The lesson seemed like it was going on forever, Tom would start to make conversation with me the whole time, which wasn't new but it meant I kept having to make eye contact with Charlie. I mean it wasn't a bad sight to see but still not someone I wanted to interact with, we've all heard the stories about what he and his friends do. I mean they're still only young, just imagine what else they can get up to in their lives, I just want to stay away from that at all costs.
The lesson just wrapped up and I was making my way out the room with Lily when my arm is grabbed and I'm held back. Lily continues to walk and talk but stops when she saw me.
"I need a quick word with Miya, so go away," Tom tells her, he still had a strong grip on my arm which prevented me from moving.
Lily seems to get nervous looking at me, I send her help with my eyes where she slowly nods. She starts to make our way away from the door and down the hall, leaving me in the doorway with Tom.
"We're buddies right?" He asks, I give him a look slowly nodding, I didn't know at this point if it was a good thing me agreeing with him "well my other good friend has taken a liking to you, come on you probably felt his eyes on you the entire lesson" he says, which confirmed he was talking about Charlie Wilson.
I was about to tell him I didn't want to mingle with his friend but said friend was starting to make his way over causing Tom to smile.
"Charlie, meet my good friend Miya, Miya meet my other good friend Charlie" Tom smiles, pointing between us as Charlie comes to a stop beside me "I'll leave you two to get to know each other" Tom smiles, taking steps backwards leaving Charlie and me alone.
"So Miya, are you new around here? I haven't seen you around" he asks, wow that shows how successful my attempts to avoid him have been.
"Oh no, I've been here since year 7" I smile, I pull my bag tighter around my arm as he looks at me "I tend to stay away from any attention, I like to blend in and cause no drama" I explain, looking down at the ground, talking to him is really causing some drama.
"Well walking in the class like that didn't help your case" he smiles, I just nod starting to walk out of the class where he follows me "well I'm sorry I haven't noticed you so far, I tend to draw attention to myself which makes it hard to blend in" he smiles, I nod laughing a little as we went, wait am I getting along with Charlie Wilson?!
I turn to look at him standing by the doorway, he stood with his hands in his pockets smiling. We all have to wear a uniform but he wasn't, I think the teachers just want him in school so they probably don't want to kick up a fuzz about what he wears. He wore black jeans, with a loose white top and a black jacket coat thing over the top, he actually looked quite hot.
Before we could talk anymore, I hear a familiar voice start to shout down the corridor. Marley was marching towards us, his friends and Lily close behind.
"Know him?" Charlie asks me, I turn to look at him then whip my head back around to Marley.
"He's my twin brother," I tell him, just as Marley makes it fully over to us where he pulls me behind him, it sucked a little cause I was kind of enjoying that conversation.
"Stay away from my sister" is all he says before he takes ahold of my arm and drags me away.
Before we turn the corner I turn around to look at Charlie, who makes eye contact with me, I send him a little smile before the wall blocks my view of him. Marley doesn't release me from his grip until we get outside, where he turns with his arms crossed.
"Why in the hell were you talking to that guy?!" He asks annoyed, his friends stand near him while Lily was beside me.
"It's not like I asked to speak to him, he was the one that stopped me in the hall and started the conversation, which was actually okay so you had no reason to come in and drag me away," I say, also crossing my arms to match the way he was standing.
He looks at me like I'm crazy running his hand through his hair, yeah I also couldn't believe that I was okay having a conversation with Charlie Wilson, but when we were talking he seemed like a nice guy.
"You've heard all the stories about what he and his mates do, so you're okay with talking with the biggest gangster there is!" He begins to shout, I look around to see people were starting to look our way.
"You know I don't have to answer to you" is all I say, I begin to walk away Lily behind me when someone else joins our conversation.
"That's it Miya, stand up for yourself" I hear Charlie say, I turn back around to see him and his group of friends stood by the door.
"Didn't you hear what I told you back there? Stay away from my sister, before I have to show you how to do that" Marley growls, Charlie just laughs his hands still in his pockets.
"Alright whatever your name is, I don't listen to wannabe hard men, if I wanna talk to your sister I will, was and am" Charlie smirks, I just look to Marley who smiles shaking his head.
"Listen to this," he says, before anyone could move he swings a punch to Charlie's face.
"Finally, talking in my language" Charlie mutters, before he too throws a punch at Marley's face which sends him flying to the ground.
They begin to have a full fight on the ground, Charlie had the upper hand mostly with Marley getting a few hits in. I look to Marley's friends who were just watching the whole thing unfold, I send them a look but they just shake their heads, I thought football players in school were meant to be tough.
I walk over to stop them but I'm grabbed by one of Charlie's friends, I didn't have a clue who it was so I begin to fight back.
"Hold still," he says, I look around to see a glass plate sat one of the tables beside us, without thinking I pick it up and smash it over the guys head, immediately he lets me go and it even stops the two fightings on the floor.
"Now, we're all gonna stop or a few more plates are gonna be smashed off a few more heads" I shout, Charlie was the first to listen to me rising to his feet.
Marley slowly picks himself up, his face was pretty bad with blood everywhere. I walk over taking his hand pulling him away, once we were out of sight I wrap my arms around him.
"Don't you ever do something like that again" I say, he holds me tightly without speaking, but it didn't matter I just needed to know he was okay.
