Chapter 6

“Scarlet POV”~~

“I made it”

“I am so glad I made it”

Even though I woke up late, I managed to take a shower, got swathed in a minute, skipped breakfast, kissed my mom goodbye and drove like a maniac to school. I walk toward the green school building past the cheerleading squad and their snob chatter.

“Sky” Selena's holler reaches me from behind. I didn't fail to notice the name she called me by. All my friends from middle school used to call me Sky till we fell out of touch with each other.

She walks up to me in all her Blondie glory.

“Hey”, I smile at her.

“What's with the gloomy face? I know its Monday and all that but you don't look too well” Selena asked, surveying my face for God knows what.

“I'm fine, just didn't get enough sleep last night I smiled at her.

“I hear Kelvin is throwing a party at his place tonight. Will you be there?” Selena said with hopeful eyes.

“Nope! I have to get home early today. I've to run some errands for my mom” I gave her a sorry look. Not that I was gonna go anyways and luckily for me, I had the perfect excuse.

“I guess I would just binge-watch a movie at home” she shrugged.

We walk in silence for a while...

“Hey, have you heard about the new guy? I hear his very hot. I didn't get the chance to see him the whole of last week” She slapped her forehead. Guess I was too busy with the whole detention thing. Selena has been in and out of detention the whole of last week. She had a habit of being the last to be in class and was always caught in the hallways by the principal.

“Uh uh,” I chuckled at her reaction of regret for not seeing “the handsome dude” she was talking about.

“You still got a thing for handsome dudes” I swirled my eyes playfully at her.

Since middle school, Selena always had the habit of drooling over cute guys, meanwhile, she has never gone out any of them. She kept on yapping about handsome guys and all the way to the school halls.

“OMG!! He is so freaking handsome!” Selena clutched me almost choking me.

“Ouch, I can't breathe”

I glanced in the direction her eyes were so immersed on and I stopped in my tracks.

“What is he doing here?”

“Is he following me”

All these thoughts were jogging through my head making me dizzy.

Virtually all the girls in the hallway were checking him out.

“I... I think he is the new guy everyone is talking about”. I could hear Selena's voice faintly since I was also occupied trying to figure out what to make of the situation.

“OMG, I think he is coming this way”

Selena shrieked.

“Maybe he wants to apologize for shoving into me that day” a smile found its way to my face just thinking about it.

“Hey, he grins at me, almost flirtatiously and something in my heart snaps.

“Oh shit!” Selena gulps from my side.

His eyes probe my face for a few seconds before a sort of curiosity smudges his gaze.

Now that I think about, he looks oddly familiar. I feel like we have met before, I mean before the day he bumped into me.

“You owe me an apology you know that?” His sudden revelation snaps me out of my reverie. A sudden surge of anger enacts through me and out of know where I salvaged my composure.

“What the hell are you saying? you were the one that bumped into me. Hello!” I retorted.

“And besides you are the one who is reckoned to be apologizing to me” I kept going angrily.

And there I was, speculating I might know him from somewhere. I don't believe I have ever come across such a jerk.

For a minute I glimpsed a glint of a smirk on his face like he was getting a kick out of my outburst.

“ Well, I tried to apologize to you but seeing as you were drooling all over me, I had to take my leave before you jumped me” he smirked.

God!!, I think I am going to murder someone today!. His latter statement propelled my last switch.

“I... I think I'm gonna leave you two alone, I don't think this is where I am supposed to be right now” Selena's voice made me look up and I caught a glimpse of everyone around the hallway staring at us. I realized I was the only one making a fool of myself getting all worked up while he retains a relaxed demeanour. I knew I had to leave before it gets worse.

“Hey, you are not leaving me here with this maggot” I stated emphasizing more on the word “maggot” for him to hear.

“Seems like you have got a lot to do with golden boy, so I am gonna see you later”

She gave me a sheepish look. I love you.

“And oh, don't forget to tell me about everything, I mean EVERYTHING!!! don't leave anything out!.” She whispered in my eyes a bit too loud for a secret talk and walked past me down the hallway.

I turned to look at the problem at hand, and he was still smirking. I want to strangle him. I grit my teeth and walk past him without saying anything else. I had to else the next place I will be finding myself is a penitentiary.