Chapter Six
I decided to go to the classroom when our second subject for today began. I put back my vape inside my backpack, I blowed out the remaining smoke from my mouth for the last time. I walked towards the second floor of the building, I even passed by some freshmen at the stairs. They gave me way and I took that chance to walk like a queen. When I got to the second floor, that's when I heard their murmurs and whispers to each other about me.
Damn backstabbers.
I relentlessly went to the room, without any emotions on my face. I'm starting to like this facade of mine. When there is people, I'm a fierce and brave girl but when I'm alone, I'm crying like an infant inside my own room while holding the picture of me and mom. That's why I'm getting annoyed so easily when there's someone who cannot notice how aloof I am.
"Van, you're here! Why did you skip our first subject? We took long quiz and it is already a sample of our reviewer for the upcoming exam this week!" Rocelia appeared on my way to my seat with her usual cheeky smile.
And like what I said, someone who cannot notice me being distant, someone who is her. Now, I'm getting annoyed again. I thought I'll finally find the peace I want but then again, I'm wrong. I looked at her blankly.
"I don't care for the exam this week. I want to sleep, studying is only for the nerd like you and I'm not a nerd. Got it?" I smiled sardonically.
She left with no words to utter. Her lips slightly parted. I guess I became very harsh to her but whatever, she need to realize that I'm not putting up with her as her friend. Classmates, maybe, but friends? No thank, I don't really need that cringe relationship. For me, friends are just a burdensome. I've learned enough from the people I have once called friends before.
I sat on my respectable seat. I crossed my legs and my arms, rested my back finely and held my chin up, like a total villain. Rocelia also got back to her own seat and I noticed her distant gaze, she's barely looking at me and I think she's avoiding my look. Until our professor entered. I just shrugged and yawned. I tilted my head and looked in front, boringly.
I crinkled my nose and breathed out. This is awfully boring! What's the challenge of school, really? What's the fuss about the lessons they keep on teaching us? I really don't get why most of them are calling the school 'second home', like what the heck? I can't feel at home at all. Home is where you can rest and have the peace, this is the other way around. A fucking suffocation.
Fina-fucking-lly, the bell rang and it's says lunch time! I took my backpack and stood up. I frowned when my classmates went out the room like birds who just escaped from their cage.
"Ouch!" I flinched as I felt the weigh of shoe on my feet.
"S-sorry!" That's when I realized it's Rocelia's shoes.
But before I could make a reply to her apology, she immediately walked out fastly. I took a deep breath and watched her fading figure. It's better this way. I don't wanna get close to someone anymore.
Few of my classmates have greeted me while I'm passing by the hallway of the second floor. I didn't greet them back, of course, I know that tactics. Damn fakers, maybe they are hoping a treat from me. No way, honeys. Your facades are no use.
I was about to go downstairs but before I could do that, I saw a glimpse of familiar disheveled hair there on the first floor. So to see it clear, I moved near the railings and I can't help but to smirk evilly when I realized who is he. Yukenzo is walking slowly while reading some papers he's clutching. I know his back too well. Even without facing him, I know it's him. A prim and proper posture. So gay.
A sudden idea popped up in my mind. My smirk grew wider. This is gonna be fun. I left the railings for the mean time to search for the trash bin and probably luck favors me because I found one trash bin at the side of the stairs. I walked towards it and carried it. It's kinda heavy but I can still bear with it.
At last, I got near the railings again. I giggled silently when I saw he's still there, being distracted by whatever he's reading. Oh well, good timing. I carried the trash bin above the railings, I opened it and without a blink, I poured all of the garbages to him. I jumped in satisfaction. I saw how his world stopped. I'm more than happy knowing he stinks. Some students have passed by, stopped too and watched him being a stinky statue there.
I moved away from the railings so that they won't see me. I also saw how some of my batch ran downstairs to see what's happening to their so called president. I even saw Rocelia with them, she looked at me then down to the trash bin near me. She gave me a disappointed look before she left. My smile slightly faded. I tightened my fists.
Why I'm being affected anyway? I should feel glad because I beat the SSG president! That's what they get for messing up with me!
I removed the dirt on my hands and chose the way to the other stairs. I left the building and walked direct to the cafeteria. I pushed the door and the moment I entered the place, silence occurred. They stopped from talking and they all turned to me. I arched my brow and didn't give a damn. I marched straight to the counter to buy my meal. I crossed my feet and lazily rested my elbow on the counter top.
But my gloomy eyes narrowed when I felt a pair of depths staring at me. I roamed my eyes and there I caught a guy holding a hamburger, he's not alone, he's with a girl. I can tell he's from senior batch. My eyes narrowed more.
I know I'm not hallucinating nor paranoid! He really was looking at me earlier! I even caught him but he moved his eyes to the other direction in a snap!
"Here's your meal," the clerk pulled my senses.
I turned to her and accepted the tray. I chose to sit near the suspicious guy. I noticed his uneasiness when he realized I'm in the near table. I doubted even more. I held the utensils, my move made a sound. I got his attention, he looked at me again. Timing, I caught his stares. He met my icy eyes. He isn't familiar, definitely not.
He looked away first, like what I suspected.
My grip on the utensils tightened. Who is he? And why is he looking at me like he's spying something?
I should be more careful from now on. There's only one thing I'm sure of and that is someone is watching my every actions inside the campus.