It was the next morning after all the drama yesterday, we both went home before school ended, where Marley had to try and explain what happened to our confused mother, let's just say she wasn't happy. I finish getting ready for school when I get a knock at the door, I pick my school bag up walking over, I open it to reveal Marley stood there with a plate of toast in his hand. "Call this a peace offering" he awkwardly smiles, I send him a little smile back taking the toast "does this mean you forgive me?" He asks, but I shake my head walking past him "what I gave you toast!" He says surprised, following me. "You can give me all the toast you want, but you still went along and tried to start beef with the toughest guy in school!" I exclaim, turning around to look at him "we've all heard the stories of the horrible things they've done, so you g
It was the next morning after all the drama yesterday, we both went home before school ended, where Marley had to try and explain what happened to our confused mother, let's just say she wasn't happy. I finish getting ready for school when I get a knock at the door, I pick my school bag up walking over, I open it to reveal Marley stood there with a plate of toast in his hand. "Call this a peace offering" he awkwardly smiles, I send him a little smile back taking the toast "does this mean you forgive me?" He asks, but I shake my head walking past him "what I gave you toast!" He says surprised, following me. "You can give me all the toast you want, but you still went along and tried to start beef with the toughest guy in school!" I exclaim, turning around to look at him "we've all heard the stories of the horrible things they've done, so you g
The next few days have gone by so quickly, Marley finally came back to school but promised our mother that he would stay away from Charlie. Speaking of Charlie I keep passing him in the halls, he just sends me a wink then walks off. But it was now Friday, the day I said I would tutor him. I choose this day as I knew Marley would be at practice, as for our mum she's never home only in the mornings, she's been like that since our dad died. I move all my maths things to the kitchen, the books were all set up waiting as the door begins to knock. Taking a look at the clock, he was half an hour early, I shrug making my way over to the front door. I open it and come face to face with Charlie, he stood there smiling with his school bag over one shoulder. I smile moving aside to let him in, he thanks me making his way into the
The car ride didn't take that long, it was silent though and kind of awkward. I didn't have a clue who was sat in the front seat driving us, which meant I wasn't down for starting a conversation in the back of the car with Charlie. We would look at each other smiling but look away, I don't know if I was reading him wrong but he looked nervous, which seems to be a new emotion for him. We soon pull up at what looked like the beach, maybe it wasn't a good plan to wear a dress, it's always quite windy at the beach. He gets out of the car holding his hand out, I smile taking his hand sliding out of the car. He takes my hand linking it with his, beginning to lead me towards the beach. As we walk I felt the wind begin to pick up, my legs immediately forming goosebumps. As we get closer I notice lights on the sand, as we turn the corner I see a little picnic set up. Did he do all this for me?
We start to make our way off the beach, Charlie was all smilies until a car pulls up. At first glance, I thought it was the car that dropped us off, but the man gets out looking directly at Charlie and me. "Who's your new friend?" He asks, directing his question towards Charlie but doesn't look away from me, Charlie pulls me behind him looking the guy dead in the eye "oh Charlie, there's no need to be like that, I just wanna be friends" he continues, Charlie goes in his pocket pulling something out pointing it at the guy, wait is that a gun?! "This is one person you ain't being friends with, now you're gonna get back in your car and drive away before this is my hand becomes good friends with you" he spits out, fear makes his way through my body where I immediately hold onto Charlie's arm. The guy looks behind Charlie a
We drove for hours, I fell asleep on Charlie somewhere in the journey. When I woke up it was morning, I sit up rubbing my eyes looking out the window. There were just fields everywhere, we were on what looked like an abandoned country lane. Every maybe mile huge houses with gates go by, no way would Charlie own a house like that he's still in school. Near the end of a lane we stop at a huge gate, the driver who I know as Richard, opens his window typing a code in. The gates open where he drives us through, in no time a huge mansion comes into view, I stare confused at it while also turning to Charlie. He just smiles as we pull up outside the house, he gets out stretching for a second before turning to me. "We're here" he smiles, I just look at him weirdly but eventually slide our the car "this is the safest place for us" he smiles, holding my hand to help me out of the car.&nb
After the pizza, I went up to my room alone, not really wanting to be around anyone right now. I sit on the bed with my laptop, I hadn't turned my phone on yet and I was dreading it, I knew how many messages and miss calls there's gonna be. I was watching something on my laptop when the door opens, Charlie smiles walking in closing the door behind him. "I see you're making yourself at home" he smiles, I nod looking back towards my laptop as he sat down, he went to speak but I spoke before he could. "Why did you take an interest in me?" I ask, looking over at him where he sends me a look "I am just a nerd, why would someone like you take an interest in a boring girl like me?" I ask, the thing Morgan said has been playing on my mind, it's also something I didn't know either.
It's been a few weeks since we arrived here, things have been going well, especially with me and Charlie. We've gotten so much closer and I think I'm seeing a totally different side to him, that unfortunately, not many people get to see. The guys have also been so welcoming and kind, well apart from Morgan who still ignores my existence. I mean it was one plate off the head and I don't play sports, which would mean it wasn't very hard, there must be another reason why he doesn't like me. I decided to switch my phone off after the whole Marley voicemail situation, it kept ringing making me want to pick it up but I knew I couldn't. I walk downstairs with Jonah, just laughing about some random things. Jonah is the one that's been nicest to me, most of the guys have but he's gone out of his way to be nice. Who would have thought I'd be comfortable living with a bunch