Mackenzie's P.O.V.

The day seemed to pass pretty quickly.

We had chemistry last class.

I made my way into the classroom quickly and took a seat next to Chai.

Chemistry was never a good subject for me.

Heck, science was never a good subject for me.

Still, I managed to do decent enough.

"Welcome back class, I trust you all had a good summer" Mr. Groarke smiled as the class settled down.

There was a few giggles and murmurs of agreement.

Mr. Groarke wasn't like a regular science teacher.

He was very young, only a teacher for a few years and somehow managed to get along with (most of) his students.

We spent the first half of class talking about our holidays.

"To start off the year, I've decided to assign you a project" he announced, once everyone had explained their holidays in detail.

The class instantly broke into groans and mutters of protest.

Chai rolled her eyes. She always liked science. She was excellent at it.

"Hey let me finish!" he chuckled a little at the class.

"You'll be in groups of two.. You can make anything at all related to chemistry and in three weeks time you'll all be presenting your projects to the class. The best one will win a prize. You will be marked on how well you work as a team, how your project turns out and of course, exactly how interesting your project is" he explained, grinning.

The class broke out into chatter again and Mr Groarke let them for a few minutes before clearing his throat to get our attention.

The class instantly silenced.

"Alright guys, so I'll call out the groups. If I call you out, go find your partner and start discussing what your gonna do" he told us.

I felt my stomach flip.

"We dont get to pick who we're with?!" I whisper-yelled turning to the girls.

I heard him begin to call out the names.

I was the first of the girls to be called.

"Mackenzie Black and Niall Horan"

Niall Horan?!

You have got to be kidding me.

I looked around the classroom quickly and saw Niall surrounded by his friends.

He met my eye and waved me over.

I gave the girls a panicked look before standing up and slowly walking over to his desk.

"Stand up and give the girl a seat" he told Zayn who was sitting next to him.

Zayn stood up.

I sat down nervously.

Niall had never bullied me.

Neither had the other four.. Louis, Liam, Zayn and Harry.

They had just never really acknowledged me as a person.

Within a few minutes, they had disappeared, probably finding their own partners.

I didn't even listen to who the other girls were put with.

"You know it's weird.. I know pretty much everyone in this school yet I've never talked to you before" Niall began thoughtfully.

I just nodded.

"I've heard you play the piano before in music though.. Your very good" he continued.

"Thanks" I mumbled in reply.

"You got any ideas what to do for this?" he asked.

I shook my head.

"I suck at science.. Maybe we should just go all cliche and make a baking soda volcano" I suggested shrugging.

He nodded.

"Not a bad idea.. I don't see how we'd manage anything else" he grinned.

"Then again he did say interesting.. We need something different.. original.." I mumbled.

The bell rang loudly, making me jump.

"Here look, why don't you give me your number, and we can sort this out" he suggested.

My stomach was full of butterflies but I nodded.

"Sure, sure.." I mumbled.

I scribbled my number down on a piece of paper quickly and handed it to him.

"Thanks, later Mackenzie" He said, putting the paper in his pocket.

"Mac" I corrected absent mindedly.

He grinned.

"Mac" he repeated, before following the others out of the classroom.

Well that was...eventful.

Notes

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