Beauty in Unlikely Places

Chapter 3 - An Explanation and a Decision

Chapter 3 – An explanation and a Decision

“She made you social road kill?!” I asked in alarm

“Yeah, and it was for something really silly too” She pointed out but then continued “Hazel can get crazy jealous, I mean full on crazy lady with 500 cats crazy. We were trying to raise money for the schools chosen charity and selling hugs. It was Hazel and I offering hugs for five dollars and Noah came up with his friends and they all bought a hug. Hazel was waiting for him to hug her but instead he hugged me”

“She killed your social life because you hugged Noah?” I asked

“Yup. But the thing is. I don’t really care anymore. I didn’t do anything wrong and I’m proud that I stood my ground. Slowly everyone stopped talking to me out of fear of Hazel and well yeah that’s my story” she shrugged

“My hero” I replied giving her a genuine smile which she returned. “Okay then super Sammy, to art class!” I said pointing to the ceiling pretending to fly off

I heard her laugh behind me and she court up with me “You know Jace, I’m glad you came to this school. Even though we met yesterday I’m proud to call you my best friend” at this my heart warmed to the core. I had a genuine best friend.

“Dido Kiddo” I replied quoting my mum. We both laughed and made our way to art class before we were late

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“Hey guys, my art buddy is away today. Do you mind if I sit with you?” Asked Noah pulling a chair up next to the easel next to me

I looked over at Sammy for help but she just shrugged and went back to drawing. Hazel’s threat was still fresh in my mind but who was I kidding. I was new at this school I didn’t have a social life and I knew Sammy would stay by me. I turned back to Noah. “No problem, take a seat” I said gesturing to the chair he was holding. This earned a raise of the eyebrow from Sammy; I simply shrugged and went back to work.

Noah was really easy enough to get along with. As the lesson went on the three of us talked about our favourite movies, t.v. shows, music and hobbies. When I thought I had a lot of stuff in common with Sammy, I had a heap in common with Noah. Things with him seemed to just be natural. That is until the bell rang. Looking defeated Noah got up and turned to Sammy and I and smiled.

“Thanks for letting me sit with you guys. You know I might have to ditch my art buddy, you guys are way more fun” Noah said then winked as he walked off.

“Well that was an interesting lesson” said Sammy giving me a knowing look

“Always with the double meanings” I replied rolling my eyes at her

“What ever could you mean?” She asked faking innocence

At this we both burst out laughing. “You know the green eyes suit you” Sammy suddenly stated “You should be happy all the time”

This statement kind of startled me at first by then I felt my mouth pull into a huge grin.

“Why thank you my dear, I shall try my best” I replied with a fake British accent

“We are so weird” And with that we burst out laughing again, anybody around us must be wondering why we laugh so much. The truth is; we have fun.

“Hey do you want to come over after school? We have that art project thingy, do you think you could help me with… everything? Because as you know by now that I absolutely suck at art” Sammy said looking down at her feet

I laughed a little and patted her on the back “Sammy relax you’re not that bad at art, just think of yourself as an abstract artist. And I’d love to come over this afternoon, I’ll just text mum and let her know” She looked up at me hopefully and did that Cheshire cat grin again