Chapter 2.

"That was amazing!" Clara says grabbing my arm, a smile across her face. "Plus such an inspirational talk!"

"I have to agree, that was the best performance I've seen!" I smile.

One by one the teachers take their classes out of the hall. I stand up and readjust my jeans, pushing my phone into my back pocket. I heave myself up onto the stage and head over to Diversity.

"That was soo good!" I beam. "Well done."

"Aw, thankyou!" Ashley says. "I see you got front row seats."

"Yeah!" I chuckle. "Sir won't be happy though."

The boys chuckle. I glance over to Perri, he looks away quickly. Is he blushing? I usher for Clara to come and join me, but she refuses. I joke around with them until I notice Mr Thomas storming towards me.

"Here we go..." I say rolling my eyes.

"Is he mad?" Jordan asks.

"Oh he's more than mad!" I sigh. "You watch him blow up at me now."

"SOPHIA!" He shouts. "Get down off the stage now! I've told you before to leave Diversity alone!"

"But-" I begin.

"NO! Listen to me!" He says pointing at me. "I also told you not to sit at the front. And when I came back in, where were you? At the front!"

I turn around and look at the boys who look completely shocked. I bet they've never seen a teacher so mad in their life!

"Disgraceful!" He scoffs. "Why did you choose to disobey me?!"

"Well, one I've never been able to actually speak to Diversity- like I've seen them on tour with Clara- but never been this close. Two, I don't really see how it's fair that we set it all up but we have to stand at the back where we wouldn't of been able to see anything. And three- well I don't have a third reason."

"If you want to spend so much time with them, why don't you both take the boys on a tour of the school?"

"Yeah sure!" I smile. "Only if you want to look around." I say looking behind at the boys.

They all nod and move there bags out of sight. I jump down off the stage, landing with a thud.

"Sophia!" My Thomas calls.

"Sorry!" I call back.

I head over to Clara and pick up my bag, throwing it onto my shoulder. I furrow my eyebrows and prod Clara.

"Why you so quiet?"

"What if I make a fool of myself!" She says quietly looking over at the boys.

"You won't! Look, I think I've already made a fool of myself enough times for both of us!" I chuckle.

Clara starts to smile.

"C'mon, lets show them around." I say pulling her up. "Are you guys ready?" I call across the hall.

"Yeah!" They call back.

"Right!" I say as me and Clara head over to them. "My name is Sophia, and this is my friend Clara. We will be your tour guides for today!"

Everyone chuckles. Thank god they can get a joke, or that would of backfired!

"So, this is sebright hall- were dance lessons take place." I begin.

"Do either of you take dance?" Ashley asks.

"I do." Clara nods.

"I don't!" I say pulling a face. "I can't dance to save my life!"

"She can." Clara adds. "She just doesn't like showing people."

I shake my head. No, I cannot dance. We head out of the hall and out into sebright corridor. We head left and begin walking.

"This is where we have maths." I say pointing along the corridor. "And this is where languages is." I add as we turn down into a small block of four classrooms.

"Did you have to take a language?" Jordan asks, poking his head around one of the doors.

"Yeah." Clara sighs. "I took French."

"And I took Spanish." I say. "We only got to choose two of our options."

"Really?!" Perri says shocked. "We got to pick four or five!"

"Lucky!" I say.

"What did you take?" Sam asks.

"Music and art." I smile.

"So your creative then?" Perri winks.

"You could say that!" I chuckle.

We carry on walking around the school; going to English, P.E, Science, ICT and History. We joke around, I haven't had this much fun at school in along time! I never thought that Diversity would be so down to earth- I can see how Clara became such a big fan.

"And last but no least, music!" I smile pointing into the recording studio.

"This is where Sophia lives!" Clara chuckles. "Every spare minute she has she's in here! Look she even has her own mic!"

"Is that yours?" Ashley smiles pointing at a diamante microphone.

"Yeah!" I chuckle. "I don't like using the school ones- I can't stand the fact of using something that someone else's mouth has been close to. I know, I'm weird!"

"You sing?" Jordan asks.

"All the time! You caught me singing this morning!"

I check the time on my phone and we decide to head back to the main hall as break was about to start. Mr Thomas was sat on the end of the stage waiting for us. He checks his watch and jumps down.

"Now, you girls go off to break and leave these boys for a bit of peace."

