Sweet sixteen......when the least you ever expected becomes reality.(ON HOLD)

chapter 2

The rest of the day passed like hell, until the last class came. As were all very busy getting ready for the next class, the head teacher entered the class with the same extraordinarily handsome being I was engrossed to. As the head teacher introduced him to the class, I had a closer glimpse at him. This time he looked more striking with the color of his cheeks swapped from warm red to light pink.

I was lost in my own thoughts when my best friend, Tia elbowed my ribs. “ouch” I grumbled annoyed. “back to earth miss bella! seems like your Edward turns out be someone called Lee” Tia whispered in my ear.eww…..lee, what kind of a name was that. Is he from China or Japan?? May be Vietnam or most possibly Philippines. Damn, But his eyes are wide open. A bazillion questions ran in my head. “ where is he from ??” I asked Tia who wasn’t listening to me then. “ tee, where is he from??” I asked her again, this time turning her face towards me. “ tee……when the hell did u start calling me tee” Tia uttered making a rude face at me. Did I just call her Tee. Tee and Lee. They actually rhyme. I giggled at the obsession I was having over my new teacher.

“look, it kinda rhymes… tee..lee…tee, my best friend and lee, my boy friend” I chuckled at the  idea o f Lee being my boy friend. “ are you nuts..I mean he’s our new business teacher” Tia said amused with my fantasy. “ so what…I’ll be the first one ever in the history of this school to hook up with a teacher” I said in low voice without even thinking about the words that came out of my mouth. What can I do. I was helpless. Every time I thought about Lee, I felt as if  butterflies were partying in my stomach, Wind virtually  blowing so hard so that I was flying, pianos and violins being played in a high pitched rhythm, as if I were in a ball room dancing with my prince charming. Love is so in the air.

My thoughts were interrupted when I heard Lee calling my name. I had no idea what was going in the class at that time. He  called my name again. “Eliezabeth”. I usually hated it when anyone addressed me with my full name, but right now I was on cloud nine. The way my  name sounded Eliezabeth instead of Elizabeth almost made me blush. I stood from the seat and headed towards the white board where he was standing, with half of me wanting to melt down on the floor.

As I stood anxiously  in front of him, he handed me a pile of 5 to 6 papers clipped together from the bundle of papers that he had on the table near him. Before I could sneak a quick look at the papers currently in my hands, Lee started Talking. “so class, lets congratulate miss Eliezabeth, for scoring the highest mark in the final exams last year. I was pretty disappointed with the marks you all scored last year, with only one A grade from the whole grade. I hope you won’t let me down” I fixed my eyes on him as he went on with the rest of his speech. “ today we will just go through your answers and we will begin a fresh new lesson tomorrow, Eliezabth you can have your seat” he grinned at me asking me to get back to my seat.

I was dumbfounded till I reached my seat.wow……I wasn’t as happy as I was at the moment, even last year when I was appraised for being the only student to score an A grade in business studies. I smiled with the thought, still my heart pounding a hundred times faster than it usually does. “ congrats….you sure would be happy with that, aren’t ya??”  I heard Tia say while she made hissing sounds together with her hands waving up in the air. I wasn’t actually happy, I was on a roll today. My lucky day .I elbowed Tia slowly on the side of her shoulders , while I was lost in my own dream world.

Soon the bell rang. I quickly started packing my bag. No matter how fast I packed my bag, I would be the last one to walk out of the class just because Tia would take it twice the time I take to pack her bag. But like the other days I didn’t grumble on the fact today. Lee was still there waiting for the class could get empty so he can leave.Ok. this is my chance. I have to talk to him once or else he’ll think that I’m a nerd who is too shy to even open her mouth. I thought, regretting the fact that I didn’t thank him for appreciating earlier the day.

Just as I approached him to say thank you, he gazed at me. With in no time I felt my cheeks turn red with the rest of my body jammed to the place where I stood. Before I could struggle to move Tia came and dragged me out of the class, leaving him beside us and the very first and may be the last chance to talk to him.