The guys snickered, thinking it was funny while the girls giggled. Carmen noticed a girl in the back row who rolled her eyes, the seat next to her was empty, and in fact the whole back row was empty save for her.

“I think not…” she raised a brow.

“Ryan” he grinned.

“As much as I see you’re enjoying this Ryan, I’m sure that won’t be happening anytime soon. And you boys, don’t get any ideas, there will be none of that in this class” the 23 year old said.

The brunette let her eyes wonder over to the back where the girl was sitting, knees against the desk. She was asian with short messy hair and black framed glasses, tanned face, scowling.

Carmen smiled at her and the girl looked slightly surprised, forcing a smile on her face. The teacher left it at that as she began talking to the class again.

The shrill bell rang in their ears and the boys nearly flew out of their seat in a hurry to get out.

“Nice to meet ya miss” one grinned.

“Tell me when you change your mind” Ryan winked.

“Great body, where’d you get it from?” another chuckled.

Carmen shook her head, ignoring them as some of the nice girls walked past.

“See you tomorrow miss” they waved.

She smiled at them in return, dipping her head in a nod.

At least they weren’t bitchy.

The brunette noticed the girl from the back of the room walking over to her.

“You’re different” she said.

“I’m new” she corrected, laughing.

“But you’re different”

“I think I’ll take that as a compliment” Carmen smiled, neatly stacking her workbooks in place.

“Alex” she finally introduced yourself.

“So why do you sit all the way back there by yourself?” the 23 year old asked, pushing her own glasses further up her nose.

“The others think I’m not normal” was the reply.

“Just because you like girls?” the latina raised a brow.

Alex’s head snapped up in slight alarm but Carmen was only smiling,

“Its fine Alex, I don’t see you any differently”

There was a small smile on Alex’s face.

“Go now, or you’ll be late for lunch”

The first 2 weeks went along fine with a fair amount of teasing from the boys, some nasty comments but other than that, Carmen was really learning to like her class.