17 New best friend (1/2)

”If they still bother you, just text me. I'll come and save you,” Kaiden said with a kind-hearted smile. Renae couldn't help but flush upon hearing Kaiden's words.

”Alright. What lesson do you have next?” Kaiden asked Renae, trying to change the subject.

”I have Mother Tongue,” she replied with an unhappy expression. Renae really doesn't like learning chinese. ”What band are you in?”

”2.”

”Same here, let's go to class together,” Renae said.

——Skip to after school——

Renae and Kaiden left the classroom together. Renae didn't realized that her bag wasn't zipped up fully and a book dropped out of her bag. Thankfully, the girl behind her picked it up and handed it over to Renae.

”Oh thank you! I didn't realize my bag wasn't closed,” Renae replied.

”It's fine... Oh and my name is Cathy!” A bright smile was shown on Cathy's face.

”I'm Renae.”

”By any chance-” Cathy was cut off by Kaiden.

”You guys talk, I'll leave first.”

Renae said bye to him and turned back her attention back to Cathy.

”As I was saying, by any chance do you like books? I recognise the book that dropped out of your bag. I've read that before.”

”Oh yes I do!” Renae replied with excitement. Cathy must be a book reader like her too!

They started conversing about books until it was time for Cathy to leave.

”Let's talk about books over lunch. Here's my number,” Renae told her.

”Ok,” she replied as Renae typed her number into her phone.

”I'll see you next time,” Renae said while Cathy waved back.

Since it was the first day of school, the teacher was lenient and didn't give them any homework. Alas, Renae had a lot of time to read. After taking a shower and eating lunch, she immediately started reading. She sat by the window bay, her eyes slowly moving along as she read the book that had dropped out her bag earlier.

Renae didn't take long to finish the book. The ending was so overwhelming! She looked out the window and thought about the story. That's when she decided to share her excitement with Cathy. After all, she'd be able to relate since she also read that book.

Renae grabbed her phone from her study table and returned to the window bay.