I Wonder.

Probably

LOCATION:

MR. MACK'S CLASSROOM

TIME: August/24/1:10pm

"Nice seeing you again." His words were laced with arrogance but in a way that made it seem endearing. It took me a minute to even process those four words mainly because I'm an over-thinker and analyze everything big or small. Was it nice to see him again? I Don't know. I had hoped that maybe I would just forget about him because of the saying 'out of sight out of mind' Right? But on the other hand I was still curious about Malum. He piqued my interest and my interest alone was more than enough for me to want to talk to him again. I Don't know why I only met him two hours ago.

I turned to him so I wouldn’t seem like I’m being rude and saw him with a cute expression. The only thing that I wanted to know was whether he was doing that look on purpose or was it just some freak accident with his face. "Hey." I whispered not wanting to be loud or rude. His face broke out in a smile and I could see his gum between his teeth and he had nice teeth. Ughh why do I think these things? Nice teeth like what the f**k Pura. His smile was nice though it made my heart hurt. I don't know why but it was an inviting smile that he seemed to master and he didn't seem like the player type but he seemed like trouble. Nice trouble though. s**t. I'm facing studying again. Which also means staring. I was studying his face way too deeply. It was a habit that I picked up from my mom when she used to tell me the eyes are the gateway to the soul and for some reason I picked up face studying from that point on and I needed to stop. "I'm sorry for staring" I whispered. I looked away out of sheer embarrassment to find Mr. Mack was still doing his pretty long intro.

"No worries it gave me a chance to stare at you too." I was once again taken back for the second time. He's straight forward and bold. I looked at him once more and he wasn’t looking at me. This meant he wasn’t just saying it to get a reaction out of me and that made me beyond happy considering how hot my face feels right now. Wow, he's not like most guys my age, he's a little more refined and mature unlike Liam. Speaking of which, I have a boyfriend, who would lose it just at the thought of him talking to another boy let alone this boy. No guy friends. That's not allowed.

But maybe Malum just has a flirty personality or maybe I'm over thinking his words. I'm nervous, why am I nervous?

I let out a deep breath that I didn't know I was holding and looked away after about ten minutes. I finally managed to stop my palm sweat and started to concentrate again, I'm too timid. Was I always like this? If so, I'm annoyed.

"For your first assignment You will write about the person next to you." Mr. Mack said panic was my first initial reaction but then thoughts of how ignorant I was soon crept in. How could I forget this was the first assignment? It was like this every year! Malum just happened to be that person next to me. I would have to spend two months outside of school with him just getting to know him so I can write a paper.

Fuck. ME.

"Looks like we are partners Pura." I looked up at him and felt calm again. His smile made my heart hurt but it also made me feel better even though he didn't even try to cheer me up. Why doesn't Liam make me feel like this? Maybe he does and I'm just used to feeling It with him.

Thinking of which, he will not like this. Fear began to arise in me from just knowing how this will play out with him getting mad and me being helpless and left broken. He will blame me for this. Why didn't you move? This is what he will ask and I will have no answer which will make him madder and me feel even worse about this whole situation, if that's even possible. I could feel my eyes stinging at the thought of it. I can't tell Liam. I can't. How would that even work? I look at the clock in the room. Two minutes before the bell and Liam will be outside that door.

All the confusion clouded my head so I pushed it aside and thought fast.

"I will meet you at my house tomorrow. Please be there after school and we can talk about the project. I'll tell you my address tomorrow in class.” He nodded but soon after a smirk took over his features making a dimple appear in his right cheek.

"Wow, already a date." He laughed at his own lame joke. That didn't rub me the right way but I think that's only because of my mind being on Liam. I muttered out a forced laugh and it sounded as pitiful as I felt and I ran to the door so Liam would walk me to my next class without seeing Malum. He would tell me to switch classes if he found out and he and I shared a class. Or worse, Harass Malum until he did.

But why Don't I just switch to a different class period. It wouldn’t be that hard. Let me stop being plus I’ve with myself for a second. I don’t want to switch classes. It’s not a matter of am I that intrigued by Malum that I'm to sacrifice myself to get to know him but more like I am that intrigued so why not risk it, plus Liam is in a better place even if he found out it might not be a big thing that is making it out to be. I’m basing his reaction off the old him. With that said I know I’m not going to tell him. That is not a gamble I’m willing to take simply because I suck at chance games.