Chapter 3: The Transfer student..

The next day, Ara sat down on the front row, reserving a seat for the newcomer just next to her. Bella was sitting at the seat behind her so that they could still talk freely. She waited for him for half an hour but it seemed like he was late. The teacher came and started to mark the attendance.

"Abella D'Bonnet.." she begun as students showed their presence, "Present!"

"Alice Toussaint..." "Present!"

"Albon Amoise.." "Present!"

"Arabelle Rosseau.." she mentioned Ara's name as she raised her hand and replied, "Present!"

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She spoke the last name,

"Adrien Dupont.."

The whole class was silent. The teacher spoke again,

"Adrien Dupont show your presence please..."

The students looked at each other while whispering. Ara turned to look at Bella and she gave her that 'Don't look at me... I don't know about it' look. Ara turned back to her seat only to be startled the next second.

"Present!"

A deep male voice spoke from the door making Ara and the other students flinch diverting their attention to the door.

A blond boy entered the class room. His right hand clutching the strip of the bag on his right shoulder and left hand resting in his pants pocket. His charming features and sharp jawline in combination with those green eyes were enough to make anyone easily fall for him. His broad shoulders looked quite muscular as Ara observed him carefully.

He was charming.

Perhaps, the most charming person Ara had ever met. All the girls in the class including Bella were drooling over him. Ara also felt attracted, who wouldn't, but it was against her pride that she would act the same like her bestfriend and other girls here. Even the teacher had his mouth hung open.

"Bonjour Mr. Bonnet." he said greeting the teacher.

"Bonjour, bonjour!.....Uh...New student?" Mr. Bonnet asked him as he nodded with a yes. "Oh! Come here then.. Introduce yourself please." Mr. Bonnet said smiling and signalling him to stand at the center, in front of Ara's desk, as he obeyed.

"Bonjour à tous! I am Adrien André Leroy Dupont but you can call me Adrien. I recently came to France from America. Hope you treat me well..." he said while throwing his charming smile at the class. Ara could hear the girls squealing including her bestfriend.

'Seems nice..' Ara thought while observing him but it seemed like he noticed her gaze. He suddenly looked at Ara making her divert her eyes to her book as a reaction. Why is she so nervous suddenly....?

"You can sit with Arabelle." Ara widened her eyes totally forgetting that she had the responsibility of this guy. Ara stood up as Mr. Bonnet called her name. Ara looked at Adrien as he made his way next to her. She could swear that she saw a little smirk creeping up on his lips. Adrien and Ara both sat down together as Ara looked at Mr. Bonnet.

"Adrien, she is Arabelle Rosseau, the class monitor. She will help you catch up with other students." he said but Adrien didn't listen to him, instead, he kept on staring at Ara. "Arabelle, take care of Adrien will you?" Mr. Bonnet said to Ara receiving a nod from her.

"Okay, let's start the lecture...." Mr. Bonnet started delivering the lecture as Ara opened her book, placing it on her desk. She looked at Adrien's desk but their was no book on it. She looked back at Adrien to catch him gazing at her but it didn't seem to have any affect on him as he continuously stared at her.

"Your book.." she said making him hear her soft voice for the first time. She looked at him, technically asking him to take out his book. "I don't know which one." not gonna lie, but his deep raspy voice did have an affect on Ara as she breathed heavily trying to maintain her posture.

"Physics..." she replied shortly and focused back on her book. He took out his book and placed his on his desk as Ara told him the page number.

The lecture continued but Ara could still feel his stare on her. Unknowingly, a blush crept on her cheeks as she tried to hide it. She had never been this uncomfortable before. Normally, she would show her attitude and pride by snapping 'What are you staring at!' but her self-esteem kept on shattering second-by-second as he continuously stared at her.

"Stop..." Ara said finally getting enough of this guy. "Stop what?" he rested his palm on his chin. "Stop staring.." Ara replied looking at him.

"But you are so beautiful..." He replied leaning closer to Ara as she put her index finger on his forehead and pushed him backwards. "Don't test me.." she said rolling her eyes and diverting them to her book afterwards. Adrien sighed heavily as a slight smirk crept on his face and he continued gazing at her.

The whole lecture went on like that, Adrien kept on staring at Ara and she kept on avoiding him. She did get a hint that he was playing with her. But she kept quite.