Chapter 5 - First day of Classes part 2

Abbey POV

As I sit in class I can’t make myself focus. My heart is beating fast, and I can’t help myself to stop smiling. What is going on with me? Freaking hell Abbey, what the hell is wrong with you? He is just a stuck up asshole. Why are you allowing yourself to think about him. I shake my head, and I try to focus on the class, but I honestly can’t. I start doodling on my notebook while the professor starts talking.

“Miss Hardy?” I hear someone say, and I lift my head looking at the professor. Shit.

“Oh, sorry”, I let out, and everyone turns around looking at me. I feel my cheeks getting hot. Fuck you, Henry. I think to myself.

“If you think that this class is not important, maybe you should give your place to someone that actually wants to learn?” the professor says, and I dig myself down on my chair. Shit, already being scolded in my first class.

“I’m sorry”, I let out.

The professor starts asking random questions, and I answer one of them proving that I can pay attention and I deserve to be in his class. At the end of the class, he asks me to stay behind as he needs a word. I nod my head, and I stay in my seat while everyone leaves the classroom. I walk to his desk, and he is sitting there with his legs crossed, leaning back. I take a deep breath.

The professor tells me how disappointed he is in me, how he knows my father, and he has high expectations for me, great. When he finishes lecturing me, I open the door, and I see Henry waiting on the other side of the corridor. He is leaning against the wall. Once he sees me, he walks towards me, and I start walking down the corridor, excusing myself as I bump against people. I need to stay away from him, he is bad news, and I already got a told off on my first day of Oxford, what was I thinking?

“Hey, Abbey, wait”, Henry shouts as I walk between two people, and I turn around the corner, trying to lose him. I run down the stairs, and I turn left again. I rest my back against the wall with my hand pressed against my chest as I take a deep breath.

My heart is beating so fast that I honestly think I am about to have a heart attack. I look around, and I have no clue where I am. Great, I start walking to the right until I find another set of stairs. I need to get to the same floor I was before. I walk down the corridor, and I see some of the people that were in my previous class. I greet them as I approach them as ask if they could tell me where I had to go next. A red-haired girl smiled at me and explained where I had to go.

I need to walk across the campus onto the other building. As I am about to cross the corridor, I hear laughter that digs deep into my heart, and I look around to find Henry with his arm around a girl’s shoulder. She is leaning into him, and all smiles. I feel anger build up, and I walk past them without even glancing at Henry.

“Hey, Abbey, wait up”, Henry shouts, but I keep walking until I find the classroom I need to get into. I open the door and walk to a seat in the back. I pull the chair, and then Henry sits next to me.

I look at him in disbelief. “What are you doing here?”, I ask, and he looks down at his hands that are now resting on top of the table.

“I need to talk to you”, he says, and I grab my bag, pulling my notebook and my EarPods. I put them on putting play on my phone and with that Henry’s voice disappears in the background of my music.

Henry pulls one of my EarPods off of my ear and I look at him not believing him. What an idiot.

“Abbey, come on, why are you avoiding me?”, Henry asks me and I look at my notebook where I had the doodles from the previous class.

“Just leave me alone Henry, I am not interested in this”, I say gesturing my hand between us. Henry looks at my hand and then looks deep into my eyes and I feel my legs shaking, I feel as if my legs turned into jelly and for once I am thankful that I am sitting down.

“Mr Payne, I assume you are here in one of your extra curricular activities?”, The professor says and Henry gives me my EarPod back and stands up.

“Im sorry, I’m just leaving”, he says with a monotone and he looks at me as if he is hurt. I avoid looking into his eyes and I look down at my notebook again. Henry leaves and I take a deep breath. The professor introduces herself and she starts the lecture. I manage to pay attention to some of it but at the same time my mind kept drifting to Henry. How did the professor know him? What did she mean by extra curricular activity. Argh, get a fucking grip Abbey.

Once the classes finish for the day I walk back home and I close myself in my room, Roxy tried calling me out a couple of times but I said I was busy with school work and I stayed in my room. I have a mini fridge and a bathroom attached to my room, so I can live here forever and never come out.

I lay down and cover my eyes with my arm taking a deep breath and focusing on my breathing. Music is playing loudly in my room and I manage to relax finally. I close my eyes and allow my mind to get empty while I day dream about my life after Oxford. I decide to get up and start doing some school work, I have already two books to read and some things to organise.

“Come on sleepyhead, we’re going out”, Roxy shouts from the other side of the door while she slams her hands against the door. I take a deep breath as I get out of the bed and I open the door to find Roxy all dressed up.

“Come on”, she says pushing me to the bathroom. She tells me to have a shower while she picks something for me to wear. I try to protest it but she won’t have it. She looks through my wardrobe while I get a quick shower and when I come out a small tight black dress is on my bed. Hell no, I’m not wearing that.

“Come on”, Roxy says picking up the dress and throwing it at me. I shake my head and she smiles.

I walk to my wardrobe and I pick up a short red dress with spaghetti straps and some black heels, Roxy whistles as soon as I walk out of the bedroom with my hair in a high ponytail and red lipstick.

“Damn, you look hot”, Penelope says smacking my ass. We all laugh cheering and we walk out because the Uber was already waiting for us,. I have no idea where we’re going, but I know it can’t be worse than spending the night thinking about Henry.

The drive doesn’t take long and we stop in front of a fancy restaurant, we all get out of the car and Roxy walks to the hostess giving her name and she takes us to a back room, once the door opens a massive party is happening and I blink my eyes.

“Welcome to Oxford Bitch”, Penelope shouts as she jumps around and the music blasts.

Roxy pulls me in and I follow her to the bar where she orders shots and some fancy cocktails. The music is loud and everyone is dancing, all the bodies sweaty and all rubbing on each other. Everyone is dancing and having their hands up in the air while the guys rub themselves on the girls. I feel a chill down my spine as I look around I am met by the beautiful blue eyes that are almost as clear as the sky.

Henry fucking Payne is here. I down my drink and turn around ordering another one and Roxy tells me to slow down but I don’t really care. I down two shots that are given to me and Roxy pulls me to the dance floor. I start to feel lightheaded and she pulls me towards her body as we dance together.