The Strong Bond novel Chapter 7

"I wasn't feeling well so I went home" she tells Blair pulling out her history book for class.

"Well you should have told someone Lena. Keith was freaking out, and I was really worried" Her cousin says upset.

"I'm sorry, and your right I've should have told someone" Lena says sighing, and knew she should have thought of that. Before Blair could say another word their teacher started class, and Lena was thankful for that. She was dreading her next class which she had with Keith, and knew he would also question her about Friday.

Walking into art class Lena was grateful that no one was there yet, meaning she had a few minutes to herself. Art was her favorite subject and always found drawing or painting to be relaxing. The warning bell went off letting the students know they needed to get into class. Lena silently groan to herself knowing Keith would be here any second.

"Morning Lena" Mrs. Coldwell the art teacher greeted.

"Morning" Lena says with a smile.

"You have some explaining to do Lena" Keith said loudly making Lena jump in her seat.

"Lower your voice Mr. Grayson" Mrs. Coldwell ordered as she scowled at Keith. But he didn't seem to care as he stalked towards Lena with his own scowl on his face.

"Look Keith I know I've should have told you I went home. I wasn't feeling well, and didn't want to bother anyone. I promise it won't happen again" Lena tells Keith in one breath as he plops down next to her. Keith saw the guilt across Lena's face as the words rushed out of her mouth. He went to say something when the clicking of heels made him swing his gaze towards where they were coming from.

"You know Valerie, just because we wear uniforms doesn't mean you should walk around like every boy's fantasy of a private school girl" Sara, a girl in Lena states in discuss in her voice. "For crying out loud, no one wants to see your underwear. That's if you're even wearing any that is" Sara adds grabbing everyone's attention. Lena looks up to see Valerie has her long blonde hair up in a high pony tail, with way too much makeup on. Though it did seem to make her golden eyes glow more. Her white button up dress shirt her was a little too tight, and exposing the top of her boobs. Even though she had her school sweater on, you could tell that her shirt was too tight. Lena eyes travel down to see what Sara was complaining about, and sure enough Valerie had rolled her plaid skirt up. She didn't understand why Valerie would even bother rolling her skirt up seeing how the teacher would make her roll it back down. What Lena really couldn't comprehend was why in goddess name she would wear heels. How was that even comfortable to walk around in all day?

"Now class for this week's assignment. The person your currently seated next to will be your partner for the rest of the year" Mrs. Coldwell announces. Lena groans in her head, knowing she was stuck with Keith as her partner. It's not like she disliked Keith, but Keith wanted more than a friendship with her.

Then a light bulb went off in her head. Maybe this is a good thing to help her get her mind off you know who. Keith was a very attractive person, and any girl would be lucky to be his girlfriend. He was tall with a solid well define body that had a sun kiss tan. He had short dirty blonde hair that was just long enough to run your fingers through. Majorly of their kind are consider good-looking, but Keith was perfect. His facial features were those of a model, and no one could get sick of looking at him. What Lena really like most about Keith was his eyes that made the girls in their school swoon. They were forest green in the middle, and fading in to a vibrant blue.

"Looks like we're partners" Keith says throwing his arm over her shoulder, and throwing her that heart throb of a grin he gave her too often. Lena just looks up to him and smiles.

"The project is to draw your partner, but it has to represent who they are. So you will need to hang out after school to get to know each other more. The project will be due in two weeks" Mrs. Coldwell finished explaining.