KILLER EYES

CHAPTER 8

It's been a few days since Zero started attending our school. He didn't talk to me much but he always looked at me as if he could see through me. If our gazes happened to meet, he always just smiled and continued to watch my every step closely. As I expected, our whole class believed his lies, especially Chloe, who tried to get with him from the first day he came to school and sent her old boyfriend away. Jay and I were the only ones to stay as far away from Zero as possible. As for the Chloe incident, I'm free from her at least for a while, as she's currently busy seducing Zero.

I really don't understand, everyone is completely obsessed with him just because he looks nice. A few days ago we did trial tests and it was customary for me and Jay to always pass with the highest number of points, while the rest of the class failed. But a few days ago, when the results were hung on the school website, Zero got the most points of all students in the whole school, so even teachers now like him.

„Why do you have an expression on your face like you want to kill me? Or are you just not enjoying lunch? '' Jasper asked, snapping me back into reality.

„I'm sorry, it’s just that something is annoying me” I played with the food that was on my plate.

„Let me guess...you’re annoyed because you didn’t get the highest scores but someone else did” he laughed.

I’m sorry to admit it, but he is right. I was proud of my marks and results, which I always worked so hard on, but now I find that I have gotten worse and that’s all because of the manipulative psychopath who thinks that when he comes to a new school, everything belongs to him and that he is the best.

„Ria ... you'll always be the best in my eyes, okay?” he grabbed my hand and smiled.

Although I wasn't in the mood to smile at the time, I still gave him a smile. I knew he was trying to be strong for me because he knew it was very important to me.

Jasper's gaze looked strange and for some reason he was no longer smiling at me because he was focused on something behind me. As I looked behind me, Zero was entering the cafeteria with Chloe and her minions. Zero's shirt was slightly unbuttoned and Chloe's hair was ruffled. He was holding Chloe around her waist and together they went to where most of the "richest brats" sat.

Interesting, so the gossip about them being together was true in the end. It looks like Chloe finally got what she asked for. Her smile indicated that she was having a good time, and Zero’s gaze was blank as if he felt nothing.

I felt sick, I don't know if it was from the fact that I saw them both after having s*x with each other or from the food that was really bad in this cafeteria.

„I lost my appetite Jay, can we go?” I asked.

„Mhm, let’s go I also feel sick” he said angrily, as if the same thoughts were running through his head.

It's not that I don’t support their relationship, but the idea that someone would be willing to be with a murderer who killed a lot of people surprised me. However, I realized that Chloe didn't know anything about Zero and I may have felt a little sorry for her. One side of me felt sorry for her, and the other said that karma is a b***h and had finally bit Chloe in the ass.

„Don’t tell me you’re jealous Ria?” Jasper asked on the way to our classroom.

„No, but I'm disgusted anyway. Having s*x in an empty classroom seems illegal to me.” I felt that my body was covered in chills just at the thought of seeing Chloe naked.

„Maybe if you had someone...you’d see it differently” he said.

„I don't plan on being with someone in a relationship, Jasper. It causes problems and then my years of hard work to get the best grades would be useless,'' I said seriously. I plan to do a lot of things and a relationship doesn’t fit into my plan at all. At least not yet.

„You should stop thinking only about your grades Ria.... I know it's important to you but you’re telling me you’ve never liked anyone as more than a friend? Or that you have no plans to fall in love with anyone in the future? '' you could tell he was angry by the tone of his voice.

I didn't understand his question or what he was trying to tell me. Why is he angry? He never behaved like that, and it felt like I wasn't talking to the Jasper I know.

„I don't understand what you're trying to tell me, Jay ... but I've never liked anyone so much that I could imagine a relationship with them." I said truthfully.

It looked like he was upset but I didn't understand why. I didn't say anything wrong, just the truth ...

„What's wrong, Jay?" You look upset, did I say something wrong? If so, I'm sorry .. ’’ I asked quietly. I don't want us to argue again. We've been arguing often since Zero came to our school and I don't like that.

His head was bowed down, but he still came to me and hugged me tightly. His hand was playing with my hair, it was a pleasant feeling.

„I’m sorry Ria, nothing is wrong, I just have a headache” he said with a sad tone and he placed his chin on my head.

