It was almost time.A minute left on the clock until it struck 3- the end of school.

Gathering all my papers,I stuffed them carelessly into my binder.At long last the weekend was here..

The bell rung and I remained seated, hoping to wait out the crowds of kids stampeding their way to the door.

when all was clear ,I stood up, waved to the teacher and trudged outside the classroom and into the bleakhallways

It was Friday the last day of school till monday and honestly, there was not a more joyous occasion. school was a horror 'ridden nightmare ,especially when spent alone.

I sighed heavily and opened my locker.

throwing my books in, I turned to glance at myself in the small mirror attached to the wall of the locker door,studying my reflection.

My brown hair was up in a ponytail, giving a perfect view of my face .

Two brown doe eyes

stared back at me and I sighed heavily at the blatant lack of effort I had given into my appearance when getting ready every morning.

" you can keep looking ,but it won't change what you look like "

A voice sneered teasingly from behind me ...

I whirled in my heel to come face to face with Britney sanders

( otherwise referred to as the girk who had bullied me as soon as she was capable of forming a full sentence)

I hated her but ,i couldn't deny the fact that ,no matter how fake Britany looked ,she was what I aspired to look like .

she was gorgeous .Her blonde hair cascaded smoothly down her back outlining her slim jawline .

she wore a floral blouse and thin length pencil skirt ,showing of her thin legs .. her entire look ending with ballet flats .

Her face was slender and natural tan coloured.

she exuded the impression of Mediterranean Goddess

"what are you staring at ?" Brittany snapped yet she was smiling slightly

yes ,it was evident in her eyes that she was aware that i envied her

she liked the fact that i would do anything to look like her ...

however, this didn't stop bullying rather it encouraged her to showcase her beauty to a 'pathetic soul ' like me which only increases the envy i felt.

i felt like i was not perfect enough....

britney chuckeld slightly to herself ."you are so pathetic "she squeaked , looking at her nails .

tears started to fill in my eyes at the remark and i looked around ..

students stood and watched as the scene played and did nothing.

this always happens

No one came to my protection .No one would be my saviour .But i wouldn't cry

No. I have kept a vow to myself that i would never satisfy anyone by letting them see my weak side to their taunts .

I would never breakdown

britney scowled at me. she always did when I produced no reaction ,unlike her other victims .

suddenly she reached out ,hitting the remaining books out of my hand

she smiled ,satisfied to have left her mark and walked away ,her shoes making a tottering sound as she left...

Everyone turned away from me .

They were bored .

the entertainment had left ,but i was grateful that the attention had taken off me

picking up my books ,

I looked to see where everyones attention had fallen now and immediately rolled my eyes

there walking down the hallway with his friends was the schools golden boy

I looked up at a group of girls smiling subtly in their direction ,

no doubt competing with their friends for his attention

and all guys smiled and greeted him as though he was their best friend .

heck everyone wished to be his best friends ..

he smiled cockly,walking down the hallway as if it was his personal property .

on his right hand , a blonde haired boy stood walking equally as cocky ,

his muscles were big and taut and every now and then he would smile flirtatiously at a girl, as they practically pleaded for his mere presence.

this made him laugh raucously ,his brown eyes twinkling with amusement .

His name was Daniel yet his friends knew him as Danny.

my gaze fell to the left of golden boy, where a black haired boy stood,

his grey eyes bored and unfazed a scowl etched permanently in his features.

His name was Justin.

I watched him eye the people crowding them in distaste .

he merely waved of any girls who called for his attention and stood texting on his phone , looking up often to ward off anyone that tried to approach him.

A lot of guys wanted to befriend them and mostly every girl wanted to date them .

they were the populars,the bad boys,yhe hotties and smack bang in middle was their leader.

Aron walker.

he strode confidently down the hallway, making small talks with girls who called his name .

His black hair was tousled .he laughed alongside his friends, lifting his head into the air ever so slightly .

His laugh send chill up my spine .His blue eyes shone with mischief as he flirted shamelessly with every girl , laughing when they nodded animatedly at every word that came out his mouth.

