Two Faced Nerd

Chapter 2

I hear the faint sound of my alarm going off. Stupid fucking alarm.

I turn it off and reluctantly get myself out of bed and into the shower. I'd been on the phone to my dad last night and he told me he enrolled me in school. And here I was, thinking I'd get out of going there. Like I said, I don't mind school but I would rather stay at home and study in the comfort of my bed.

So, he said I started today. Such short notice. I get out the shower and quickly get dressed in some black skinny jeans, a tank top and an oversized jumper over it. I like playing the part of the nerd, don't ask why. It suits me. I finally get to be...normal. Especially after my hectic life back home.

I put on my glasses.. I usually wear contacts but might as well wear glasses today. New image.

I grab my phone, stuffing it into my pocket and head to the kitchen to eat something quick.

I then remember that I was supposed to go shopping today but no, my dad had to tell me I was going school today. Ugh. I guess I'm eating out.

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I walk into the school grounds, gaining stares. I hear various whispers around me.

"Is she new?"

"Who is she?"

"She's just a nerd."

"A hot nerd."

I mentally laugh at them. I head into the school to get my schedule, bumping into someone on the way.

"Oh, sorry. My bad." I apologize.

"Hey, I remember you!"

"Marley? Hey."

"First day?"

"Yep."

"Come on, I'll help you out yeah?"

"Okay, sure. Thank you."

"We'll just get you're schedule first so we know where we're going." She says, laughing. I join in and laugh with her too. It wasn't too funny but oh well.

I unfolded the paper and read over it. "Biology, History, English, Dance, free period and Spanish."

"Oh we have first hour and second together! Come on I'll introduce you to the teacher." She grabbed my wrist and began dragging me along the hallway.

Occasionally, we'd bump into someone and I'd have to say a quick sorry. "Can you slow down a bit?"

"No, I like getting to class early."

I groaned and let her pull me through the crowd of people before entering a classroom. The teacher looked like she was in her twenties. She was dressed like she was about to do the most important meeting of her life. She screamed authority.

She was scribbling down on the white board parts of the first chapter we were going to learn today. Jeez, first day of school and we already have to start learning? Isn't this supposed to be introduction day?

Marley cleared her throat causing the teacher to turn around. She's fairly pretty considering she's a teacher. Most are kind of ugly.

She smiled. "Hey, did you need help with anything?"

"Ms. G, this is Hennessy, do you mind if she sits with me? She's new to town."

Being as rude as I am, I interrupted. "What does the 'G' stand for?"

She broke her gaze from Marley and faced me. "It stands for Gonzalez."

Aw, a common Hispanic last name. It's not bad. It's just I know many people with that last name thanks to my dad.

Not waiting for my reply she went back to speaking to Marley. "Of course you two can sit together. Just don't talk so much during class."

Marley smiled excitedly before grabbing a hold of my arm again and dragging me to the last rows in the back. Dang, she has a lot of strength.

Soon the bell rang and the rows began filling up. I sat at the very end of the row so, no one I didn't know would be on the other side of me.

"Alright, class, I'm just gonna jump into the first chapter. How E. Darwin discovered natural selection."

She's wrong. I have to say something. But I don't wanna seem like the biggest nerd ever! I chose this class as an elective. Reluctantly, I raised my hand.

She kept blabing away and ignored me completely. Dammit. Because of her all these people are gonna flunk. Not that some care. But I do. "Actually, Ms.G, Charles Darwin discovered natural selection while at the Galapagos. Not E. Darwin. "

Just as I finished saying that I noticed someone standing by the door. Oh no, bad timing!

I'm such a nerd.

His eyes snapped in my direction making my stomach churn. "Which one of you is the teacher?"

Oh haha! Very funny. "Do I look like I'm sitting at the front of the classroom?"

"Yes." He simply answered. I rolled my eyes.

"Looks like you need your eyes checked then, doesn't it?"

"Prefer not to look like a four eyed nerd, thank you very much." Jerk. I knew he was referring to how I looked. Sure, I wore glasses but I don't actually look like a nerd.. Or do I?

"Right, enough." Ms. G snapped. "Colton, sit yourself down."

"Who the fuck is she anyway?"

"Colton! Watch your language, young man."

"Whatever, miss." I rolled my eyes at his awful attitude. Sure, I can be rude sometimes but at the end of the day he should respect her.. I guess. He went and sat down in a spare seat which see,ed to have been reserved by a purple headed girl. I spotted her batting her eyelashes at him and rubbing her hand up and down his arm.

"That's Roxanne, she's madly in love with Colton."

"Are they dating or is she just?"

"Just what?"

"Madly in love with him and he doesn't reciprocate her feelings?"

"Basically. As you can tell, he's the bad boy. Like holy shit, he's hot but has an awful personality."

"Why do girls always fall for the bad boy? I mean, they're usually jerks, so why fall in love with a jerk?"

"Who knows. They're quite shallow I guess, only basing their 'love' on looks."

"Marley and Hennessy, would you like to share what you're talking about with the class?"

"Sorry, Ms. G. Won't happen again." Marley told her.

"Alright." She said, narrowing her eyes at me. I gave her an innocent look and her narrowed eyes narrowed even more, if that were possible.

For the rest of the class, she droned on and on and I accidentally zoned out. My bad. "Hennessy?"

"Hm?"

"Class is over, come on. We gotta get going to second."

"Oh right." I quickly gathered my things and followed her out the room. While we were walking, Colton pushed past us with Roxanne. He looked back and smirked. He did that on purpose. I sent a glare in his direction. Roxanne had looked back too, giving me one of those I'm-better-than-you looks. I roll my eyes and pay attention to where Marley was. Wouldn't wanna get lost.

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Authors Notes.

Um yeah so like the first chapter was updated.... 3 months ago? Oops! 😂
We hope you enjoy this chapter and sorry for the very long wait :'D

~Tiana & Jackie :3