Chapter 9
'Why does he act comfy and friendly at the same time?', I questioned my inner self.
I sat down and looked at the worried lady staring at me. '. Why does she look so worried ?, I asked no one in par. I quietly put my head down to rest my brain when I heard the siren signaling break. I raised my head and realized everyone was moving out of the class except my helper. I walked to her to say thank you.
"Hello", I called out
"Hey, sit there", she replied pointing to a chair closer to hers.
"What's your name?", I asked
"I'm Jennie Brooke ", she answered with a smile
"Thanks for helping me earlier Jennie"
"You are welcome "
"You said you wanted to see me", I reminded her.
"Oh yeah, I wanted to ask if we could be friends"
"Why not? Besides I can only befriend girls
"What do you…?"
"I simply mean, I dont enjoy boys company", I cut her off.
"I see"
"But why do you look so lonely?, I asked to keep a conversation
"That's because they say I'm a nerd", she answers feeling a little sad
"That's what they think?", I asked raising a brow.
I couldn't imagine this people calling a pretty girl like Jennie a nerd, her name is also perfect for her.
"Yep, is that how you also see me?, she asked breaking my thoughts
"Not at all, you are really perfect", I replied giving her a wink.
"So what's up, I think my tummy is crying out", I said with a giggle.
"Let's go to the cafeteria then", she suggested and and we both walked out of the class.
"You would have to take me around the school okay?, I said while we made our way to the cafeteria.
"I would be happy to do just that", she replied "but you would have to be careful of some people while here", she warned.
"Why?", curiosity was hitting me.
"Because they are dangerous and rude"
My heart stopped beating at the mention of 'dangerous'
"No need to worry about that", I simply replied hiding my fear.
"That reminds me, that guy occupying the last seat behind, who is he?"
"Oh you mean Ryan Parker?"
"Is that his name?
"Yeah, he's the leader of the R3 squad on campus", she simply answers
"R3 squad?", I asked wanting more information about that.
"Yeah, it's the initials of the members;Ryan,Reuben and Ryder", she explained."one last thing, please make sure to to offend any of those three", she added .
"Is he a bad boy, I mean Ryan?"
"As I said , he's their leader and with some kind of power that even the principal finds him difficult to control him sometimes
"So meaning he's a louche?, I simply stated
"Exactly", she replied like a kid. I looked at her surprised behavior and was marveled.' How can she behave like this at a mere mention of a guy'.
"Why do you look so happy", I asked teasingly
"Nothing, do I look happy?", she tried to hide it.
"Spill the beans my dear", I insisted " you can trust me", I quickly added when she was hesitating.
"He's my crush", he said while playing with her fingers.
"You mean you are interested in the louche?"
"Please keep it a secret ", she pleaded
"No need to worry about that, but is he aware of it?", I asked her.
"No, I can't let him know otherwise I'd be a laughing stock on campus"
"But why?"
"There was an incident like that when a girl confessed her feelings to him, she becam ridiculed because they said she wasn't beautiful enough to even have a feel of skin.", she simply narrated.
"Is it wrong to confess your feelings to someone ?", I asked confused.
"It's not but I just don't know why they behave like that", she said " haven't you confessed to any guy before?", she asked with a curious face.
"Not at all", I answered
"Dated before?", she continued to ask
"Nope"
"Let's take a seat here", she said pointing at a table at the far end of the cafeteria. We walked over to join the short queue for lunch. We remained silent in the queue till it got to our turn. Three guys came to cross us when it was our turn. I wanted to question them but Jennie tapped me to remain quiet. I shot her an are you serious look but she just nodded. After they had left, we took our food and went to sit on the table we have reserved.
"What was that for?", I asked her immediately we sat down but it was as if she couldn't hear me.
I followed her line of sight and realized she was staring at the three guys who crossed us. I snapped fingers at her to get her attention which I succeeded
"What were you saying?", she asked when she came to the present
"I've lost appetite, finish ur meal and let's leave ", I simply told her.
While Jennie kept enjoying her lunch, I was on phone then I saw the three guys walk out of the cafeteria.
"It's time for class, let's get going", Jennie said when she was done eating.
We left the cafeteria to class and what I saw was nasty and scary to my sights. Just the sight of two people kissing triggered something within me. I became so focused on the and that horrible experience appeared to me and there I was, lost.
"No stay away from me, please don't hurt…. don't come closer to…..", I continued crying out till I felt an arm pull me closer to its body to block my vision.
I stayed calm in the person's arms till everything was back to normal. I immediately jumped from the embrace when I looked around me. I was in the arms of Keenan and everyone in the class was gazing intently at me with murmurings all over.
"Why did you fix your gaze on them knowing it could affect you", Keenan scolded
"I …I …I thought….", without completing my sentence uncontrollable tears began to gush out of my eye.
I ran to the nearest washroom out of the class and sobbed my lungs out.' Why is this happening to me? Can I really cope with it? Will I be able to keep the smile on my parents faces?' , I couldn't stop asking myself so many questions.
"Aislin are you okay?", Jennie's voice interrupted my thoughts. I tried acting normal before replying her.
"Yep, I'm always fine, I'd be with you in a minute ", I responded.
"Are you sure you are fine?", she asked again
"No need to worry about me", I said trying to calm myself down. After trying to comfort myself, I moved out and smiled widely at her.
"What happened to you?", she couldn't stop worrying about me." Keenan asked me to come and check up on you", she added.
"I'm okay, it was just some hallucinations "
"Are you sure, you can talk to me about it", she said
"It's just a long story I don't want to remember "
"You can make it short if you really want to tell me", she insisted.