That smirk

It's that look on his face that she couldn't stand.

It's that look on his face that annoyed her so much.

It's that way one side of those lips of his tilts upward.

It's that look that can tell so many things about him; confidence, arrogance, pretence.

That smirk.

Gosh, she hates it so much.

Mara Jaffray never hated anyone in her entire life but every time she sees his smirk, it just makes her blood boil.

She honestly can't understand how someone whose features look so sweet and innocent can turn a whole 360.

Jerome Clarke.

She hates his smirk.

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"Did you hear? Eddie is taking Patricia to the Christmas Ball!"

"Really? Nina is so luck, Fabian is super cute!"

"Mick isn't going to ask anyone, he's going alone. Bummer "

Mara Jaffray walked down the corridors of her school as her schoolmates gossiped and fangriled over the annual Christmas dance. She didn't care about those kinds of things, it was meaningless to her.

"Oh my gosh, Jessica just texted me saying Alfie just asked Amber to be his date!"

"Wow, they make such a cute couple"

She wasn't really sure if she was annoyed or pitied half of the student body that was so interested in such a useless occasion. She shook her head, trying to focus on which way she was going, she turned a corner. She couldn't wait to arrive at the cafeteria, she was starving. But she was put to a stop when her best friend, Joy Mercer grabbed her by the hand.

"There you are!" She greeted "I've been looking everywhere for you"

Mara raised an eyebrow at her friend and Joy pointed to the huge crowd of students near the cafeteria. She rolled her eyes; some guy was probably inside with a huge arse "proposal" for a girl, asking for her to go to dance with him.

"There she is!"

Immediately she felt a hundred pairs of eyes on her, everyone was looking at her and she felt awkward. Everyone's attention was on her but she didn't knew why.

"What is going on?" she turned to her best friend

"You need to see this" Before Mara could even open her mouth to reply, Joy dragged Mara inside of the cafeteria. "Oi, everyone out of the way!" The crowd parted like the Red sea as Joy shouted.

When inside, Mara saw even more students inside, all huddled around something she couldn't see. As she was dragged by her best friend, she saw just what the big deal was. Needless to say, Mara was both stunned and speechless.

There in the middle of their school cafeteria was Jerome Clarke with his trademark smirk on his lips and a bouquet of flowers in his hands.

Mara became anxious and nervous at the sight of him. She wanted to scowl because of that smirk on his lips but that was washed away when she heard a high pitched squeal from behind. Joy had disappeared from her side and everyone was on the sideline just watching the two.

"There you are" his smirk broadens as he ignored the other people in the cafeteria "I've been waiting for you?"

"What do you want?" Mara asked immediately

"Well," he clicked his tongue "Will you go to the dance with me?"

Mara's eyes widen as she looked at him, he held out the bouquet towards her, waiting for her to accept his proposal, just like any other girl would. But she didn't.

"No" Mara replied simply.

Everyone gasped at Mara's response.

"Pardon me?" Jerome asked in disbelief, he looked just as shocked as everyone else

"No, I will not go to the dance with you" she said "We've barely even spoke to each other and now you're asking me to the dance, in the cafeteria, in front of half of the student body. How dare you? Do you even know me? Because I sure don't know you. Sure, you're Jerome Clarke, the arrogant trouble maker who gets every girl he wants, sorry to disappoint you but I'd rather go alone than go with you"

With that, she turned to leave the cafeteria, forgetting that she was even hungry. She was just glad to put that guy in his place. His smirk was long gone, which makes her happy.

"You just said no to Jerome" Joy stated as she appeared next to Mara.

"Yes, yes I did" she answered as they walked away from the cafeteria.

"No one has ever done that before"

"I know"

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Things around school wasn't the same every since she declined Jerome's offer to go the dance. So many comments circled around campus after that event and Mara could careless. She didn't care what others thought of her, as long as she stayed true to herself, that's all that matters.

This is probably going to be a 3shot or a 2 shot depending on my laziness.

Christmas Break Bitches ~!