CHAPTER SEVEN: EVERYONE CASSI “Now class, today we will be talking about how knowing someone can prevent a fight, or at worst, ensure you win.” The professor says. He puts us in groups of two, and I’m placed with Andromeda. “Soooo… We just ask each other questions?” I say to Andromeda, deciding to at least try to be friends. Andromeda nods. “Okay, I’ll go first. What's your favorite color?” “Chair, do you like girls?” “I-uhh-wha-” I stutter, blushing furiously at her question. “Sorry” Andromeda says. “My favorite color is blue, not chair” I stare at her, confused and still blushing. Like girls? Do I?! I mean she’s pretty… like really really pretty… and I kinda want to ki-NOPE THAT'S NOT HOW IT WORKS. I can only like boys! That’s a rule. Girls can only like boys, and boys can only like girls. But then why do I want to kiss her…? “Well? Are you going to answer?” Andromeda says, pulling me from my thoughts. “I-uh-” I’m stuttering. “I don’t know?” I say. “Okay, your turn to ask now.” Andromeda replies. “Uh…” my mind goes blank until a question that I did not want to ask slips out; “do you like girls?” This is not how I wanted this to go. I’m absolutely terrified- what’s going on- I’m thinking too fast. I can barely think. Is this a crush??? Is it? No it can’t be… but what if it is? Do I like girls? Yes. The thought comes out of nowhere, then I hear it repeated by that beautiful voice. “Yes.” Andromeda says. “What’s your favorite color?” She proceeds to ask. My mind is still spinning spinning spinning. I like girls?! I shove all of those thoughts into a box to unpack later and think what my favorite color is. I… never really thought about it. I stare at Andromeda and realize that it’s the beautiful violet of her eyes. “Violet” I say, and we go back and forth, answering questions. By the end of class all my questions were answered. Just kidding, I was still confused. My thoughts were swirling, and it didn’t help that I still had to process an hour's worth of memories. I went to meet Anna and Mathew outside of our last class; geography. “Hey Cassi” Mathew says. He always cringes at his voice. I think, then file it away to think about later. I smile at him and Anna. “Hey Mathew” “Are you guys siblings?” I jump slightly as I hear Andromeda’s voice behind us. I forgot that she has geography too. “Yeah” Anna says, looking up from her book. “Cool” Andromeda replies simply. We walked into the class, and sat down. Next: Previous: First:
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