„Do you want me to walk with you to class class? I'll tell the teacher you weren't feeling well” I said, frightened. It never happens that Jasper is sick, usually he’s sick only once or twice a year.

„No, I told the teacher I would help her with the papers" he said quietly.

„You should rest. I’ll go help her with the papers okay?” Because of how tightly he held me in his arms, it was hard to say anything.

„I'll wait for you in the classroom'' he broke away from me and smiled. His smile was not the same it looked sad.

„Be careful”

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I've been moving papers for over 15 minutes now. I was in the classroom alone, so it didn't bother me, at least I could clear my head of all those annoying students who were just messing around in the hallways. The class was cold probably because it was winter and it was also rarely used. There was more or less just a mess and a lot of dust which made me want to cough and sneeze.

My task was to move the individual papers and books to the shelves so that they were arranged alphabetically. I remember that I used these books often because people learn really interesting things from them and you can especially find important facts for our final projects.

I like books it's something like an escape from reality in which people are not always happy, I remember that whenever I was sad or I was at home alone I could read a whole book in one day. My mother always hated books, and Jasper certainly did, so I never had anyone to share this joy with. Although I have tried to recommend a good book to them they have always tried to gently reject it by suggesting that they prefer movies. I was sorry but on one hand I understand that it takes a couple of hours or even days to read a book which as watching a movie doesn’t take that long.

When I reached out for another book it was full of dust that forced me to sneeze.

„Bless you”

When I turned around Zero was leaning against the blackboard looking at me. I didn't even realize that he had entered the classroom which had forced me to ask myself how long had been standing there? The memory of how he almost killed me in a classroom like this one appeared in my head and I automatically took a step back.

„I'm not going to hurt you, at least not yet, I came to “help” of course” he said sarcastically and headed towards me.

„Why would you help me? '' I took another step backwards, holding a book I had previously held firmly in my hands.

„Don’t worry, I’m not here willingly. The teacher asked me to help you” he began rummaging through the books in the boxes and looked at each one carefully and flipped through them.

When I looked at him, he didn't seem to be in a very good mood, his shirt was unbuttoned a little more and there was a hickey on his neck, probably from Chloe. His hair was ruffled again, which only indicated that they probably went for a 2nd round. How disgusting, now I'm afraid to sit in any one of the classrooms.

,,Take a picture it will last longer’’ he smirked.

I didn't even notice that I was looking at him for so long, so I went back to work without saying another word. There was a lot and I didn't have time to talk to a killer.

After about 10 minutes of him rummaging through the boxes full of books, he sat down in a chair and looked at me. Couldn’t of asked for better help, I sighed and rolled my eyes.

„You’re supposed to be helping me, not sit on your ass and stare at me” I said with a cold tone.

„Were you really expecting me to help? What a joke. How could you be so dumb?” he said.

Anger was flowing through my whole body with fear at the same time, my hands started shaking, but adrenaline was pumping through me as well. I honestly wanted to kick the chair out from under his lazy ass, but then I realized what would be waiting for me if I did.

„Why are you here then Zero? Why don’t you just leave and let me finish the work?” I sighed and placed another book on the shelf.

„Why would I do that? At least now I have time to ask you something'' I felt his gaze burning hole through the back of my head.

„How do you know I will answer your question?” I asked.

„You don't have much of a choice unless you want to die, do you? So tell me, what happened between you and your little boyfriend?” He asked.

I didn't understand the question, lately I started to realize that men are worse than women in asking questions, and that's something.

„What do you mean?” I turned around to face him.

„Your conversation in the hall was really interesting” he smiled.

He looked like he could see right through me me, like he knew exactly what I was going to do, he had read me from top to bottom and I didn't like it.

„Eavesdropping is rude” I said angrily.

„My bad pancake, but it looks like you didn't quite understand what Jasper was trying to tell you, did you?” he said.

Jasper was trying to tell me something?

„By the look on your face, I see that you have absolutely no idea what I’m talking about, do you? It doesn’t matter, it happens when a person is too stupid ... you have nothing to be ashamed of” he laughed and got up from his chair.

I was angry and I wanted to throw a book at him, which I was holding in my hands. Listen to someone else's conversation and still make fun of me? Who does he think he is?

„Okay, if you could ask me a question, can I also ask you something? '' I said firmly even though the truth was that I was afraid of myself.

