267.Chapter Two.
It's been four periods and there's still no sign of the new guy in town. It's also been four periods of disappointed sighs and grunts from girls who expected the new guy in their next class. I'm an exception of course. Sure he drove a sports car – Jay Leno does too and he's not someone they'd want to seat next to for sure.
"That's just great. I even rushed through the crowds after each period but I still didn't get to see his shadow or anything." Frankie sighed as we walked out of class.
"I'm curious about him too. With my new image he'll just be another face in the crowd." Joshua, oh make that Josh, continued laughing victoriously. He hasn't won anything yet though.
I didn't have any idea how this new guy looks like but judging buy Joshua's appearance right now, anyone who combed their hair and took a bath would look better than him.
"It's all about that new guy. I thought you guys were different. I mean..," I rambled before Frankie cut me off by putting her arm around my shoulder.
"Allie! That's why your life is so boring! You don't dare to try new things!" She said with a frown of mockery.
"Frankie he's a person not a thing. I don't think I'd want to try him. EVER." I shrugged her arm off my shoulders and continued walking towards the cafeteria.
"I think Frankie's right. " Josh said, closing his compact mirror.
"I told you so." Frankie raised a brow.
I rolled my eyes and retorted. "I'd consider when a more intelligent being…" I eyed Joshua and continued, "backs you up."
His jaw dropped and his eyes widened. "Ugh. I hate you." He said, each word articulated stressfully.
I smiled at him sarcastically before he hit my hip with his.
"I'm intelligent in my own ways. Unlike someone I know." Joshua looked away dramatically.
"That someone doesn't happen to be me right?" Frankie scrunched her nose making her freshly trimmed; unevenly lined eyebrows sink down her wide forehead.
"Oh, whatever made you think so?" He replied with sarcasm and a sly smile.
"At least I'm not some guy who spends money to get his hair cut then get it extended again." Frankie said without looking at him.
"What's so bad about that? I'm helping the economy." He raised his perfectly thinned brow.
Frankie walked up to Joshua with her hands akimbo. "Well I think that's stupid."
My dear metro friend looked like he just saw someone cut his marc Jacob pants in to shreds. "Oh, you're asking for it!"
Here they go again. They fight over the most trivial things. I did worry sometimes thinking I'll somehow catch their so called 'stupid'.
"Hey guys stop it. Look, that's just…" Ugh forget it. The last thing I wanted was to get tangled in their petty fight. Even so, I still found myself in between them in the middle of the cafeteria. They were seriously trying to kill each other and I was just not fond of blood and gore. Yeah, I thought that was it.
The noise in the cafeteria got even louder. I looked around wondering if their fight had attracted unwanted attention. Instead, I saw everyone's eyes fixated an the entrance. I had a feeling that I know just why. Girls were squealing now but before I can even look behind me I found myself losing my balance. I was pushed by Joshua and Frankie in the middle of their tussle.
"Oh my go-."
I tried my best to stop my self from falling but it was too late. I felt a tray hit my backbone and everything went crashing down. I closed my eyes and I heard a loud thud. Oh, and my butt hurt – A LOT.
"Intuition tells me I'm the new laughing stock of Lincoln high..." I thought to myself as I slowly opened my eyes. I hesitantly looked around. Based on the expression of the people around me, it's probably what my intuition told me.
"Watch where you're going, freak! This soup was scalding hot!"
Just my luck! Turned out the person I hit was just the jock wannabe Elton who was also from drama club who always had beans for lunch. No one special – but he did have the loudest mouth in school and squawked like a bird.
I looked around the floor and looks like I spilled his tomato soup everywhere. Including his face. The crowd was still noisy but I lacked the guts to see whether they were looking so I just immediately smiled at him.
"Uh ha..ha…" Shit there went my awkward laughter! "That was an accident. Sorry."
He got up and brushed away the broccoli off his sweater. He looked like he was involved in a car accident with red stains on his pants. Tragic.
"Look what you did Frankie! Allie? Are you okay?" Josh rushed to me and helped to prop me up.
"Me? It's you who pushed me so I pushed her then she hit him. Oh God she hit him! Allie!" Frankie's especially slow thinking never failed to amaze me.
"Thanks for noticing." I mumbled as they helped me steady my self. I was covered in tomato soup too and vegetables were on top my hair.
"This is just nasty. Yeah nasty." Josh stuck his tongue out while helping me take the vegetables and err...some meat off my hair and shirt.
"Seeing your expression makes me want to barf even more." I told him.
"Eew. What's this?" Frankie held a piece of an unidentifiable object in front of my face dangling it with two fingers. It was on my hair. Ugh…
"Thanks, Frankie. Very encouraging." I continued picking off food on my shirt.
"You are so lucky." Elton gritted at me with fury in his eyes. If I were a boy he would've punched me across the face and mopped the floor using my hair.
"Elton, you look better than ever. You rock that look!" Joshua waved his hand with his signature 'common sense please' expression.
He glared at him. "Thank me I don't beat girly guys, fag."
Joshua's mouth opened wide and his eyes looked like they were about to fall off. "Ah. I am a metro guy okay? Fag is such a demeaning word. I hope you're not hiding skeletons in your closet." He barred his teeth at Elton before snubbing him.
The cafeteria's noise had lowered suddenly so I finally decided to look around and say that every thing's alright but what I saw shattered my pride.
People at the cafeteria were totally not looking at us. Their eyes were fixated somewhere else. I looked at Frankie and she was stunned like everyone else. I followed her gaze and I almost peed my pants.