Chapter Seven"Oops! Sorry!" I raised my both hands and made a fake apologetic face after I kicked the blue ink and it spilled on the illustration board for our group's presentation.They gasped in so much shock while looking at the tremendous mess I made. I bit my lower lip and controlled myself from laughing. This is what I'm waiting for, their priceless and epic reaction. Stacy, the leader of our group, moved near the messed up illustration board."W-what... what have you done, Vanez?!" She raised her voice and looked at me terribly. I tilted my head."This is our group presentation for today! This has a big role to our grades, what did you do?! Have you lost your mind?!" She almost hysterical.They all gave me a disappointed look and like her, some was throwing me glares and sharp look. But I'm still sitting pretty, they can't do anything against me.
Chapter EightI entered the limousine feeling empty. The ride went smoothly but I can't feel it, I'm just looking outside the window while waiting for the engine to stop. The grand gate opened and our maids were there, watching the limousine to stop 'til it reach the front yard. I held my bag and went out, not giving them any look. They don't even deserve my precious gaze, they're just here to do their job. That's all.The maids opened the double doors for me, I walked inside the mansion feeling unbothered by their presence. When I heard a random sound of a glass shattered on the floor, I almost jumped in shock.Then to my surprise, Sharon appeared from the living room with furious face and bloodshot eyes. She walked near me, behind her is Innov and Akira."What did you do this time, huh? The dean called and she's looking for Martin! She said you're making troubles again! Why a
Chapter NineI felt a hallow on my chest as I remember those words from my own father and from Sharon. They don't know what I'm feeling and they don't really care about my feelings. They don't actually care if their words can hurt and tear me apart.They are here to scold and give me sermons not to hear my side and understand my rants.Now I realized I'm totally alone in this battle. I'm fighting all alone. I have no supporters and no one is there for me but only me, myself and I.I need to face this battle independently. I can't just depend myself on others even especially on the people here in mansion. I need to get used to being alone. If mom is just here next to me...That's why when dinner came, I didn't come out my room. I didn't take my dinner 'coz I have no appetite at all. Aside from that, I don't wanna see their faces yet. After what happened, a
Chapter Ten"Drink this. It soothes. If you wanna get away from the ghost of your past, you should accept the present and strive for the future. This is kinda hard, by the way." Baron handed me a shotglass.My lips rose as I stared at it. He arched his brow. Short-tempered ass. I rolled my eyes before I took the drink he offered. He smiled boyishly and faced his girls again."Let's have fun, Van. Just forget your problems for the mean time!" Rashid said loudly because of the loud music background, we need to raise our voice for us to hear each other.I nodded and took straight gulp from the drink without hesitations. My face crumpled as I felt the sting on my throat but seconds later, I gained what Baron said, the soothing part. It's like it soothed my messed up mind. I find it fun so I took another shot, another and another, until I found myself standing and starting swaying my body. I da
Chapter ElevenI'm knocking my feet on the ground while waiting for the nurse to come out. The movement of my toes turned slower when my eyes shifted to Yukenzo who's busy glaring at me. He's resting at the white-painted wall here in infirmary, students who are passing by the hallway were wondering why me and this jerk are together."I'm sorry, we're already out of stock." The nurse came back only to tell me the bad news.What? Their pain reliever is already out of stock? What kind of infirmary this school has?"Okay, whatever!" I rolled my eyes irritatingly and stepped forward."That's it? You won't arrange yourself? You can't ruin someone's day again, Arnaez!"I rolled my eyes once again. Yukenzo started to walk towards me. He almost bury me alive earlier when I accidentally vomited on his uniform. I swear, it was just an accident. I don't kn
Chapter TwelveMy steps were heavy yet firm as I marched to the stairs of the seniors building. I even saw some teachers roaming around the area so I needed to hide myself and sneaked quietly. I succeeded though. Easy-peasy things.At first, I traveled my eyes to the first classroom here on the first floor. I started observing carefully. I made sure I memorized his face before I planned of confronting him face to face. No one can get away from me. I'll make sure he'll face my wrath and he'll regret that he agreed with Dad's terms. My eyes narrowed while seeking for that person but to my disappointment, he's not in this section. So I walked towards the second classroom and did the same, I seek for his presence there, I familiarized all of their faces but still, there's no he I've seen. Until I already checked all the rooms in first floor but like my other attempts, I failed.So I dec
Chapter ThirteenThe warm wind was breezing all through my spot here. I'm sitting at the bench while sightseeing the wide soccer field. There were tall trees around, including growing plants and flowers. It feel so peaceful and calm here that's why I chose this area to do my momentum. I think this will be my favorite spot here in Clinton from now on.I put my backpack on my lap and unzipped it. I searched for my cellphone because I felt it was vibrating earlier. Or was it just my imagination?Even so, I still checked my phone and to my widely surprise, almost 70 missed calls and texts welcomed my eyes. There were few from Dad and the rest are from Dublin. My forehead creased as I wondered. 70 missed calls, really? Are they even true? What's the fuss in those attempts? One of the texts says greetings from Dublin but what caught my attention is the last words in his message. It says '
Chapter Fourteen"Yes!" I whispered loudly after I climbed up to the wall of the campus, at the back of the restroom where there were a lot of pieces of glass located in every peak of the wall.I'm not alone though, I'm with some delinquents in my batch whom I caught in the act of climbing the walls and I found out that cutting classes was already their expertise. They helped me to get out of the campus and we did it before the councils could catch us!But they're probably haunting us by now because of the CCTV camera. They might catch us any minutes from now."Thanks, guys. Here's my payment." I said and handed each of them a bubblegum.I blowed the bubblegum I'm chewing and it made a bomb sound the moment it grew bigger."Bubblegum? Seriously?" One of them, said disappointingly. I arched my brow because I can sense their complaint