Chapter 2
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They passed the courtyard and didn’t say a word to each other, then he paused and turned “you should change”
“Why”
“We’re going to the basketball court” he looked at her plaid skirt
“So why exactly amIchanging”
“They’ll eat you alive here” he turned and kept walking towards the basketball court, she was puzzled but followed him regardless.
The court was empty, but there were a bunch of people at the bleachers laughing. She wanted to turn back but she really needed her schedule.
She walked behind Alex because she didn’t want to speak to anyone there, they looked very intimidating.
“Alexxxxxx” Forty yelled from the bleachers while swinging a bottle of liquor
“Don’t you have a class or something”
“Aren’t you tired of asking obvious questions?” Sloane laughed collecting the liquor from Forty
“Aren’t you tired of wasting away?” Alex rolled his eyes
“Oooouuu” Jodieee chuckled “slow down Sloane you know how Alex gets when he’s mad”
“I don’t have your time” he turned to Luca “Elizabeths’ schedule please”. Elizabeth saw someone turn to her abruptly, it was the girl she noticed when she got to the school. She stared at her like she was some type of creature that crawled from the sewers, she scanned her with a type of disgust Elizabeth had never seen before. Elizabeth tried her best to avoid her until she spoke to her “what are you wearing?” Everyone shifted their gaze to her, she felt so uncomfortable, but she stared back at her. Elizabeth knew how to maintain a calm attitude under pressure, it was the one thing she learnt from her dad.
“Is that a uniform” Marc chuckled
“Old school” Forty stared at her oxfords “expensive” he smirked
“No but what the f**k are you actually wearing you-” Sloane had the most judgmental eyes
“Hey” Luca blushed at her as he cut Sloane off
“You know her?” Jelena turned and looked at him
“Not really Jelena” he smiled “what’s up? Still need a tour ?” he looked back at her
“No, she needs her schedule” Alex interrupted
“Oh s**t” Luca searched his bag and Jelena turned her face back to her, everyone in the room could somehow feel Jelenas’ gaze on Luca, she looked angry but not enough that her facial expression would change. Luca handed the paper to Alex and smiled at Elizabeth one more time.
When she turned around to leave she heard Forty laugh and whisper “did you say she’s British ?”, she didn’t turn back, not because she didn’t have anything to say or because she wanted to avoid trouble but because she knew if she looked at Jelena one more time she would’ve simply melted.
Alex held her hand as they left the court, she looked a bit sad and it made him upset “hey are you good?”, she didn’t shrug him off or push him away, she held his hand tighter “honestly no, that was weird, what’s wrong with whatI'm wearing” she looked puzzled.
“If we’re being fair it’s a bit odd but they’re naturally mean” he smiled at her
“Jelena” she said her name like it was fragile
“Yes Jelena” he sounded tired of hearing her name “saw the way she looked at you when Luca said hi '' he stopped for a minute to look at her “you’ll want to avoid them but especially her, she’s not friendly. Especially when it comes to Luca”
“I don’t care about Luca”
“And she doesn’t know that, just avoid them alright” he kept walking “now, your schedule” he scanned the schedule and traced it with his finger “nice we have the same timetable” he smiled at her, she was happy she wasn’t going to lie to herself, she felt like she made a friend but she didn’t want to jump the g*n first
“Oh by the way you should see Mr O’neil, he’s the admissions officer” he said pointing toward his office “meet me here when you’re done?”, she nodded and went into the office
“Miss Delores” he looked so excited she almost threw up in her mouth
“Elizabeth is fine” she said sitting, he kept smiling and it made her so uncomfortable, they looked at each other for a minute before she broke the awkward silence “so is there a reason you called me here or?”
“Yes actually” he looked over her shoulder “you came alone?”
“Should I not have?”
“Give me a second” he picked up the intercom “Mr Ramirez please report to the Admissions office thank you”
“I can leave if you want me to” she didn’t want another person to be in the room when he was talking to her
“Don’t worry he’ll be here soon” he smiled “he doesn’t have a choice”. Someone ran into the office panting “i’m here”
“Well that was earlier than I expected” Mr O’neil looked disappointed, she turned around and saw Luca and sighed
“I have an explanation” he sat next to her
“No, you have an excuse” he sighed “you had a deal with the counsellor”
“I know but ask her”
“Ask me what?” she looked so confused
“Mr Ramirez here has a job, he has to take you around the school to make up for extra credit so he remains on the team”
“I’m pretty sure giving me that information was somehow breaching his privacy” she had an expressionless face but at that moment she felt a bit sorry for Luca
“It’s not my faultIswear i-” Luca tried to defend himself
“It’s mine” she cut him off “I left him at a pointI'm sorry”
“Oh” he turned to Luca “i’m sorry” she noticed Luca tried to hide his smile from her but she smiled at him anyway “okay so let’s get to it, Lizzy” he turned to her
“Don’t call me that”
“Okayyy” he smiled “how are you settling in so far”
“It’s okayIguess, Luca showed me around” she faked a smile, she really wanted to leave where she was, for some random reason she couldn’t get Jelenas’ stare out of her head.
***
Luca rushed out of the gym after hearing
his name and everywhere was silent, everyone was afraid to break the silence that Jelena obviously caused so she did it herself “i’m going to ask again who the f**k is she?”
“Luca said she’s some british girl” Forty threw the bottle aside
“She’s not important Jelena” Sloane was resting her head on Fortys’ thighs “she looks weird who gives a f**k”
“There is no way in hell that Luca would be interested in that thing” Jodieee snarled
“I never said he was” she turned and gave Jodieee the deadliest stare she had ever given, Jodieee looked like she wanted the ground to open up and swallow her. Jelena had a way of destroying someone with just her eyes and her energy, It was incredible. She got up and walked away, she could hear Marc yell her name but she was over them anyway.
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