only interesting thing happening in my love life is Brick harassing me and I'm not desperate to fall for that trap.

"Maybe, you're right about that. Look at him." Bel says and I notice his eyes glued to something in front and its Sloane. He's got his eyes glued on her and her eyes glued at him. I was afraid that I was going to feel jealous, but I was glad I didn't. I usually feel a pang on my chest when my friends get the guys, and they just discard me.

"It's about time Sloane got laid." Bel says and I snicker. Sloane walks over and sits behind us, and I notice Walter trail her every move. When he caught us staring, he looked down at his books. His face was slightly red but Sloane? Sloane was full on red. I looked at her with a small smile but all she did was bury her fingers in hair and then covers her face.

"Did I just blush at the new guy?" Sloane whispers so he didn't hear us. And Bel and I said yes. "I'm embarrassed because someone made an edit of him on tik tok." She says pulling out her phone and showing us.

"What the heck?!" He just got here. I exclaim and I notice that there was one taken where I was in the background. "What am I doing in this one. What the fuck guys?"

"If you're into him I'm sorry Reece. This male being is just extremely beautiful." She rushes through her words and Bel laughs ridiculously.

"You know he can hear every word you're saying right?" Cam kills the mood, and we give him death glares, but Sloane covers her mouth and goes red again. We hear Walter chuckle, making things worse for her

"My name is Walter by the way." He speaks.

"I already know but thanks for telling me. I'm Sloane." She says sheepishly.

The teacher walked into class and the everyone found their way back to their seats and looked towards the petite dark-skinned woman with a swollen belly. She said her name was Mrs Robbins and that she'll only be able to teach us for this term because for obvious reason. She'll be very occupied.

As we moved from class to class, Walter completely discarded my existence along with everyone else's. He was so focused and drawn to Sloane. The rest of the day was boring now that the only sane friend I had, had chosen to take the same road as Bel. Its lunch and I'm sitting with my friends along with the entire soccer team because Cameron is the co-captain. And we don't go anywhere without Cam.

"Hey Cam, do you guys have practise today?" I ask and he nods his head.

"We need to be prepared to beat Ridgewood High, babe." Brick says putting his arm on my waist and I roll my eyes and bark at him to take his hand away. "She's just shy, she likes to keep it on the DL." He went on and I just roll my eyes at him and sigh when I hear some of the boy's whistle and holler.

"Why are you asking?" Cam says eating the sandwich I was not done with. I just looked at him in defeat.

"Just wandering if I could get a ride home to start studying." I say and everyone looks at me weirdly except my close friends. I discard everyone and Cam offers to drop me off, but I tell him I'll just take the train home.

The reason why I want to study so early is because I've always had a dream of learning at Cambridge University in the United Kingdom. I know it is far away from home. But something about that place makes me feel like I belong there.