ALAROUS (Completed)

CHAPTER 3

I couldn’t sleep the whole night. Whenever I closed my eyes, those forest green orbs kept haunting me. Lack of sleep made me grumpy the next morning, I was in a crappy mood but I still had to go to school. Today I decided on black sweat pants and a ‘panic! At the disco’ shirt which hung loosely on my body. I pulled my hair in a messy bun and ran out of my house.

When I entered the school grounds, I received a few looks from the students here and there because of my dumb but comfortable choice of clothing. I ignored them all and met mason and Kelsey at the lockers. I dumped my bag in my locker and shut it with a loud thud. I leaned my back on the locker and let out a sigh. At least I was not late, that’s something good.

“What’s with the hobo look Eli?” I grunted at mason’s choice of words but said nothing because I indeed looked like a hobo.

“It’s nothing. Just lack of sleep.” I mumbled out.

“You can always sleep in class. No biggie” mason said shrugging his shoulders. I chose to ignore him and looked at Kelsey who was busy typing at her phone.

“Kels? What are you doing?” I asked curiously, she stopped abruptly and stuttered out something incoherent.

“Kelsey, are you alright?” mason asked.

Suddenly a large grin took over Kelsey’s face and she hugged both me and mason while squealing in delight. When she let go, me and mason stood there bewildered at her sudden change in behavior.

“Jonah is coming to Wilton!! I told you guys he is real! Now you will believe me! Yes!” she squealed and my eyes widened in surprise and I exchanged glances with mason.

Kelsey had gone to California last year for summer holiday and when she came back she told us that she was not single anymore. Apparently she met someone there and they instantly clicked; she told us his name was Jonah. We just assumed that she was tired of being labeled a single so she created an imaginary boyfriend. And besides, I have always shipped her and mason together. It did not make any sense to me that time. But now?

We were proven wrong. Jonah is real, and he is coming to Wilton, all the way from California.

The bell made the annoying sound notifying us that we need to get to class. Mason and Kelsey bid goodbye and left for their first class while I walked to mine.

Sometime in the middle of the class the door opened and revealed three guys and a girl. The guys were all muscular and the girl looked athletic too. All of them had a pale complexion and beautiful features. But I couldn’t help but compare them with the guys from the restaurant. These don’t hold a candle against them. The blonde guy standing in the front met my eyes and a small smirk formed on his red lips. I narrowed my eyes at him.

“May I help you?” Mr. Harome asked looking at them expectantly. The other guy handed him a late slip and said something to him that I couldn’t hear. They all came in and stood in front of the class.

“Class, you must have heard about the exchange students I’m sure? Well this is it. They are the exchange students from Romania. Make sure to help them if they need anything.” Mr. Harome said and the murmuring started. Now by next class the whole school will know everything about these guys, truth or not, rumors will fly like free birds and girls will surround them like ants to sugar.

You got to love high school.

The smirk guy came forward “My name is Maxwell and this is my sister Jude.” So the girl is his sister. Wow, they look nothing alike. The brunet introduced himself as Noah and the other one with black hair was Benjamin.

I sighed and got back to my essay and tried to avoid the commotion in the back of the class where the new students have been seated. The class ended and I was not in any other classed with the new students, at least till lunch.

I met mason and Kelsey at the cafeteria. We filled our lunch trays and took a seat at the end of the cafeteria. The new students were already seated with the popular and were talking as if they knew each other since before they were born. I had to resist an eye roll.

Rest of the classes dragged along and I had two classes with the Jude, but not the others. I could feel eyes on me from somewhere behind and I swear I saw Jude sneak glances my way.

Classes were finally over and I walked home with mason, Kelsey had got a message from Jonah that he is here and to meet him somewhere. That girl jumped around in the parking lot and squealed so loud that I thought my ears will fall off. So naturally she went there. All the while we were walking I had a feeling someone was following us, but whenever I turned around I saw no one. I just shrugged it off after a while and chatted with mason till we reached his house.

My house was just five minutes from here so I slowed down my pace and took my time looking around, looking for any changes in the familiar neighborhood.

Suddenly I felt a hand on my shoulder making me jump in surprise. But before I could turn around a hand held my waist preventing me from looking at the intruder of my personal space.

I was about to scream but his other hand left my shoulder and covered my mouth. I could feel their breath near my ear and my heart started beating fast.

“Found you.”