Chapter Four
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Alyssa
Nothing was working. Nothing at all. Not even Vivian's show of imitating our principal who had a weird accent and an even weirder personality.
Right now, Vivian had spread out a couple of chicken nuggets and was acting out a play, with our principal as the main character of course.
On a normal day, I would be howling by now, guffawing and laughing out my intestines, but today was definitely not a good day, not even in the slightest.
"Alyssa. Alyssa?" I shook my head and those thoughts away at the sound of my name. I blinked back a couple of times, and only when my vision cleared did I realize I was having lunch at the cafeteria with Vivian. " Are you okay?"
"Yeah." I nodded, a bit too eagerly if you asked me. "What's wrong?"
" I should be asking you that." Vivian said as she bit off our supposed principal's head. " You look like something's troubling you."
"No, it's not. It's nothing." I bit down on my lips after I'd realized my blunder. " I mean, nothing is bothering me."
" You're not a pretty good liar, you know that right." Vivian sighed as she wrapped her pinky around mine. " Do you pinky promise that nothing's wrong?"
"Fine." I let out, in between a sigh and a huff. " I don't know, I haven't been able to shake off what happened after class "
" You mean the whole thing with the brothers? Or the fact that you stabbed class? I think this is literally your first time doing that."
"It's not my fault." I whined. " At least I didn't mean to do it. "
"You didn't mean to bump into Cameron in the hallway when the rest of the school was in class?" I frowned at Layla's smug tone. " I think not. How'd you bump into him anyway?"
"I met him in the bathroom." I sighed as I recalled the events. " I didn't even know he was in there until he just appeared out of nowhere."
"And?" Vivian pressed on as she nibbled on her chicken nugget. "What happened next?"
" I asked him what he meant on the field earlier today." Now that I thought about it, it was actually a really stupid thing to do. " Of course he didn't respond and he started heading out, until I latched onto his arm."
"Wait, hold up." A grin appeared on Vivian's face immediately. " You mean to tell me you touched the, Cameron Diaz?"
" Yes, Vivian. Any problem with that?" I rolled my eyes at her question. It was no wonder why she asked, she was literally obsessed with bad boys, a category Cameron fell right into. " You know what, don't even answer that. That's besides the point. He refused to tell me till I said he was bluffing and then he said we were going to pay Bennett a visit."
"Bennett?" She scrunched up her face in confusion. "What does Bennett have to do with that?"
"I don't know." I sighed. " But we were on our way to see Bennett when I fell. He didn't bother to help me up and somehow we ended up in that awkward position just when Bennett appeared in the hallway."
"Ouuuu " Vivian squeaked as she clapped loudly. A couple of stares followed her but she couldn't care less. " You know what this means right?"
"A total disaster because I lost on both sides?" I pinched the bridge of my nose. " Somehow I've managed to cause a rift between both brothers and I still haven't found out what Cameron meant."
"Bennett doesn't seem to be mad at you though." Vivian said and I glanced towards the football players table and surprisingly in that same moment, George and my eyes met. A small smile made its way on my lips as Bennett blew me a kiss. " You see, you're in the clear."
"Yeah. " But there was something else. As Vivian's eyes flickered from my face to Bennett's, I could tell there was something else. Something else she wasn't letting me in on. " I'm going to find Cameron."
"Yeah… what?" Vivian's eyes bulged. " What do you mean you're going to see Cameron?"
"I want to get to the bottom of it all once and for all." I pushed my lunch tray back, having barely touched anything. " I'll be back soon. If anybody asks, cover for me."
"Alyssa, I don't think this is a good idea." Vivian's eyes were pleading. " Why don't you give it a rest and you're actually hurt. You're practically limping."
"Cover for me." I mouthed as I headed towards the cafeteria's exit. Luckily, or to my knowledge at least, I'd done that without anyone else finding out, especially Bennett.
I walked briskly as I allowed my legs to lead me to my destination.
I hadn't been here before, but somehow I knew my way around the place. I shuddered as I ventured deeper and deeper.
Where I was headed was a fallen classroom isolated from the rest of the school. It collapsed a couple of years back, but for some strange reason , no one bothered to rebuild it.
I hadn't been there in a long time but even the mere thought of it sent chills down my spine.
I couldn't even….. the rest of my sentence hung in my throat as I collided with a wall.
"Are those glasses just for fancy?" It wasn't until the wall spoke, I realized it was in fact a person, and none other than Cameron. " Or do you just like bumping into me all the time."
"I was looking for you." I cleared my throat as I adjusted my glasses. " I need to talk to you."
" I don't want to." He quipped, before sidestepping me. " Go back to Bennett."
"What's the point of telling me to go back to Bennett when you can just tell me!" I yelled, causing him to halt in his tracks. " Why don't you just let me know what this damned secret is, so I can be on my way."
"I know for some strange reason you don't like me." I pressed on, barely giving him a chance to speak.
" Hell, you even hate me but the earlier you tell me whatever it is you want to, the earlier I can get out of your skin. So just…"
"Tonight." He let out. " Meet me tonight at the school gate."
"But the school's dorms close by eight." I whispered, slightly shocked. " How am I supposed to get out?"
"Not my problem." The guy shrugged. " I'll wait for you at the school gate by 9pm. If you're even a minute late, forget about it. Forever."
And without giving me the privilege to get in the last word, he stalked in the opposite direction, a light bounce in his step.
Oh boy, what was I supposed to do now?
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