you're fun.

                                    

                                          
i tap my pen on my book, excluded from the conversation that eva, evelyn and max are having next to me.
the teacher clears his throat and claps to get the class's attention, 'delilah katz. can you repeat what i just said?'
i look up, stare at the teacher with a disoriented look and grumble, 'huuhh?' people next to me snicker, mentioning how i sound like a drunk person.

'exactly. now listen and stop tapping your pen on your book.' he says with a loud voice, almost yelling. he speaks again, 'now. we're going to have a class assignment with selected partners.' the class groans, complaining.

the teacher smacks his ruler on the table, 'hush!' he yells then grabs a list from his drawer, 'now first partnership... delilah and...' he raises his eyebrow, 'you know what... delilah and tom! you guys can be partnered together.'

i can tell he changed the partners, making me complain, 'what? sir. you can't partner me and him together.' then the teacher shoots me an angry look, making me a bit scared, then i put my hands in front of my chest, 'okay. okay. fine...' i stay put as he reads the rest of the partners, i look over at eva - her looking at me with a worried look, knowing why i did NOT wanna be partnered up with tom.

around 5 minutes later, everyone goes to sit next to their partners. but, just so conveniently i had to be in a group of 3 with bill and tom.

i go to sit down in the middle of them, while georg and gustav are talking with their own partners, still on the same table. i groan.

bill detects this awkward tension, and even though he hates me - he doesn't wanna sit down angry for another 40 minutes.

'uhm, so-' bill claps his hands and forces a smile, 'let's push everything behind us... what is your name?' i was zoned out, then tom elbows me hard and i yelp a bit.

'shit, sorry what?' i tilt my head at bill.

'your name?' he's still forcing a smile, but it's turning into a grimace.

i make an oh sound, then answer, scratching my neck, 'oh. i'm delilah.'

bill nods in approval, trying to be nice, 'ah. okay. well. my name is bill!' he says proudly.

tom interrupts, 'well. you probably know all of our names already.' he grumbles.

i lean back, the table is silent again. but i decide to take some responsibilty, 'also. sorry for the whole... name situation.' i gulp, swallowing back my 'tough girl' act and mumble, 'i made a big deal out of it.'
bill nods again, now grimacing, 'yeah. you kind of did... but it's fine. it's behind us.'

tom interrupts again and mumbles under his breath, 'yeah for now.' and gives me a death stare. bill softly punches his arm.

i twirl my hair, waiting for someone to strike up a conversation.
 gustav and georg still talking with their partners, considering that them and their partners just met - they're laughing and smiling already. tom looks at them with jealousy, wishing that he was joking around and laughing right now.

i'm eager to ask a question, but i can't tell if it's a good time or not - then i sweep my hair behind my ear, 'uhm...' i stutter a bit, 'so i assume you guys have heard of the whole vampire situation on facebook... who do you think it might be?' 

bill's ears perk up, clearly interested in this topic, tom tries to hide it, he crosses his arms, has his feet on the table and he's leaning back on his chair, but he clearly is interested. slightly turning his head over to me.
tom looks over at bill and giggles, 'that evelyn chick, she thinks she's all that. and vampires seem greedy and full of themselves.' bill laughs, and i giggle a bit. i try to stop giggling, as i feel bad - but evelyn has been rude to me all throughout when we've been 'friends'. so, i find it a bit fair to giggle when someone makes fun of her.
'well...' i add into the conversation, 'that's true, i guess im friends with her but we're just not on good terms... and she's REALLY narcissistic.'
tom teases, 'ooh, girl drama.' me and bill chuckle a bit.
bill also adds on, 'and also her teeth are sharp... and she's pale.'
tom mumbles under his breath, 'yeah. it looks like she hasn't slept in days from her constant-growing eyebags.' me and bill hear, and we start laughing. tom giggling. as much as i'd hate to admit it, tom and bill are actually kind of funny. no matter how mean tom is, or how talkative bill is... they're actually nice to talk to. i bet georg and gustav also add into the conversation, making it 20x better.
i get a bit startled as the teacher loudly smacks his big ruler onto our table, he looks at us sternly.

'are we talking about work?' the whole class goes quiet... everyones eyes on us.
bill and tom start giggling, i get a bit pissed, but still try to defend me and them.

'uhm... yea!' my monotonic facial expression slowly turns into a cheeky smirk, giggling a bit after. the class giggles as well, but i can sense eva looking at me with her head turned, confused.

'don't worry mister! we've got everything covered.' bill says, trying to reassure the teacher. the class laughs a bit at our obvious bad lying, but the teacher isn't fooled.

'get to work.' the teacher says with a mean stare, as he walks away - me, tom and bill burst into laughter, and so does the class.

'stop... why was that actually scary?' i chuckle, wiping a tear of laughter from my eyes. i then see bill writing down something on a small note. tom curious of what he's writing too, then bill hands it to me.

'you're fun.' he says with a smile, 'heres my number, we can call. and if you want tom's number, you'd have to ask him.' he winks, and i elbow him a little with a smile obviously knowing the true meaning behind his words. tom shakes his head, smiling. i take the note, then the bell rings.

i grab my bag, then walk out of the class. i stand by the door, waiting for eva. 
i see the 4 boys walking out, and i overhear them.

'hey... wasn't that the delilah chick that pissed you off, tom?' georg asks.
tom scoffs, 'yeah. don't get any weird thoughts though... we're just a group.'
gustav chuckles, 'oh yeah? i saw you and bill eyeing her up and down.'

'hey! not in that way. she's a bit funny.' bill giggles, then the rest of the guys except tom do, then they walk off.
eva taps me on my shoulder, startling me.

'oh, you just got out?' i raise my eyebrow.
she rolls her eyes, 'no. i was here while you were staring at them.' she turns her head, motioning over to the boys.

i put my hands up in front of my chest, shaking my head, 'no, no, no. i wasn't... i was eavesdropping.' eva finds partial truth in that, but she also can sense i was checking one of them out.

she tilts her head, clearly not amused, 'oh really? what about in class?'
'we're just a group!' i defend myself, she bites her nail and shrugs.

'okay fair.' then she crosses her arms, 'but no funny business. you know how they are... and i don't want you to get tied up in their whole crush thing they have going on.'

me and her both chuckle, walking off.
'i won't...'