Little Miss Awkward

Chapter 1 - The Right Day to Pick the Wrong Classroom

The guy's eyes twinkled with amusement at my admission following my movements and studied my hair for a moment taking before taking in the rest of my appearance, "I like the hair, not many people can pull off blue hair" He stated with a chuckle

I shrugged, "One of my many qualities, and uh- Sorry about running into you..." I trailed off looking down at my watch that was mixed in a handful of bracelets tied around my wrist.

"Oh fudge! I gotta' go, I'm super late and the lesson will be over before I even get there" I babbled side stepping the guy and jogging down the hallway, throwing my hand up I waved behind me and called over my shoulder, "It was nice meeting you and sorry again!" And with that I turned the corner and emerged right in front of my classroom, frowning I realized that I'd taken a turn to early this morning.

Taking a calming breath I adjusted my shirt and hair before walking into the classroom. The lecturer's gaze turned to me and he frowned, smiling lightly I offered him a little wave, "Sorry I'm late, took a turn to early and got lost..."

He nodded with a blank face, "Apology accepted miss..." He trailed in a monotone voice leaving the statement hanging like a question

"Sterling, Max Sterling"

"Well Miss Sterling, I'm glad you could grace us with your presence. Take and seat"

Nodding I took a seat in the first available one that I saw, plunking the large textbook onto the desk I pried it open to the page written on the board and smirked, I'd already learnt this.

"Miss Steel!" The teacher's grouchy voice rung out, "Miss Steel!"

I could feel gazes burning into me so I looked up, the teacher was looking at me expectantly, "It's Sterling" I deadpanned

With a wave of his hand the teacher walked towards the desk I was sitting at. "Whatever, Sterling then. Seeing as yours is the only name I know, answer the question written on the board. No one else was able to get it so why don't you give it a shot?" He asked with his hands on his hips

Narrowing my eyes at him slightly he glared back, this was punishment for being late.

Getting up from my desk I walked towards the white board with a seemingly complicated chemistry equation written across it, taking the pen from the teacher as I walked past him I stopped just in front of the board.

Studying the equation slowly I heard a snicker behind me, ha the teacher thought he got me. Taking another step toward the board I uncapped the pen and began to work on the sum, within a minute I was done.

Taking a step backwards I let a small smirk slip onto my face, everyone's shocked faces met me but one in particular surprised me. It was the guy from the hallway, how did he? My gaze landed at the door at the back of the room, there was another door? Mentally face palming myself I made a mental note to remember that for the future.

The teacher looked like he was fuming, walking back to my desk I passed him the pen before whispering to him, "Next time don't forget to add in the variables, not everyone is as sharp as you and me" with that I took my seat and the bell rang signaling the end of this class session. Letting out a breath I smiled, when I mentioned before that I had probably gotten the best grades in the high school I went to I wasn't kidding. A couple of highly regarded schools had offered me scholarships but I didn't really want to be part of that crowd and they also said I had to get rid of the coloured hair if I wanted to 'become one of them' – so it was an instant no. My coloured hair was a part of who I am so I'm not going to change that. Among the subjects I did in high school, chemistry and physics were two of my favourites, for some reason I enjoyed them and they also came easily to me so that was an added bonus.

Letting out a sigh I braced myself for a long day of classes, one thing that nagged my brain was the mysterious guy I ran into in the hallway. Sure he was shocked like everyone else but his gaze had been constantly trained to the teacher, not like a student paying attention way but a in depth studying of him... Huh, weird...

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Thankfully the rest of the day passed by quickly and before I knew it I was standing in front of my apartment door. My father was somewhat of a famous architect, meaning that our family was pretty well off – considering I was only nineteen and already had my own apartment. My father had designed a couple of really big buildings in New York where he was currently living. At first he'd started out small here in Phoenix but then when the name got out there his designs took off and he started his own business. My mother had been a paramedic, she loved to help people and was always full of life – I missed her...

With my thoughts suddenly dampened by my mini inside conversation, I pulled the keys out of my pocket and slipped them into the keyhole. After hearing the click I twisted the knob and stepped into my apartment, immediately I was tackled by a blur of grey fur.

Letting out a laugh I began to pet the dog, "Zeus, I thought we talked about you not attacking me every time I walked in the door" I scolded the dog playfully

He lowered his head to rest on his paws in shame and I couldn't but smile, Zeus was a four year old pure bread husky – the thing is though he still acted like a puppy.

He raised his head took look at me a pulled his 'puppy dog' face and I was a goner, sighing dramatically I threw a hand to my head and looked back at he dog, "How could I ever resist you! How about you go get your leash hey boy?" I asked scratching under his chin

He barked happily and climbed off my legs to retrieve his lead. Apart from my dad and Zeus there was only one other man in my life, my older brother Brian. Shortly after my mother departed from our lives he enlisted in the army and was currently fighting in Afghanistan, I missed him but somehow I knew he was safe. We wrote to each other whenever we could and he told me all about the mates he'd made, one in particular his now best friend Nate was Australian. The way they became friends was actually pretty funny, they were paying him out because of his accent and so to get revenge he played a prank on them – only instead of targeting the guys that were messing with him he got my brother, and since then they'd become inseparable. It was comforting to know that someone else was looking after my brother.

Suddenly Zeus trotted back into the room with his leash clamped firmly in his mouth, his bright blue eyes danced with excitement and I couldn't help but smile.

Together we took off over the hill and towards the park, it was still pretty early in the evening and I had a feeling that Zeus had been holding in a lot of energy. It was going to be a long night...

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New Story! Hope you enjoyed this, the picture on the side is what I imagine Max to look like - Blue hair and all!

Dedicated to @Deansamaster because they were the first to comment and vote... that kinda stuff but they're all round a nice person :) Thank you!

Now about the picture, I do not own it. Therefore I do not take any credit for the image, all credit goes to the artist. Original image can be found at this link:

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Emma xoxo