40

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.

first period. “Shall we?” Christian asked with a smile carved onto his

onio mis

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 sight of a new student, his features switched so suddenly that everyone in

desk he’d been leaning on. He scanned his eyes over the room. “Not sure if we

He gestures to the class and looks at

the

o have you, Classes are tough but I’m sure you could keep up?”

scrutimize Christian intently

a beaming grin stretching on his face brightly.

and crosses his arms across his chest as he waited for the rest of the class to fill

plopping down on a vacant chair, Christian follows suit and sits beside me. “The

lowly. “Yeah, he

as rain in a drought. On his bad days, which was mostly every day, the man spotted a scowl, one could identify

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

Where are you?

showed delivered but there was

was no reply

Stand up Christian.” Mr. Boyd spoke loudly. I swiftly push my

uncomfortable by the many eyes ogling a thim. “Tell us some few things about

them over the 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

some brain cells up in that big head.” He points at his

fit in so well and he

down, sighing out a

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

a comedian?” I turn to him and narrowed my eyes playfully.”Because if I had some rotten tomatoes, I’d feed you them on that big head of yours.” I

was strange how comfortable I had been with Christian when he hadn’t been here for hours. It was like my soul was drawn to him somehow. Not romantically but

The Novel will be updated daily. Come back and continue reading tomorrow, everyone!

Comments ()

0/255