. .oh gosh, he so annoying!

can i just throw him off
the cliff anyway?

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I NOTICED the curly-haired kid─turns out, as I suspected, it was Finn. "Finn?" I called, raising my eyebrows in slight surprise.

He smiled awkwardly, raising his eyebrows. "Hi.." he responded.

Without further ado, he then walked past me and kissed Mrs. Laurence's hand.

Finn lifted his head again after kissing Mrs. Laurence's hand. "Sorry, Mrs., I have some sudden business," Finn said, giving his reason.

Mrs. Laurence smiled. "No problem, Finn. Must be about your band, right?" Mrs. Laurence asked, and Finn nodded.

I furrowed my brow, momentarily confused by their small talk just now. Band? I thought for a moment...

Oh right! Finn is a member of the Calpurnia band that Sophie told me about before. Even Mrs. Laurence knows about it.

I observed them again. "Okay, you can take a seat now." Mrs. Laurence continued her words to Finn.

Wait... there seems to be something wrong with what she just said...

I furrowed my brow, and apparently, Finn did the same. I stared at Mrs. Laurence, protesting.

"Finn didn't get detention?"
"I didn't get detention?" we asked together. And right at that time I gave Finn a sharp side-eyed glance.

Mrs. Laurence then answered our question⎯ or my protest. "Yes, Finn didn't get detention."

Finn quickly looked at me with a confused look when Mrs. Laurence confirmed. I responded to Finn with a confused look and a slight of disbelief.

Because earlier, Mrs. Laurence had already told Finn to take a seat, ⎯ AND DIDN'T GET HIS DETENTION!⎯ so now...that clueless Finn finally walked into the students' seating area. He then took a seat in⎯ the empty seat next to me. Oh, dang! Why should be there?!

Mrs. Laurence turned back to me. "Alright, thank you also to Ms. Holland, you may sit back down." she said, gesturing. Oh, finally...

I slightly bowed and smiled. "Thank you, Mrs." After that, I walked back to my seat.

I settled my butt into the chair and leaned my back against its backrest. About to focus on Mrs. Laurence again, that damn kid's voice entered my ears again.

"Helloo!" Finn greeted. I just gave him a strange look as he suddenly do that to me. "Huh." I snorted, shaking my head. "How come I meet you again?" I said to him. Annoyed, I crossed my arms. "In the same school, and the worst, same class!!"

Finn just smiled wryly at my words. "Instead of babbling, better be like this," he responded. "You must already know who I am.." he told me. "And who are you─"

"Mr. Wolfhard, please introduce yourself." Mrs. Laurence suddenly interjected⎯ which made me slightly surprised then inside of me laughing.

HAHAHA Serves you right! At the end, finally Finn had to introduce himself at Mrs. Laurence's request.

Finn immediately turned to Mrs. Laurence, looking puzzled. "Me, Mrs?" he asked, making sure.

"Yes, as a punishment for being late." Mrs. Laurence replied. Finally. I just chuckled quietly, covering my mouth when I saw Finn─who looked sour after hearing Mrs. Laurence's answer.

Finn stood up from his seat unhappily and walked to the front of the class like Anna and I did earlier. Oh dear, I couldn't help but stifle my little laugh!

Well... even though Jacob didn't end up introducing himself, at least I can see a Finn Wolfhard introducing himself.

"This gonna be funny." I murmured to myself as Finn stood up in the front of the class. "I'll tease him later."

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RINGGG

The bell for break rang after two hours of classes. For my first day at school, there were two classes earlier. That is art and history class.

All the students were already running with enthusiasm to go to the cafeteria. But I was still sitting at my chair, organizing my books.

In the midst of my focus on organizing books, Millie and Sadie approached me. I raised my head to look at them. "You guys go ahead, I want to tidy up my books first." I said to Millie and Sadie.

Millie briefly touched my shoulder. "It's okay, take your time. We'll wait." she replied. I nodded with a smile to her.

Millie withdrew her hand and used it to lightly push Sadie's shoulder. "Hey, Sad, let's play a guessing game."

Sadie frowned at Millie. "Why always play and play, Mills. I feel like a little kid." She refused. But Sadie three seconds later...

"Okay, let's do it." Then they waited for me while playing at a few tables in front of mine.

I just chuckled softly hearing their voices. Now, I refocused on organizing my desk. I organize everything neatly, putting the book groups into the desk drawer.

"Im done!" I murmured to myself. I finally stood up from my seat and decided to approach Millie and Sadie.