"Um Sir? If I close the curtain across the stage, is it okay if I practice my song for my exam as I've missed the lesson today?"

"Is it okay Ashley if Sophia practices her song quietly?" Mr Thomas says looking over my shoulder.

"Yeah of course!" Ashley smiles.

"Okay then Sophia, close the curtain and sing quietly." Sir says before leaving the hall.

I jog over to music and collect my mic before heading up onto the stage. Clara sets up the music for me and I begin to close the curtain.

"You don't have to close it." Ashley calls.

"I do otherwise he will kill me!"

"We will tell he we wanted to hear you." Perri smiles.

"You sure?" I ask unsure.

"Yeah, go for it!" Ash says

"Done worry! I hopefully won't bother you too much." I chuckle.

I turn on my mic and stage near the sound system with my side to Diversity. I try to forget about them being there, if not I will completely freeze!

"Ready?" Clara asks.

"Yep." I nod.

The sound track to 'I knew you were trouble' kicks in.

Once upon a time, a few mistakes ago,

I was in your sights, you got me alone, you found me,

you found me...

I sing the verse quietly, as I am a bit nervous.

And he's long gone when he's next to me,

And I realize the blame is on me,

Cause I knew you were trouble when you walked in,

So shame on me now, flew me to places I'd never been,

Till you put me down, oh I knew you were trouble when you walked in...

I finish the song and turn off my mic. I look out into the hall which erupts with clapping. I sort of forgot that they were here! I quickly look away, even though they could still probably see the smile across my face.

"That was amazing!" Ashley smiles.

"You are really good!" Perri smiles, his brown eyes glistening.

"Thankyou!" I smile, my cheeks turning a shade of pink.

I return my mic to its place in the recording studio and head back into the hall, humming a tune. I stop and roll my eyes as Mr Thomas stands waiting for me, next to Clara.

"Ah! There you are!" He smiles.

I give him a fake smile and wait for the next order.

"Diversity are going to be selling merch at lunchtime and the hall needs to be empty, so can you please stack all these chairs in that corner please. Right, we've got cakes and refreshments in the staff room for you, if you would like to follow me!" Me Thomas says.

All of them exit the hall until it's just me and Clara left. I grab my phone and plug it into the sound system, 'Hotel' by Kid Ink ft Chris Brown playing. I begin staking chairs up and singing along.

I said why you over there lookin at me while I'm with my girlfriend?

Why you over there lookin at me n my girlfriend?

Let's take it to the hotel...

I mess around, dancing; singing and jumping on and off the chairs. I'm stood on a chair singing along when I hear giggling behind me. I turn around and see Clara recording me- probably snapchat.

"Stop!" I say jumping off and covering my face.

Thankfully she stops, but I bet she's uploaded it! We get back to business and continue stacking the chairs up in the corner.

"I thought you might need some help..."

I turn around and see Perri stood in the doorway. I place the chairs I was carrying down and push the sleeves of my jumper up.

"Your meant to be enjoying the cakes!" I chuckle.

"Na, I'm full! I don't like leaving you two in here doing all this by yourself." He smiles.

"Thankyou, but you don't need to help us, your the guests." I state picking the chairs back up.

The weight of the chairs is suddenly lifted. My arms are all of a sudden empty.

"No, Perri, you don't need to do that." I say following him as he carries the chairs that were once in my arms.

"I'm helping you alright!" He chuckles.

"Fine!" I say getting some more chairs.

My music plays on shuffle in the background. Clara leaves as she has to collect her science coursework. So it's just me and Perri. Perri Kiely for Diversity!

"Your really good at singing." He smiles.

"Thankyou!" I reply, I bet I'm blushing.

"So, is that what you want to do? Music?"

"Yeah, that is my goal, but if that doesn't work out then it would have to be something to do with makeup- like bridal or film."

"That's cool!" He nods. "Do you have twitter?"

"Yeah, you want to follow me?" I joke.

"Yeah I do!" He chuckles.

"Seriously? Well it's /sophiabellex"

"Thanks, I'll follow you now." He winks.

"Could you please follow Clara too? She's a huge fan! I mean huge!"

"Yeah sure." He smiles.

"/Claramae12" I say.

"Done!" He smiles, locking his phone.

"Thanks!"

I look over at him, his smile= perfect; his big brown eyes= perfect- he's just perfect. I look away quickly as he meets my gaze. Oh god, I hope he didn't see me staring....

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