Chapter six: Entomophobia

I CLIMB OUT OF THE CAR, May's hot on my heels. I really enjoyed the ride, josh was so much fun; he and May kept bickering about what to pour first milk or cereals? I didn't want to side with any of them so I pretended I don't like poor cereals. May gave me the stink eye

HONESTLY THEY WERE ON THE SAME LEVEL OF WEIRDNESS

Turns out josh was the same guy who asked for my phone the other day. He stuck his tongue looking apologetic when I mentioned it to him, the guy is honestly cute he steps out of the driver seat I thank him about the favor again

Between our conversations I discovered that josh is a conductor of a philharmonic orchestra, he could also play a bunch of music instruments. He talked passionately about his liking to music notes since he can remember and I found it super sweet. I told him I am a college sophomore publishing student, and he said I got the vibe of a nerd. No offense.

He exchanges phone numbers with May to continue their milk-and-cereal theory talk later. I face palm myself and they crack a laugh at my expanse.

Josh drives off and I part ways with may walking to class. I aim for the first row and sit; the room is empty, except for one person. It starts filling with students by the minutes, and to my utter surprise I spot the spawn of Satan walking toward me. Yay!

I might gauge my eyes if he's provoking me here. Maybe his....

He walks in his shorts and hoodie glory and I question if he's a model his boots blazing their way.

I pretend I don't know him and look anywhere but his figure, I don't wanna add to his already herculean ego.

He takes the seat beside and I couldn't be anymore fuming. I don't want to play childish and ask the guy beside me to switch seats. I keep silent

"Hey" I hear him mumble. Is he serious? Does he have issues? I don't answer, I pretend I didn't hear. If he feels offended he doesn't show it, I blast the volume on my iPod to the voices of my chemical romance's 'the black parade' and keep my eyes glued to my phone.

I momentarily forget about the wild beautiful guy beside me and shake my head to the beat.

Suddenly the ear buds were snatched out of my ear and a hand pushed my phone from my hand

"Hey!" I've come to realize that Elliot looks better close up. "C'mon what's your problem?" he smirked at me "I didn't know you'd hold a grudge over that little incident" his hair pushed back and his tattoo peeking at me. I wanted to wipe that stupid smirk from his face.

I give him a tight smile "oh please! aren't you aware of the fact that you are a jerk?" he rolls his eyes.

The teacher makes an appearance and I sigh, Elliot stifles a laugh at my frustration. I glower at him and he whispers "you're getting feistier every time we meet"

I shake my head, the guy exhausts me mentally, and the fact that we were few feets apart from the teacher who started asking about the last week's homework wasn't helping it either.

I stop talking and make attention to what the teacher says. Elliot smiles and leaves me alone.

The minutes flow by and the teacher dismisses us. Offering tons of hellish essays to write, I groan. Surviving your way through college could be the hardest thing. I clutch my notebooks to my chest and stand up. I spot Ravi waving at me from the back of class, and I wave back smiling. Ravi was the first friend I made here, we hung out together for a while, but I decided later that his choice of friends wasn't similar to mine so we drifted apart, but we still meet at the coffee shop, he could be really interesting sometimes

I walk toward him; he engulfs me in a hug and I gasp for air, the guy is an energy ball. Then he pulls my right hand, puts something in it, I pull it back . I could feel something tiny and tickly moving in my head suspecting a sly smile on his face, I open it. I ended up screaming my guts out; a fucking moving cockroach is tickling my hand!

I send Ravi into a fit of laughter and my fellows start eying me like I'm from planet cuckoo. A turn out the cockroach was plastic fake, and I severed my vocal cords over nothing. Elliot looks concerned making his way over us. God I looked pathetic

I could taste vomit in my mouth and I stomp out of the class room running to the toilet, I forgot to mention that I have Entomophobia and I always end up vomiting my guts out.

I go to the nearest cubicle and throw up what I ate this morning. Dear waffles. I wash my hands in the sink and throw a rainbow of curses at Ravi; my face looked soulless in the mirror. When done, I make my way out of the bathroom where I get a glimpse of Elliot waiting by the door his face slightly concerned. Is this a parallel universe where Elliot's concerned about my well being? Or I am just getting delusional?

"Are you okay?" I look at Elliot's barely angry face, his voice shows boredom but his eyes worried "why would you care?" I answer and he rolls his eyes. A common thing between us I see.

"I thought I'd ask" looking at his sincere face, guilt forms at the pit of my stomach he was only asking, where I thought he would use his smart mouth and make fun of me.

Maybe Noah was right he's not that bad

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