Chapter 23 Daniels return
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***Ella’s POV***
Chemistry was the last subject of the day and the last day of our paired project work. I had completed the writing partly at home and in class while Zane stayed true to his word and finished the diagrams for our experiment. I couldn’t believe he had actually played an active role in this , albeit a small one.
Walking into class I was shocked to see Daniel sitting in his usual seat, for a brief moment I had actually forgotten he was in class let alone sat next to me. I sat down in my seat and said a Hello to Ivy.
“Hello Ella , long time no see , did you miss me?”
“Hi Daniel..”
“Was it quiet without me?”
I opened my mouth to reply when Andrew thankfully jumped in “we’ve had paired assignments so Zane’s been sitting here” and right on que Zane stepped into the classroom , his focus darted towards Daniel with his jaw tightening at the mare sight of him. His eyes narrowed giving a piercing glare.
“Ah...Zane” mr Bain started , a snarl appeared on his lips as he refused to take his eyes off Daniel
“Why don’t you pull a chair over on that table so you can finish your assignment with Ella and Daniel can take part in your practical today , just explain to him what your going to be doing”
Zane stomped over grabbing a chair making it screech across the floor before finally taking a seat beside me on the corner of the table. His head then grabbed the leg of my chair and pulled me closer to him, he yanked the chair so fast that I almost fell off my seat but luckily I kept a strong hold on the sides.
Mr Bain said he was going to give the class a few minutes to discuss their experimental Daniel piped up first.
“So Ella , as I was saying, did you miss me then?”
I turned towards him in surprise , ever since sitting together he made much more effort with conversation and grew more bold with his questions , I wasn’t used to the “nicer” side of Daniel, only the mean one, I should be grateful he wasn’t still picking on me but I can’t help but feel uneasy around him, but maybe am being too hard and should give him a chance and at least talk back.
It was Zane’s turn to speak up . “So where have you been Daniel ? Vacation somewhere? Or did someone just kick your ass and you didn’t want to show your face for a while ?”
Daniels face suddenly turned cold and almost evil looking, he lowered his gaze at Zane.
“Something like that” he replied through gritted teeth.
The two of them were in a staring contest with neither of them prepared to back down anytime soon so I thought this would be a good time to step in. Clearing my throat ...
“So um...Daniel , this is a copy of what we are going to do,” I moved the paper closer to him but he didn’t even react.
“Did you hear what I said ?”
“Yes” was all he said still not removing his gaze from Zane.
Something wasn’t right between the two of them, I didn’t even know they had met before but it definitely seemed as though they had crossed paths and not in a good way. I tried to ignore the tension between them and concentrate on the lesson, but it proved difficult , the sooner this was over the better.
When it was our turn to demonstrate our experiment to Mr Bain Daniel just observed while Zane reluctantly took part and even wrote down any answers I told him too. Overall Mr Bain was pleased with our work and how we ever got through this lesson without Daniel or Zane kicking off and setting the classroom a light I will never know !.
After class I caught up with Zane who was marching away in frustration.
“Zane...wait up!” I called
He ground to a sudden haunt making me almost crash into the back of him.
“What ?!” He turned round and snapped
“What was all that about with Daniel ? Have I missed something ? It was so awkward in there and earlier on you were with Josh and he-“
He cut me off before I could continue my sentence , he lowered his head to the level of mine , before this might of gave me butterflies being this close but the look on his face made me feel intimidated instead. The students stopped mumbling in the corridor, silence fell and all eyes were on us. He stared down, I now had second thoughts , I didn’t have a good feeling about this, I should of thought better about approaching him when he was in a bad mood. My cheeks were heating up from the embarrassment of people staring.
He opened his mouth and I was met with gritted teeth.
“Why don’t you mind your own f*****g business Ella! It’s got nothing to do with you so stay the f**k out!”He sounded so much louder because the corridor was silent,
My eyes widened, What was wrong with him ? Why was he being like this? Am only checking to make sure he’s okay and he’s shouting at me I front of everyone . Not only was this humiliating but it was mostly hurtful, a painful lump grew in my throat and I felt my eyes start to sting ,the back of my cheeks were aching from holding back my tears but I couldn’t add to the current embarrassment.
Just as quick as he had stopped he was away again leaving me standing alone in the corridor. Everyone else had slowly moved on.
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