We both entered the classroom at the same time. Lia's eyes stopped at me and then she looked at Mike who was continued on Mike who went walking towards his seat.

"You both come together?" she asked me raising her eyebrow.

"No, not like that, actually we both belong to the same bus." I said with a sigh placing my bag on the desk.

"You said you never liked him, what made you to walk with him till school" she asked me teasingly wiggling her eyebrows.

I just gave an eye roll.
"Stop it, I don't know the way to school from the stop, so he helped me, that's it" I replied in a duh tone.

"Look, he is a kind hearted fellow, that's my prince" she said flirtingly resting her cheeks on her palms.

If she only knew about the deal we made.

***

10 minutes later...

Our class teacher Mr. Alex entered our class.

"Students today first, before beginning the class I would like to give you your roll numbers and timetable and your lockers." He said.

Wow this is cool, I got only the last word 'Lockers' I love to maintain my lockers, and I'm damn good at it.

The teacher first began with giving out our Roll numbers. I thought I can pay attention only when my name is read and was thinking of Zayn's role in 'Best Song Ever' song, wow awesome. How can a man be so perfect I kept wondering, his looks and his knife sharp high notes. Amazayn!!

I stan Zayn Malik so badly that I've thought of plans of escaping from my house and head to Brantford.

Well that cannot happen obviously in my house, come on, let's be practical! But at least thinking of such thinks makes me feel happy.

Soon I heared someone calling out my name, it's the teacher. I stood up.

"Mina Josh your number is 30, after Mike Mander's number." He said.

I don't know what to reply, I just nodded and sat. I was in what the hell look. Is it a coincidence between me and him? I wondered.

Lia was sitting in shock too; the girls at the back and front all kept saying things that I am lucky.

Wait it's not that I've won a lottery of $10,000,000

Or I have got straight A+ in my mathematics

Or my father just bought a new car

It's only that I've got my number next to this hell boy and how can they find me lucky, its..

Ewww....

"Now what's this for?" I asked them in confusion staring at their hands which were waiting for me to shake

"You got your number next to the hottest boy in our class, if I were you I would have thrown a party" said Emma the girl sitting at the back of me.

"I am not your type!" I snaped back in a bossy tone.

"You're insane" she said and continued with her work.

"Students, it's important to remember your roll numbers, everything in this school goes according with it, right from writing tests to allotting you your lockers." The teacher spoke.

So I have my locker next to that dumb ass's ?

I turned to see what he was doing; he gave me a wicked smile.

Jerk!

Then we copied the timetable given by the teacher and proceeded with our classes.

Next is the mathematics period, the hell!
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Mr. Kim walked into our class. Seeing him there was a terrific silence in the class. Someone can even mistake the class to be dead.

"Have you all completed your homework?" He asked before even saying 'Good morning

"Yes Sir" was the chorus answer.

"Now I will read out the answers for the sums, check your answers" he said and started reciting the answers.

To my shock I got only 6 correct out of 20. This is worse.

I turned to Lia and raised my eyebrows, she nodded her head no. She got 9 sums correct. Atleast 3 more than mine.

Actually the sums were difficult. Mr. Kim spoke,

"I am pretty sure that none of you got all the sums correct, is there anyone?" he questioned.

"Sir I got it!"

said a voice from the back. We all turned to see who it was; I was fixed in a jaw-drop position when I found that it was Mike!

Even Mr. Kim was not able to believe. He checked his notebook twice and found all the sums with the exact answer.

I normally like people who are good at mathematics but I never thought it should be him.

"You are a genius, I took 3 days to get the correct answers for these sums and you got it in just half day?" Mr. Kim asked in wonder adjusting his spectacles.

"I always love math, I do it from the bottom of my heart." Mike replied.

"Ah..now that's how you should do math, bottom of the heart"

"From where" he questioned us again.

"Bottom of our heart" we all replied in a dragging chorus.

Bottom of the heart? Oh so its with blood? Never mind, even if I give my entire blood, this shit will not enter my brain, trust me I have tried all the ways and it ends in a failure.

'Now I will give you another 15 sums today, make sure you do it from your heart. All the best for the answers" Mr. Kim said with a weird look that I can still remember. That wired look which I can still remember.

Is he a manic?

We continued with the class and at the end of the math class Mr. Kim said,

"In case of any doubt you can ask your wonderful classmate Mike."

I am sure Mr. Kim found a soft corner for Mike.

Once the teacher had left the class, there was a thunder like sound and within no time there was a crowd of girls with their notebooks asking silly doubts to Mike.

Seriously?

"What do you think about them Lia" I asked her.

But no replies, it was like me talking to a wall and in no time I realized that it was not like but I was actually talking to a wall.

She was not found next to me but rather in the midst of the crowd. It was like I was the only girl who din't mind him but I din't bother about it.

It was time for Recess. I wanted to see the lockers. So I dragged Lia with me. The lockers looked just the way like how I imagined. It was 5 feet with tall with a small lock on the side and encarved 30 on the top. That's the roll number! But it was painted in light blue. I wanted it to be pink, anyway. We were already given the keys but I almost fainted when I opened it. It was not cleaned. I think a nasty guy must have owned it before. I could see cobwebs everywhere, two spiders dancing and an unknown insect, it- it jumped on me,

I started to scream at the top of my voice and started to dust my shirt and skirt. It fell on the floor but it was hopping towards me. I got hold of the person's shirt who was standing next to me in fear.

"You're scared of grasshoppers I never knew"
said the owner of the shirt which I was holding.

I raised my head to see who it was, Shit! It's Mike again. I stepped back and asked,

"What- What are you doing here?"

"I came here to see my new locker" he replied with a shrug.

"Congratulations! We are neighbors, you see, I am number 29 and you are 30, does it sound good?" he asked with a cocky smile.

He said and extended his hand for me to shake.

"It sounds awful" I hissed at him and crossed my arms and turned to the other side.

"Hello Mike, I am Lisa, my number is 28, even I am your neighbor too" said a spectacled girl with bangs from my class.

She dusted her hands several times on her skirt and extended her hand to Mike for a shake. I thought to leave the place at that time because he was busy held up with that girl. I just don't want to get tangled with this guy often.

"Can't we wait for sometime" Lia asked me

"No! I am fed up, you wanna stare that poker face" I asked her.

She nodded yes and gave me a weirdo smile.

I lifted my hands above my head in what the look.

"Alright you be here starring I am heading to class" I said and went.
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Has your locker been a residing spot for some insects? Or have you discovered anything more bizarre than insects? (My school doesn't have lockers by the way!)