I rolled my eyes , I mean , I knew he was good looking.

Ok, I knew he was gorgeous, but from what I had gathered by being made to sit with him in classes is that he was a total *** who loved only himself.

He would have a girlfriend for a short period of time and then move on when he was bored .

How could he still have so many girls after him?..

I tore my sight away from the ridiculous seen in front of me and focused on taking out some notebooks out of my locker.

It was last day of the school and if I didn't bring my books .

I wouldn't be able to study this weekends and then i would be left with completely nothing to do .

The only thing i did out of school hours was study... and i shook my head to clear my thoughts .

I slammed my locker shut and turned around.

I let out a small startled voice at the sight infront of me.

Right in front of me stood "The Golden boy".

His hands stuffed in his pockets ,smiling and his eyes on me

I blinked.. i blinked again ...

the boy still stood there , his smile replaced with a look of impatience.

i soon realised he was expecting me to talk..

my mouth opened and closed. i couldn't find any words

what was i supposed to say??

surely, he was supposed to start the conversation .

he did walk up to me .

But he was Aaron walker and whoever he wanted to talk to had to talk to him.

I suppressed my eye roll and looked to him warily , meeting his gaze dead- on.

The colour of his eyes surprised me slightly .

From a distance they seem to be an ocean blue yet up close ,they were an electrifying pale blue; a lining of gray shading his iris.

I straightened up rigidly,looking slightly awaywhen i had ogled for too long and much to my dismay..

he had a bemused expression and smirking at me.

He was clearly under the' misconception ' I was" checking"him out..

I cleared my throat at this and exhaled through my nose,causing my nose to flair slightly .

He watched every action intently

" can i help you ?" i said curtly , a hint of irritation bubbled my voice.

He didn't seem to notice and opened his mouth to speak but closed it again before looking around.

A group of people had formed around us now and i hated it .

Aaron glared pointedly to the crowd ,annoyance appeared on his features .

The crowd gradually started to decrease and only Brittney remained at the end .

She stared long and hard at me, venom clear in her eyes.

i stared back at her with equally hatred

I wasnt scared of any of these people ..

yes, i let them bully me, but only because fighting with them worth the trouble.

I didn't ,however, let them see me cry.. i was too strong for that

I had to be strong.

Aaron glanced between the two of us .. noticing the stares we were giving each other.

he scanned around the hallways, tapping his shoe repeatedly on the marble floor.

he must have thought that he waited long enough, as his impatience got the better of him and he cleared his throat loudly ..ending the stare off amongst Brittany and me.

Britney tore her gaze from me and smiled flirtatiously at Aaron.

He grinned widely at this .

I rolled my eyes..

oh, how he loved to being the center of attention.

" Er ,look Brooklyn " he started lazily, gesturing tiredly with his hand.

" Britany" she piped up ,sweetly.

He rolled his eyes .

I bit my lip to stop me from laughing .

It was pretty clear he didn't care.

" yeah Brittany , I really need to talk to .." he raised his eyebrow at me,

awaiting for me to throw in my name.

I suppressed the scoff that was about leave

my lips at his blatant disregard for my

existence when I had been in most his class

since the start of the school.

It was obvious now that the surplus of looks was,no doubt, a guise for his lack of memory.

"Alexis" I deadpanned, eyeing him with a flat stare.

He smiled in return

"I really need to talk to Alexis ,so if you don't mind.."

Britney's flirtatious smile faltered a little bit causing me to grin toothily.

I was enjoying this conversation way more than I had planned.

Nevertheless, Brittany brightened instantly

"Yeah, I am going, but you' ll get back to me about planning Madison's birthday, right?"

she asked the desperation practically seeping out of her words.

"sure,er, bridget "he responded , his face marred with boredom.

"Its Brittany " she chirped ,the sickly smile never leaving her face .

" yeah I 'm sure it is" he deadpanned eyeing his watch before looking up and dismissing her with a small wave .

" Bye" she all chirped out,

her voice coated with such a sick sweetness, it made me gag.

