The Billionaire's Son Goes To Highschool

in behind me and stops. At his entrance, the students murmur in the background fad

"Do you care to explain why you w

ncipal's office just before I got to cl

e and scans through it.

," Theo and I say

heodore Thorsen and I just transferred here. Cor

ed confused. "

trouble with my clas

decided not to push the matter. "Right. Welcome

y usual seat, almost at the back row by the window, but Theo got there first. I

han I already am, I take the last seat in t

Slept. Right. There. Really, what's the point of coming to class to just sleep

to the cafeteria. After my rollercoaster of a mo

obvious reasons. I look around and see people meeting with their friends at their

th him. I thought they were my friends too..but I guess I thought

ng contentedly. Peanut butter

e me. I look up to find none oth

ndwich. "What're

," he de

ou get invited to sit with Xav

h space on the bench for everyone

now you wer

t was my excu

social cues', he didn't have a probl

ut you have no problem

teful I came here. A lot of people offered their seats for me

ctly fine sitting alone. Neither are you obliga

od up ab

you going?"

inquire about where I'm

eye twitch. "Fine. H

pose I

in

leaving his food

h me and now he acts as if he's doing me a favor wh

of my classmates, Hailey, a tall, pretty blonde girl with the nicest smile you'll ever see.

Can I sit h

ake back the 'someone I

I thought I saw Theodore a

's what thi

looking for him, yo

's a shame. So h

y the question. "Me? Oh,

d. "That's suc

on't understand how you can have

Josh's birthday is on Saturday and I'd like you to come," she held up a hand to stop my protest, "I know you don't real

. "Okay, I'll t

was nice of her to consider

signifying th

at's the bell. We should

lass just yet. "Yeah, I think

'll com

no need f

e. Everyone knows girls go

out of this. "I'll be fine.

comfortable with me being with you

son to refuse

f course) and looked at myself in the mirror for a while. A slender girl stared back at me, with roun

know Hailey said she'd wait for me, but I was s

done then?

ded.

head back t

's. And

rned arou

for wa

t me. "You'r

the next forty-five minutes looking for x and y, solving problems with a triangle

regretted not spending mo

g, and it was not attention (that was lost the moment I s

use of the little spat we had? If so then he's more imma

w is a big school in its own right, consisting of two main blocks on opposite sides, connected by a central court

for help, though I'm one to talk. I'm sure he'll meet some s

et against the floor, something I do when I'm nervous. Theo was placed in my care to avoid

he left Xavier Brown's table because he doesn't fare well in social situations. Maybe he

s. After school, I'll look for him. I repeat

ove through the influx of students who were exiting school. I searched through our previous classrooms but the only people there were the fre

ars to see if I'll spot him in the

y am in troub