Chapter 2

The noisy class quieted once Mr. Clark walked into it. I frowned remembering that there was a stupid science project. I rolled my eyes when he brought out a long roll of names and began to call in happiness.

The names went on and on; along a point, he muttered into the empty silence.

"Betty and Danny"

I could see betty frown, from a point of my eyes as little snickers evaporated all around the class. Danny was another joke in school; in fact, more like me and a part of me felt bad for him.

The list went on and just when I thought that he had probably skipped my name he uttered.

"Kathy and Aiden"

At first, nothing registered and my head was just blank. The whole class gasped, some eyeing me and some staring at me in both jealousy and disgust and then I sank into my seat, realizing that I have just been paired with one of the hottest guys in school.

Betty stared at me green in envy, her lips curving downwards in sadness, and for once, I felt happy for having something that she didn't even though, I didn't technically have it.

When my eyes shifted from her to Aiden, and my little happiness was wiped out of my heart. He didn't look happy at all. His green glinted annoyance and I felt a sudden tug of pain hugging my heart.

I knew it, everyone hated me.

***

The whole hallways were packed with students again and noise flooded every bit of it. I could see eve, my former best friend now lurking as one of betty's minions and a frown covered my face again, remembering that she also stole my best friend from me.

I sighed within; closing my lockers shut. The siren had rung for lunch but for some weird reason, everyone was still parked in the hallways.

My eyes fell on Aiden who was standing at some corner in the hallways circled by his multitude of popular friends. I could spot, mike, one of his closest friends standing next to him and laughing over something that he said.

I sighed, realizing that I would have to do this anyway. I breathed in and out and then, slowly walked my feet down to the crowd of guys.

"Aiden", I called when I was just next to him. He turned along with everyone that was with him.

I felt my feet crippling beneath me as I tried to keep my hands from shaking at the sight of everyone staring at me. I fished out my phone, passing it towards him to place his number into it.

Even if I was planning to kill myself, it was only necessary, as my mum might ask for the details of the project.

Though, a deeper part of me knew that that wasn't true at all. I just wanted to have something. Something that would forever keep betty looking in jealousy.

Aiden looked at it with a blank expression on his face but he didn't move or do anything. He just left me standing, stretching out my phone awkwardly with everyone staring at me.

I could hear slight giggles and whispers of people who were still hanging in the hallways, staring and watching me in mockery.

Some called me ugly ducking. Some even said that I was obviously forcing myself on him and didn't know that he wasn't happy to be my project partner.

I died within, curling my fingers around myself in fright as I slowly retreated my phone and then a chuckle was heard a few distances from us.

"if you don't want her number, I do"

Dark curls, deep black eyes and a look of danger itself came walking towards us.

He stopped right next to me, using his left hand to trap me against the lockers; even in front of everyone and I stared in a daze.

"Missed me"

He muttered and when I managed to get out of my daze, a frown followed. He was looking at me critically and after a while, he chuckled.

"You don't remember me?"

I shook my head, not able to speak right now and thankfully Aiden spoke drawing all the attention away from me.

"Cade"

He muttered almost bitterly and the faces of everyone alongside Aiden were covered in a frown.

"What?"

Cade uttered, in the same line of tone and I looked in between them in confusion.

"I see that you never mind your business", he uttered, his eyes shifting almost in a brief from cade to me.

Cade smirked, pulling me at my arm to rest against his side, and I froze. " she's my business"

Aiden stared his face as hard as a rock. "Walk away"

He muttered and cade's smirk only widened, his grip falling to my hands as he turned in the opposite direction.

"Of cause"

As we walked down the hallways, everyone was staring at the scene almost in disbelief as they whispered between themselves in utter confusion.

Betty was one of them, staring as though she had seen the demon rise from the grave though, it felt nice to be the centre of something for once. I knew deep down that, they weren't actually fighting over me. I was merely a medium used to satisfy their burning desire to belittle the other.

Not to add the fact that I seriously didn't know the guy who was holding me tightly and walking me down the hallways.

Have I met him before?