"Class dismissed."
I shot up out of my desk, grabbing my binder and pencil. I was the first out of the room. Finally science class was over. Our teacher, Mr. Raed, was hated by us all. He made calculating formulas torture.
My best friend, James, joined me. "Thank God!" he sighed in relief as we got into the hallway. "I thought the bell would never ring."
I smirked. "Oh come on, I know you liked that partner assignment." I teased him lightly. He had recently, just a few days ago, come out to me about being gay. Surprised as I was, I had gotten used to it enough to joke around with him.
He shrugged. "Guilty as charged. But you can't honestly tell me that Adrian isn't totally drop-dead gorgeous."
I rolled me eyes. "He is attractive, I'll give you that." I said, my eyes on the guy James was talking about. He was tall and muscular, with blonde hair that was always in an effortlessly and messily attractive style. His grey eyes complimented that, not to mention the help of his naturally tanned skin.
James grinned, running a hand through his hair. "Opposites attract - We're perfect for each other." he said, gesturing to his chocolaty brown hair, which was short and curved up at the front into a sort of tiny Mohawk.
"Sure. Whatever floats your boat."
"Oh, he can float on my boat anytime." he commented. We both laughed, walking down the hall to our lockers. Once we had arrived there, James glanced over me to where Adrian stood, talking to his friends. He sighed, looking back to me. "The great thing is, he's single and totally open."
"Didn't he have a girlfriend, though? Meaning he doesn't exactly bat for your team?" I asked, using one of the phrases I'd come up with to refer to his homosexuality.
James shook his head. "Bi." he said simply, gathering up his things for our next class, which was chemistry.
I nodded slowly, returning back to getting my supplies. "Binder, pencil..." I trailed off, muttering to myself what I needed.
The bell sounded out just as we had gotten our things. We entered the chemistry lab and took a seat at our table, which was way at the back since we enjoyed talking and not doing an ounce of work.
"Alright, kids, settle down." Mrs. Tirhc said gently. She was a nice teacher, and didn't like to raise her voice.
I was too busy looking down at the paper James was showing me to notice the guy standing at the front of the room.
"We have a new student joining us today. His name is," she paused, glancing down at a clipboard, "Demetri Birke."
I glanced up with slight curiosity, and felt my jaw immediately drop. Standing at the front of the room with a flawlessly sparkling smile was probably the hottest person I'd ever seen in my entire life. He was fairly tall, probably taller than me by a few inches, and in shape. His skin was unblemished, and his green eyes shone like gems. He had black "emo-style" hair, with bangs that swept just over those gems, and pink-dyed tips that were about half-way to his shoulders. He wore a black t-shirt that said, in large white writing, "Free hugs!", and grey skinny jeans. His purple high top Supras had not the slightest trace of dirt, and were a splash of colour in stunning contrast.
James must of been thinking exactly what I was, because his brown eyes went wide. "Damn..." he whispered aside to me, dragging out the word with a smile.
Jaws dropped throughout the classroom. A few guys, even some of the straight ones, seemed impressed. Every girl stared with smiles and fluttering eyelashes.
"Would any group be willing to welcome him in?" Mrs. Tirhc asked. The moment she did, practically every single hand shot up, waving impatiently. She scanned the classroom, her eyes stopping on mine and James' arms waving politely in the air. "Alex, your group could use an extra member." she said, smiling.
James shot a side-ways glance at me, before his eyes fell back on the new guy, who we both welcomed with a smile. "Hey, I'm James." he introduced himself.
"And I'm Alex." I said, scooting over to make room beside me.
"Most likely you already know this, but I'm Demetri." the new guy said, smiling. His voice was semi-deep, soothing, and simply lovely to listen to. It only added to his perfection.
We fell into conversation quickly, laughing and making wild gestures to go with our tales. We hadn't gotten any work done, but we didn't really care.
"So then I said, 'No, that's what you said'!" James ended his current story. Demetri and I launched into laughter.
"James, remember the time that Lucas got in shit for running through the halls shirtless yelling, 'They're after me Lucky Charms' 'cause we dared him to?" I asked, grinning.
James laughed. "Yeah! How could I not? The sight was so worth it. Best five bucks we've ever spent." he said. I nodded in agreement.
