What are you, Five?

The car screeched and came to a stop.

I opened one of my eyes to see the situation, still shaking , when I noticed we were in the middle of the road.

"Why are you closing your eyes?" Blake asked me as I turned to face him

"What the fuck Blake?" I growled at him

" I can't believe you're taking all the AP classes, that is like abnormal intelligence, and I thought Asher was the most abnormal person in the world", Blake mused

" No, you're the most abnormal person, now would you please move the car before we get killed right now, are you mad?" I yelled frantically as horns blared around us.

Some overtaking and flashing us a middle finger as Blake laughed and moved the car.

I sighed and rested my head on the seat , looking outside the window.

In less than two minutes , Blake pulled up Infront of what I assumed was the school, it looked so preppy.

Well after all the name was Hamilton Prep, so it was quite fitting.

"I need to go and meet the guys, I'm already late for practice, would you wait for me here?", Blake asked me as we both got out of the car.

I could already feel the stares, it seemed my 'brother' was a godlike presence here.

"No , go ahead, I'm good, I'll figure things out", I told him as I grabbed my bag and closed the door.

"Mum gave me your number, you've mine, yeah?", I nodded.

"Call if you need anything, bye sis",Blake said as he jogged away.

I took deep breaths, snapping the band on my wrist, my breath shaky, as I walked into the school, luckily the halls was not all that rowdy.

Lilah had printed all the documents, timetable and guides that I would need and cleared every thing with the admin, so that I would not need to go to the office.

I looked down at the map, the first thing I needed to do was to locate my locker, so I could dump all these stuffs inside.

In the process of trying to figure out the map, I bumped into someone.

"What's with me and bumping into people today " I muttered under my breath

"I'm so sorry",we said at the same time , and we both laughed.

I looked up to see a guy towering over me, he had red hair with freckles smattered on his face.

He smiled at me as I handed me my things that had fallen.

" I'm so sorry, I was so engrossed in what I was doing, I didn't see you there, he apologized.

"Me too, I'm sorry". I muttered.

"Are you new here, I've not seen you around before", he asked me as I nodded.

"No offence, but you're really very pretty , what is your name?, I'm Daniel, but everyone calls me Danny.

"Uhm, I'm Audrey, I think everyone calls me Audrey",I muttered.

"I hope I didn't make you uncomfortable, don't worry I've a very very serious boyfriend, but your beauty is just out of this world, model like stuff ", Danny said as I laughed, suddenly setting me at ease with that knowledge.

" Do you need help with that?" He asked.

I was about to say no, but knowing that it would take me forever to figure everything out, I nodded.

"Okay, let's go find your locker ", Danny said as he took the paper from my hand and started going down the hall motioning for me to follow him .

I followed him and we stopped Infront of my locker.

I saw the gold lettering,'246' on the burgundy locker.

" Thank you so much", I told him as he directed me on how to input my pin in the keypad and lock it.

" Well your first class is AP Eng, wow all your classes are AP , even geometry and calculus, that is sick",Danny said in shock.

I was used to that reaction already.

The bell rang as we stood there.

"Let me lead you there, Mrs Heathrow I heard is a stickler for punctuality",Danny said as we hurried towards the class.

"Thanks again,Danny" I said as I collected the timetable from his hand after he had explained how I could find my other classes.

"It's okay, I'll see you at lunch and save a seat for you". He waved and walked of to his own class.

I took deep breaths and opened the door , luckily, the teacher wasn't in class yet, I scurried to the empty seat at the back by the window, hoping not to draw any kind of attention.

The class quickly filled up, I noticed Asher enter the class, his gaze locked on mine as he strode towards me.

"Get up, that's my seat", he said with a scowl.

"Are you for real?" I raised my eyebrow at him.

"What are you, five? Is your name on the seat, go find another", I continued as I rolled my eyes and averted my gaze to the window, angry at Asher's stupid attitude .

"I don't think you know how things work here, but let me pity you and tell you be ause next time, I might not be as forgiving as I am right now" Asher sneered at me.

There was barely any space between us as he slammed his hands on the desk

I jumped in fear as I looked into his dark eyes . I averted my gaze quickly.

" You're in my personal space" I managed to mutter ,my voice shaking

Asher searched my face, opening his mouth to say something else

"Mr Dominguez , please go take a seat,now!", the teacher interrupted him as he took one last menacing glance at me.

He growled and sat down on the empty seat beside me.

"So class before I proceed, we have a new student, stand up and introduce yourself".

I was beside myself with nerves , struggling to compose myself as I stood.

"Uhm, I'm Audrey Hepburn , nice to meet you". I finished, glad that I hadn't thrown up or stumbled over my words.

"okay, sit down, so where did we stop in the last class".

I drowned out Mrs Heathrow's voice , still shaken up my Asher's attitude all day .

It was like he was two different persons in the same body.

I was snapped out of my thoughts when I heard my name,.

"Uhn", I looked up.

"Mrs Hepburn, it seems that you've better interests that what I'm teaching?".

"No, I'm sorry ", I muttered.

" I asked you a question .Adumbrate on the key theme in Odyssey, and if you can't, I'm pretty sure, this class is not for you".

Mrs Heathrow said with a scowl, I knew her kind, those kind of teachers that hated change and wanted only the best.

"Mrs Heathrow, we have not even covered Odyssey yet, ", Asher spoke up.

Was he coming to my defence, I thought.

He was so confusing.

"I do not remember having asked for your opinion, Mr Dominguez, so can it".

"It's fine, I can answer it", I said as I stood upright, it was an easy peasy question.

I started talking about the book, I explained a summary of it, I even went ahead to share my opinion of the writer's aim in writing, I rambled on and on, that I forgot where I was, I was so lost in pouring out the knowledge I had accumulated, by the time I was done, I saw everyone staring at me, even Mrs Heathrow.

"Hmmm, how do you know all this?", Mrs Heathrow asked me, trying to hide her surprise and pride.

"I've read the book", was all I said as I sat down

And she cleared her throat and continued with her class.

I turned to see Asher staring at me with an unreadable look on his face.

I looked away quickly.

The rest of the class was uneventful.

After a while the bell rang.

As I packed my stuffs to head to my next class, I was shoved back to my seat.

I looked up to see three muscular guys towering over me.

"Hello, pretty girl" One of them said, leaning into me.

I tried to stand up and leave, but I was just shoved back, I was visibly shaking in fear as they laughed at me.

" I think everyone saw your drama with Dominguez, and now we are confused as to why he didn't put you in your place." The guy who had earlier pushed me said.

He seemed like the leader of the trip

Suddenly he raised his hand to tuck my hair behind my ear and I flinched causing them to laugh all the more.

From my peripheral, I tried to search for Asher or Blake but I couldn't find them . I only saw students filming everything as tears rolled down my eyes.

"Are you sucking his dick with your pretty little mouth", he asked as everyone laughed.

Suddenly out of reflex , I rose my hand and slapped him.

The whole class grew quiet.