Just a few steps away, someone blocked my way. Who else but that damn Finn. Why the hell it's always him?

"I haven't finished talking earlier." Finn stated with his cheeky face in front of me. "I still don't know who you are." he continued.

I shrugged, looking at him confusedly. Was he trying to know me?? Oh, okay then.

I chuckled softly. "I'm Elora Holland, just call me El." I replied, and Finn nodded. He then reached out his hand. "Nice to meet you, El."

I looked at him, starting to think that Finn wasn't as bad as I thought. I shook his extended hand. "Yeah, nice to meet you too!" I replied with a thin smile while shaking Finn's hand.

After shaking hands, he and I withdrew our hands together. I back to crossed my arms, and he put both of his hands in his pants pockets.

Finn looked at me. "Anyway, your nickname is the same as Millie's character in Stranger Things─"

"Finn, you're taking forever!" Someone suddenly called. "Gaten and I have been waiting for so longg." The voice approached us both⎯ of course not just its voice, so did the person who making the voice.

There were two guys. One with straight black hair, also blue eyes. And another one with curly brown hair, but his hair was curlier than Finn's. They emerged from behind Finn and now stood beside him.

I looked at the two of them deeply. "Their faces seem familiar.." I whispered to myself. Ohh yeah! I remember now. They're the ones who were with Finn when he bumped into me at the steak shop a few weeks ago.

Finn turned to the two guys. "Hei, what's up. Just wait a second." He replied. Then turned back to me.

I tried to look at Finn's two friends again. But as I glanced at them.. "Where's the other one?"

"Hi!" Oh my! the other one surprised me! The one I mean was that curly-haired one earlier. He suddenly appeared beside me with a wave of his hand and his very very bright smile.

I turned, and at that moment, he asked. "I heard your name is Elora Holland, right?" He asked. I nodded to that question. "Nice to meet you, I'm Gaten Matarazzo." he continued.

So the curly-haired one, or more precisely the brown curly-haired one, is named Gaten. I returned his friendly smile.

"Hello, Gaten! Nice to meet you too." I responded, and he replied with a smile. Then the black-haired guy with blue eyes whose name I didn't know yet approached me. "Elora, right?" He called out to me.

I turned again. I smiled and nodded. "Yes. I'm Elora." I replied.

The guy looked amused. "You're the girl who got bumped by Finn, right?" He giggling. And that question instantly made me flashback to the incident a few weeks ago.

I laughed, lowering my head. "Haha, yeah! Yes, I am!"

Hearing my answer, the guy reached out his hand. "Oh yeah, nice to meet you, I'm Jaeden. Jaeden Martell." He said.

I shook his very soft hand. "Hi, Jaeden. Nice to meet you." I replied warmly.

"Nice to meet you too, Elora."

A few moments later, Millie appeared from behind and tapped my shoulder. "El, let's go to the cafeteria!" She invited enthusiastically.

Gaten, who was next to me, saw Millie and his eyes widened in joy. "IS THAT YOU? MILLIEE!" He greeted. Do they already know each other?

Millie, upon hearing her name being called, turned to the source of the voice. "GATEN?? GATEN!!!" She shouted happily. Millie immediately ran towards Gaten. It seems like they are already very close before, just look at when they met again and immediately hugged like little kids now.

Millie released her tight hug. She then looked at Gaten and asked. "Have you met my new friend yet?" Gaten nodded at Millie. "Yep!" He replied.

Sadie, who had been silent since earlier, walked clumsily towards all of us. "Girlss, I'm starving now!" She said to me and Millie. "Let's eat some food, come on." She invited. But it's true what Sadie said, we've been chatting for about ten minutes already.

"Okay let's go, Sadie, Millie." I responded to Sadie. The three of us walked a few steps together past that crowd of guys. I looked back before the three of us left the classroom.

"Jaeden, Finn, Gaten, I'll go first, okay!"

One of the three names I mentioned, namely Finn shouted in response to me while he laughing.

"Okaayy!"

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Now I, Millie, and Sadie are already in the cafeteria. The three of us walk amidst the crowd to find food for our break time.

We look around, still undecided on what food each of us will buy. "There are so many options." Sadie murmurs. No doubt, there are indeed many vendors here.

Sadie turns to me and Millie. "What do you guys want to eat?" she asks. I shrug, while Millie shakes her head.

Sadie looks back at her path, and right then, she finds her choice. "Hey, I'm going to buy spaghetti over there!" Sadie replies, then runs to one of the spaghetti stand.

