Thursday December 16th, 2010. 11am.

The bells rings to signal the start of third period.

“Settle down class,” Mrs. Trumbalt said, shutting the classroom door as the last straggler made their way into class, out of breath, obviously from running.

Spencer Carlin took her usual seat in the middle of the classroom. Not too far in the front but not too far in the back.

“Ok, today we are going to start the partner project. When I call your name I want to raise your hand, so that you can & your partner can find out who is who. When I get finished I want you to move however you need to, so you can be sitting next to them. I don’t want anyone to move until after I have gone through everyone’s names. Any questions?” Mrs. Trumbalt asked.

There was a drawn out silence as most of the class looked bored to death.

The teacher took that as her cue to keep going, so she began to call names.

Finally, after forever it seemed like, the teacher got to Spencer’s name.

“Spencer Carlin…Ok you’re paired up with…Ashley Davies. Raise your hands please,” she said, looking up from her papers to spot the girls.

The name slightly rang a bell but Spencer couldn’t figure out why. She raised her hand and looked around the classroom to find the other outstretched hand.

The blonde didn’t see anyone so she spoke up. “Mrs. Trumbalt, I don’t think my partner is here.”

All the sudden, Spencer felt warm breath on her left ear, as someone whispered, “Right behind you.”

The blue-eyed teen felt an automatic chill go through her body as she turned around slowly and let her eyes make contact with her soon to be partner.

Ashley Davies leaned back coolly, popping her gum & looking very uninterested in Spencer & the class in general.

Ashley had long brown hair that went just down past her shoulders, curly with bangs across the front. She had on tight black skinnys, and black & white colored vans, with a long-sleeved black & white plaid button-up. Her make up was minimal, just some mascara and eyeliner to bring out her light brown eyes.

She looked…flawless.

Spencer must have looked like she spacing out & staring at the same time, because the next thing she heard was Ashley saying, “You ok? Because the teacher just called your name like three times.”

The blue-eyes teen shook her head, snapping out of it and quickly said, “Yeah, I’m good.”

Then she turned around in her seat & faced Mrs. Trumbalt. “Sorry, I was spacing out for a minute. Didn’t think I had a partner.”

“Its ok Spencer. Now moving on. Go ahead and move next to your partners, so I can explain the upcoming project.

As everyone started to move, Ashley moved her desk up next to the blondes and said, “Nice to meet you partner,” face finally forming a nice smile.

Spencer smiled back, & as the teacher started to talk, she tuned out accidentally as she wondered why she felt this sudden rush of anxiety come over her.

This was going to be an interesting project experience to say the least…she just had THAT unexplainable feeling.