hi, so. . what's your name?

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AFTER JOYFULLY chatting for a while, we finally arrived near our classroom, 10th grade. "Oh, so you guys know each other from Stranger Things?" I asked Millie and Sadie.

Sadie nodded. "Exactly!" She replied. Millie beside her seemed to agree as well. "Oh yeah, El, where did you go to middle school before?" Millie asked me.

"At Boston Junior High School!" I responded to Millie's question. Finally, I continued walking with the two of them towards the classroom door. A few steps forward, my steps stopped suddenly when I saw someone in front of me.

"Jacob?" I called out to him as we passed by each other. He wasn't alone; he seemed to be walking with... his new friend?

Jack smiled. "Hey, El."

I ignored Jacob, my eyes fixed on his new friend with brown hair and bright eyes.

Jacob seemed to notice that, then he said, "Oh right, this is my new friend. His name─"

"Hi, I'm Luce, Raphael." Jacob, who hadn't finished his sentence, his words was cutted by his new friend Raphael, who quickly extended his hand toward me.

"Hi.." I replied. "I'm Holland. Elora." I continued introducing myself and quickly shook Raphael's hand.

Raphael nodded and withdrew his hand, then put both hands in his pockets. "So, you're Jacob's sister, right?" Raphael asked. I nodded, smiling. "Yes. I am."

Hearing my answer, Sadie beside me seemed to look at me and Jacob alternately with a confused expression. "Wait, sister??" Sadie asked. I turned, and for the second time, I nodded. "We're twins." I replied flatly.

Sadie nodded in understanding. "Oh... fraternal twins, right?" she responded with raised eyebrows and a pursed lip.

I breathed a sigh of relief. "Finally, someone who gets it right away." I smiled, glancing back at Jacob and his new friend.

And this time, I noticed Jacob looking at Millie and Sadie."Oh yeah, these are my friends," I said to Jacob, placing my hands on both Millie and Sadie's shoulders. "This is Millie..." I turned. "And this is Sadie!"

Millie, always enthusiastic, extended her hand. "Hi, Jacob! I'm Millie." She greeted warmly.

Jacob shook Millie's hand with his friendly smile. "Hi, Millie. I'm Jacob." He replied. "Nice to meet you."

After that, Jacob let go of Millie's hand and turned his attention to Sadie. "Hi, you must be Sadie." Jack chimed in.

Sadie smiled faintly. "Yes, I am. Nice to meet you." Sadie replied, shaking Jacob's hand in return.

RING-RINGG

The school bell rang, making the five of us look up at the bell on the school ceiling. And also, it seemed like our chatting session was about to end now.

Raphael reminded us. "Let's go into the classroom." Millie and Sadie nodded to him. "Let's go." They said. I also nodded at Raphael's invitation, but as I was about to enter the classroom, I remembered one thing.

"Oh yeah, you guys go in first." I said. "I need to put my bag."

"Okay, I'll go in first then!" Millie said waving her hand, and I waved back.

Raphael, Millie, and Sadie entered the classroom. Meanwhile, I quickly walked towards my locker. How could I forget not to put my bag away! Stupid!

Turns out, when I opened my locker, Jacob also hadn't put his bag in his locker yet. He started opening his locker next to mine. I put my bag in the locker and took out my books and stationery.

After everything was taken out, I quickly closed my locker door.

"Jeez, Elora!" Jacob spoke slightly surprised. "Not so fast."

I chuckled and scratched my head, which not actually itching. "Hehe. Rushing, you know."

Jacob raised his eyebrows. "Don't forget to lock your locker." he reminded.

"Yeahh!" I replied, locking my locker door and putting the key in my pocket.

After finishing gathering our study materials, the two of us walked together towards the classroom carrying our books in our arms.

"You like Raphael, huh?" Jacob suddenly broke the silence between my thoughts and us.

My eyes widened at Jacob's random remark. I shook my head quickly. "Huh? What the hell are you talking about?! It's bullshit!" I retorted. "No way, you're weird."

Jacob just chuckled seeing me. "Just teasing a little kid, and you believed it!" He said, putting his hand on my head.

"Hey!" I slapped Jacob's hand. "Don't touch my head, you weirdo frog!"

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Tick tock. The small hand on the clock in my classroom pointed to the number 7, while the other longer hand rested on the number 6─indicating that it was now half past seven and our class was about to start.

All the kids in my class─some were new students, and some had been friends from the same school institution in the level before, middle school.

Our teacher hadn't arrived yet, the class was still noisy, and each kid was busy with their own activities; chatting─getting to know new friends─joking around─and some even running around the classroom.

CLUNK

All students reflexively stopped their activities and promptly returned to their seats, after all of them heard the door opened─by a brown-haired woman, dressed neatly and carrying a lesson plan folder, entered the classroom.

"Good morning, children!" Greeted a woman with wavy hair in front of the class.

I smiled. "Good morning!!" All the students replied, including me.

