CHAPTER 2

His eyes looked familiar, but for a long time. Those hot, fierce eyes that terrified me...Where do I know him?

"You have to pay back for this!" He threw his wristwatch at me, while I was still sitting confused on the tiled floor.

I quickly picked the wristwatch and bowed at him,"I'm sorry for causing this inconvenience..."

" I need my wristwatch back!" He stood tall before me, looking away.

I had never seen someone so rude like him. How would I make him understand what happened?

"Actually..." I tried to explain.

"Hey, why don't you just give him yours?"A boy said. Some students had gathered us, muttering words.

I glanced at my wristwatch for a while... What if Harry wants it later because it wasn't mine; I rented it from Harry since last two terms for a Dollar, each term -- And he was so hottempered!

Before my eyes, the strange student pulled off the watch from my wrist and fixed it on his. I widened my eyes, wondering how cruel a human would be. He wouldn't even let me explain...Tsk.

Now, I needed to fathom out an excuse to Harry, if he asks of the wristwatch. Oh, goosebumps!

I glanced at the stranger," Actually... I--"

"No need for stupid excuses." He wasn't looking at me, like I was scary or different from others.

"What if I..." I tried.

"Don't-" He finished,in a hoarse voice.

What a rude creature! 

Embarrassed, I looked away," Phew!" 

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I hurried to the classroom, like it was my life," God, why?" I cried under my breath.

Few steps to the new classroom, I heard a teacher's voice echoing.

" Question no.5... Solve the following quadratic equation..."

So the test was still on? How about expo? Maybe, I need to help myself with a BODMAS textbook. I pulled the textbook from my bag and as I tried hiding it in my blouse, a shadow engulfed me.

"What are you doing?" The voice sounded familiar.

Frozen, I paused.

" You engage in expos???" He continued," So funny!" He snapped, smirking, as if mocking me.

" It's not expo!" I slowly turned to see that strange student. Glancing at his 'new' wrist watch rumbled my stomach badly." It's you again?"

"Don't gaze at me." He commanded, hoarsely.

" You are a newcomer?" I pointed at him, pulling my school bag onto my shoulder, again.

" Just avoid me." He snapped, already walking into the new classroom.

I peeked into the classroom, by the side of the doorway. All students gazed at him like he was an ethereal figure with celestial features.

" Wow..." Some students had muttered.

The teacher cleared the air." We have a new student ", She glanced at him," Introduce yourself dear.."

The class suddenly grew silent.

" I'm Atticus Liam..."

Liam? Wait a minute... I know this sucky introvert since our childhood time. He never liked me and treated me rudely whenever I visited his home, because his parents and mine were close friends and neighbors. He always told me never to stare at him because I was ugly and then,he would go upstairs, leaving me stranded, dejected... everything!

I could remember the last day I visited, hoping I would be welcomed by this unpredictable,rude creature...He rather used a spatula and bruised my fingers rudely.Then his parents warned me not to visit him again; They said he had some disorder and he doesn't needs anyone staring at him so deeply, just like I do...

But damn, how did he grew so tall and handsome with brown eyes-- Those eyes I saw when I pulled him in the trambus...Well,who cares??

   Today, I met him in the bus, spoilt his wristwatch and now...In the same class?

" God,why me? Why am I this unlucky?" I didn't knew that my voice would be so loud.

Before I could open my eyes from the reverie,a shadow swallowed my aura.

" Chloe??? What are you doing here, aren't you supposed to be in the class now? Why did you screamed? What's wrong with you?"That was coming from the Math teacher,Mrs.Barb. The students guffawed, making me nervous.

I quickly stood up and bowed , trembling before her." Ma..."

" ... And you are always late! Change this habit, Chloe!" She pointed at me.

" Sorry ma!"

" Get into the class and prepare a sheet of paper for the test!" She snapped," Dreamy girl!"

  The class guffawed, again.

" Take the empty seat beside our newcomer, Chloe!" She pointed at the vacant seat beside that Lion !

My heart suddenly began skipping. I glanced at her," Ma... actually... I can't seat there!"

" Why?" She thundered.

I glanced around the class. I pointed at another empty seat beside our school baddie, Phoebe." Ma.. I can manage this one!" I smiled, just wishing the table doesn't turns.

" It's already taken!" One of Phoebe's girls, Arianna, snapped at me.

I suddenly felt goosebumps all over me.

" Why can't she seat beside the newcomer?" Some group of girls had muttered, indistinctly.

" Maybe they had an issue!"

"Or...She doesn't likes him!"

"But he's stunning and every girl would like to have him. Why is she trying to play hard?"

Mrs.Barb suddenly broke the chippy mouths of the class," Enough of the noise! " She glanced at me," You can see that there's no other seat left, except that one, so... you must have it!"

" Eish, Ma..."

" We're running out of time, Chloe! Be fast with whatever you are doing!"

And slowly, I walked to the new seat with a deadly partner...God knows how long I'll keep avoiding eye contact with him.Who knows if he even has the spatula with him, just in case... Oh, I'm so unlucky!

As I tried seating cautiously, without staring at Liam, my expo book fell on his shoe!

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