Thirty minutes later, the bell was ringing for the end of class. I turned around in my seat to meet face to face with Alessia. She was in the process of hanging her bag on her shoulder."Hey" she said, a small smile forming on her lips."Hi" I smiled back."So we meet again" she said.I could hear her heart beat wildly and oddly enough, it drove me on edge."I had a feeling we were gonna be seeing more often" I replied and she smiled. How does she always do that thing with her lips?"Hi" the girl seated beside her said, her hand extended across the table to me "I'm Ashley Peters, Alessia's friend""Yeah, hi," I took her hand "it's nice to meet you"Shaking her hands, I could feel almost everything about her. She's a really timid person, a brainiac, a super nice and completely sweet person who has little confidence in herself. "Waw," she chuckled as she pulls her hand away "that's some really warm hands you got there""Thanks. I.....ah...I'm a really warm person" I replied, concerned

When we reached our lockers, I saw Collin. I looked away, couldn't hold on to his pitiful stares. I didn't want him to apologise. But he's standing next to me in the next minute, saying nothing. I shut my locker close after picking up my bag to meet his face as he leaned his head against the next locker."I'm really sorry about today," he said, making me sigh "It's all my fault""No it's not, Collin, stop saying that. I'm the one who should be sorry for..... making your second day at school bad and...... about Patrick"When he did that smile with his lips again, I gasped silently."Go out with me tonight then and turn my day from bad to better" he said.I was stunned at first and I just stood there, staring at him. I never expected that. I gulped hard, my throat suddenly seemed so dried and I tried to speak. "I.... where would you wanna go?" Shit, I should've just said 'okay'."Anywhere," he replied "let's say..... I'll pick you up by Seven?""Seven? Oh.....I can't.... tonight. I tota

I started walking slowly along the sidewalk, face facing down. I walked for a few seconds, making a cornered turn to the street behind Tephanie's. I continued to walk, the thought of all that happened today replaying in my head.How could Patrick be so stupid? The thought of him hitting Collin makes me frown. I suddenly wondered how Collin was doing. I didn't have his number and couldn't call him. Suddenly, I was hearing his voice inside my head, all he said earlier before Patrick intruded, making me smile. I couldn't quite get a hold of this particularly humorous thing about him and it didn't seem to bother me. If anything, it pleased me to wonder about.Just then, I felt the presence of somebody walking behind me. I stopped, looked to the side to maybe catch the person's shadow but I saw nothing. Stopping completely, I turned around, my eyes gliding all over the wide streets road but nothing.... There was nobody coming behind me. That's strange. I could almost swear that I heard foo

I heard the closet door open and close behind me. I turned around but seth was nowhere in sight anymore. Hmmmm.... He better keeps his Wolfie thing to himself.I walked towards the gymnasium, anticipating seeing Alessia. The instant I saw her seated at the end of the spectators benches, pulling up her socks up her legs, my heart skipped a painful beat. I just stood there, watching her. She has her earpiece plugged into her hears , it's end connected to her phone in her hand.She rises to her feet, the brown short she wore clinging to the curves of her lower body, the pink upper body hug she wore mesmerizing.The rest of the girls stood scattered throughout the large room, a few talking and the others standing around.My eyes caught sight of Ashley as she started walking towards her. She wasn't dressed on their gym dress, she was still wearing her outfit from earlier. They stood talking for a while before she turned, catching me staring at her. She looks confused at first to be seeing

Patrick angrily cuts his hand away from his and let go off Collin's collar, pushing him back with a sneer. He turns around to face me, his eyes full of anger as he watched me. He watches me for a long while before leaving, his friends following him out of the gathering.I hurried over to Collin and reached for his shirt to help him fix it."I'm really sorry! Are you okay?""I guess this is how I'm gonna be getting beating if I wanna be with you, " he said jokingly "It's not your fault, Leesha" he added but still I felt responsible. Patrick gets into these fights with him because of me.I put down the cup on Jeremy's table and searched for a place to sit. I saw the empty seat around the fireplace and called him. We walked up and sat around the fire which was almost burnt out.We sat silently next to each other, watching the rest of the kids. My eyes caught sight of Amanda, Betty and Jordan involved in a long conversation. They seemed to be having so much fun. I was too until Patrick sh