Sweeter Than Romance

Chapter 3: Sign

*Lianne*

I was still shocked by last night's events not because of the make-out session. Duh I'm not a prude. But because of the fact that soccer-face was the person I caught and with another man nonetheless. Heck, I don't have any suspicion about that since soccer face is all tough and s**t. He even went to the extent of harboring feelings of hatred towards Gays. I don't know him personally but I'm aware of his behavior since he publicly embarrass them. But Guess what, Karma has a way for getting back at people especially at Hypocrites like him.

“ Umm.. Lianne. Do you umm.. How do I say this.”

“ What Ashley?" I asked confused.

“ I mean like.. you know. Have a crush on Johnny." I raised a brow because I had no Idea what Ashley was talking about.

“ Johnny Who?”

“ Johnny Perez s***h the person you are eyeing like a hawk right now." Explained Jace. I was still confused until my eyes landed on soccer face. Ah. So this is what they meant.

“ Hell no. Why would I? I didn't even know him. Well not personally. Plus he's the reason why I'm extremely late on the first day.”

“ Ho ho ho. You don't know him yet you remembered your first encounter. That is very Convincing in my opinion." Jace snidely remarked. I hit him with the folder I was holding and glared at him afterwards.

“ Its not what you think, i***t. Of course you will remember the person who is a hassle to you.”

“ We can't really force our feelings but I think Johnny isn't good for you, Lianne.”

“ Ashley is right. He is an asshole who can't even treat a human being properly.”

“ My God. Are you two even listening to me?!" I cried out in frustration." I was staring at him but for a different reason.”

“ And what would that be?" They both asked.

I thought for a moment until I came up with an answer.

“ The fact that he is similar to Johnny Bravo. He's got a huge body but a small head. His brain is probably proportional to the size of his head.”

“OMG I noticed that too." Said Ashley as she busted out into laughter. Jace on the other hand seem unconvinced.

“If you won't stop doubting me then I will really think that you're the one crushing on me, Jace." I said in a challenging tone as I maintained a smirk.

Jace mirrored my expression and looked at me intently in the eyes. We all know how Jace hate to be teased.

“ Huh. Two can play this game, Clarkson. " Not long after, Me and Jace had a staring contest and you can literally imagine an electric current generated between us. Ashley fidgeted under the tension.

“Umm Guys.. Next Subject will start soon.”

“ I won't stop until Jace admits defeat.”

“ Likewise Lianne. Likewise.”

“ Umm.. I think if Lianne has a crush then its great. Yaayy. Everyone happy right? Problem solved.

“ NO!!!" We both shouted which caused Ashley to flinch.

“Okay, Chill. Whatever you guys say.”

“ First and foremost. No one is having a crush. And I Definitely. And Absolutely. Don't have a crush on soccer face or Johnny Bravo. So please drill that into your heads." I said with finality.

“ Well we're not prohibiting you to have a crush Lianne. Its just that Johnny is an asshole and we don't want you to get hurt. Remember what happened to our former club member on 8th Grade? That pretty much explains things.”

What Jace was saying is the incident involving our classmate in the past. Me and Jace joined the Literature Club and our classmate also did. Long story short. He got bullied by Johnny for stupid reasons such as saying things like he disgusts him, etc. Etc. The bullying got pretty bad since our former classmate went to the extent of transferring schools. Since that day, Jace developed hatred towards Johnny because of his behaviour but also because he and our classmate are good friends before.

“ Well thanks for your concern. But its no big deal. I’m not crushing on him.” I said with sincerity and Jace's expression softened.

“Good. You better be.”

“Are you jealous, Jace?” Ashley asked with a smug grin but it disappeared once Jace glared at her.

“ Riiigght. Like Lianne said, no one is crushing on anyone so we're good. He he." Added Ashley with a nervous chuckle.

“Jace may act cool but he's such a teddy bear. Awww.. how cute." I said in an annoyingly sweet voice.

“ My god, Lianne. Please stop it.”

“ Nope. Not until I'm done embarrassing you, Brother.”

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I was roaming down the hallways when I spotted Soccer face together with his team mates. They were practicing in the fields and I decided to get back at him for making me late on my first day.

“ Okay, 20 more push-ups and we're done!”

“ Yes, Coach!”

The team proceeded on doing push-ups except for Soccer Face. I approached them and stood a good distance.

“ Hey, its you. What do you want?”

“ Hmmm.. Nothing." I said and put on my best Lenny Face.

“ 15, 16, 17”

“ TF? Go away and stop bothering me. And don't even think that I'll go for bitches like you.”

WOAH WOAH WOAH. Did he really think that I came all the way just to seduce him? The nerve of this arrogant bastard. Well.. Let's see how he will react to this.

“ Of course you won't... cuz probably.. you don't prefer Bitches." I said in a whisper. This seemed to catch him off guard since he tensed up a little bit.

“W-What do you mean?”

“18, 19, 20!”

Other players dusted off some dirt from their attire after they finished their push-ups. I, on the other hand, continued my assault on the arrogant bastard.

“ It was such a beautiful night, don't you think? The alley has never been so gooood.” I said smugly. Johnny stood frozen and the players approached him.

“Captain. We're done with our exercise. We should probably take a shower so we can practice early for tomorrow like what Coach instructed us to do.”

“ That's right. I'm sure your Captain will like that. You should definitely shower together.” I said with a wink before leaving them. The players were puzzled and I never saw soccer face so shocked like what he is right now.