With one last glare towards me, Britany tottered down the hall, stopping at the end and

turning around to blew a flying kiss to Aaron's direction.

He lazily drew his hand up,not taking his eyes off me and captured the kiss.

With this, Britany smiled contently and sauntered away.

Aaron stole one last look at her before he turned his full attention to me.

His face turning from boredom to seriousness in a matter of seconds .

He cleared his throat before speaking .

" I need a favour".

I was surprised to say the least.

my eyebrows furrowed in confusion

" you" I motioned towards his lean body before continuing.

" Need a favour from me?"I ended the question with my eyebrows raised

" Thats what I said, right ?"He shot back, his eyebrows raised in a similar manner.

My eyebrows furrowed deeper when he replied .

i was beyond confused.

"W- what?" I stuttered . what kind of favour would a person like him need from person like me

Aaron frowned slightly ,raising a slender eyebrow.

"I' d thought you 'd be smarter then this" he muttered more to himself than me.

" Excuse me for not being psychic" I retorted ,glaring at Aaron with all the resentment I could muster .

Rather than faltering at my gaze , however, Aaron simply laughed at this ,

my frustration growing even more by this simple action.

All of a sudden, he placed his hand on my shoulder , his blue gaze levelling with my own and I narrowed my eyes at the touch..

" I ...need ...a... favour ... from ...you..."

Aaron enunciated his words slowly as if he was talking to a five year old kid ;

even going as far as to make gestures with his hand as he did so.

I gaped incredulously and swatted his hand away.,

offended by his condescending tone.

" I know what you meant !" I whisper- shouted ,

making sure to not attract attention from other people in the hallway .

He opened his mouth to speak, but I cut him -off, holding his hand up to his face.

"And in regards to your' favour' let me answer before you ask it - its a no"

I snapped putting the emphasis on the word 'favour '

He smiled at this slightly, his lips quirking up slowly " But you don't even know what I was about to ask?"

He questioned curiously before leaning his left shoulder against the neighbouring locker.

I grimaced at his relaxed stance before clearing my throat and straightening my posture.

" Well its not hard to read you ,knowing your reputation, I either had to do your homework or sleep with you and I feel inclined to say no to both"

I let out ,turning my head slightly up

In his eyes, I may be viewed as low end of his constructed social heirarchy .

But all that meant nothing to me

He simply blinked after my words taking in mini speech before breaking into a fit of laughter.

My anger grew in that split of second as i glared at him.

yet either he took no notice or ignored it,stroking a rough hand through his hair.

" sleep with me? that is definitely not what I meant "

he managed to say between laughs.

I rolled my eyes in an act of annoyance yet I could feel my cheeks heating up in embarrassment .

I hadn't meant to insinuate

that;

I had just meant that to offer him a scathing reply.

yet now I couldn't help but feel slightly offended that such a notion could be considered laughable and

I shook my head to clear the familiar hit to my self esteem,

looking up to see Aaron smirking up to me.

"That wasn't the favour I was going to ask , but if that was the first thing that came up to your mind, I think I can arrange something. "

he spoke in a joking voice, leaning in closer to my body .

He raised an eyebrow and winked teasingly .

I blused profusely at his words before recomposing myself and pushed him back by his shoulders.

He didn't even stumble , yet he got the message and moved back , the smirk still in place.

" Woah ,hold your horses, Romeo. If I do ever think of you, it won't be good things trust me"

I grumbled, eyeing his closeform in disdain ...

Never before had I let anyone else to be that close to me proximity, so The Golden boy was no exception

instead of being fazed at my blatant insult to his reputation .

Aaron smirked again, an action that I begrudgingly accepted suited him far too well.

wait what?..

His voice interrupted my thoughts

" Hold your horses ? .. Does that line still exists ? ...

He raised an eyebrow questioningly at my choice of words.

I scowled at him yet, instead of giving him a befitting reply with a heavey dose of sarcasm,

I merely rolled my eyes.

Such an answer was all he deserved.