I saw a tall guy dressed in a sleek white long sleeved shirt with wide v-neck line topped with a black and gray striped sleeveless vest and fit black trousers you see on equestrian athletes.
His messy, well stylish-type of messy, auburn hair looked golden at parts hit by the sun's rays. His skin so smooth it disgraced me, bright emerald green eyes that can suck the life out of you with one look and nicely curved lips. He was gorgeous.
Everything blacked out as he walked closer. I was petrified and I almost suffocated when he passed by me. I could smell his perfume at such distance and I couldn't turn my head to look at him when he walked past me.
"BAM!"
I was like suddenly revived from a state of coma. The cafeteria's noise heightened and I quickly looked at the source of the sound.
"Oh. My. God." I mouthed as I felt my blood run dry. This was something I never saw coming.
The guy – the gorgeous guy - just slipped over the tomato soup and his fall definitely outdid my fall. He had his back flat against the concrete floor, tomato soup covered floor and his white shirts was suddenly half red.
Deep inside, I had the urge to laugh but guilt suppressed that urge and I could hardly move.
"Ow..." He mumbled softly, pulling his hand up and looking at the sticky substance on his palm.
As soon as he expressed pain people from everywhere flocked over him to assist him. Were they mocking me? No one even asked whether I'm alright when I slipped - aside from Joshua and Frankie.
I looked at Joshua and he gave me a 'it's your fault don't get me involved' look. I was shocked to see him suddenly become preoccupied with staring on the mystery guy, his mouth agape. I turned to Frankie and she was gaping so wide you can put a soccer ball in her mouth too. It's like I'm see through to my dearest friends.
The crowd was blocking him from my view but I stared still. After a few seconds, I could see his beautiful auburn hair that looked so soft to tou..., I meant I saw his tomato soup covered hair as he stood about a few centimeters taller than those surrounding him. He turned around slowly while wiping his face with his hand and then pulling his nose. He definitely didn't look happy. The crowd moved aside as he approached me, Frankie, Joshua and Elton who were suspiciously at the middle of the mess.
"Excuse me?" His voice was deep and soothing but we all froze up as we looked up to him. Gosh he looked so much better up close. Oh shit. He was talking to me! I looked terrible and wanted to crawl in some hole. Sadly, there wasn't any.
"Ah..ye..yes..?" I was stuttering and Joshua hit me lightly on the head. He then smiled at the new guy before adding, "Ha ha ha, don't mind her. What is it?"
He looked at me for a while before turning his attention to Joshua.
"I just want to ask who left this pool of soup here." He was smiling. I couldn't tell whether he was being sarcastic or not because his smile was too bright for me to care.
Joshua was left speechless. Our bond is tight. Very. He's not the type who leaves his friends to the enemy and runs away on his...
"Oh? It's her! This grungy looking girl - Allie come here!"
WWHAAAT?! Traitorous bastard!
The guy turned at me. People around us had gone suddenly silent. He had a serious expression and his cherubic smile was gone.
I looked at him and I felt cold sweat running down my cheeks.
"Uh...I can explain?" I said with a tone of uncertainty.
He suddenly attacked me by flashing a smile and saying nicely, "Next time maybe you could clean it up immediately? Then, accidents like this will be avoided."
I was not expecting that reaction from him. I smiled back and nodded my head, "Sorry. It will never happen again."
I didn't realize it but he was suddenly tapping my shoulder in that split second. I flushed like a tomato. I felt his hand on my sticky hair and he leaned close to my ear.
"I hope we don't have any class together. That would really piss me off."
I heard his whisper in his suddenly raspy voice which was in no way trying to sound friendly. He stood back up and the smile was still on his lips. Did I hear him correctly? Ha ha, this angelic face couldn't possibly say that right?
"He raised his hand and let go of the asparagus or whatever green thing it was, "You got this on your hair."
He then put his hands in his pocket before walking off in the same direction he has entered but before he was past me I looked at him one last time. He looked at me too but he was not smiling. His green eyes had lost the luster in them. They were dark and…menacing.
Were my eyes playing tricks on me? He was glaring at me! Then what I heard then was real! What a two-faced…
"Whoa, Allie! You're so lucky! I hope I'm the one who had spilled that soup!" Frankie cut my train of thought and went on to put her hands on both my shoulders shaking me back and forth.
My energy was all drained to answer and explain myself. I simply nodded at her and watched the guy's back as he disappeared from my view.
Why was this happening to me?
It was the first period of the afternoon and my best subject English: Classical Literature. I should be relieved by now since we'll probably never see each other again but then...I must have been a really evil person in my past life top be punished like this.
"Oh so the new student is in my English class. I just want to clarify, it's Hayden Hearst right?" Mrs. Barnes adjusted her spectacles and gave a snarky smile as she looked up from her class list.
"Yes it is." The new student replied.
"Okay then. I hope you brought your book Hayden. Everyone please turn your books for Classic English to page 43."
"Did you hear it? His name is Hayden!" Frankie had been irritating me nonstop. Joshua was in a different English class and now I'm stuck here with her alone.
"Oh my...Allie! He's staring at you!" She bit her lip as she nudged me.
I did not dare to look at the seat directly behind me. Not after I figured out that he was sitting there and glaring at me.
I could feel strong murderous intent directed at me ever since I sat here. And I wanted to tell Frankie, he's not staring at me. When someone's scowling with eyes intently staring at someone that's called glaring - glaring with an intention of murder.
So his name was Hayden. I was sure it was time to rename my dog.
A/N
heyy. It's an update! The new guy in town finally made an appearance! I missed Hayden! Did you? (: