She's Romeo Alright!

Chapter Fifteen

“There’s this thing… a ball or something? Is that what you call it? Like a grand event with dancing and stuff.” Zeth tried to tell me about good news.

“Really? When?” Surely there ought to be girls at a party, right?

“A week from now. I heard this from the student council just this morning. I don’t know why it’s being held though. You seem… delighted, Brooke.” He studied my face an inch away.

“Yeah. Who cares about what it’s for when there might be girls coming all over? I might even see her there…” I thought dreamily about Princess.

“Attention, all students, please proceed to the changing rooms to be fitted for you tux by the student council committee.” The speaker boomed and with that, everyone got up and was chatting noisily, full of excitement.

“That was fast. Let’s get going, Brooke.” Zeth placed his arm around my shoulders.

I could’ve sworn I saw Gage, Ford and Lewis look into our direction for a quick glance at the same time.

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“Hi, Brooke” Brad greeted me face to face when I entered the changing room.

“I’m assigned to measure your body sizes, if that’s okay with you?” He coughed intentionally like he was nervous about this.

Could it be that he volunteered purposely to do this for my sake?

I mean, aside from Ford and Gage, he also knows that I’m a girl. Protective, huh? I feel weird.

I just nodded without eye contact. We were once friends but distance ruined it all.

He carried a measuring tape with him, ready to measure my broad shoulders horizontally in front of my chest but good thing he decided to measure it from the back instead after giving it a lot of careful thought.

I felt the slight touch of his hands at the tip of both of my shoulder blades and his breathing was rather audible enough from behind that I could even feel the warmth of it at the nape of my neck which sent chills all over my body.

Just then, the door burst open and Will strode in like he owned the place, looking as unfriendly as the usual.

“Stop right there, Brad. Um… you’re suddenly wanted by the teachers to ask a few questions, is all. I’ll take it from here.” He snatched the measuring tape away and as soon as Brad left the room without a word, just eyeing me like he was wondering if I was going to be okay, Will placed both of his hands on my shoulders saying,

“Now, strip if you please.” We just stared at each other for a moment, me arching an eyebrow with my mouth hanging open and him confidently smirking, as if challenging me.