Millie is surprised. "SADIE, WAIT! I WANT SOME TOO!!" As a result, Millie also runs after Sadie.

"MILLIE!!!" I call out. But in a crowd place like this, that brown-haired girl of course can't hear my voice.

I just stand here watching Millie chase Sadie, a little confused─so now I'm just freezing in my place. I'm alone now, and after thinking and feeling again, I realize I'm not really that hungry. I then decide I'll just buy some kind of bread.

I'm still standing in the midst of students who walking around with their food and drinks. I look around... figuring out what to buy...

I look around until my side glance catches a small stand with a sign that reads; Muffin Here!

I smile. "Finally found it!" I say to myself. I decide to go to that stand.

I walk past the shops that weren't chosen by me, until finally, I stand in front of the muffin stall. I stand in front of the table with many flavors of muffins there.

Chocolate, cookies n cream, choco hazelnut...

"Hmm..." I mutter to myself, holding my chin with both hands to think. "Aha!" I whisper. "I'll take this one!"

I grab the Choco Hazelnut muffin because it looks delicious for me. But when I touch the muffin, I see a hand also touching my chosen muffin, which is the last one left.

I frown, turning.

Anna.

Turns out, it was Anna's hand who holding it. After both of us accidentally─together touch our same muffin choices, Anna looks at me through the side of her eye. She then takes the muffin.

Anna turns to face me. "Hi Elora! Nice to meet you." she says with a smile. She then hands me the hazelnut muffin she took.

I smile thinly at her gesture. "Hi Anna, Thank you. But you can have the muffin." I reply with the muffin I haven't taken from her yet, then I push the muffin back to Anna.

"Oh no need.." Anna says. "I'm not taking this one after all!"

I nod and give her my friendly smile. I decide to take the hazelnut muffin from her hand.

As I take the chocolate-colored cake, Anna asks me, "Are you from Boston?" I nod to her. "Yes." I answer. "And you must be from Canada." I continue, saying the same statement.

Anna nods with a smile. Shortly after, that bright blonde-haired girl─who i think seems to be a socialite girl, looks at someone behind me then waves her hand.

Anna looks back at me. "El, I gotta go now." She bids farewell and I nod back with my friendly smile. Then, she goes to meet her friends.

"Elora!" Someone suddenly calls out my name. I turn to the source of the voice. And when I see who's calling me, I smile cheerfully.

"Hi, Sadie!" I greet her after we only haven't met for fifteen minutes. I see Millie next to Sadie, and then I look back at Sadie. "Did you guys get your spaghetti?" I ask.

Millie nods. "Yep, here." She says, showing a plate of spaghetti in her hand. "Alright, let's find a seat first." Sadie suggests, but I refuse.

"Wait, I want to pay for my muffin first." I reply.

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I sit in front of Millie, and Sadie sits beside me. Now we can enjoy our food. During our lunch break, we chat and even laugh together.

Until the Finn gang; himself, Jaeden, and Gaten, arrive. Making the atmosphere even livelier.

"Wassup, bestiee!" Gaten greets enthusiastically waving his hand at us.

The three of us laugh. His cheerful greeting is also greeted by Sadie. "Wassup, Matarazzooo!!" Sadie responds with three fingers shaped like a pistol, then she waves them in the air.

The three of them; Finn, Jaeden, and Gaten, finally sit at a table with me, Sadie, and Millie. Finn and Gaten sit next to Millie, while Jaeden sits next to me. And now, I'm sitting between Sadie and Jaeden.

Jaeden smiles at me. "Hi El, we meet again." He says friendly.

I laugh softly, looking at him. "Hehe yeah! Hi, Jaedenn!" I reply in a friendly manner too, just like him.

But from the corner of my eye, I can also see Finn sitting in front of me, looking at me and Jaeden cynically.

"You're always flirty." Finn mutters, glaring sharply at Jaeden.

While Jaeden furrows his brows in confusion, Sadie raises her eyebrows teasingly at Finn. "Jealous?" she quips.

Finn, who is eating and hears Sadie's words, chokes and coughs. He takes a drink, and finally, he not coughing anymore.

"Motherfucker." Finn sarcastically retorts to Sadie. Sadie just laughs, shaking her head. I, watching the two of them, just roll my eyes.

"Shut it, fellas. Let's eat before time runs out." I add.

KRINGG

Just as I remind them, the class bell really rangs. As a result, the six of us have to quickly finish our food.

But... since I just eating my muffin bread, I finish first!

I glance at all of them mischievously. "I GO FIRST," I then stand up and quickly run away from them. "BYEEE!!!"

