Unexpectedly Bad

7: He's Been Missing

                                                                           L   U   N   A

Aiden didn't show up at school for the last two weeks. He didn't show up yesterday and the day before yesterday. He's been absent for sixteen days. I wonder what is wrong with him, it couldn't be just because of his father he didn't show up at school, well, it could be if it's only two or three days but sixteen days? There's definitely something wrong beside his fight with his father.

I push the school front door open and my eyes start to wonder, hoping that I would see him, hoping that he'll show up at school today.

"Nice jeans, loser." I heard Shelby said with a smirk on her face, then quickly turn around and walk away followed by her three friends.

I forgot to tell you that I tripped on a rock and fell when I got off the bus this morning because I was such in a hurry. The lower part of my jeans - under my knees - torn apart a little and there's a little bit of dirt on it just above my ankles.

I start walking to my locker. Luckily, I spotted Ray walking down the hall with his usual beanie on and his bag over his shoulders, smirking and waggling his eyebrows to the girls who gasped in awe with their eyes sparkling. Some of them were talking to him, I saw them giving their phone to him, probably asking for his number before they take their phone back from him and walk away while blowing kisses to him.

I know its a risk to approach him when those girls are there, but, I can't help not knowing where is Aiden and what has happened to him. So, I collected my guts and call him.

"Ray!" he turns around and smiled when he saw me walking up to him.

"What a surprise!" he said with a warm smile. If you're wondering how does he knows my name, he's in one of my classes on freshmen year, which is last year. And worse, he's my chairmate.

Then, he continued, "I thought you weren't those type of girls. Can't believe that you're actually going to ask me for my number too, just like what they just did. I knew it you'd fall for me sooner or later despite your 'hard to get' attitude when I try to tease you in a nice way in our class last year. But, I'd be glad to give you my number because-"

"Ray, I'm not here to get your freakin' number." I said as I rolled my eyes, annoyed.

"Wait, what?" he stared at me in confusion, "you aren't here to get my number? Then what do you want?"

"Well, um, I just wanted to know how's Aiden doing? You know, he's been absent for more than two weeks. I'm just curious." I fake-laughed, trying to seem not flustered at all.

He smirked. "I sense something suspicious. Do you still like him?" he said while waggling his eyebrows.

"W-what? N-no! Pfft, I don't like him anymore," I said startled.

He knows that I used to like Aiden because he often caught me staring at Aiden and smiling at myself. He won't stop bothering and questioning me about my feelings towards Aiden, so, I told him. But, he knew that I don't like Aiden anymore, I told him last year before our freshmen year ended.

"Damn, you're blushing, giiirll!" he said excitedly.

"Just answer my question, Ray."

"You're still impatient and bossy as always, you know that, Luna?" he said and I gave him a death glare, "Oh my fuckin' God, don't look at me like that. That's scarier that a ghost!"

"You're afraid of ghosts? Pffft! How funny! The bad boy's afraid of ghosts!" I burst into laughter.

"Nice one, Luna, really. I'm not going to answer your question."

I stared at him in shock. "N-no, no, no! I didn't mean it, Ray! God, look at how handsome you are today! Those sneakers totally slays!"

"I know right. I got 'em yesterday. Man, those are really expensive. And thanks, by the way, don't forget that I always look this handsome everyday." he said while looking at his shoes and shot his head up then waggling his eyebrows.

I rolled my eyes when he's not looking and stuck out my tounge.

"Sooo, are you going to tell me how's Aiden doing, Mr. Handsome?" I said, blinking rapidly and look up at him with puppy eyes, hoping that he would tell me.

"He's fine. He's on his way here with Tristan and Jackson. Since, I'm a very dilligent person, I woke up way earlier than them and went to school earlier."

"He's on his way to school?" I almost squealed.

"Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. Don't get too excited." he rolled his eyes.

I scoffed at that. "Thanks, Ray. By the way, I know you're coming early because you have Physics for first period and probably looking for a nerd to copy his/her homework. That's what you always do. Everyone who heard that should believe me, I've been having my worst year at school having to sit with this asshole in front of me."

"What the f-" he didn't get a chance to reply, I left him and ran as fast as I could before he could beat the living s**t out of me.

A   I   D   E   N

I had no f*****g idea of what to do with my life anymore. I hated my life and everyone in it. What the f**k did I do to deserve all these crap in life?

There was no one. I did not even have a single person. Not even a single soul cared about me. I f*****g lived my life by my self for almost eighteen years.

Imagine how bad it is to live your life by yourself, especially on your childhood. Where those times supposed to be the most fun moments in your life, where you would have your parents take you to the park, where you could enjoy the evening breeze with your parents and ice creams, where you could whine and crawl to your parents when they did not buy you your favorite toy, where you would have movie nights with your family while eating popcorns and maybe having pillow fights with happy laughters and giggles.

I had never experienced that in my whole life. Not even when mom was still here. My father was always at work, there was only me and my mom, before she left. Now, it was just me, and it would be just me. Forever.

"Mr. Dominic?"

"H-huh?" I blinked a couple of times, snapping back to reality.

"I was calling your name for ten times. You know how much I hate it when my students didn't pay attention to me." Mr. Lawson said with his hands on his hips. Gee, he looks like a mad old lady.

Oh, how much I hate seeing his face and I want to punch his face so bad.

"I was, um, I was thinking about something." I stared at him when he raised his eyebrows. "Something personal, Peter."

I just f*****g called him with his first name. It was not a big deal for me. But, sure was a big deal for the other students. I heard gasps from them and they were looking at my direction, and my eyes landed on her.

She did not gasp like what the others did. She did not have her jaw dropped and a shock face. Instead, she - who was seating right beside me - stared right into my eyes and offered me a smile. I could see the hurt on her eyes when I did not return her smile, she quickly turned her head and stared down to her book before she started doodling something.

It made my head replaying those scenes that happened a few weeks ago. The way her hand touched mine, the way she looked at me that day, the way she talked to me. Everything about her made me wonder about what was going on on her head.

Why was not she scared of me? How could she talk to me with her soft voice so gently and it calmed me down? How did she sent chills all over my body when she touch me? Why did I feel so calm when I looked into her eyes? How could she took away my negative thoughts and made me forget of what was going on in my life for a moment when I saw her, when I talked to her, when I touched her?

"MR. DOMINIC!" Lawson's face is reddened while he yelled at me through clenched teeth, "STOP SPACING OUT IN MY CLASS, WILL YOU?!"

"Geez, Peter, calm down. Give me a D if you want to give me a D. I don't like to be told, I do whatever the f**k I want to do, I-"

"Aiden, don't." I heard a soft voice from my left, I looked down at her, at her shining green eyes, "you have enough trouble." she continued while blinking a couple of times.

And that - just like what I said on my thoughts earlier - that voice, sent chills all over my body and calms me down. My anger was slowly calming down the moment I heard her voice. I was not sure of how could this happen, no one had ever been able to control my emotions. Not even me.

"Detention room, Dominic!"

I sighed, then I closed my books with so much force before packing up my supplies and stormed out of the classroom.

To the detention room we go.