Quite Obvious

Most girls in the class despite being silenced by the teacher were talking about how hot he looked or were plotting on how to get his attention, even though the teen was sure that it wouldn't work.

In fact wasn't he aware of this even though it was a slight whisper?

Maybe it was because of the fact that her ears had always turned into the quiet whispers of those disembodied voices, which to her surprise had gone silent again.

What was causing them to go silent?

Was something spooking them?

However despite all the attention he had this morning when she had left their earlier classroom, his body language and facial expression had said it all- he wasn't interested in anyone.

Not that she cared at all.

But still why did he approach her desk not once but twice to begin with?

Was it because of the rumors or because of the accusations Jenny had made earlier on?

Either ways Chloe was sure that it would be best to avoid him before anything bad happened, given that every inch of him screamed danger and to stay away or else it would not end well.

She'd think that just knowing this would tell her that he was bad news, that he was a bad omen and yet somehow for some unknown reason.

She couldn't stop herself feeling drawn to him even though she was trying to by putting up barriers.

Feeling like she was a moth to a flame when she didn't want anything to do with him to begin with.

Even though when his hand had grabbed her wrist she could feel static leaving her wanting to escape his hold and yet… she didn't for some odd reason.

Why was it though?

Why did he somehow pull her to him even when she had tried to push him away?

How did he do that even though he wasn't doing anything except sit a row behind her thanks to the teacher?

Well maybe it was the fact that he was staring that left her wanting to turn round and glare at him, wanting him to look at his own page and yet… she didn't.

What was so special about him?

"Well Chloe, that is an interesting piece" Miss Willows said with surprise evident in her tone causing Chloe to blink and look down at her page, which in fact wasn't a picture but a sentence that said 'mind not staring at me you perv' her eyes grew wide from the words as they looked like her handwriting.

Wait her handwriting?

What was she thinking of course it was hers!

Who else would have written it down?

A now petrified Chloe immediately looked up at her teacher, feeling mortified by what she had wrote down.

Had she have done that when she wasn't paying attention thanks to the many thoughts that were forming in her head while HE was staring at her without any sign of stopping?

Most definitely possible.

However Miss Willows' attention was now on Daniel as Chloe remained distracted, the dirty blond haired woman's expression was anything but happy.

"Mind not ogling at her like that? It's rather rude you know and don't think I haven't seen you do that since you sat down" Miss Willows said darkly causing Chloe to almost feel her face go hot from the fact that the others were staring at them thanks to Miss Willows' words.

Daniel looked at the teacher and smiled to Chloe and Miss Willows' surprise.

"Forgive me, I was only trying to figure Miss Wilona out for my piece" Daniel said in a charming tone that left a few girls swooning while the boys were shocked by the sudden change in behaviour.

Chloe however remained unsettled by this declaration, Miss Willows however twitched as she smiled.

"Oh really? And what piece would that be pray tell?" The teacher asked daring him to make a mockery of Chloe.

Daniel however shrugged and smiled, unphased by the look Miss Willows was giving him.

"It's a piece about someone who on the outside shuts things out while on the inside is crushed by the weight of society and it's cruelty" Daniel replied with the same smile.

Chloe on the other hand felt her stomach drop and her heart stop for a few seconds.

Why was he doing that?!

Moreover why did he assume something like that?

They don't even know each other and yet he was saying stuff like that!

It didn't make any sense and knowing that he was close to hitting the nail on the head had left Chloe wanting to put more distance, more barriers to stop him from trying to get close.

If only he knew, maybe then he'd back off but it wasn't a risk that she was willing to take.

Miss Willows meanwhile was surprised by the bold statement he made, not caring that her other students were gossiping about the pair with mixed emotions.

Jenny however felt bitter and angry that Chloe had caught his eyes, that nobody had not only caught his eye but was now part of his project.

But how and why?

She didn't do anything to get his attention, compared to what the ginger-haired older girl had been trying to do since he arrived.

So how did this happen?

The nerve of that pathetic waste of space!

Stealing what she saw first!

Just thinking about her hatred for Chloe left Jenny scheming on things she would want to do to her.

Things that weren't pleasant at all for the wretch who stole what was hers!

"I-I see, so why do you think that?" Miss Willows asked to Chloe's dismay as she wished that the subject would just be dropped.

Daniel on the other hand shrugged as he placed his pencil on the table by his sketchbook.

Stretched for a bit after that and released a low yawn revealing perfect teeth to most of their surprise.

"Well Miss Willows it's quiet obvious" Daniel replied with a smile that left the teacher and the students including Chloe baffled.

"It is?" The teacher asked still shocking that she was surprised by his words.

"Of course, given that society has been given a negative view on the girl instead of trying to get to know her. She shuts herself even more to the point that she is either non-existent or treated with disdain" he explained with a pleasant smile that had an edge to it leaving Chloe more unsettled than ever.

"We never truly get to know the girl behind the mask and instead see what we want to see, therefore we are prejudice towards someone we bare have any contact with" The class immediately went silent until some started gossiping.

The teacher however stared at him as she listened before looking at a startled Chloe who was looking uneasy by his words.

"And you can tell by just looking at the person?" Miss Willows asked almost sounding curious as she observed Daniel's near cocky smile, the black-haired male soon looked at Chloe whose heart was racing from fear and from the fact that his attention was back on her.

"Art like people are subjective, we perceive what we want to believe when in fact it could be wrong as we always like to judge a book by it's cover" Daniel replied as he shrugged while his expression never left his face.

Chloe sighed as she grabbed her bag strap tightly and walked out the college.

Feeling tired, mortified and unable to comprehend what had just happened.

Who could anyways when someone had just basically pointed out an issue she had, and she had never told anyone before even though her parents could only guess thanks to her responses to their questions.

Sadly she might never get the answers from him nor did she want anything to do with him, no she was getting as far away as possible.

"Oh Daniel you're so funny!" Chloe immediately scowled as soon as she heard Jenny's voice.

Not turning round she instead kept walking.

"I can't believe you tried to mock that nobody, honestly for a moment I had assumed that something was going on there" Jenny added causing Chloe to almost stop.

Spying a corner she bound towards it and hid until Jenny and Daniel walked by, the ginger-haired girl's head was resting on his arm as she hugged it tightly.

"I should have known" Chloe mentally choked as she covered her mouth and slid down the dirty mold covered wall, not caring that it would dirty her hair, clothes or bag as tears welled up in her eyes.

So it was all a ruse?

He never truly had an interest, instead he was trying to mock and embarrass her in class while trying to appear like a saint as he spoke.

She should have known that his smile and acts were all a trick to let her guard down.

How cruel…