Chapter 1

I was trying to take notes when the projector screen suddenly went black. I rolled my eyes and slammed my notebook shut. "Why does he always do that?" It took me a second to notice that someone was talking to me. I looked over at the seat next to me and saw a girl with super black hair sitting there like she'd rather be elsewhere. I could've sworn that seat was empty awhile ago. She must've sat there when I wasn't paying attention.

"I don't know. I guess he wants us to fail the class." I said, half jokingly.

"He needs to stop. I paid a lot of money to come to this school. He's not getting in my way anymore."

I watched as she quickly gathered her things together and got up from her seat.

"What are you doing?"

"Going to tell him that we want him to stop messing with our future."

"We?" I did not want her mentioning me in her little pep talk. The last thing I wanted was to be on the professor's bad side. I needed to pass every class, but this one was a necessity. If I didn't make it through this class, I could kiss my degree goodbye.

"Oh, come on. You want him to give you a fair chance to succeed right?" What kind of question was that? Of course I wanted a fair chance.

"Yes," I said as I suddenly realized that everyone was looking at her because she was the only one standing up.

"Then let's go ask for a fair chance." she said as she put her long hair up so she could get it out of the way. Mr. Bentley finally noticed that someone else had the class's attention.

"Is there a problem Roxanne?" Mr. Bentley asked confused.

"Sit down," I whispered. " The fact that he knows your name should tell you that he cares".

"And?" she said, as if to say so what. "It's not like he knows my last name too."

"Miss Smith, I asked you a question." Mr. Bentley still sounded like he didn't know what was happening.

" Nothing sir. I'm just stretching." We all knew that was a lie because she was just standing there.

"Well can you please sit down so I can explain the project everyone will be doing for their exam."

Roxanne sat down without another word. We all watched as Mr. Bentley pulled out a stack of books from his desk. "Okay everyone listen when I tell you that this project is big. What I'm assigning you is going to determine your whole future. It's going to test everything. By everything I mean you."

Roxanne and I exchanged wtf looks.

"I'm going to pick a book." Mr. Bentley continued. "You and your partner are going to bring that book to life however way you want to. Once you're done with the project you will present it in front of the whole class."

I ignored the feeling of anxiety that was building up. I hated doing presentations. I almost didn't go to college just for that reason.

"The book is going to be Romeo and Juliet." We all watched as Mr. Bentley put the stack of books on his desk.

"Romeo and Juliet? Am I in the right class? I thought this was Science not English." Roxanne whispered to me.

"Yeah me too." I say after awhile.

"I know Romeo and Juliet has nothing to do with this class. I wanted to give you guys a break from science so I decided on this."

No one said anything.

"Was he even allowed to do this?" I thought to myself.

"Once you guys get your books you can leave. Class is dismissed." Mr. Bentley said as he began gathering his things together.

I put my books in my bag before getting up and walking down to where Mr. Bentley's desk was.

I grabbed my copy of Romeo and Juliet and quickly left the room.

"Hey what's your name?" Roxanne said trying to catch up to me.

I stopped walking and turned around to face her. "Sunny," I said.

Yes that was my name. I don't know why my parents chose to give me that name but they did. The irony of it all was that I wasn't sunny or happy at all. I've been depressed my whole life and last year I was diagnosed with major depressive disorder. My life did not match my name.

"Oh that's a cool name." Roxanne said coming up next to me.

"I think it's kind of lame." I said as we made our way outside of the science building.

"No it's not." Roxanne said.

"Well thank you." I said looking both ways before crossing the street.

"Hey listen I know we just met, but there's a party tonight at this address." I watched as she pulled out a piece of paper from her bag and began writing something on it. "It'd be cool if you came. We can get to know each other there since we're doing the project together." She handed me the paper after she finished writing on it.

I don't remember talking to her about doing the project together. I barely knew her, but then again I barley knew anyone in that class.

"Um...ok?" I said grabbing the piece of paper and putting it in my pocket.

"So you'll come?" Okay great!" She said before I could give her an answer. "Well I'm parked on the other side of the parking lot, so I'll see you later." She waved goodbye before leaving.

After watching her leave. I went over to my Volkswagen and drove home.

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