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Breathing heavily from the run, Aki took one last look at the dreamy world outside the window before getting her notebook and pencil out and waiting for the teacher. She was so focused that she hardly noticed the boys who came in after her, let alone the one who took the seat next to her.
The teacher walked in, shuffled through his papers, and wrote his name on the board. “Amaya Akiko” he called. “Ah, yes! Um..pres…ah..here!” she called out, blushing from her stutter and from having all eyes on her for a moment.
“Hey,” she jumped as she felt someone tap her arm; she turned to look at the guy on her right, “It’s ok,” he said, winking.
When his own name was called he said something to make everyone laugh including Aki. She appreciated his trying to rescue her, so she smiled shyly but turned her gaze back to her notebook as the teacher fished role and wrote out the orientation schedule and proceeded to explain how normal class days would run. As he finished explaining he looked at his watch and announced instructions for the orientation ceremony and directions to the auditorium. Aki diligently started copying down his instructions and a little map of the halls…
Last edited by nevin; 04-28-2007 at 07:42 PM..
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