Capitulo 2
As Maria walked into homeroom, she realized that all the eyes were on her.
She put her head down and walked toward her desk.
"Whoa. Whose the new chick?" She heard someone's voice behind her as they bumped into her.
She turned around.
"I'm really sorry. I wasn't paying attention and I guess I was walking too slow." Maria said as she looked at who bumped into her.
Paul. He was the 'hot guy' in school and didn't even know that Maria existed. She has had a crush on him since 6th grade that still hasn't gone away.
"Oh, hey Maria. Sorry about bumping into you."
He actually knows my name, Maria thought. "Oh, its nothing, don't worry about it. It was probably my fault anyways."
"OK. Class get to your seats. My name is Mr. Harrison and I'll be you substitute teacher today. It's a free class today so you can work on the project that Mr. Munroe assigned to you. No going outside the classroom" said as he walked into the classroom and sat down at the desk.
The entire class got excited as they new that they didn't have to do anything during this class, but Maria looked at Paul. He was staring at her, and when he saw that she was looking in his direction, he pretended to look somewhere else.
Maria was talking to Miranda when she felt someone behind her. She thought it was the teacher.
"No one else is doing work, Mr Harrison. Why should we?" Maria said without looking behind her.
"I'm not asking you do any work. And do I look old enough to be old Mr. Harrison."
Miranda turned around and saw Paul standing behind her.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought that it was the sub. Do you need anything?" Paul NEVER talked to Maria and she just wanted to stop being humiliated seeing as how the whole class was looking at her and Paul talking.
"Whoa, don't be so hostile. I just wanted to ask you what you're doing your project on. I decided to do mine on all the hostility between the Capulets and Montague's in Romeo and Juliet. I was just wondering if you thought if that was a good idea?"
That was exactly what Maria was basing her project on.
"Umm...Yeah, it's a good idea. In fact, it's what I'm doing my project on."
What did I tell him that for?, Maria thought.
"So do you think we could get together some time to work on it together?" Paul asked her as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
Maria felt Miranda nudge her with her elbow.
"Sorry Paul, I just got a new job ad I'm working almost every night."
"How about lunch then, you don't have anything then, do you?"
Paul had the biggest grin on his face.
"I'll think about it." Maria said.
"OK, I'll talk to you later then."
Paul then did something completely unexpected. He leans down and kisses Maria on the cheek and leaves for his seat where all his friends were staring at Maria. Paul turns around and says 2 words."Nice hair."
Maria looked at her shaking hands. Miranda looks at her friends with the weirdest look on her face.
"What happened to you? Why did you not tell me that you knew Paul?"
" That's the thing, Miranda. This is the first time I've ever talked to him."
"Well then what was that kiss all bout?"
"He didn't kiss me, Miranda. He kissed the girl that he thinks will do his project for him. I told you, no guys want me, just my brains."
"But he kissed you!!!"
"Yeah, only to get on my good side nothing more. Besides, who would want damaged goods."
She put her head down and walked toward her desk.
"Whoa. Whose the new chick?" She heard someone's voice behind her as they bumped into her.
She turned around.
"I'm really sorry. I wasn't paying attention and I guess I was walking too slow." Maria said as she looked at who bumped into her.
Paul. He was the 'hot guy' in school and didn't even know that Maria existed. She has had a crush on him since 6th grade that still hasn't gone away.
"Oh, hey Maria. Sorry about bumping into you."
He actually knows my name, Maria thought. "Oh, its nothing, don't worry about it. It was probably my fault anyways."
"OK. Class get to your seats. My name is Mr. Harrison and I'll be you substitute teacher today. It's a free class today so you can work on the project that Mr. Munroe assigned to you. No going outside the classroom" said as he walked into the classroom and sat down at the desk.
The entire class got excited as they new that they didn't have to do anything during this class, but Maria looked at Paul. He was staring at her, and when he saw that she was looking in his direction, he pretended to look somewhere else.
Maria was talking to Miranda when she felt someone behind her. She thought it was the teacher.
"No one else is doing work, Mr Harrison. Why should we?" Maria said without looking behind her.
"I'm not asking you do any work. And do I look old enough to be old Mr. Harrison."
Miranda turned around and saw Paul standing behind her.
"Oh, I'm sorry. I thought that it was the sub. Do you need anything?" Paul NEVER talked to Maria and she just wanted to stop being humiliated seeing as how the whole class was looking at her and Paul talking.
"Whoa, don't be so hostile. I just wanted to ask you what you're doing your project on. I decided to do mine on all the hostility between the Capulets and Montague's in Romeo and Juliet. I was just wondering if you thought if that was a good idea?"
That was exactly what Maria was basing her project on.
"Umm...Yeah, it's a good idea. In fact, it's what I'm doing my project on."
What did I tell him that for?, Maria thought.
"So do you think we could get together some time to work on it together?" Paul asked her as if it was the most normal thing in the world.
Maria felt Miranda nudge her with her elbow.
"Sorry Paul, I just got a new job ad I'm working almost every night."
"How about lunch then, you don't have anything then, do you?"
Paul had the biggest grin on his face.
"I'll think about it." Maria said.
"OK, I'll talk to you later then."
Paul then did something completely unexpected. He leans down and kisses Maria on the cheek and leaves for his seat where all his friends were staring at Maria. Paul turns around and says 2 words."Nice hair."
Maria looked at her shaking hands. Miranda looks at her friends with the weirdest look on her face.
"What happened to you? Why did you not tell me that you knew Paul?"
" That's the thing, Miranda. This is the first time I've ever talked to him."
"Well then what was that kiss all bout?"
"He didn't kiss me, Miranda. He kissed the girl that he thinks will do his project for him. I told you, no guys want me, just my brains."
"But he kissed you!!!"
"Yeah, only to get on my good side nothing more. Besides, who would want damaged goods."