“ Karma is a bitch..Like they say." I thought with a smirk.

*Nicholas*

“ I'll make sure to do that, sir”

“ Thank You. You may go.”

I was about to open the door when someone beat me to it. I took a close look at the person and recognized him as the Student Council President. He casted me a quick glance before walking away.

“ Trevor Styles? What is he doing in here?” I asked myself as I watched his retreating figure.

“ Oh, Nicholas. Do you need something?”

I closed the door before facing the owner of the voice. I'm in the chairman's office and obviously, my father was the person asking me.

“ Why is the Student Council President here a while ago?”

“ Oh that.”My father adjusted his glasses before answering me. " He's just here to report about school matters and stuff.”

“This early? Man, I'm lucky I didn't join the Student Council.”

“ What about you. I'm sure you didn't came all the way here just to ask that question." My father said with confusion.

I gathered my courage and took a breathe . This is it. I'm gonna report my problem about the cafeteria and propose a reasonable argument. Hopefully, if I win this one, those two idiots will stop nagging me and leave me alone.

“ I just wanna tell you that-

I was cut off by a sound coming from my phone.

“ It seems like you have an important message." Said my father while looking at the phone I was holding.

“R-Right. Please excuse me.”

I hastily walked away and got out from his office. Dammit. Just when I thought this is the right time. I opened my phone and read the message.

-I need to tell you something.-

“ Can't this wait?” I said as I typed in my reply.

-Nicholas. This is important.-

I stared at the screen for a few seconds. When my name got mentioned in the text and not just the nick name, I'm sure that things have really gotten Important.

-Okay. Let's meet after class.-

-You better be. Be there early.-

I released a sigh and slid my phone back in my pocket.

“Tsk. What could be the problem this time?”

-Timeskip-

“ So you didn't manage to convince your Dad? Dude that sucks!”

“ Its not that I didn't convince him but because I didn't have the chance.”I replied back in annoyance.

“ So if you had the chance then you think you could have convinced him?" Zion countered back.

“Guys, stop. Okay. I'm sure there are other chances so stop nagging me.”I replied without tearing away my gaze from the phone.

Damn I'm stressed enough and these friends of mine won't stop bothering me.

“ Is that Samantha again? Tell her to go away and stop bothering you and also us.”Complained Xavier like a child while Zion just shook his head.

“Guys I need to go. I'll see you tomorrow." I didn't wait for their reply and sped off. I could hear Xavier shouting from the distance.

“ Ugh Give me a break.”

*Lianne*

“So you're telling us that you knew a secret about Johnny?”

“ What might this secret be?”

I pulled my friends to a corner and after making sure that no one is at a close distance, I spoke in a low voice.

“ Would you believe me if I tell you that Johnny is Gay?”

“WHAAT?!” shouted Ashley and I'm pretty sure she gained the attention of some students passing by.

“Ouch! What was that for?”Ashley rubbed her arm and soothed the area where I pinched her.

“ Keep your voice down you i***t! You're scaring the life out of us here.” I then continued after a few seconds. " Anyways, as I was saying. Yes. Johnny is gay. I saw him making out with someone last night in a dark alley.”

“ How could you be so sure that it was a man he was spending the time with?”asked a skeptical Jace. I explained the details but left out the part about the mysterious guy. That's something I have to deal with alone cuz if I tell them, I'm sure things will go out of hand.

“ But... That's just impossible... I mean. He's all tough and have you seen the way he discriminate Gays? It's like he can't stand their existence and like Puke in any second!”

Jace adorned a thoughtful expression and he voiced out his opinion after snapping his fingers.

“ That's a possibility, Ashley. It's possible that he is using this as a defense mechanism to hide what he truly is. I just don't understand why he had to insult other people in the process. That just shows how a bastard he is.”

“ So what are you gonna do about this Jace?" Seeing his anger, there's a possibility he would use this against soccer face. But what he said next was something I didn't expect.

“ What am I gonna do? Nothing.”He gathered his things and turned away from us. "If I'm gonna take revenge by humiliating him in front of the crowd, then that makes me no different from him.”

He gave us a sideway glance.

“ And besides.. He's not even worth wasting my time with.” He walked ahead of us and we silently followed him.

-(Café)-

“ Hoo. There's more customers than usual.” I wiped a sweat from my forehead as I observed the line of customers in the counter.

“ Lianne, please hand this water bottle to table 15!”

“ Got it!” I replied back as I get the item. With a wave of luck, seems like I'll be serving Mr. Hooded Guy.

“This is my chance to see him up close.” I slowly approached his table and Mr. Mysterious was as usual, glued to his phone.

“ Um. Excuse me. This is the Water Bottle you ordered.”

The man looked up and his eyes are the only feature I noticed since he is also wearing a face mask.

“ Gray.”

“ Thank You.” He replied in a muffled voice and went back on checking his phone.

“ I-If you won't mind, can I ask you-

*(RINGGG!!)*

The man quickly stood up and placed an envelope on the table.

“ Wait! Your-

My words went unheard since the hooded guy hurriedly left while answering his call.

“ Your..... necklace...” I whispered out as I picked up the object. It was a silver diamond shaped necklace crusted with tiny ruby gems on the side. A letter D was engraved in the center.

“ Hey, you alright?" asked Jace as he went up to my side.

“ Yeah”I took the necklace and hid it in my pocket. The necklace which is the only sign which leads me to the Mysterious Hooded Guy.

-Chapter End-