BAD BOY

#Chapter4 BAD BOY

/"You are not going to change, Ryder. Just take your book for god’s sake,/" she shouted with irritation. But still, Ryder was calm to the core. He’s looking like ‘I don’t give a damn care about anything. I turned behind to see him. I wish I could say ‘Hi’. Can I say it? Will he notice or ignore me? Getting embarrassed is not what I wanted. The teacher was busy writing the sum on the board. My hands took the minute as an advantage and waved at him. Ryder noticed me. He little shakes his hand and smiled at me. Oh god, he remembers me. Of course, he can remember. I only met him yesterday.

/"Sorry mam, I won’t come late like this. Forgive me. Can I come inside?/" I heard my best friend Pearl’s voice at the class entrance. She’s back.

/"You have never been late to class, Ms Brown. Try not to make this mistake again,/" she said and let her inside. Pearl came panting.

/"I am sorry, Em. I caught up in a situation. I had a fight with my boyfriend. He’s pissing me off./" She complained and sat next to me. Boyfriend?

/"You never said you had a boyfriend? Why did you hide that?/" Now I am the one who’s pissed off.

/"We didn’t get time to talk, Em. We didn’t get time to talk for the last three months. It all happened in these three months. I will surely fill you up with everything./" she assured me with her hands on my shoulder.

/"Okay. I am counting on you. But first, what’s his name?/"

/"Andrian. He’s a senior student at Edgewood high. He will be graduating sooner. That’s where the fight started. Anyway, what did you do while I was gone? I know you would have got so bored. I am.../" I stopped her non-stop by saying two lines.

/"I wasn’t alone. I met Jason Byrne./"

/"Jason... Jason Byrce. That Billionaire’s son...Are you serious?/" she gave a shocking reaction and her voice was a little too loud.

/"Don’t shout. I will tell you what happened in the garden./" I silently whispered to her everything that happened an hour ago.

/"Wow... will you introduce me to him? I just want to get an autograph from him and his mother and even his father. My cousins will get jealous./" she spoke with a deep silly intention.

/"Why do you want an autograph from his whole family?/" I said, annoyed by her wish.

/"He’s a model, his mom’s an actress and his father’s a doctor and owns a hospital. I want to show off to my friends and cousins. You can only understand if you are a die-hard fan of a celebrity./"

/"Bla… bla... I get it. But I choose not to understand./" I replied, scribbling in my note. She didn’t argue or lengthened the conversation. Instead, she said something which made my heart beat faster.

/"Why does a bad boy is looking at me? Did you do something annoying to him? He didn’t look angry, but he’s staring at you since I entered the class./" She said, looking in his direction.

/"He...I... I know him. He’s my neighbour./" I try to sound calm. Then, the teacher turned towards us.

/"I am going to make you sit in pairs. Finish the sums for the remaining two classes,/" she said and called out random names to pair us. I want to sit with Pearl. We won’t usually get what we get. But if we don’t get what we want, then we may get something bigger than that. That’s true. Because the teacher randomly let Ryder sit next to me. OH, MY GOD.

/"Hi, Emily. My brother enjoyed the pie cake you gave me yesterday. Did you cook it?/" he asked me the minute he sat next to me.

/"Yeah... I mean no. My mom did it./" I nearly forgot what I was saying. He simply nodded his head.

/"Could you share your book? I don’t have anything right now,/" he said and moved closer to me. Why is my heart beating faster? I stayed silent for some minutes and we talked normally about the sum. But then I asked something stupid.

/"When did you start having tattoos?/"

/"I got my tattoos when I was ten or eleven./"

/"You had the Phoenix and wolf from childhood?/" I asked with a surprised look.

/"I was right. You were enjoying the view yesterday,/" he said as one side of his lips corner turned up.

/"No. I wasn’t,/" I blushed. Stupid me.

/"Can we study for a while?/" I changed the topic and turned my gaze towards the book. I enjoyed the view. I can be true to myself.

/"I don’t want to read,/" he said, closing the view while keeping his eyes on me.

/"You don’t want another detention. Let’s find the balance to this sum./" I said, flipping the page.

/"I can rather get your ten-digit number than find this number,/" he said, keeping his hands on the table getting a full view of myself. Did he just ask for my number?

/"I can make a deal. This is my number. Can we study now?/" I asked him, writing down my number on the note.

/"This note belongs to you. Write it here,/" he said, showing his palm. Okay. I can gladly do that.

/"Here you go,/" then we studied for an hour. Even though we didn’t speak anything personal. Still, I had a good time with them. I spoke and thought of him the most. I have no idea whether he understands. He didn’t look like he understood anything. All he did was stare at me and copy the answers from my note.

Finally, the bell rang. It’s time for lunch. The class dispersed, and Ryder and I are talking instead of leaving the class.

/"You are studying pretty well. This is the first time I am talking with a rank holder. I had a good time. I may have learned something I guess./" he said, running his hands over his hair.

/"I hope you did. I spent my time for you instead of doing it alone./"

/"Yeah. It seems like you like being alone a lot. Do you have a boyfriend?/"

/"You could have guessed it by yourself,/" I said, getting up from the table. I think I could ask him to eat lunch with me. At least, I can talk about something other than studies.

/"You don’t have a boyfriend. Am I right?/"

/"Yeah. It’s easy to say. What about you?/" I asked before asking him to come with me for lunch.

/"I don’t do the girlfriend-boyfriend thing at all. There’s no guarantee for long last relationships for anyone. I can rather hook up and move on./" he simply answered. I frowned. The way he judges all the relationships isn’t good.

Suddenly, someone approached Ryder. /"He’s back in the city, Ryder? What can we do?/" the first guy spoke with fear.

/"He’s back again. I am not letting him leave alive. I am coming now./" Ryder spoke with anger. He nearly forgets to say ‘bye,’ to me.

/"Ryder, are you leavin.../" I started.

/"I need to go. I will see you later, Emily,/" he rushed off with that word.