Chapter 5

***ROYAL HIGH***

Fernando's gaze fell to her lips and he contemplated whether to kiss her or not. Fuck her for making him feel this way but hell, he couldn't risk it just yet.

He had been acting so mean to her and he wasn't planning to stop just yet.

Alexia also came back to her senses when she heard what he just said. She could read his mind perfectly well but only in trivial times.

"Well then, keep it up," Alexia said as she moved away from him.

"Keep what up?" he asked and she shook her head.

"Did I just say that out? Oh don't mind me" Alexia said with a weird laugh as she went her way.

Fernando also shrugged and kept on following her. "I'm crazy, I must say, how could I continue to go after her when I almost kissed her just now?" he thought to himself.

"This won't do" he added and went through the opposite pathway.

Alexia stopped walking and looked back. "That scumbag!" she gritted and suddenly heard a noise.

She looked around but didn't see anything. She closed her eyes and the picture became clear. She saw exactly where the commotion was and even those that were there.

"Those douchebags! Do I have to break their legs before they learn???" she growled and walked briskly to the place.

As expected, she saw Tristan and his gang with another guy, obviously their prey.

"Look who we have here" Tristan chuckled and signaled for Leonardo to hold her down.

He went to her and she immediately stepped on his toes with her heels.

"Arrrgh!" he shouted but she never released his leg. She smiled and waited for Tristan's next move.

He suddenly grabbed the victim by the neck, making him choke.

"I'll just end him here if you don't let go of Leonardo" Tristan muttered as his hand tightened on the guy's throat.

Alexia let him go and started walking to Tristan. "Let him go now, and face me instead," Alexia said confidently and he smirked.

"Why? Are you scared of losing to a lady?" she asked making sure she rill him up as much as possible.

Tristan scoffed and pushed the guy away violently. "You sure have the confidence to stay here and rant about the impossible when I could rip off your clothes and fuck you right here while Landon will take a good shot and post it on the school blog," Tristan said as he moved closer to her.

She kept moving back, unsure of what to do. She didn't want to use her powers in front of him, she just couldn't risk getting her covers blown in this situation.

Her back hit the wall and he hovered over her, he trailed his fingers over her cheek down to her jaw. She kept taking deep breaths to calm her hitching palms.

She looked around through the corner of her eyes and counted those that were there.

Apart from the two Tristan guys, the only person that was there is the half-dead guy that was being bullied by these giraffes standing before her.

Alexia concluded that it would take her just a minute to wipe their memories of seeing her use her superpowers.

She closed her eyes tight planning to attack him once her eyes came open but she got caught in her plan when she opened her eyes and met Fernando in front of her instead of Tristan.

"Are you okay?" he asked as he looked over her for any injuries.

He sighed when he saw none. She quickly walked away and ran down the stairs.

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Fernando couldn't get his head straight since he came back from the administrator's office. He was sure he saw her eyes the moment she opened them.

But what was that? Her eyes had never been like that ever since he had met her so why did they change within seconds??

He just couldn't wrap his brain around an answer. But another question was why does she have to hold back and do nothing if the guy was going to rape her?

It made him wonder how she had always taken care of bullies up until now if she was always reluctant.

Was she hiding something? He had that feeling too, that she was hiding something very deep and he was almost convinced when Summer talked about that too.

What could it be? Would it be okay for me to watch her? And find out what she's concealing?

"Get yourself together, Fernando. Why must you always poke your nose into other people's businesses?" he muttered slapping himself as he stood and went to the F5 classroom.

*****

***THE BANKS MANSION***

"I mean, how could this happen, I never wanted to shoot with Fernando Grayson!" Alexia shouted as she paced back and forth in front of the television.

"Hey, do you remember that you're obstructing our views right now?" Miss Banks said and Annie nodded in agreement.

"How is that important right now? I mean you could do something about it, right? Mom please just do something about it" Alexia pouted like a baby.

"Hey!!! Am I the director of the company? How will I do something about it when I have nothing to do with your shoots?" Miss Banks yelled.

"I smell something fishy here, I mean, the only reason why you could be so against shooting with the most handsome guy I've ever known is either him being a pervert or the thought of him being at a close distance makes your heart flutters," Annie said thoughtfully as she glared hard at Alexia hoping to find an answer through her expression.

"And from my speculations, he might be a playboy but he doesn't look like someone who'd force himself on someone, so the latter could be the right explanation as to why you're being like this" Annie concluded with a smirk.

"Why...why would my heart flutter because of him? That scumbag?" Alexia stammered.

"That's impossible so snap out of it" Alexia added and turned to walk out.

"I think Annie is right though, you've been blinking and stuttering ever since she concluded that your heart flutters and your face is crimson red now," Miss Banks said and Alexia scoffed.

"I hate you guys!" Alexia yelled and went to her room.

"How I wish dad was here," she said silently and a thought suddenly flashed into her mind.

She dialed Loyal's number and he picked up at the first ring.

"Hey, you have the details of the shoot now right?" Alexia asked but got no answer.

"Loyal? Are you there?" she asked and heard a low Yes.

"Why won't you answer my question?" she asked impatiently.

"I can't bear losing my eardrums so it's better this way" Loyal finally replied.

"Just tell me, huh?" Alexia said calmly.

"No, Alexia. If you want to hear about it, come see it yourself or I could just send it to your email but I wouldn't risk that so you won't have to let me go through the stress of getting you a new phone after you smash that one" Loyal said as calmly as he could before hanging up.

"Hey!!! What a scumbag!! How dare him?" Alexia exclaimed and fell heavily on her bed.

"Men are scums, total scums, including dad. How could he leave to the cruel hands of mom, Alexia, and Loyal? What a scum!" she ranted on till she fell asleep.