He leaned in towards me and studied my face as if I was a book.

„You can try” he smirked.

I had a lot of questions ... you could say I had more than ever, but only one interested me at this moment.

„What did you mean by me not being a sinner?’’ It took me a while to look him in the eye as he was too close and it was uncomfortable for me.

A smile appeared on his face, it wasn't a smile of happiness or that something good had happened to him, it was a smile that he had on his face the night he killed the man in front of my eyes. As soon as I asked the question, I regretted it.

„Why ? Are you afraid that you might be a sinner pancake?” he said softly and came even closer to me.

My legs were trembling and I felt like I was going to throw up at any moment. The room was completely silent and it felt like you could hear my strong heartbeat echoing throughout the room.

„Tell me, you're afraid of the idea that I would slit your neck?” he touched my neck with his cold fingers and slowly wrapped his hand around my neck.

Again, I felt as if I couldn't breathe, as if he had full control over me and I couldn't even move. It was exactly like the night in front of the store. The same feeling that I was helpless and that I was unable scream for someone to help me.

„Maybe if I ask Jasper, he will tell me more than you” he said quietly near my ear.

Adrenaline rushed trough my body and I gently pushed him away from me.

„Don't even try to go anywhere near him or I'll kill you myself'' I said angrily and loudly, but I didn't mean the word „I'll kill you” seriously and I said it just because he had pissed me off.

He was surprised as if he wasn't expecting me to say that, but within a second his face went dark as if I were talking to a demon.

„So you think you’d be able to kill me huh?” He laughed.

He pulled out a knife from his pocket. Cold sweat dripped down my face and I thought I was about to fall. I was shaking and took a step back until my back hit the wall. I expected him to kill me now, but instead he grabbed my hand and placed his knife in it.

„Go ahead then, now you have the perfect opportunity to kill me...don’t waste it, I mean it could be the last time you get an opportunity like this” he whispered in my ear and took a step back.

I looked at the my hand that held the knife tightly. My hands were sweating and I didn't know what to do. When I looked at Zero he was just standing there with his arms crossed over his chest and a smile on his face. He must have seen the fear in my eyes and it did him good. He felt good seeing people being afraid of him and how they respected him, and I'm not talking about how much he loves it when people do exactly what he wants.

I put the knife in front of me and Zero took it out of my hand. I was helpless and scared as if he had taken my whole life with him.

„I was expecting more from you pancake, you had the first and last chance to kill me and you wasted it all because you were scared” he said disappointed.

What else did he expect me to do? Was he expecting me to run after him, and that I would just kill him as if nothing had happened. My head was down and I was looking at the ground, I had nothing else to say to him. I just wanted him to leave.

„I’ll see you around” he said.

I heard his footsteps and then the door to the classroom slammed shut, indicating that he was gone.

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After school, Jasper and I went home, and I made up that I was not feeling well and that I could not come to work today, even though the truth was that I did not feel like going there because of what happened with Zero earlier. Jasper was also quite quiet, he probably still has a headache, so he wasn't as talkative as he always is. Along the way, I kept thinking about what Zero had told me. What was Jasper trying to tell me and what I did I not understand? After 20 minutes of constant thinking, I left it at that and decided to ask Jasper about it later.

Our paths split at my house and I came home where a lot of homework awaited me as I skipped the last two lessons because of the books I was putting away. Zero didn't help me, so I was left alone. I hate him ! God, I hate Him! He always has to do what he wants! Angry and frustrated, I sat down at my desk and started doing my homework. By the time I had everything done, it was about 2 a.m and my eyes were slowly closing, so I lay down on the bed where I immediately fell asleep.

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In the morning Jasper was waiting for me in front of the school as always. He had a smile on his face and hugged me. It looks like he feels a lot better for what I’m glad, because he didn't look so good yesterday.

„Can we go princess?” he asked.

I nodded and both of us made our way to the main entrance of the school.

„Jasper...” I said quietly not able to move.

„Hm?” he asked and turned towards me.

„What were you talking about yesterday...?” I said stuttering when he stopped me.

„Sorry I don't even remember it, come on we have to go” he grabbed my hand and pulled me towards the school.

He doesn’t remember? It seemed to me as if he was avoiding the question, but I left it at that. Maybe he'll tell me when he's ready.