The assembly finished and everyone went to their classrooms. While the teacher was introducing herself to everyone, the new boy walked in with the principal. Mrs Taylor quickly walked towards the Principal and they seemed to be discussing the new student.

The boy was just standing next to the door staring at the students. He seemed to carry so much confidence and didn’t seem to care much about what everyone else was whispering to each other, even though he could tell it was about him.

“Well students,” Mrs Taylor shouted

“We have a new student and his name is Pedro Fernandes. He will be attending this school this year, so please students help him adjust well in our school. Thank you,” Mrs Taylor quickly said and turned to Pedro while pointing at the seat that was in front, showing him where to sit.

Pedro walked to the sit and before he could sit down, he turned and stared at Unathi and Alice one last time, than sat down.

“Pedro Fernandes… Mmm now I know who you are,” Unathi said thinking out loud.

“Gosh! Unathi could you be more private with your thoughts?” Grace shouted from behind and started laughing.

“I have a feeling this is going to be a long year,” said Alice.

During the school break Unathi kept staring at Pedro every chance she got. She even followed him around as if he was some famous film star and she was his very own personal stalker.

“Gosh! Unathi could you be any more obvious?” Grace pulled her faces away from gazing at Pedro who was sitting and eating his lunch alone on a bench in front of the classroom.

“God must have taken extra time creating him,” Unathi said dreamingly.

She could not keep her eyes off him. Pedro was a tall, well built, dark-skinned and very sexy guy. He carried himself with so much confidence as if nothing or no one can dare touch him. He spoke such fine English but with a Portuguese accent and sounded very well read unlike the other boys at school.

“I wonder where he is from,”Unathi quickly said to Alice.

“His accent sounds like his from Angola,” Alice said with uncertainty.

“Maybe instead of staring at him all day long, you should go and ask him,” Alice pushed Unathi towards Pedro’s direction.

“Hey, if I wanted him, I could have him,” Unathi said with confidence.

“Hahaha! I’d like to see you try,” Grace challenged.

Unathi was not one to back down from a challenge, but this time she could not help herself. She was too shy to even greet Pedro. So she pretended to walk in this direction, then quickly turned towards the classroom door and went in.

Grace laughed so hard she nearly fell over.

“I knew she wouldn’t have it in her to speak to him,” Grace said laughing.

When the last period began, Mrs Taylor handed out the team assignment and to everyone’s surprise it was a group project.

“I want you all to form groups of two or three for this project. It will be worth a lot of marks so please make sure that you form a group with people who are going to do their work. I don’t want to see or hear people come to me and complain that their partners aren’t performing. So make sure you choose the right partners you can trust to work as hard as you,” Mrs Taylor said to the class.

Alice already knew who her partner would be as always, but little did she know Unathi had other plans. Before Alice could say anything, Unathi quickly walked over to Pedro and looked him straight in the eyes and said: “Do you have a partner yet?”