will this work out?

It was my first day in school. I was anxious about changing schools all of a sudden, I had just made the absolute bestest friend I could ever ask for, Shail. She is my hype girl, my personal cheerleader, a therapist, a straight-up comedian at times and an all-in-one package of the most perfect friend. She is the standard. And now, changing schools was even harder because I had to leave her.

And making new friends somehow didn't seem like a palatable idea for me, I just wanted to get done with 10th grade.

And to make it worse, my parents were teachers in the same school! Which meant I'm going to be having absolutely no freedom.

With all these thoughts up in my head I departed to school, hoping it would not be as bad and hoped I could just stay in a corner of the class with absolutely no attention, just doing my own thing. But it seemed like fate had other plans written down for me.

It was a mixed school, but the higher secondary classes were not. Which meant I was in a class with only girls. And I thought of it to be a good idea. I lacked confidence in male interactions. I have always been awkward.

I slowly walked up inside my classroom and chose the seat in the corner of the class. Somehow, unlike many, I used to like sitting in the front bench. So I picked the front, but in the corner.

I was greeted by two very sweet girls, who asked me to introduce myself, and so I did. A part of the class seemed very welcoming, but the other seemed unkempt.

A little later a girl, with long luscious hair, who was very extroverted came up to me and sat next to my seat, trying to make an acquaintance.

I didn't want to seem rude, so I talked back with almost the same enthusiasm as her. She introduced herself as Rose, and that she had always been waiting for a new student so that she could finally have a close friend. She said she never has had a best friend before, and I felt bad, because she seemed so sweet!

“Venus, have you ever dated?” asks Rose.

“Uhm, no…” I replied,

“OMG really? Girl, you've been missing out on life!” exclaimed her. I didn't really care about dating, I felt like we're just too young for it yet. More over, school life dating barely lasts and besides, I don't want a time pass relationship.

I just gave an awkward smile to what she said, and then she started narrating her whole dating history and all of it. It felt weird because we just met, and she already opened up a lot? Perhaps it's because she felt comfortable around me? I couldn't really tell.

From then on, Rose started texting me every day, we talked a lot and in school she would always be with me. As time went by, we got closer and closer. We went on hangouts. In fact, my very first hangout with a friend was with her, because my parents usually never let me go out with friends. Her mom used to treat me to expensive food and gifts, we occasionally had sleepovers, and her mom used to help me with the subjects I found difficult. It was after all a good friendship, wasn't it?

Rose was always more interested in my love life than i myself was. She was so determined into finding a guy who's exactly my type.

And so she did.

She introduced me to this one guy in school. Who is super introverted, shy, barely talks to girls, very good at school and all that. She figured that we could make a cute couple.

She talked about him to me and me to him. She was very determined to make this work out. Though the two of us barely knew each other, and both of us were hesitant to start a conversation.

Will this ever even work out?

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