♥ °• The Meet •° ♥    (Avi POV)

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  "Class, you'll be doing pages 127 to 142 in your 'Math 101' book for homework, no complaining. Am I understood?" We all nod, some students even say 'Yes ma'am' or 'Understood' then becoming silent, not daring to say something they'd regret to Mrs. Chimes. Mrs. Chimes was our homeroom and math teacher or professor, in a sense. Though her last name is Chimes, she is nothing like a chime, trust me. Think of a wind chime, compared to her, for example. Wind chimes are calming and relaxing, quiet, and let your stress ease down--making you calm, collected, and relaxed rather than all over the place. Mrs. Chimes is nothing like that, honestly. She is loud, disrespectful, and makes you gain more stress rather than lose it. Like, did you see how much homework she gave us? Page 127 all the way to 142 by tomorrow!? That's way too much! Anyways, that's the bell. Now, the trick with Mrs. Chimes is, you gotta run out of the classroom so fast she isn't able to say a word. Because if not, she won't let you leave without drilling an hour long useless math lesson in your head. So, of course, I bolted the hell out of that classroom! That class was already too long, 2 hours to be exact, and I'd rather not sit there for another extended hour learning math that we've already learned twelve god damn times. Sadly, there were two poor unfortunate rookie vampires that weren't fast enough to the door. Apparently, they were just recently turned into vampires, so they didn't know how to properly turn into a bat quick enough. Poor vamps, at least now they will be able to memorize the answer to 3×(9+7)-120) as fast as a lightning bolt. Either way, it's free period, and I have to meet up with Lia outside on the bleachers by the football field. Wait, Low must be waiting! Damn it, I hate running, but now is the correct time to do so!
 
  I run over to the bleachers, to which I already spot my blue-haired neko bestie. But, something's different. There is 3 other people with her, who are they? "Phew, finally! Sorry I was late, Lia, I had to deal with Mrs. Chimes again; you already know how that goes." I say, sweating--why the hell does the classroom have to be on the complete opposite side of where the football field is? "I completely understand, she is rough to deal with," she says nodding. "Anyways, Avi, I met these lovely people while I was walking through the halls to Mr. Macrid's class! So, would you like to introduce yourselves?" Lia asks. "Oh, right, hello! My name is Welsh, I am a kitsune!" She says, then signaling to the people next to her to speak. "Oh, um, hello, I'm Jade! I am a harpy." She says. "Roshi," the last person said. "I am a druid, pleasure to make your acquaintance." Lia then smiles and says, "Well nice to meet all of you. My name is Cahlia, but you can simply call me Lia! I am a neko, but with fox ears." She says, and looks at me. "And this is my best friend Avi, they're a parakeet!" Lia says, gesturing her hands at me like I'm a prize you'd see on a game show. "Nice to meet you two," says Welsh, while me and Lia nod and smile.

   We talk for a while, getting to know each other and such, but I was lost in thought. There was one of the three girls that caught my eye--the harpy. There was just something about her that made something in my chest turn on, in a sense. Kinda like there was something beating inside of me. Was that my heart beating? Yes, of course, hearts are supposed to beat--but this beat was slightly different. I start to feel my cheeks tint with a small bit of rose red. Or was it ruby red? Light red? No, that doesn't matter, what matters is this feeling in my heart that I'm suddenly feeling ever since I met Jade. Jade, that has a nice ring to it. No, no, no, off topic! This feeling, what is it? Am I scared? No, that doesn't make any sense. Angry? No, no, that doesn't make any sense either. Then what is it? "Avi?" I need to know, if it isn't anger or fear--is it maybe sadness? "Hello, Avi?" No, that doesn't make sense at all! "Earth to Avi?" Why would I be sad or scared or even mad at someone I just met? That makes no sense whatsoever-- "Avi!" I turn my head over to Lia, I didn't realize she was trying to get my attention. "Oh, sorry, yes?" I say, "I've been trying to get your attention, but you never answered. You alright?" She asks. "Again, sorry, I'm fine. I was just lost in thought is all. I was busy thinking of--the math homework! It's super hard, so I was trying to remember what the pages we had to do were." I say, trying to brush off the fact of what I was really thing of. "Oh, in Mrs. Chimes?" Jade asks, "Mhm, do you have her as well? I didn't notice," I said. Then, I felt that feeling in my heart again once she started talking. "Yeah, I sit in the middle seat closer to the door! Oh, right, the homework was page 127 to 142 in 'Math 101 - book 3'." Jade says, smiling, then sighing at the fact we have to do that much homework--and the fact that we have 4 'Math 101' books in that damn class. "Oh, thanks!" I say, smiling at her, to which she smiles back. Then, the feeling in my heart starts to hurt a little, I'm feeling too much of that certain feeling, to the point it's starting to hurt, apparently. I attempt to pretend like my heart wasn't slightly aching, but it was difficult because every time she looked at me or smiled, it started to hurt a little bit more. What is this feeling? Not anger, not sadness, not fear, not envy, then what!? Is it perhaps love? No, that doesn't make sense, I just met her! But maybe it is.. No, no, I just met her like 10 minutes ago! But what if it is, love? I don't know--oh, I guess it's time for lunch now, considering they're all starting to stand up and leave now. "C'mon, Avi!" Lia says, grabbing my arm and heading inside the building. I take a glance back at the three behind me, still grabbing their backpacks and putting them on, but I specifically look at Jade. She noticed I was looking at her apparently, because she looks at me and smiles. I smile back, and wave, she waves too. There's that feeling again, still making my heart ache. Wait, heartache. Was it a heartache? Am I truly in love with her? No, I'm sure it's just my chest randomly hurting, I'm likely just hungry. But what if?.. No, no, no, hungry, just hungry. I start to think of Jade for a quick second, but my chest starts hurting like hell. How!? I thought, It was only for a second! I guess I just won't think of Jade then, then it'll stop hurting! Hah, sounds simple! I think.. It can't be that hard!

Right?..

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