Chapter 80Jessica's POV. I was searching for Nate all over trying to find out where he was hiding and how I could drag him out of his hiding place. This month, I didn't even think that he needed to give me a tangible excuse as to why he decided to waste his time and energy on something that definitely made no sense, and most likely would probably kick him out of school. I caught up with him just as he was rounding the alley, heading home. "Nate!" "What are you doing here?" He asked in shock, refusing to believe his eyes that I was standing in front of him trying to get answers, and I meant pertinent ones that would give me insight into what exactly his problem was. "You've got to be kidding me, asking such questions. Why did you take that risk to fight for me and now label yourself the wrong way?" I demanded, placing my hands akimbo. I couldn't concentrate in class because he wasn't present, and I kept thinking about the rumors that were flying around. It was all a matter of ti
Nate's POV. We stood in front of a disciplinary committee, but my mind was far away from this arena because nobody knew why I was fighting Roosevelt. I always knew he was an ass but I didn't know that he was going to move in on Jessica and try to make her life miserable. The Dean took a moment before addressing both of us, and I loved the fact that he wasn't just about to start going off and talking about the school rules, because if that was going to be the bone of contention, then we would have a lot to talk about. "So, what the hell is this about? I know it's not about the competition." The Dean asked with a small look of irritation on his face that store he couldn't bear our excesses anymore, but I wasn't here to start settling cases after I had made my point clear to him and expected that he follow it duly, or else he was going to regret all his actions. "He is a bastard who needs to be put in his place, that's what happened," I responded nonchalantly. This school had tried
Jessica's POV. Heading to school the next day wasn't as pleasant as I had imagined because I felt nothing short of frustration running through my veins. My mom was making staying at home unbearable for me, and quite honestly, I didn't think I could cope anymore with the excesses she was trying to dump on me at all costs. If she didn't think that I deserved to stay in the house, then she could come out straight with it instead of beating around the bush and trying to make me feel like a fool. "Yo, you've been missing all this while!" Roosevelt placed his hands around my shoulders, making me shrug his hands off immediately.I didn't know what was wrong with him, but I also didn't think that I liked what I was seeing at the moment. "Definitely not. Maybe you are the one who has been a little bit scarce." I removed his hands from mine stylishly. It was really crazy that he kind of expected me to be cool with him after the storms that had been pulled in that party and still expected
Nate's POV. I was tired of Jessica taking one for the team and if they were going to continue this way then they needed to come up with even more tactics of intimidation better than this that wouldn't make me come hard for them. I hated the fact that they thought that they could bully her into silence for trying to connect with me and I had not even done anything to warrant my father fidget just yet. He knew that there was a high chance of me uncovering his misdeeds and that was why he was going behind my back and trying to come up with even funny ideas that would make a normal person roll their eyes. "I don't care what it is you have with Nate. The only connection that both of us have is because we attend the same school and apart from that, we tried to be as civil as possible. I do not care about what is going on between both of you but you should also be aware that I would not be taking sides with murderers no matter what they believe they have done in my life." Jessica stated
Chapter 76Jessica's POV. "That boy isn't someone you get closer to. You have been distracted since you started moving closer to him and I wonder why. I am not trying to wedge a loop between the both of you but I only need you to apply your senses to whatever is going on. Do not go about inheriting his enemies because you want to show some sense of solidarity to someone that you barely know." My mother greeted me in the morning as soon as I descended the stairs. I had not the slightest idea of what was going on but I knew that something had transpired last night yet I couldn't bring myself to ask the question that desperately wanted to escape my lips. Who was she angry at and why did she think that it was good for her to try to run my life the way she wanted it and not the way I did? "I don't remember meeting up with anyone in the last few days so I don't understand what you are talking about." I said. She looked me in the eye and rolled her eyes. "You must be very bold to think
Chapter 75Nate's POV. "I don't see you being different." Jessica's words pierced through my skull, sounding like it was about to pull every sense out of my brain and leave me with nothing more than complaints. Did that show me the way she saw me? A guy who was bound to cause harm to a woman and even go as far as murdering her? This was disastrous and I couldn't stand to explain the kind of feeling that blossomed in my chest. I had received all manners of insults in my entire life but none of them had been so piercing and haunting as this. My phone rang incessantly. "Bro... Didn't you see the new posts online? Everyone has been talking about it!" Mike, a friend in my former neighborhood yelled. I groaned at the itchiness it instantly caused me. "If everyone was shouting at the top of their voices I don't know who is going to be left with their ears intact. Can you just head straight to the point inside of trying to make me go deaf?" I hissed. "It's obvious you have not seen th