Chapter 3
But under Mom’s urging, I walked to Ethan’s front door.
She didn’t know that my transfer was because than had forced me to leave
than had always claimed it was my own decision to transfer.
Though she didn’t approve, after seeing the impleted transfer notice, she just right and didn’t say mone
Tihan’s mom opened the door.
Sering me, the brightened. “Lily Couse in
“Mom asked me to bring you some cake..
Just as I finished speaking. I heard laughter from Dihan’s room–Vanessa’s voice
Sure enough, the door opened, and Vanessa emerged wearing a short skirt
Ethan’s mom inoked embarrassed. Lily, she’s just
I know what she wanted to say, I shook my head
Trs fine. I’ve delivered the cake, so I head out now!
As I left. I heard his mom scolding him
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“Ethan, aren’t you being too harsh? Didn’t you like Lily before? You’ll hurt her feelings ||
“Lily must be upset,
Followed by Ethan’s casual response.]
That’s her problem.“[
The next morning, my parents and I followed the moving company in our new house
Due to budget constraints, Dad had chosen a well–maintained second–hand home||
Coincidentally, it was very close to Lincoln High:]
On my fast day at Lincoln High, I declined my parents offer to accompany me–I knew, Dad was busy with his new business startup|
So I headed to Lincoln High alone with my backpack
The homeroom teacher was a chubby, balding man who beamed when he saw me []
When we reached the classroom door, diaos erupted i
pet inside.]
Due to my left ear being deaf, my right ear was extra sensitive. Someone dropped a chair, making me jumpi||
The teacher smiled reassuringly “Dont worry, wait here a moment
Then h
the barged in with his hands on his hips and bellowed:||
Everyone! Quiet down right n
His face reddened “Or I’ll call your parent:“||
That fuually quieted them down
Today we have a new transfer student
fan, stood at the podium, and introduced myself briefly||
Jeveryone Im Lily
The transfer student is gui
“Quirk, is my hair messed up today? ||
From the corner of the classroom, someune impatiently cut through the note: ||
“shout lap, already “|||
surprised. After the homeroom be
Thesitated||
cheacher hesitated for a moment, he directed me to sit in front of that person
The teacher frassredine. “Dont worry, that guy doesn’t hit girls.“||
Mr
How intimidating
My deskmate was a girl who introduced herself ||
Tin Medion Miller. Everyone calls me Maddie. You can call me Madde 100.
The teach
– teacher came in, and I quickly took out my hooks.||
Lincoln Highvi curriculum was indeed different from my previous schooh.)
During class, almost everyone did their own thing
Some slept, others read novels, and a few did their nads
Faper airplanes with cheat sheets flew over my head |||
The teacher seemed accustomed to this. After taking a few sips of tea, he picked up his hook again
Where was just now?“)
I carefully reminded
The third major question
I nodded “Right”
Then he looked at me in shock ||
“Someone’s actually listening to my lecturer ||
Only after Maddie explained did I realize that if Lincoln High was considered a sulipar school, then Class 13, where I now sat, was rock bottom among rock
otome
lowest performing seniors in the school||
om teacher had cried and pleated with the principal to assign me to his class ||
When I transferred, the homeroom Trad
Maddie eat ice cream during class, I felt for the first time that the world was bizarre yet somehow vibrant.
After that, the teacher dearly lectured with more enthusiasm
wete inspired to start paying attention |
(new that the boy in the corner was stil
The stund was about to close ||
I walked over to
He lifted his head, raising his eyelids slightly.|||
rine eyes looked sti right at ine]||
high, straight nose, his thin lips curved upward ||
“Thanks, wifey “”
MATT]
