Let's play hide and seek

Chapter 10

Scarlet's POV~

Here I was on my way to school. I got ready for school very early since I didn't get a wink of sleep last night. Reflections of Heather kept flickering through my mind the whole night which was unusual seeing as I haven't given her much reflection this past few weeks.

I got to the school early and most of the students around were the school's sports team and some few other students. 

I looked around and saw a familiar face. He was staring at me with this look and I couldn't help my stomach from creating a little twitch. 

“Ugh!” I rolled my eyes and turned away and made my way in the direction of the hallway to my locker. I entered my codes and “clack” it flung open. 

My heart starts beating fast the moment my eyes fell on the envelope punched inside my locker with a pin. I looked around and I noticed I was the only person around. Slowly and carefully I pulled out the pin off the envelope and got hold of the envelope. I opened it scared s**t of what was gonna pop out of it. My face crammed with fear as the content of the envelope came into contact with me. It was a paper. I hoisted my brows as I pulled it out and strangely, it was a picture of Britney. I had no idea why that was there. I flipped to the back of the photograph and what I saw made me jump back.

“THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING!”

“Hey! I shrieked back when I felt a tap on my shoulder from behind. Quickly I hid the photograph behind me and turned to look at the person behind me. My stomach did the thing again when I became aware of who it was that tapped me. 

“No...no...no not now please” I pleaded with myself silently. Contrary, I disliked him but what I feel when I am around him or see him tells otherwise. 

“ I called your name several times but you were not responding is everything alright?” 

“Y...yeah... I'm okay, just a little tired that's all” I stuttered with anxiety written all over my face. I didn't want him to see what was in my hands behind my back.

“You haven't had breakfast, have you? Wanna go grab a bite?” He suddenly asked out of nowhere. I arched my brow.

“I mean, seeing how you are in early, I thought maybe you haven't had breakfast yet” He continued looking a little nervous. 

“Is that some kind of line you use to woe girls to go out with you or something ?” I asked with no emotion on my face whatsoever.

“Hey, I was just tryna be nice okay, seeing how depleted you look, I thought I had help out a little and besides we didn't start of nicely, so you could say it's my way of making up for it” 

I gazed at him for a while and I knew he was just trying to be nice. 

“Well, if you insist, why not” 

“I'm not insisting!” He whirled his eyes at me. I shrugged “Whatever makes you sleep tonight” I veered around to close the locker and I thought of the picture in my hand. I still didn't know what to think of it. I mean, why would a picture of Britney be in my locker. Yet, I still couldn't let anyone see it.

I have to talk to Selena about it later. I thought to myself. 

“Why don't you go ahead, I will be right behind you” I said?

“You sure?” He queried and I noticed his eyes looking down at my hand which was behind me.

“ Yeah... I will just take a few things from my locker and catch up with you” 

“Sure” he said and walked away with a look I couldn't quite describe. I pushed the photograph and the envelope back into my locker and took a few things I would be needing for the day and locked it.

“ Who would put a photograph of Brit in my locker” I kept thinking to myself as I made my way to the student breakfast spot near the school cafeteria. I mean, it doesn't make any sense.

“Hey” Lucas' voice snaps me out of my thoughts. Yeah, I know his name. Selena being Selena found out and told me. Not that I asked her. I looked up and saw Lucas motioning his hand for me to come over while holding a tray with the other. I went over and sat beside him on the chair he dragged back for me to sit on.

“Didn't take you for the gentleman type”. I said after making myself comfortable on the chair. He gave me a wolfish smirk. Well, it's a different story when I am with a pretty girl” he said while taking a sit himself. 

 We dug in silently. Nothing like an awkward kind of silence, just normal relaxing silent. Everyone in their own thoughts.

“ So I hear you play all kinds of sports” I asked, breaking the silence. 

He laughed lightly” Curious much huh?” 

“ Hey, don't think I went around asking about you. I heard it” I exclaimed looking all serious. He continued laughing while looking me in my eyes.

“ Hey it's true! Students talk a lot you know" I kept defending myself. 

“Let's just say I believe you” he said sarcastically trying to hold his laughter. 

I rolled my eyes as I waited for him to finish with the teasing. 

“ Yep but that is all history now, I only joined the soccer team because I didn't want to bore my a*s here in the school doing nothing”. He said getting serious. 

“Okay so about you” He stated, staring at me with an intense look.

“I'm not gonna answer anything regarding me” I gave him a sardonic look.

“No way, that is not fair. You asked me something about myself and I gave you an answer, it's your turn”. He said still looking at me with interest.

I scoffed “that was merely a question”

“Still not fair” he probed. 

“Fine! Shoot!”. I gave in.

“ I hear you used to be close friends with Eva and her battalion. What happened?” he said calmly while taking a sip from his juice. I shifted uncomfortably on my seat.

“Its It's okay if you don't want to talk about it” he encouraged.

 “Nerhh, it's fine. It's all history now anyway” I said with a shrug trying to hide my discomfort. 

“ HISTORY!” My eyes froze as the word history cued me of something. 

“ Hey I will see later, thanks for the food” I said while rising up and rushing back to my locker. He looked at me confused. I didn't give him any explanation as I walked away. I needed to read the note behind the photograph again. “The only thing connecting me to Brit was all history” I thought as I made my way to the hallway as fast as possible. I noticed that almost every student was in, and they were all running towards a particular direction. 

“Hey, what's happening. Where is everyone going to?” I asked the person closest to me.

“ A student has been involved with an accident just now while trying to enter the parking lot” She answered me with briskly. 

“OMG” I said that aloud as I run in the direction everyone was running towards.