Chapter 4- First Day at Pearl Haven
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The next day
THALIA
I make my way to class after heading out of the dorms. Nika and I have physics class after lunch, so we agreed to meet in the cafeteria later.
That's when I notice someone staring at me so intently. I feel goose bumps all over again, and I spot him in the corner of the lockers—well, my locker to be exact. If I remember, his name is Chester.
"What are you doing in front of my locker? Did you need something?" I ask. He just stares at my lockers, and I see something sticking out. No way is that...? I quickly fish it out of his sight and groan inwardly. It is my panties. I shove it in my bag in a hurry.
"Did you see?" I say.
He smirks at me devilishly. "What do you think?"
Then he holds up his phone with the photo of my locker with my ripped panties sticking out. I try to grab the phone from him, but he tucks it back in his pocket.
"Why are you doing this?" I ask him.
He stares at me straight in the eyes intensely. "Why do you think?"
I try to think for a moment while he stares at me. "Is this because of what occurred at the principal's office the other day?"
There's a glint in his eye as I say that. "Bingo. So you're not stupid after all."
I roll my eyes and scoff. "Of course. I wouldn't get in if I'm not smart."
He leans in close to me. "Then you'll do as I say, won't you? If you don't want to get expelled."
I gritted my teeth, and I slapped him hard in the face.
"So this is what all this is about? Just to threaten me and expel me out of this school?" How dare he. I storm off and shove my things from my locker into my bag. I don't even bother to lock it.
He follows after me. I ran as fast as I could. I f***ing hate him. And I don't even know who that guy in the hoodie is. But it turns me on so d*** much. And I hate this feeling. Suddenly I bump into Nika. "Thalia. I was about to find you. Let's go have lunch," she says and hooks her arm around mine. I nod and follow her to the cafeteria.
CHESTER
I made her cry. D*** it. I knew she was a delicate flower, but I just wanted to scare her a little just to find out what she has been hiding. Why my dad protects her so much. I walk to the cafeteria, and I keep my distance. I see her fill her tray with a lot of chocolate puddings and a steaming bowl full of mac and cheese.
Nika gapes at her tray. "Whoa. Are you sure you can eat all that? Are you okay?"
"Yeah, I'm fine. Just stress eating." I stand next to them, and she quickly moves aside.
What does she mean by that? I stressed her out? What did happen to her before? Now I want to know more.
I take some steak and rice with a cream of mushroom soup on the side as I watch her eat in front of me. While my guys arrive with their food and sit down beside me.
WADE
I sit next to Chester while Zach is in between us. Chester munches on his food while he keeps his gaze on someone in front of us. I tilt my head to see what he was looking at, and I see a girl munching on some pudding while glaring at him angrily.
I whistle. "Yo, what did you even do? If looks could k***, you would have dropped d*** on the floor by now."
He just keeps munching his food and then drinks his water. "Shut up. I just messed up, but I will fix it."
He slowly got up and took his tray and then handed it back to the cafeteria lady.
ZACH
I nudged Wade as soon as Chester left. "Did you really have to do that?" I asked.
"What?" The i***t keeps on munching on his burger as I roll my eyes.
"You don't want to get on his bad side. You know that."
"Oh, I sure know. I was just lighting up the mood a little."
"Blockhead," I mutter as I sip on my juice. "That's clearly bad timing."
He just shrugs at me as he continues eating his burger.
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