It was morning, and everyone was at school, Bolton High School. Theresa was in class of course with Pierce behind her. She sat calmly, listening to the teacher. It seemed everyone had another class project. She was fine with this of course, she had a few ideas who she would pair with. The teacher then stepped forward. she stood up straight, looking to the class. "Ok everyone, this project will test all your knowledge and skills. You are to choose any animal and study it, watch it and learn everything you can about it. It cannot be a everyday animal. It has to be exotic, one you dont see often around the house. Whichever team wins, will get a prize. The prize will be whatever the two students want, within reason. I will be making the teams." She finished speaking, as she did, she placed a poster up with all the teams. Everyone got up in a rush, but Theresa slowly and calmly got up. She walked to the poster, and began ro feel the writing, doing this allowed her to read it in her mind, almost like seeing it. She searched for her name slowly, and when she found it, she stopped. Theresa slowly slid her hand to the right, to see her partners name. When she read it, she slowly lowered her hand. She was with Pierce, the one who bullied her the most. She took a deep breath, taking a soft sigh, then she sat down again. This wasnt going to be fun, although, this was no coincidence, this was fate. This was meant to happen, a new beginning. She began to think, what animal would they eork on?

Pierce was leaning back in his desk, zoning out as usual. The drone of the class went on, and his eyes drifted drifted from the clock, to the window, to the front corner of the room, and then finally they settled on the back of the head of the girl sitting in front of him, Theresa. She was a very eccentric girl, a very easy target for his taunts. He was in the middle of formulating a clever insult when the word "project" came out of the teachers mouth. Project? What? Immediately, his attention was fixed on the teacher as she explained the upcoming assignment. He frowned when she mentioned that she was assigning the teams. He had been planning to work with Jake or Andre, but of course, that was up to chance now. As soon as the teacher set up the poster, Pierce had been among those who dashed to the board to see the pairings. His eyes moved down the list until he saw it: Theresa and Pierce. That was kind of a letdown. Of course he was paired off with the weirdest girl in class. Though the quiet and weird ones were usually the smartest. Or so he hoped. He had already gone back to his chair when Theresa had stood up to "look" at the poster as well. She was the last one, of course, and was taking her good ol' time at it. Pierce didn't even know how she could read the writing with that blindfold over her eyes, but she seemed to register that she was paired with him when her hand dropped slowly from his name. He smirked. When she returned to his chair, Pierce leaned forward to get closer to her. "Welcome to hell," he whispered with a chuckle. "Just kidding, of course. Mostly." He sighed, and rubbed his eyes. "Let's just get this project done as quickly as possible, alright? Do you have any ideas?"

Theresa looked to Pierce as he spoke to her, then looked forward again, thinking to herself. She wasn't sure what she wanted to work on. She looked up quickly to the bell as she began to hear it ring, marking the end of the lesson. She turned to Pierce once more. "Come home with me, I am surrounded by nature. We can decide there." She stood up, collecting her bag as she turned to him, wondering if he'dhe'd take her proposal. She then walked out the classroom, where her assignment awaited.