The classroom hummed with noise long before the lesson began. Books slammed onto desks, pens clicked endlessly, chairs screeched across the tiled floor. Whispers and laughter of students filled the air.
Some students leaned over their desks, gossip dripping off their tongues. Others lean back, chewing gum, spinning their pens, pretending like they had all the time in the world.
A small cluster of girls by the window kept glancing at the door every few seconds, giggling into their palms. "Do you think he'll show up today?" one of them whispered.
