Chapter 05~Cupcake~

"A cupcake a day keeps the tummy rumble away."

Iris's POV

"The civil war began from the year 1861 to 1865..." Our History teacher said monotonously clicking onto the next slide.

"It was as a result of the long-standing controversy over the enslavement of black people..."

Gosh! I hate History!

This period would have been longer, but luckily it's Friday.

Bell rings!!!

Finally, it's time for lunch. I was so much in a hurry to get my cupcakes, I couldn't even wait for Lizzy.

I have weird cravings.

I walked as fast as I could to my locker, surprisingly I saw Charlotte, one of the most popular girls, making out with some guy beside my locker.

Eww! Please get a room.

It took a while for me to get the cupcake from my locker. It was not long before I hit a brick wall, no that wasn't a wall, it was a guy's chest.

Ouch! It's so hard.

I accidentally stained his white shirt with my cupcake frosting. My dull eyes met with his electric blue orbs, his cologne was that of a mixture of ocean and mints. It was Zander.

Omg!!! why am I always bumping into him at the wrong time and place?

"I am so so sorry." I apologized deprecatingly, trying to clean the frosting, but I think it made it worst.

"Wait! you again! are you stalking me?" He said with anger rioting in his eyes.

I was about to say something, but I was interrupted by one of his friends, Aspen.

"Who do we have here?" He smirked at me, and I gave him an irritated look which made him smile even more.

"And why would I do that?" I faced Zander with a serious and yet offended look.

"Oooh, it seems like we have a fighter here." James playfully pushed Zander on the shoulder making him smirk, and the others laughed.

Boys!!!

"Well, to answer that question I am the one and only Zander Wayne, and it's obvious you bumped into me again so I would notice you. Well bad luck, it didn't work and never will."

Cocky, I see.

"Wow! you really think you are a celebrity." I faced him and narrowed my eyes at him.

"Well, cupcake I am." He smirked and winked at me.

"The name is Iris!" His friends all chorused "uuuuh"

"Interesting, Iris, the scholarship girl. I have heard a lot about you, but I just realized that I'm just flat out disappointed, I expected more". His lips twitched into a sly smirk.

I don't get, why can't they smile like normal people rather than smirk all the time. Maybe their lips are malfunctioning. Boys!!!

"Well, Zander it's not every girl that is drooling over you or dreaming about you, so snap out of it." I tried to walk away but his hands gripped my wrist so hard.

"Ouch! Get your hands off me." I was yelled causing a little attention from the student passing by.

"Remember this, I get whatever I want and before you know it you will be next on my list." He whispered with a faint tremor of seriousness in his tone and walked past me while his friends followed too, with a huge smile on their faces.

Touché!

I tried to hide my face from the crowd and ran to meet Lizzy sitting alone in the cafeteria, it seems like she have been waiting for me for a very long time.

"Omg! Iris where have you been? I have been waiting for you for the past eleven minutes and forty-nine seconds." She stated, glancing at her wristwatch and then at me, waiting for me to answer her.

"Well, it is a long story. Let's just forget it." She nodded and we started eating.

*Beep*

It sounded like the whole school got a text message at the same time.

"What the heck!" She screamed.

"What's wrong?"

She fixed her gaze on her screen as she scrolled through her phone. "Iris, everyone is talking about you" She whispered yelled still staring at her phone.

"What do you mean?"

"Apparently, everyone is saying you are on Zander's LIST." My mouth was wide open, I couldn't say anything, I was mystified and shocked.

Damn!!! the news really spreads fast here. Speaking of news, I'm so toast.

ZANDER's POV.

Oh, God! I hate history. I wonder why it is even a subject. I couldn't even concentrate may be because the teacher was blabbing about the civil war or the number of girls making seductive advances towards me.

Lord, please help me!

I strolled down the hall with the guys. As usual, I would hear the screaming of young teenage girls around me, but I tried to ignore it.

Damn! they are loud.

Something...or Someone bumped into me, staining my white shirt with cake frosting.

My eyes quickly met with hers. She had dull yet sparkling grey eyes with traces of black, it was so visible even through her glasses. She scented like lavender.

Wait! what's she doing here?

"I am so so sorry." She tried cleaning the frostings with her small hands, but it actually made it worst.

"Wait! you again! are you stalking me?" She seemed surprised by my question.

"Who do we have here?" Aspen interrupted her and she kind of felt irritated by his smirking face.

"And why would I do that?" She seemed very serious, making her look so cute.

Zander! be cool.

"Oooh, seems like we have a fighter." James playfully punched my shoulder and we all laughed, I could see smokes coming out of her ears.

"Well, to answer that question I am the one and only Zander Wayne, and it is obvious you bumped into me again so I would notice you. Well bad luck, it didn't work and never will."

Obviously, that's what most girl wants. They want my money, connection, or me.

"Wow! you really think you are a celebrity." She looked so furious. I'm loving her already.

Snap out of it Zander... she's like other girls seeking your attention. Besides, she doesn't seem rich.

"Well, cupcake I am." I winked and smirked at her, she's so cute when she's angry.

"The name is Iris!". The boys made an 'Uuuuh' sound with their mouths, while I rolled my eyes at them.

Whoa! Iris... Pretty name for a pretty lady.

"Interesting, Iris, the scholarship girl, have heard a lot about you, but I just realized that I am flat out disappointed, I expected more."

"Well, Zander it is not every girl that is drooling over you or dreaming about you, so snap out of it." I was taken aback, by the tone of her statement, she sounded really serious because I have never seen a girl talk to me like that, except her.

I grabbed her wrist before she walked out on me.

"Ouch! Get your hands off me". She yelled causing more attention from the students passing by, some of them held their phones taking pictures and videos of what was happening, but I ignored them.

Why can't they mind their damn business!

"Remember this, I get whatever I want and before you know it you will be next on my list." I smiled and we walked away.

She will be so easy. Girls! they are all the same.

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Hey guys.

I am literally in the mood for cupcakes with chocolate frosting right now.

So who likes Zander???.

Y'all should remember to vote and comment.

Love ibby_gal