First day
I met up with Raven in the hallway. The first class we had, was a class we shared. It was English.
We got inside the classroom and noticed our professor was a grumpy-looking old lady.
When class started at 8:30am, we came to the conclusion that the professor, indeed, was very grumpy. She was one of those teachers you never want to mess with.
After 90 minutes, English was finally over and we had a short break. Raven had been in contact with Moira, apparently Moira's class ended at the same time as ours so we could spend our little break together.
We met up with Moira in the cafeteria at the second floor. I only had a short break; my next class, poetry, would be starting in 15 minutes. Unlike Moira and Raven, Moira's next class would start in 30 minutes and Raven's next class was with me, in 60 minutes.
I left them behind when it was my time to go to the next class. I was curious of how this class would be, since I practically knew no one.
This class only took 60 minutes and it went by pretty fast. The professor was a nice man. He knew exactly how to get my attention with everything he said. He taught us as if it was his life, and maybe it was.
Class was dismissed after 55-ish minutes and I found Raven in front of our next classroom. Our next class would be History.
We were pretty late, due to the fact that this class starts when my previous class ends, so I don't really have time to get here early.
We were seated in the second row. The professor still wasn't in the classroom, so Raven and I decided to have some chitchat.
"Moira told me that our professor is a grumpy one, always moody." Raven said, causing us both to let out a sigh.
"I'm already done with the grumpy-professors. Why can't professors just be fun? Like my previous one, mr Azon was such fun. He was so enthusiastic."
Raven agreed with me and before we could continue our conversation, the whole classroom went silent. The professor walked in.
He indeed looked a bit grumpy, but that wasn't even the thing that caught your attention; this man was insanely handsome!
As if Raven could read your mind, she quietly chuckled and poked my side, "close that mouth of yours and stop staring." she whispered.
I immediately did as I was told and shot her a look.
"Welcome class. My name is mr Lehnsherr. I will be teaching you History this year." the professor said while he wrote his name on the board.
When he turned around he looked into the class, but stopped in his tracks when his eyes met mine.
When he turned around he looked into the class, but stopped in his tracks when his eyes met mine
I looked away as soon as it happened and heard Raven chuckle. The rest of the class didn't seem to have noticed, which I was very happy with.
During the 120 minutes of History, a lot more happened then just history.. Of course, we listened to the lecturing of professor Lehnsherr, but when we had some time to do our homework, we only talked about other things than history.
"Oh my god, Laura. He was so checking you out." Raven whispered and grinned.
"That's not true, he was just looking around to take a look at his new students." I tried to sound as convincing as possible, but probably failed completely.
I couldn't have been very convincing even if I wanted to, I knew very well that he was looking at me in a different way than he was looking at the others.
Finally, after 120 minutes of History, I could breath again. As soon as we got out of the room, Raven spoke up about that little adventure.
"Tell me what happened in there already!" Raven laughed. I was still a bit shocked, mr Lehnsherr had been looking at me multiple times and it wasn't very comforting, since his face was very serious and grumpy all the time.
"Okay, I must admit: he is VERY handsome. But it's never gonna happen. I'm not interested and he isn't either."
Raven smirked, "He is, Laura. He was practically undressing you with his eyes!"
At this comment, my cheeks got red instantly. "Shut up, Raven. He wasn't!"
Raven couldn't contain her laughter, "keep telling yourself that, darling."
*
The rest of the day was very much the same; following classes and having some breaks inbetween.
Eventually, at 4pm, all classes were done. Raven still had some classes to attend.
I decided to go to the school's library to start an assignment for Poetry. The assignment is: 'Pick a poem and give your opinion about it.'
This will probably be the easiest assignment I'll ever get.
I chose my favorite poem: 'Funeral Blues', by W.H. Auden.
It goes:
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.
Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message 'He is Dead'.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.
He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.
The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.
Why I love this poem so much? I have honestly no idea. It's simply beautiful and I'd be honored if someone would read this on my funeral. But let's not talk about that. My funeral won't be soon.
*
I finished my assignment and did some research for History and some other classes. When I was done with everything I had to do, I went home.
When I got home I texted Raven:
"I went home. Didn't know if you still had classes to attend or if you were already home, I'll see you tomorrow!"