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Arabella Rivera

A surprising heat slid up my neck. “Okay Mr. certified genius who wants to stay mysterious, enough of the wooing.” I cleared my throat while fixing a book in m y locker.

Christian’s bushy brow quirk up. “You call that wooing? Darling, you’ve heard nothing yet.” He joked.

I laughed. Christian was very different from Haiden. Whilst he was light and flirty, Haiden was dark and gloomy. They weren’t counterparts of each other, so different, yet somehow the universe jammed them together for the sake of its amusement.

“So what class do we have first? You’ve been hogging my schedule, so I didn’t get to have a peek.” Christian chuckle with amusement drowning in the depths of his eyes.

I scowled playfully. “I’m your tour guides o I have to have your schedule.” I drop m y eyes to the said paper and grin. “Oh you

ves to the said paper and grin. “Oh you are going to love this class. We have Literature.”

He narrows his eyes. “Why do I have a feeling that those words are colored?”

I crinkled my brows. “Colored?” I asked. Was this a slang word from whatever part of the world he came from? From what he has told me, he had been to many, so he must’ve picked up a few slangs here and there.

He grins. “Yeah, like you’ve colored them to sound truthful but you’re lying.”

Christian then snorts. “And here Mr. Gibbern’s been boasting you.”

“Hey that’s unfair! We don’t say that around here.” I protested and slammed m y locker shut.

Christian does too but chooses to close his softer than I did.

“Don’t get mad Ella, it’s just a joke.” He winked and turned to me.

the start of first period. “Shall

onio

we made our way to the Literature class. We were supposedly early, being welcomed by only a few students. Mr. Boyd’s face was tight as usual, lines angry even though today was Friday. But upon seeing the

his eyes over the room. “Not sure if we have space for an extra but we’ll have to work quickly on that.” He murmurs

the class and looks at Christian with a

strap of the bag on his shoulder. Mr.

at the beginning of senior year but we’re happy t o have you, Classes are tough but I’m sure you

scrutimize Christian intently

beaming grin stretching on his

his arms across

follows me as I maneuver around the desks and chairs. Finally plopping down on a vacant chair, Christian follows suit and sits beside me. “The teacher

snorted lowly. “Yeah, he

in a drought. On his bad days, which was mostly every day, the man spotted a scowl,

classroom fills up quickly a few seconds later. Two chairs were missing. One wasn’t surprising the other had me confused. I took my phone out of my bag

Where are you?

but there was no

was no reply

I would like to introduce our new student who has joined us today. Stand up Christian.” Mr. Boyd spoke loudly. I swiftly

thim. “Tell us some few things

class. I wasn’t surprised that he had gained the attention of many girls. The way their eyes fogged up, I knew he could have them in his

But don’t let my good looks fool you, I surprisingly have some brain

to fit in so well and

sighing out a

back down, sighing out a breath of relief when Mr. Boyd starts the class.” That was weird and terrifying.”

you goo-goo eyes or the fact that you’re now a comedian?” I turn to him and narrowed my eyes playfully.”Because if I had some rotten tomatoes, I’d feed you them

here for hours.

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