Chapter 4

I felt a kind of discomfort in me as I gazed at him. Various thoughts raced through my head as I clenched my hands into a fist. My anger was eating deep into me and the very first thing I wanted to do was to strangle him to death for his past Actions but I couldn't do so. I had to be careful with this chance that was given to me all over again.

He walked into the school building with a brisk movement, his bag dangling from his hands. He walked in a way that would appeal to Anyone with his head held high. "The son of a bitch!" I clenched my hands into a fist and then banged it on the wall in front of me. I had been nothing but a fool to have trusted him as much as I did.

"The nerve he has to act all bosy and cool like nothing had ever happened or he didn't kill me. Gosh! I can barely stand any of them. They disgust me for real… geez!" Spittle gathered in my mouth and I had to throw it out. I Walked off to the restroom to do just that, holding a straight and unfriendly face. I turned the doorknob that led into the rest room and right there stood the same bastard who had killed me.

"Eii! Are you aware this isn't a male's restroom? This is for the female!" I snapped at him, clenching my hands into a fist. I was trying hard to control myself, my anger and all.

"And how does it affect you if I decide to use a toilet meant for the ladies?" He muttered in response, glared at me for a split second and then dashed off at once, his head still held high. I was dumbfounded and couldn't bring myself to utter a word after him even though I had a zillion of them that were waiting to be offloaded.  He slammed the door as he left and somehow, the sound of it echoed in my chest.

"Damn it regina! What did you just do? Just what? You should have shown him a bit of you? Is this how you plan to exact your revenge?" A voice snapped at me. I needed no one to tell me it was the receded part of me longing for justice that spoke.

"Come on! It came so suddenly and I wasn't preparing for a confrontation with him!" I said in my defense as I sat into the sink, rinsed my mouth and then glared at myself through the mirror.

"That's no excuse for the display of stupidity. That's not an excuse at all. Let's see how this goes by the way, you weakling!"

"Damn it! I'm not a weakling and you shouldn't call me one! Got it?"

"Then you have to fucking prove that you are not a weakling. You have to prove it and do the necessary thing."

The bell went off, signaling the commencement of classes.  I cleared my throat, straightened myself and then went out of the restroom to my class that was just a few walks away. The class was full by the time I got there with everyone already seated. I walked up to my seat and then sat still and silent while waiting for the teacher to arrive. I played a bit on my phone but soon got bored. I reached for my bag and was about taking out my pods when the teacher Walked in with her heels heralding her arrival. I laughed because it was quite funny but my laughter didn't last all the while. Someone came in just a few seconds later with his hands clasped to his back.  It was the same fool I met in the restroom, my evil boyfriend. The sight of him alone disgusted me.

"Good morning class!" She greeted with a wide grin laced to her brows. She looked really young whereas she was in her Forties already.

"Good morning ma'am!" The entire class chorused in one voice, forming a kind of melody to the ear.

"It's great to see you all in class and on time. It's nice because I have someone to introduce to you. He's a new student and he'll be in your class.  He's Dean Parker and he's a really nice guy!" She mumbled and then paused a while to see our reaction. When she felt impressed by our reaction, she asked him to go sit. The moment she sat that, my heart skipped a bit. There were only two vacant seats. Our gaze locked and somehow, he grinned evilly at me. Something told me from the way he grinned that he would want to come to sit beside me and that was the last thing I ever wanted. I didn't even want to have him by myself for even a split second and that showed how disgusted by him.  I looked to my left and just beside Jason was an empty sit. Nice ..

I flew to my feet with immediate alacrity, packed my load and moved to the vacant sit just beside Jason, taking everyone by surprise. I could see the disgust in his face but I dodn give a damn. I poked my lips at him and then turned my head towards Jason who was in shock as to why I came to sit by him. "Do you mind if I sit beside you?" The words trailed out of my mouth with a bright smile that revealed my sparkling dentures. His eyelids flickered uncontrollably like there weren't being controlled by an invincible switch.

*Yes… yes .  You can sit beside me… I do not have a problem with it!" He finally said after taking him almost thirty seconds to speak. That was the first time I heard Jason stammer and it was shocking but not more shocking than the look on the faces of everyone in class and most especially the look of anger that adorned the face of the new student… yeahh, dean parker. I quite forgot his name. Much less important he was that I couldn't even remember his name. Lol. He was left with no choice than to sit on the other chair.

"Great! Now that you have all settled in, we may start the class!" She mumbled, turning her back to us as she began to write on the white board. I sighed, wondering when she was ever going to advance more than she was at the moment. Isn't she aware that the interactive board is being used by all and is what she should adopt. I stole a glance at Jason and was surprised to see him smiling. it was weird but not as weird as it would have been if I was to sit with Dean parker.

"Why do you have this bright smile? Is anything the problem?" I couldn't help but ask, though in low whispers as I couldn't afford to get caught by the teacher.

"Huh!" He stared at me, a bit confused. I could bet he did that on purpose, pretending like he didn't hear my question. Perhaps he was trying to process the right answer to give me and was only trying to buy time for himself. Well, I repeated myself as I scribbled the notes down. "Why do you have this bright smile?"

"Oh that! It's nothing much, just that I find it strange that you should come to sit beside me. I thought you hated me so much and couldn't stand the sight of me?" He muttered as he stopped writing. He fixed his gaze on me.

"Yeah… I do hate you but I still will choose sitting down with you than that good for nothing bastard."

"Excuse me!"

"Oh! Don't mind me. I still hate you though.. " I scoffed.

"Ouch! That hurts. It's nice having you beside me though…" He still had that grin..

"Yeahh.. let's concentrate so we don't get sent out. We have lot of time to chat…" I whispered, smiling back at him.

Somehow and only God knows what made me turn my head in Dean's direction. I was shocked to see he still had that frown on his face. "Gosh! Why is he so affected by my Actions? He should be extremely careful with me the next time… this is just the beginning." He raised his head and again, our eyes met. His was filled with anger for what I did to him and mine was filled with hate. It was so intense and unfriendly that somehow, the teacher noticed our stare and had to clear her throat. '"is that a kind of chemistry I'm noticing between Mr Dean and our beloved Regina?" She teased but I didn't find it funny.

"Definitely not. You're highly mistaken ma'am. I do not speak with those who don't know how to speak to someone or even differentiate a male gent from the female…" The entire class erupted in laughter and this time, Dean's face had turned extremely red.  He was mad as fuck.