Videvik(kogu raamat Inglise keeles)
I could
tell we
were going to get along. Of course, he had no choice but to send me to the one open seat in the
middle
of the room. I kept my eyes down as I went to sit by him, bewildered by the antagonistic stare
he'd given
me.
I didn't look up as I set my book on the table and took my seat, but I saw his posture change from
the
corner of my eye. He was leaning away from me, sitting on the extreme edge of his chair and
averting his
face like he smelled something bad. Inconspicuously, I sniffed my hair. It smelled like
strawberries, the
scent of my favorite shampoo. It seemed an innocent enough odor. I let my hair fall over my right
shoulder, making a dark curtain between us, and tried to pay attention to the teacher.
Unfortunately the lecture was on cellular anatomy, something I'd already studied. I took notes
carefully
anyway, always looking down.
I couldn't stop myself from peeking occasionally through the screen of my hair at the strange boy
next to
me