"HEY ELORA, WAIT!" Sadie shouts and her shout is followed by Millie's. "ELLL!!!"

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The third lesson for today has started thirty minutes ago. It's Social Science class taught by Mr. Jackson.

My head suddenly started to get dizzy since earlier, I don't know why. I noticed; Jacob and Raphael seem busy with their own stuff─ Gaten, Finn, and Jaeden sitting behind me are also busy chatting each others. The five of them are not like Millie, Sadie, and me who are smartly paying attention to Mr. Jackson's explanation.

Ugh, boys.

"Right, Marvel action figures are reallyy cool!"

"Wow. Did you buy it yesterday, Jae? How much is it actually?"

"Uhmm, it's only 2.5 million if I'm not mistaken."

"Huh? 'Only' you said?!"

"Hehe, well, Finn..rich people are like that."

"Ugh! I wouldn't even go to school here if I wasn't rich, Gaten."

"Whatever. HAHA!!"

I couldn't stand their chatter anymore. "Shut up!" I ordered sharply as I glance back at them.

They all turn to look at me. Finn replies, "Yes, ma'am."

I turn to Finn who sitting beside me. "Finn, if you call me ma'am again, I'll─"

"You'll what?" Finn sneers, cutting off my threat.

"Huh!" I huff in annoyance and roll my eyes. I decide to pay attention to Mr. Jackson's explanation again.

Just a few seconds of paying attention to Mr. Jackson's lesson, that damn voice comes again. What does he want actually?!

"El, do you understand?" Finn asks. I just nod in response to his question.

He scratches his head. "Why don't I get it?" Finn wonders. I roll my eyes in annoyance. "Because you're not paying attention, idiot." I barked.

"Ohh..is that so, madam?"

SLAP

I slap Finn's head who has been blabbering nonsense and calling me 'madam' all this time. "Don't call me madam." I protest. "I hate flirty!"

Finn, who is still groaning while holding his not-so-hurt head, gives me a thumbs-up in response.

I look ahead again, but I make sure to give Finn a sharp side-eye. "Pay attention to Mr. Jackson." I say to Finn.

"Okay." Finn replies. "But seriously, it's easyyy! I just have to sit here, not pay attention, and you can teach me later."

I blink in surprise as those words leave his lips. He looks at me with a mischievous grin.
"I? Fucking teach you??" I retort. "No, thanks."

"Ms. Holland and Mr. Wolfhard." Mr. Jackson suddenly calls both of us, making me look at Mr. Jackson in front of the class. "If you continue to talk, I will give you detention!" Mr. Jackson warned reflexively makes me feel guilty.

I bow my head. "Sorry, Mr." I apologize.
Mr. Jackson shakes his head in disbelief, then continues his explanation about Social Science.

"I'd better play my guitar than study this." Again. Finn babbling, making me even more annoyed.

But I ignore Finn, who now opens his pencil case which turns out to hide a bag of chips inside.

CRUNCH CRUNCH

"Ssttt!" I turn to Finn with my annoyed face. "Finn, you're so noisy!" I roared.

Finn just looks at me for a second, then rolls his eyes. He then continues to eat his chips casually and seemingly innocent.

Oh..such a damn devil child...

"Finn!" I stand up a bit and try to grab a bag of chips from Finn, but I can't. He keeps lifting the bag of chips in his hand so I can't reach it.

Finn furrows his brows while still trying to evade me. "What are you doing, El?"

I can't stand it anymore. "YOU'RE SO NOISY!!"

"MS. HOLLAND AND MR. WOLFHARD! YOU TWO HAVE DETENTION!!!"

I look at Mr. Jackson who is yelling. I stare at him with an innocent face, because it's not me who's at fault.

I try to defend myself. "B-But Mr─"

"NO BUTS!" Mr. Jackson cuts me off, his mustache starting to annoy me now. "You two are disturbing your friends around you!"

For the second time, "Sorry, Mr." I say with a regretful face. Unlike Finn who is still silent and relaxed leaning on his seat.

"You both have detention cleaning the classroom after school!" Mr. Jackson continues, staring at both of us sharply, then sits in his teacher's chair.

A few seconds later, Millie looks at me. "Hang in there, El." Millie whispers softly and I just respond with a nod.

Ugh, dang it. Just when I thought you weren't as bad as I imagined, Finn. But it seems, now I'm going to take back my earlier words which now make me think it was just bullshit!!

Besides,

Detention, detention, detention.
Why does the word detention even exist?!

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