Cherry - part 14

Amelia

Redhead

Her hair has always been against her, that's what she thinks every single morning. She doesn't even bother do more about it than combing it. It's the color. It's somewhere between reddish orange and light brown, but in everybody's eyes she has always just been a redhead.

She picks up an apple on the way out. She has got to have some kind of breakfast. She walks down the street and greet the people she meet on her way. She's a high school student and she's got a year left.

When she enters the school, she is usually not greeted by anyone. She knows a lot of people around town, but at her own school, she barely feels welcome. Arthur greets her, but that ought to be the only one.

“Hello, students!” The new English teacher says. It's only a substitute for two weeks until the real teacher, Miss Cryx, gets here. Amelia is pretty excited to be a student of Miss Cryx. Everyone knows the Cryx's, and Zia, the oldest daughter of the family, got so much attention when she left for Paris a year ago. Now she's back, and in two weeks she'll be teaching Amelia's English class.

She looks dreaming into the sky and tilts her head. Some mumbling is heard in the far east of her ear. She doesn't bother asking.

“Amy?! Don't you agree?” Arthur says in a confused voice. She shakes her head and sees the substitute teacher in front of her.

“Absolutely!” She bursts the word out and the teacher moves along. She looks at Arthur.

“What the hell, Arthur? I was dreaming, and you snapped me out of it... I think! What did the sub even ask?” He laughs a bit.

“Just if it was okay for her to being the first subject so we won't fall behind. She's asking all the students if they can accept the fact that it'll be different once miss Cryx comes.” He explains, and she nods. Of course that's what the sub wanted. What else?

“Don't you just look so much forward to meeting miss Cryx?” She says happily to Arthur, but immediately regrets it. Of course he's excited about seeing her. She looks like a model. Arthur will be thrilled for sure. But he only looks at her and shrugs.

“I suppose it'll be alright.”

The sub, Janette, hands out books for them to read. Amelia opens the book in the middle and takes a deep breath.

Nothing like the smell of a good book.