Chapter 39

"Can you control yourself?" Scott asks Eras with a particularly nasty look in his eyes, as the car continues it's steady push forward.

I expect the inevitable battle that is going to erupt as I've noticed  Scott has avoided speaking to him since the moment we'd entered his car.

Eras smiles a sly grin as he replies "Should I look at you instead?". The retort makes an involuntary colour light up Scott's skin as he practically looks pointedly out the window. The car is barely parked securely when he gets down and walks calmly into the school building. I want to follow him but the outrageous nature of Eras's retort, and the way he's smiling as he comes down makes me laugh uncontrollably.

"What is wrong with you?" I ask laughter still escaping my mouth in between. He just looks and I can't help but stop laughing and force myself to wear my most neutral and unperplexed look. "Stop staring at me like that" I say and he gives me a shy smile "stop looking so beautiful after eating a buttload of food the night before" he retorts, and the laughter that bubbles in my belly is welcome now.

"Come on" I say and I reach back in to grab the umbrella. I can't afford to lose it yet again and I'm sure I'll have to look for Scott later on to stop him from murdering his classmates or whoever is smart enough to be in his class. The halls are abuzz in a sort of heated frenzy as we pass a multitude of people in a rush.

The place is just drunk on this feeling that I can't place my hands on it. "Is there anything in particular happening today?" Eras asks and I start thinking about the school's calendar. I can't seem to think if anything particularly important is happening today, and yet my mind lands on something so inconsequential and yet so important that it could ruin me at this moment.

I make my way to the huge bulletin board situated just a few feet away. The school had similar ones set up in the entrance of almost all the halls. I look for my name amongst the multitude of people in the final year and as I see it dread forms in my stomach, as I look to read the name beside it. "Clay Jensen".

The name is unfamiliar as I can't seem to know anyone by a Clay Jensen. I'm relieved that it isn't Aron or any of his friends though. I'm also elated since it isn't any of the girls that I particularly hate or who hate me, then I'm guessing this clay guy can't be so bad.

I hear Eras graon beside me as I see him also looking at the bulletin board. I look for his name and I can see an Eras Rivers beside a Scott Davies. I Can't stop the laughter from escaping my mouth as it all but rings down the halls. Well we've all gotten our partners for the term. Can't wait to see who mine is. God please don't let them be horrible.