Friends??

I stood there looking like an idiot.

"Um... are you okay?",he asks, tilting his head.

"I-I-I'm fine. Are you okay? Sorry, I wasn't paying attention to where I was going.", I laugh nervously.

He doesn't say anything for a few seconds and I feel a blush rising on my cheeks.

"Are you in Mr. Henry's class too?", he finally says.

"Uh.. y-yeah.", I reply.

"Cool.",he says nodding.

All of a sudden, he thrusts his hand out.

"Hi I'm XuFeng. This is my first year at AIA.", he says shyly.

(AIA is an abbreviation for Asian International Academy. It is a school for Asians in America.)

"I'm Eliza. You're...Chinese?",I ask smiling up at him.

"Yeah. Are you?",he asks, smiling back.

"Yup. We should probably get into class. Mr. Henry has a reputation of giving out lots of detentions.", I say.

"Right. Yeah.", he replies, looking around.

I giggle silently.

He opens the door,"Ladies first."

"Thanks XuFeng.", I say, still smiling. I notice the names on the desks.

"Assigned seats. Wow.", I say, rolling my eyes. I finally find my seat and sit down. XuFeng sits down in front of me and starts unpacking his backpack. I smile to myself...until I see the name of the person next to me...

"Shoot.", I say, putting my head down. I hear her before I see her.

"Oh! Eliza. Long time no see.", MeiLina says, snarling down at me.

"Yeah...", I say, trying to muster a smile.

I still remember what she did to me in my freshmen year. I bet she remembered too.

I look up to see her flirtatiously look and XuFeng. MeiLina was popular in school for her bullying and her player personality. You couldn't really tell from looking at her. She has the face and body of a goddess.

"Hey...XuFeng right? I'm MeiLina, nice to meet you!", she says, biting her lip.

He turns around, nods at her, and goes back to organizing his desk.

MeiLina starts stuttering. I laugh in my head. No guy has ever been immune to her beauty. No matter how hard I try fighting it, I can't help but smirk at her speechlessness. She sees me smiling and glares at me. I gulp trying not to show any sign of fear, but it was too late. She takes out her notepad and writes on it. I look away recognizing it. It the paper she writes names on and makes their lives miserable.

"Not again. This is going to be a long year." I mutter to myself.