Chapter 4
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Chapter Four
Hailey’s POV
My alarm screamed into my ears prompting my eyes open. I dragged the blanket over my head and groaned deeply. In all my life, I have never hated going to school, except for today.
I sighed as the events of the last week Friday flooded my memories. I kept poking my brain mentally all weekend. Asking it questions like if I had really seen Asher, the grade a bully and brother to Daisy across my window. My brain responded my gracing me with that image again. His eyes were dark and slanted as she focused on my window. I shut my eyes and sighed heavily. It’s no telling what Asher would do it me. I was brave on Friday while I fought his sister, now he has something against me. I racked my head for a believable lie to tell, but none was believable.
”Hailey!” mum yelled from downstairs. Filtering through my ears are the faint sounds of her rummaging through the kitchen cabinets.
I turn around and yell into my pillow. I dragged myself like a ragdoll and went to the bathroom. As I was brushing my teeth, an idea popped into my head. What if I go to school way too early? Maybe I would be able to avoid them. And so I danced out of the bathroom. I bathed in double time. Wore the first clothes I could get my hands on and ran downstairs.
“I have made some—“
“Mum I’m running late” I leaned in and dropped a kiss on her cheeks. I walked through the front, not caring about what next she would say. Mum was not the issue here. I could deal with her later.
The bus arrived earlier than I expected. But I could say jack, I was standing in front of Moonstone high. Immediately I walked in. students were sparsely crowded at some corners. I immediately went to my first class English.
As students trickled in, I kept stretching my eyes to the entrance. I only breathed a sigh of relief, when the teacher came in and closed the door. Luckily for me neither Asher nor Daisy were in class with me.
As the teacher taught, I couldn’t stop myself from staring at the door. I didn’t want any surprises.
I made it to the 3rd period and there still was no sign of Asher and Daisy. I walked to my locker to have a change of books when I heard a deep baritone behind me. All the hairs on my back stood and I froze. My heart in my mouth as I slowly turned my head.
The moment I did, I instantly regretted it. Asher’s grey eyes snapped up to mine and I immediately looked away. My heart pounded loudly. I was almost sure someone could hear.
It was from then, my day began to go sour like a day old milk. Every turn I made, I could see Asher staring at me. He didn’t smile or laugh. There was no ghost smile on smirk on it either.
He made no mistake to look away as he stared at me. I was the one looking away. I was scared and curious on what he would do next. As soon as Class was dismissed, I scurried out of class but on my way I collided with someone.
“I’m so sor—“I gasped on realizing it was Daisy. She glared at me and opened her mouth to speak but then she stopped. She brushed past me roughly and walked into Class.
I didn’t know what scared me more. The silence of Daisy or her blatant bully and hatred.
Picking up my book from the floor, I ran to my locker. I darted my eyes around like some thief as I stuffed the books into my locker. I turned. I looked left and right, without thinking twice I sprinted upstairs to the library. I had planned that if the teachers ask where I was for the rest of the class, I would say I had a terrible stomach upset, and had to be at the nurse’s office.
As expected the library was grave yard quiet. I gave a nervous smile to the library, who called me a bookworm. A pet name she gave me, as I frequented the library, in research for my new novels.
After a few pages of my favorite novel, I wanted to use the bathroom.
As soon as I was done, a hand grabbed me from behind. Covering my mouth and muffling my cries. I kicked and pushed but it was to no avail.
When I opened my eyes, I knew instantly where I was. The janitor’s store room.
I looked and gasped. Towering over me was Asher. He stared at me in dark eyes and as my chest rose and fell. . I watched his pupil dilate.
His gaze was now dark. “I saw you on Friday” he said. His voice breathless.
I swallowed, looking at everywhere but his face. “You… you were not meant to...to... see” I stammered. My peeked at him.
His lips were parted as he engaged me in an intense eye contact. His gaze flickered from my eyes to my lips. Damn! He was hot. Hotter up close.
“So?” he murmured taking a step closer to me.
I took one back. “Huh” I stared at him in wide eyes and my mouth went dry. I took two more steps and bounced. I was against the wall. In a swift move Asher covered the space between us. He held my waist in a possessive and intense grip. Pressing himself against me.
“What if I want to?” he murmured.
I struggled to be free from his grip but it was futile. Just then, the door knob shook and I gasped.
The door was pull open and the librarian stared at us in open eyes. I wriggled away from his grip and ran away.
On my way home, I got a weird text, while chatting with Lilith. The message read ‘I want you and I will have you’
Even though I’ve had a horrible day at school, nothing at allprepared me for what I was to see at home.
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