CHAPTER 2

"Okay students, open your textbooks,"

After the lunch break, and after what Emma and Natasha said to me, I was afraid of Ethan's power, I was afraid of he would kill me too, like the rumors, and like Nate said, to every smoke, has its fire, so we can't be too sure!

I kept my distance with Ethan and so far, I'm doing a pretty good job, if I say so myself. I never talked to him and when we share the textbook I always make sure not to look at him or accidentally touch him. I don't want to cause a big fight, so I remained on my seat like a statue 🗿.

Emma and Natasha even told me he fought with some college students and students from a different school, just because they bumped into him. So my hand is staying with me and not going to cross the invisible line I drew in my mind. I hope I get my textbooks fast so that I don't need to sit so close to him😩

"Hey! You dropped your pen," he said, handing me the pen.

"AHHHH!!!! You can have it!" I said bowing down.

He looked confused and annoyed as he said "Oi! I don't need these girly things, you keep it and everyone drops their things so don't unnecessarily apologize, instead thank them! Do I need to teach you basic manners too?"

I lifted my head and took back my pen, and thanked him, and then looked down again, feeling a sense of relief and joy.

"Finally! I thought I lost you my precious 💞, I thought you were a goner!!! My dear lucky pen! Don't do that to me ever again, do you know how worried and how much I missed you?!!" I said in my head and I kissed the cute cat charmed pen.

That pen once helped me not fail in an exam, because it has numbers on it from 1 to 4, so I used it to randomly pick the numbers by turning it, and I got a pretty decent marks, that's why it is lucky.

"Geez! 🙄 It's not like I'm going to eat it," Ethan mumbled.

"If you have anything to say, come say it to my face!!" is what I wanted to say to him, but too afraid to get kicked out and crucified.

"Yo! Stop staring at me, as if I'm going to eat it😑," he said.

I awkwardly laughed, and continued writing as I glanced at him, slowly. Hoping he wouldn't be more angry at me. I want to shift seat as soon as possible!!! I hate it here!!!

"Girl relax, I don't want to sit with you too, so just bare with it for some time," he said unfazed.

"*shocked* Did you read my mind?!!"

"It was written all over your face"

I didn't know I was easy to read?!! Then people would have known I hate them!!! Like the neighbors I had before, why did they still stick by me??!! No wait, this guy is a psychic!!!

As I was lost in my own thoughts, I could hear chuckling from Ethan. He looked so good, in the evening sun, that I didn't know what to do. I looked away from him and I could feel the heat hit me, my blood rushed to my face leaving, and I was blushing.

'Blushing'?!!! Why am I blushing?!! Was it for Ethan?? Is it because of his handsome laugh or what he said?!! No, I'm just embarrassed, that's why I'm blushing, nothing much at all😅.

UGH!!! 😣 THIS IS SO WEIRD!!! I HATE THIS JERK!!! HE IS SO WEIRD AND ANNOYING!!! MANNERLESS!!!!!!!!😤

~after school~

"Hey Iris! Ya coming with us to the arcade?" asked Me.

"No, sorry. My parents aren't at home right now so I gotta go home and unpack my things too, so I can't come today,"

"Well that's okay! Once you settle down, come over! Take your time Iris!!!" said Em as she held Nate and went. Nate waved at me and I waved back.

I knew Natasha wasn't much of a talker, but she was cool too.

That day I went home, unfamiliar to the place and location. I walked home in the vening sun as it set slowly giving the entire street a golden hue.

As I was walking back home, I felt someone following me. I turned around to see Ethan right behind me.

"Is this some cliché story, where the male lead follows the female leads, because people are chasing after her?" I mumbled. Wait, what am I thinking, have I become delusional?? 🤔 Why would the school's tiger want to follow me home let alone protect a random girl he sits with?!!

He was wearing earphones on and walking by slowly, a little slower than my pace. It was odd to be honest, it felt weird to be followed like that, I mean it has happened before to me, because I had a lot of people how hated me, but this.... he wasn't even trying to hide.

I walked along the park and behind he followed, slowly, yet I knew he was there.

I reached my apartment, which was a two-story building, and I lived in the first floor with an older couple, who gave me sweets when I first arrived.

I turned around and said, "Thanks for following me home?!!"

He removed his earphones and pointed at a direction, "That's my house, I never followed you or anything, don't get the wrong idea😑" he said and walked away.

Ugh!! How did he hear me with that on?!! I hate this guy!!! I wish I could just kill him at the spot!!! I'M SO EMBARRASSED BY HIM!!!! THIS IS THE THIRD TIME!!!!!!😭😭

I stomped back home, opened the door and shut it hard.

"I knew it, no one is home yet, it just me still..." I said as the room was filled with silence.I sighed and went to my room to get changed.

I had 5 neighbors, one being the sweet old couple, Mr. and Mrs. Jones, and a lawyer Mr. William who lived in the second floor and opposite of it, some random dude, I have never seen him cus he comes home really late and at the down floor, the owner and his wife and a family.

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