By the way, I sit in the third row from the front and the third row from the back. I sit in the middle. In front of me sits Raphael, next to me is Millie, and in front of her is Sadie. Jacob? He sits next to Raphael.

While on my right side, I didn't know who sat there; the seat was empty, no one was there.

"Okay, kids, first I'll introduce myself." The woman continued in her very friendly manner.

"Call me Mrs. Laurence. And in this school, I teach art lessons," said Mrs. Laurence introducing herself. "─Besides that, I'll also be your class teacher now."

I smiled brightly hearing Mrs. Laurence's very cheerful words. And...Yes! My class teacher is an art teacher! I love art, you know? And everyone must know that my favorite art is... acting!

"Okay, before we start the lesson... Mrs. wants to get to know at least three of you first." Said Mrs. Laurence.

Oh damn. Introduction? I don't like this! My lips that were smiling brightly earlier reflexively turned downwards, making a sour expression on my face. I hope it's not me who has to go.

"Don't pick me, please don't pick me. Don't pick me, don't pick mee!!" I muttered quietly.

"El?" I turned, and apparently Millie who called me. "Are you okay??" She asked. Oh. I guess she heard my muttering.

I nodded awkwardly. "I'm okay, just a little nervous..." Millie, who heard my words, smiled faintly and felt as awkward as I did. "Same, I'm really nervous too." she said, and I nodded in response.

I looked ahead again, and I could see Mrs. Laurence now looking at all the students sitting in their seats. I felt like she was about to pick someone to introduce themselves. This made me even more uncomfortable. I muttered to myself, again. "Please, not me!"

"You."

Phew... thankfully, it wasn't me. Mrs. Laurence pointed to a girl with white hair tied up in a ponytail. That girl who sitting in front of Sadie stood up and confidently walked to the front of the classroom. Hm. How could she not be nervous?

She faced the whole class. Turns out she had bangs, making her face look sweet.

"Hi, you all, I'm Anna Wilson," she began. "I currently live in NYC, but I'm originally from Canada." She continued introducing herself confidently.

Mrs. Laurence smiled as she looked at the girl named Wilson. "Wow... so you're from Canada?"

The girl nodded. "Yes, Mrs." she replied.

"Okay, thank you, Ms. Wilson. You may sit back down." Mrs. Laurence said, allowing Anna Wilson to return to her seat. Wilson then walked back and sat down casually in her seat.

Meanwhile, Mrs. Laurence returned to her seat. She seemed to be reading a piece of paper on her desk intently; it looked like the paper contained a list of the students' names.

"Okay..." Mrs. Laurence murmured, I could barely hear her. "Oh!" I furrowed my brows. What did Mrs. Laurence actually want to say?

"Wow... it seems we have twins here." Oh, shit. Her words made me reflexively raise my eyebrows in realization and then lower my head. It's definitely me and Jacob she's referring to. I mean, who else could it be?

All the students looked around─except Millie, Sadie, and Raphael. Only the three of them slightly glanced at me and Jacob because they already knew we were twins.

I also heard some whispering;

"Who is it?"
"Do we have twin friends?"
"Wouldn't it be fun if we had twins?"

I chuckled slightly upon hearing the last student's comment. Not mocking the student who said that, but...

Fun, you say? You'll regret your words when you see how your twin behaves actually.

"Hmm..." Mrs. Laurence seemed to be thinking. "Who should it be first?" OH GOD, MRS. LAURENCE IS MAKING ME PANIC EVEN MORE!

"Ms. ELORA HOLLAND FIRST, Mrs.!!!" Jack suddenly shouted without thinking...

Like, Jack?? Seriously??? You're talking so loudly!!! I hope you get detention or maybe...SOME KARMA!

Mrs. Laurence smiled at Jack after hearing what he said. "Okay. First Ms. Holland, then Mr. Holland after that." she said.

Oh damn! Look what im gonna do with you after this, Jacob!

I stood up from my seat resignedly, making sure to glare at Jacob as I passed him. That damn Jack instead was grinning like he was mocking me.

I sighed to relax, standing in front of the class facing all the students sitting.

"You can go ahead, Ms. Holland." Mrs. Laurence said.

Once again, I paused my breath. Alright... just need stay calm, El.

"Thank you, Mrs." I replied with a smile and nodded to her. "Hi everyone, Im Elora Holland. You can call me El or Elora," I introduced myself. Introducing my name is the first thing I should do. Then secondly, "And before I lived in New York, I lived in the city of Boston."

I felt like my introduction had given enough information to my new friends. "That's all. Thank─"

CREAKK

I was about to finish my thank you sentence as the conclusion of the introduction. But it was all interrupted when the classroom door swung open wide, making everyone shift their attention to the person who opening the door.

Including me, who saw the classroom door being opened by a boy.

I wasn't sure who he was, because he was panting, his body was bent over, and he seems touching his knees.

Shortly after, he entered the classroom and closed the door behind him. Once it was closed, he turned his body towards Mrs. Laurence, including me after that.

I was slightly surprised when I saw who the boy was, but I had already suspected.

"Wait...is that Finn?!"

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