11 Chapter Ten - The Art Club...
It was a Thursday morning when Briella and Nadia were on her way to the school building.
A layer of grey clouds blocked out any sunlight and instead for sunrays falling to the ground, the rain from the clouds did...
Briella held up an umbrella both Nadia and her, to protect them both from the rain as it fell down ever so gracefully.
'The rain...' Briella thinks. 'The rain... it reminds me of something...'. Then her thoughts quieten down as she listens to the rain hitting off all the surfaces, producing a soothing sound.
"The rain..." Briella mutters under her breath.
"Huh??" Nadia replies.
"UMMM!! Nothing!?!" Briella quickly answers. Then she lets out a deep breath before going back into her thoughts. 'The rain... it... it reminds me of... of my love life... dark and cold...'.
Suddenly, a deep sigh coming from Nadia catches Briella's attention. "I told you that the weather would worsen, didn't I?" Nadia says.
"You did, indeed..." Briella replies as they both approach one of the entrances of their school, before going straight to their assigned classes.
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The cathedral bell rings for 1:15 PM, and seconds later the school bell followed, dismissing the students for their second break.
"It's pouring outside..." Nadia mutters under her breath as they both stand by a window and watch as the rain increases in intensity. The yard outside is littered with puddles of rain. The rain has been falling throughout the morning, past their first break and till now. Looks like it has no intention of stopping anytime soon.
"Yeah..." Briella agrees. "Hopefully it will stop by the time school ends. I do have an umbrella and all... but the rain just feels depressing..." she adds.
"Yeah..." Nadia replies. "Looks like going outside is definitely out of any sort of plan.".
"Yeah..." Briella answers before she looks around them both. Her eyes stumble upon Ronan and Scarlett, they are both talking, then Scarlett laughs, causing in turn Ronan too to giggle along. Suddenly, Briella feels confusion when she sees Ronan's face become deadpan, emotionless. Seconds pass before he lowers his head, anger becoming obvious in his behaviour.
His head suddenly lifts up. He must have told something edgy to Scarlett when she began to back up. But what Briella didn't expect to witness is that Scarlett began to giggle before bursting out into laugher. Seconds pass before she begins to run.
"Scarlett!!" Ronan yells before he sets off behind her.
Such a scene causes Briella to raise an eyebrow. 'Okay, I officially don't understand their relationship...'.
Anyways, just as they both settle down...
"Hey, Briella," Ryan utters as he approaches Briella and Nadia. He looks at Nadia before greeting her too with a nod.
"Name's Nadia," Nadia says, before pushing out her hand towards him.
At first, Ryan is slightly surprised by her hospitability, but soon a pleasant smile is to take over his lips before his hand closes around hers. "Nice to meet you, Nadia, my name is-" suddenly he is interrupted.
"Yes, I know, your name is Ryan. Briella's future husbando," Nadia says with a teasing smirk, before breaking Ryan's grip and retracting her hand back to herself.
Immediately, Briella blushes at Nadia's words. "Nadia!"."
"Hmm?" Ryan reacts.
"What?" Nadia begins. "I see how you two have been spending some time together. Is there something going on between you two that I don't know? Eh?".
Briella's blush intensifies.
"What? What are you trying to say? Briella is my assistant and my friend, but nothing more..." Ryan replies in a strangely monotonic tone. Needless to say, slight confusion is present across his face.
Suddenly, Briella's eyes widen. 'A-a friend?...'. She looks up at Ryan who is looking at Nadia, who is looking at them both equally.
"Well, friends only for now..." Nadia says as another teasing smirk stretches across her lips.
Once again, Briella gasps in incredulity. "Nadia!!".
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The school bell chimes throughout the building, indicating the end of break and that classes are going to start very soon...
"Anyways, what's your next class?" Nadia asks.
"English, you?" Briella replies.
"Some subject that has got to do with maths..." Nadia says.
"Wait, you don't know your timetable??".
"Briella, it's our second week back, of course not. I mean, who would memorise their timetable in like two weeks, right?" Nadia states.
"R-right..." Briella replies, chuckling awkwardly. 'Well I did!!' she thinks. "Anyways, good luck, Nadia!".
"Right, you too, Briella..." Nadia begins. "See you in art club!!" Nadia shouts and waves at Briella as she begins running.
'What's with Nadia and running?? We still have a good amount of time to get to class...' Briella thinks to herself. "Anyways..." Briella sighs to herself.
But just as she was about to go off to class, she hears a slight commotion.
Turning around towards the noise, she sees a group of 5-8 school girls drifting through the hallway. Briella widens her eyes when she sees a tall guy in the middle, surrounded by the girls.
He has long-ish hazel hair. She can tell that his hair is soft from the way it moves fluently with every movement.
Then Briella notices something strange. He looks rather... uncomfortable...
'Or it's just in my head...' Briella thinks to herself.
Then, from all of a sudden, the guys' unexpected boost of confidence causes Briella's jaw to drop to the ground.
"Even after you spend all day looking at my face, you still want more. The pleasure will be all mine. Just don't say I didn't warn you.". Briella hears him speak in a low and seductive tone before ending his sentence with a wink.
While the girls around him shriek with excitement and happiness, Briella cannot hold back all the cringe from what she has just witnessed.
"Thank you, Liam!!" they all say in unison, that was right before they separate from him and go their own way, leaving the guy behind.
He stands tall with pride, but that was soon to change when he lets out a huge sigh before slouching down in relief. Just like that, all of his confidence is gone.
'He... he looks as if he has deflated...'.
Then, the guy looks up and noticed Briella's eyes on him. "H-hey, what are you looking at!?" he speaks up. Briella noticed the way his cheeks redden as his eyes widen. Against her will, Briella too reddens and widens her eyes.
The guy was the first to break their eye contact and with a 'humpf', he walks off.
'WHAT WAS THAT!?'.
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The school bell rings at 4 PM, marking the end of another school day.
"So is the art club in the same room as before?" Nadia asks.
"Well, I assume so, the same room as last year...". Briella suddenly stops as she realises what she just said. "Oh, right... you weren't in the art club last year...".
"You got that right..." Nadia replies, whilst walking behind Briella and keeping her eyes on her curled fingers, looking at her nails.
"Alright, follow me..." Briella says.
"That's what I'm already doing...".
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"Did you hear about a new exchange student coming to our school?" Nadia asks Briella.
"Wait, an exchange student?".
"Yeah, I heard rumours about it around the school. I hear that it's a she... but I have also heard that it's a he... anyways... I have also heard some more rumours about them being French..." Nadia replies.
"Ah, sweet!" Briella says. "Anyways, here was the art class from last year...".
At first, Briella looks through the window. She sees a few easels scattered here and there with a couple of students behind them. Some of which she recognized from that herd of girls that surrounded that one guy today.
"Looks like the art club will be held in this room too, just like last year..." Briella says as she opens the door, allowing both Nadia and herself inside.
Briella looks up to the front of the class, her eyes almost fall out of her head when she sees who is standing by the big board.
It's that same guy that she saw from the hall. That same guy, he is going to be their today's model!
'This can't be happening!'.
