The Chained Princess (h.s.)

Star X

-Andromeda-

Monday, RD, Harry, and Louis didn't come to school. It's really hard to believe in coincidence, isn't it? I couldn't help but wonder where all three of them could've gone.

Charlie ditched after second period, so I was on my own for getting home.

I was a bit upset, but I didn't get stood up for prom, so I let her take a day off.

After school, I made my way to the science department. I knew Mr. Wayne held Earth and Space tutoring after school, and I had a question.

I easily found his room, it was the only one playing "Wayne's World." Slowly approaching the doorway, I stopped in front of it and looked for the teacher. I located a tall heavyset man with wavy brown hair and a tie with Mickey Mouse heads on it doing the Thriller dance to some beat that must've been in his head.

"Andromeda?" A voice came behind me. I whirled around in surprise, then sighed.

It was Niall, who was wearing his letterman jacket, even though we were inside, and it was the end of April. Nonetheless, he also wore a sweet smile and his blonde hair looked really blonde today.

"Oh, hey, Niall. What's rockin'?"

"Are you here for Wayne, too? I thought you took Honors Physics." He shrugged and his backpack hung off his shoulders.

"I do take Honors Physics, how do you know that?"

I hoped I didn't sound crude, but that's a little strange to me.

He blushed and rubbed the back of his neck. This was the first time I'd seen the confident linebacker look uncomfortable.

"Uh...well, I-"

"Niall-ator!"

Mr. Wayne noticed us in his doorway and bounded over.

"Wayne-atron!"

The two engaged in a slap-handshake thing and I ducked, not trying to get in the way.

"And who's this lovely student?"

Mr. Wayne put his hands on his hips and lowered himself down near me.

I straightened up, cheeks ablaze, and he did, too.

"Oh, I'm-"

"This is Andromeda."

Niall remembered my am name and I couldn't seem to.

Mr. Wayne's expression echoed disbelief.

"So you're the "hot Andromeda" that's been setting my classes on a roller coaster ride!"

Wait, what? I shook my head in disbelief.

"I'm sorry, sir, I don't understand-"

"Why, every time I mention the name "Andromeda", the men in the room start talking about how "hot" she is, and the girls get huffy. And at first, I was like, 'yes, stars are very hot, dense, balls of energy-a singularity, if you will', and then I find out there's actually a girl in school named Andromeda, and here you are! I'm Mr. Wayne, so I'm kind of Batman."

He said all of this while shaking my hand, and I couldn't help but smile. What a character! So jovial.

"Hi, I actually came with a question about that. Can you teach me about this constellation? I don't really know much about it."

Mr. Wayne's face lit up.

"Sure! Come on in!"

Niall put his hand on the small of my back and we entered the "Wayne Domain", as he liked to call it.