Chapter 4 I swallowed it

Louisa's POV

His perfect side face showed up in my sight, trying to look at my notebook on the table.

I almost had a heart attack when I recalled that I had written his name all over the page.

Frantic and freaked out, I tore that page down and tried to find a place to hide it.

But I couldn't find any safe place to destroy the evidence of crime permanently, so in a panic, I stuffed the crumpled paper into my mouth and swallowed it, praying that he hadn't seen it.

That was it.

That was the day I became the crazy bitch who ate paper in a Chemistry lab.

Rock bottom of my life. Hashtag shame of the year.

Two minutes passed, and nothing happened. I almost thought Lucas walked away in secret because of what I had done.

I couldn't blame him if he had walked away. I would have walked away and pretended nothing had happened if I had found a crazy bitch chewing paper in front of me.

But, apparently, Lucas didn't walk away.

The devilish cologne was still there, sent towards me by waves of his breath.

But the tranquilness didn't take long.

"Hey." He whispered next to my ear again. I knew he did it on purpose because he was just a sadistic douchebag who enjoyed making others uncomfortable.

"My name is Lucas Farrow," he added.

I didn't fucking give a shit. I just wanted to enjoy some quality zen time during my favorite class of the day. So I ignored him.

"Hey." He tapped me again and leaned forward, so his flawless side face reappeared in my sight again.

"Do you have a name?" he asked. His dark blue eyes were filled with amusement.

"Yes," I replied.

Then, I took up a stirring rod and pushed it against his forehead until his head was completely out of sight.

Much better. I thought to myself and threw the rod into a cup designated to collect dangerous chemical waste.

"Hey."

I ignored him.

Tap.

"Hey. You didn't tell me your name," he whispered.

I rubbed my temples and felt my veins popping up like crazy.

Was there a spell to make this fucking dude sitting behind me disappear? I mean, Abrakadabra Fucking Evanesco Avada Kedavra!

Or I could push his stupid face into formaldehyde. That would solve all my problems.

"Why don't you go back to sleep and leave me alone?" I lowered my voice and said, still not looking back.

He replied, "Because you kept ignoring me. You've got my attention. No girls are able to ignore me. You will tell me your name."

"Back off, Lucas. I'm not one of your bitches. You'll never get what you want. Over my dead body," I gritted my teeth.

"Then why did you write my name all over your note?" he asked.

I could tell he had a shit-eating smirk on his face even without looking at him.

Self-righteous bastard. I wrote your name because it was a death note! I wrote down your fucking names and your life would be over within the next 40 seconds. The countdown started 40 seconds ago!

At that moment, the bell rang.

Talking about saved by the bell!

I collected all my belongings and stormed out of the lab at full speed.

I might have accidentally left my block heels in the lab and tripped on air for a considerable time before falling down to the floor. 

But I jumped up, pretended nothing had happened and fled.

Who needs heels, right? I've got two feet and I could paddle them and run away just like that.

It didn't take long before I bumped into Jackie and Leah.

Jackie looked at me with surprise and said, "Girl, what happened to you? Where are your heels? Talking about a Chemistry class going south."

Desperate and exasperated, I claimed, "I've decided, from now on, I won't be wearing any high heels. I mean, heels are politically incorrect! They were invented by men who restrain women's mobility, so they could prey upon them more easily and..."

Before I could finish my speech on emancipating women from heels, I heard Jessica's bitchy voice, "Oh là là, look at what we've got here. Helter-skelter."

Jackie immediately shifted into killing mode. Leah had to hold her back before she jumped at Jessica again.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Bare feet with a messy hairstyle. Do you look like that when you work on a horse farm? What if you step into horse poops?" she tittered.

All her minions laughed aloud.

Feeling embarrassed, I clenched my fists, staring at my bare feet.

Just when I was about to walk away, I heard Lucas' magnetic voice -

"Have you forgotten something?" 

Everyone looked back and saw Lucas holding my block heels in his hands, staring at me.

I didn't like where this was going.

I mean, long long ago, in a faraway land, a man was holding a pair of crystal shoes just like that. The chick he was staring at was later drugged and when she woke up, she ended up living with seven dwarves. OK, it sounded like two bedtime stories mingled in a very twisted way, but you feel me, right?

Being electrified by his gaze, I felt completely naked, standing on the stone-cold floor in bare feet.

All the girls looked enchanted, batting their eyelashes at Lucas.

"Lucas, do you have any plans for tonight?" Jessica adjusted her bra and said. "My dad was on a trip to Spain this week. We can sneak into his wine cellar and get some cool shit..."

To my surprise, Lucas ignored her and walked straight at me.

Then, in everyone's gaze, he got down on one knee and held my ankle.

The moment his fingers touched my skin, my legs became jelly.

I had to stop breathing to stop my body from shivering like a sift.

He lifted my foot and put it on his knee. Then, he gently placed it onto the sole and pulled the strap of the heel over my ankle.

I almost hit an organism when he pulled the strap. I took a glance at Jessica, whose eyes were popping out of her sockets.

Then, he looked up at me and said with tremendous tenderness in his voice, "The floor is cold. You need to put on shoes, Miss..."

"Reid," I finished his sentence in a quiet voice like I was enchanted. "My name is Louisa Reid."