Priceless (A MIKA Fanfic) (Remake)

Chapter 23

When I arrived at my PSHE classroom, I sat down in my seat in front of one of the computers. I took my pencil case out of my school bag, and I logged into my school account. The teacher wasn't there yet, so I sat there and waited for the lesson to begin.

The teacher walked into the room, and he took the register. After he had saved it, a girl came into the classroom. I recognised her, as I had seen her before with some of the popular people in my year. But she wasn't in any of my lessons, so I didn't know her name or what she was like. She looked quite intimidating, though. When she walked in, the teacher stood up and went over to her.

"This is Charlotte. She will be joining our PSHE class." he announced.

Then he looked around the room for somewhere to seat her, and he saw the empty seat in between Jade and I. In PSHE, I had the misfortune of having to sit almost next to Jade, and she always made horrible comments about me. It was just awful.

"Charlotte, you can sit in that seat there, in between Victoria and Jade." the teacher told her, pointing to the empty chair.

She walked over and sat herself down next to me, and I began to feel scared. What if she made fun of me? I tried to ignore my worries, and I opened my documents folder on the computer. I searched for my coursework, and I opened it, because I knew we would be working on it. Like we did every single lesson.

I had already finished all of my work, but because I couldn't ask the teacher for the next sheet, I had to stay on the first sheet and pretend to be working on it. I was just pathetic. I really wanted to do as much work as possible, but I couldn't because of the way I was. I thought about how much I hated myself again, and I wished I wasn't as worthless.

"Okay, today we will be carrying on with our coursework. Open your work, and keep answering the questions on your sheet." the teacher told everyone.

He gave out the question sheets, and everyone began to work. I scrolled through my coursework and added extra words, trying to look like I was working. Then I heard Jade and Charlotte whispering to each other. And they were laughing and pointing at me.

"I'm going to talk to her, because she doesn't talk." I heard Charlotte say with a laugh.

I instantly knew they were talking about me, and I felt the same awful, recurring feeling in my stomach again, for the third time today. I pretended not to have heard them, and I braced myself for what they were going to say to me. Then Charlotte turned to me.

"Can you talk?" she asked me, her voice as intimidating as how she looked.

I tried to make myself say that I could, so that she would leave me alone. But I couldn't.

"What's your name?" she said, almost shouting.

I tried to speak again, but still no sound came out. I was so scared, and I was trying so hard not to start crying. Jade was laughing behind Charlotte, which just made it worse.

"Can you say hello, and tell me your name?" she asked, but it was more like a demand.

She was almost yelling at me now, and other people were beginning to turn around in their seats to stare at what was going on. Then I felt another familiar feeling as my throat tightened, and it was harder for me to breathe. I knew what was going to happen, and I couldn't stop it.

I tried to hold back my emotions, not wanting Charlotte to pick on me any more. I was on the verge of tears, and it was difficult not to cry.

"I'm not going to talk to you any more, you're just boring." she said to me, then she turned to talk to Jade.

Those words hurt. I suddenly started crying, and I couldn't stop. I could feel myself shaking really badly, and I could feel myself begin to hyperventilate. I tried to calm myself down, but I couldn't stop my uncontrollable tears. I felt as if I had completely lost control of my own body, and it was horrible.

"Wow, I only asked what her name was, and now she's having a panic attack. That's so stupid and strange, I've never seen a person like that in my life." I heard Charlotte say loudly to Jade.

That just made it even worse. Everyone else in the classroom heard what she had said, and they all agreed with her and started making fun of me too. Apart from Mica, that is. He was the only person who hadn't joined in, and he looked worried.

I tried my best to take deep, slow breaths, in and out. After a few minutes of this, I had begun to feel a bit better. I continued to do this until I felt almost okay, and I was relieved when it was over.

When it was the end of the lesson, I logged out of my computer and walked out of the classroom, away from Charlotte and Jade. I had Maths next, so I began to walk to the four storey building.