Kate's POV
Okay so...there's been no progress at all. Sofía haven't forgiven me, I still don't have friends...and yeah, that's basically it.
Oh wait, if you count my English teacher that pity's me, I might have one friend.
Normally I don't like when other people try to defend me, even if it's a teacher. Because I don't need a savior, yeah it sucks when a bunch of annoying assholes try to make me feel bad and bully me, but I can beat their asses on my own.
However, when Miss. Montgomery arrived and shut them down, and made them apologize and then made sure to check up on me, let's just say that it felt nice. Since I came back no one has done that, not even my parents have called to check up on me.
Maybe it was due to the fact that I was indeed being awfully bullied and harassed just because I decided to transfer to this school, and she was a teacher after all, so it was kinda her job to stop fights from happening. But no teacher had ever done it before, of course they know when someone is about to punch me, but they don't do absolute anything about it. I could complain to my parents about it, but I doubt they'd do anything more than to tell me to suck it up.
But getting back to Miss. Montgomery, I felt safe around her. And for some strange reason, I trust her too. That initial tension between the both of us is still there, it's like we both know a secret of each other, but at the same time, we don't really know each other. It might sound a little crazy, but I consider myself close to her because of it. I don't have any friends, so befriending a teacher is better than nothing, this are desperate times.
I knocked on Miss. Montgomery 's door, I got no answer, so I knocked again and finally those pair of slightly hazel eyes set on mine. I smiled, trying to look nice and friendly. I must be in a pretty bad situation if the reason for my smile is my English teacher.
On the bright side, she was a very nice person who happened to be a teacher. And she was also stunning, like what the fuck.
"Do you need something?" she asked, since I apparently forgot how to talk.
I started feeling sweaty and nervous under her stare, so I did what I knew best. Act like I was so confident and like I didn't give fuck, meanwhile I was shitting my pants.
"Good morning, Miss. Montgomery, what did you bring for lunch?" I asked, cockily stepping besides her and entering her classroom without her permission.
"I- I brought something from home" she said confused, following behind me. "Did you need something? Is someone bothering you?" she asked with a hint of worry in her voice.
"What? No" I said with a shrug. "I want to have lunch with my favorite teacher" I said getting a chair and bringing it closer to her desk.
She looked at me with a mixture of shock and surprise, I was fearing she'd tell me to go to hell of something, like almost everyone on this school would, but something told me that she was way too nice to do that.
"Kate, you won't fit in if you spend your lunch hiding at your teacher's classroom" she said crossing her arms.
"Well, you're way better than the idiots that I have as classmates" I stated as if it were obvious, and it kinda was to be honest. "Besides, I don't wanna fit in, they're a bunch of assholes" I ended.
"Language!" she quickly corrected me. She gave me a disapproving look, not liking the language I decided to use, nor my idea of me spending lunch with her.
"Also..." I started, trying to think of something that could make her laugh and convince her that I wasn't that bad company. "I could say the same thing about you!" I shouted enthusiastically.
My attempt to make her like me a little, did work, she grinned and motioned her head for me to continue, curious about what I was going to say. She walked towards me and went to sit in her teacher chair, she took her lunch box out and stared at me expectantly.
"There's a pretty fancy teachers lounge, I've stolen coffee from there" I said as matter-of-factly. "And...you're old, but not that old" I said in an attempt to make her fully crack a smile this time.
"Oh G-d" she laughed. Yes. "Thank you?" she added sarcastically.
"Yeah, you're welcome" I replied just as sarcastically. "But back to my theory, you're relatively new here too" I stated.
She raised her eyebrows and looked at me unimpressed, and it was amazing how she could look like she didn't care, but still you felt like she did, more than anyone.
"You're correct, I started working here last semester" she stated, taking a bite of her sandwich.
"I'm a genius, I know" I said making her snort. "So, my point is, you should be hanging out with your friend teachers and trying to fit in, but instead you decided to hang out with me because I'm amazing. So, the least I could do was hang out with you instead" I said leaning back as if I owned the place.
Miss. Montgomery looked at me with her mouth wide open, the sight was hilarious. She looked so shocked and surprised at the same time, I bet she thought that after that weird tenson between us, our first conversation would be different.
"I don't remember ever agreeing on spending my free time with you" she stated, trying to sound serious but with a hint of a smile forming. "And I fit in here very well, thank you very much" she added childishly.
I bit my lip as I tried to suppress a smile, the true reason why I came here was because A) I wanna have lunch in peace without a bunch of assholes trying to poison me, and B) I'm lonely.
So yeah, being lonely makes you do crazy things, but coming here was a good idea tho. I knew Miss. Montgomery would be a nice person, but I didn't know if I would like her personality. Now that I know that she and I could actually get along, I'm so gonna befriend her.
"You sure do, but you see...I'm horribly bullied by my classmates and I don't have any friends...and I suffer, a lot..."I paused, putting my hand on my face and pretending to sob a little.
"Is that supposed to make me want to be your friend?" she asked with amusement dancing in her eyes.
"Ugh, come on!" I said defeated. "Okay I'm desperate and I really don't have friends, not even my family are my friends, but that's besides the point. Okay so, I really need a friend, you are the only nice person in this school, it's mean to be" I explained.
"Kate-" she started, I knew she was going to tell me to go to hell, but with much nicer words, so I stepped in.
"I'll trade your friendship for gossip about the students" I offered; I was desperate.
Wow, what happened with 'Not let anyone see my vulnerability'? I can't believe I've gotten to the point of begging a teacher to be my friend.
"Teachers are boring, you could do better" she said, however, I could sense a little playfulness in her tone.
"Oh, I know, actually I'm counting on you to be boring. It lets me be the interesting and funny one in the friendship" I said earning a chuckle from her.
I could tell I was annoying her only a little by being so cocky and rambling so much, but that anyways she was amused. So, it was a win-win situation because apparently, I couldn't act normal around her. Either I was a mess because she made me nervous, or I was a confident brat because I didn't want her to see that she made me nervous.
"I'll start locking my door" she whispered under her breath, counting on me to hear it.
"Wow, that's an awful way to treat your bestie" I said pretending to be hurt.
She narrowed her eyes at me, not missing my choice of words.
"I'm not-" she started.
"Being mean? Yes, you are bestie" I cut her off before she had the chance to speak and destroy my happy family fantasy. "But anyways, besties matters" I said bringing my hands together.
I wasn't planning on doing this, I wasn't planning on asking her for any real advice, I just wanted some human interaction. But after that human interaction I discovered that I wanted Miss. Montgomery to be my friend for real, so here we go. Also, I need all the help I can get in the matter.
"I need your help to get Sofía back" I stated, and I didn't miss the way her body tensed, being so relaxed just a few seconds ago.
She didn't say anything, and I became uncomfortable too, I knew I had to break the silence somehow. Maybe she was great friends with Sofía after all? Maybe too soon?
"I'm gay and you're really looking as a homophobe right now" I said jokingly, and praying that she wasn't really a homophobe.
However, if she really was...well better find out sooner than later and say bye-bye as fast as I can.
"Oh lord, no" she said quickly. "I'm not a homophobe, sorry that I took so long in reacting you just took me by surprise" she said embarrassed.
"We're besties now, I'm gonna talk about all my problems with you and share my deepest and darkest secrets" I replied, earning an amused look from her
She went back to being comfortable after I started joking with her again, and I was surprised I could read her so easily. I don't know if it was me, but I bet it was because she seamed like one of the few sincere people in the world, so anything she said or did, you believed her.
"You speak a lot" she stated. "I'm barely processing what you said earlier and then you continue speaking about something else" she added.
I gasped, faking surprise that then turned into a laugh. I was fighting the urges to tell her the truth, which was that I really wanted her to like me, and that was why I was acting to weird.
"Yeah, you'll get used to it" I said dismissively. "I just thought of something..." I paused and smiled widely, meanwhile she laughed quietly at my mind going a mile per hour, and it was all just to impress her.
"We need friendship bracelets" I ended.
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