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"What's the real reason McClain?" He did a heavy sigh and sat down on his desk re-adjusting his self so he wouldn't fall. He rubbed his forehead and closed his eyes taking a deep breath.
"The new/transfer students are complaining about how Courtney is boring and she's pushy and how they're tired of hearing her blabber about the school's rules. All of that complaining gives me a headache so I decided to put you in charge of touring and greeting the new/transfer students because you're more casual." Of course. He did it so he could have the students of his back. Stupid egotistical jerk. And just before I was able to give a good comeback and argue about how I didn't want to do it I was cut off.
"WHAT?!"
Present time: Gwen's :::P::O::V:::
Quickly turning around I noticed the last person I wanted to see right now. Courtney. She was standing there with her arms crossed, tapping her foot on the floor rapidly with a scowl on her face.
"THIS IS ABSURD! I am probably the best at touring the students. You can't replace me just because some students are complaining about me! I am the student council president and touring and greeting the new/transfer students is one of my responsibilities. This isn't- you are being unfair!" Finished a-pissed-off Courtney, her face now red from anger.
Honestly it was one of the scariest things I've ever seen and that means a lot coming from me, trust me. And judging by Chris' face I'd say that he agrees with me. The only one who didn't seem affected by it was probably Duncan. He didn't seem scared like a normal person would, no he actually seemed to be enjoying Courtney's outburst. He even had a smirk and one of his eyebrows raised.
I looked back at Courtney and noticed her turning around –probably to greet the new student. I watched as Courtney's expression changed from anger to shock, then anger again and finally settling on sadness? Why would she be sad? Maybe she's more disappointed than sad?
"I-um n-never mind. Gwen can show him around. Excuse me." And then she was running out of the door. Just before she ran out I caught a glimpse of her face and I could've sworn that I saw tears streaming down her face. Confusion filled me but I shrugged it off. I'll check on her later.
"Well…. That was interesting. Anyways go on I don't have all day you know." Chris shoo-ed us off getting rid of the tension of what had just happened. Before I had time to protest I was already shoved out of the office.
"So where do we head to first?" I sighed.
"Well where do you want to go? I mean you're the new student here." And then a shocked expression covered his face for a split second until it once again changed to a smirk.
"How about the toilets?" I looked at him as if he was crazy while he was just standing there with a smirk.
"Why would we go to the toil-" I stopped mid-sentence when I realized what he meant. "Are you serious? That's disgusting!" And you know what the idiot did? He winked at me, his smirk disappearing and being replaced by a smug smile.
"Geez Sunshine. I just wanted to use the toilets. No need for such dirty thoughts." The smartass answered. Wait a minute…
"Sunshine? Really? You have got to choose a better nickname." I smirked at him earning a smirk back.
"Hmm I don't know… I think Sunshine is just fine."
"Hey I've got a crazy idea. Why not call me by my real name?" With a hopeful smile I looked at him. And he once again bursted out laughing for no reason. My hopeful smile disappeared and was replaced with a scowl. I crossed my arms, furrowing my eyebrows and rolling my eyes I waited for him to stop. But he didn't. It even got worse. He was now bent down and holding his stomach laughing about god knows what. Once he finally calmed down –which took him 5 minutes and believe me I was counting- he took a deep breath and said.
"You're funny Sunshine. As if I'd ever call you by your real name. That's like asking me to stop breathing. Calling people by nicknames is my thing. Dunno why though. I guess I just like to annoy them." He answered oh-so-casually with an actual smile this time. Wow that's the first time I've seen him smile since-well since I met him. It actually looked kind of nice. Wait what? Nope forget I ever said that. It's ugly not nice.
I huffed crossing my arms and I started walking towards the library. You see for some people it's just a library. But for me it's so much more than that. It's my hiding spot; it's my getaway from the world outside. It's like a second home for me. It's where I go when I'm sad or angry or depressed or even happy. It's a place I go whenever I'm sad –scratch that- whenever I feel any strong emotion. Right now I wasn't really feeling any emotion. I just wanted to get away from the most annoying guy in the whole world i.e. Duncan.
"Where are you going?"
Duncan's :::P::O::V::: (surprised?)
"Where are you going?" I asked her. So as you already probably know I'm Duncan Carter. I don't think that there's anything you HAVE to know about me. Not until I want to tell you. Until now my day has been…fine? I met Pasty which is pretty awesome if you ask me. She's almost like me. Almost. And she really shocked me when she stood up to Chris. Of course I would never actually tell her that.
Chris? My first impression was that he's a total dick. And the girl who came bursting through the door? Damn she was HOT. What was her name again? Callie? Caitlyn? Courtney? Whatever it was it doesn't matter. I think she's bi-polar though, because one second she's screaming that she's in charge of touring and wants to tour me and the next second she's running out of the door. Why? I have no idea. But trust me I'm going to find out one way or another. Wait she still didn't answer my question…
"Where are you going?" I asked her again. Maybe she didn't hear me? She stiffened but kept quiet. Oh so she's ignoring me aye?
"The silent treatment? Really?" Rolling my eyes I continued walking beside her. I shoved my hands into my pockets when an idea came to me. Smirking I started walking a little too close to her, if you know what I mean. She noticed me and tried to create some space between us. Which of course didn't happen.
Finally when I was close enough, I place my hands on her shoulders spinning her around so she was facing me. Observing her face she seemed surprised. Quickly I ducked, wrapping my arms around her legs and lifting her up on my shoulder. She stayed frozen for a second until she started punching my back trying to get down.
"DUNCAN PUT ME DOWN!"
"No can't do Pasty. See? This is what happens when you ignore me."
"Are you fucking kidding me? You can't be serious. Just put me down!"
"Oh I'm gonna put you down… Don't worry about that. Just not now and not here." Laughing I continued walking towards the direction that she walked. Eventually she stopped struggling and just relaxed on my shoulders which I was thankful because my back started to really hurt. For such a small body she sure is strong. I smirked and continued walking until I saw the entrance of the…library? Why would she go here?
"Was I walking in the right direction?" I asked her, expecting her answer to be 'no'. But to my surprise it wasn't.
"Yes you were. Can you put me down please?" Shocked, I put her down and shoved my hands into my pockets making sure that my face showed absolute confusion.
"What?" She asked me huffing. I smirked and let amusement dance in my eyes. She noticed and scrunched up her eyebrows something I noticed she does when she's confused.
"Don't get me wrong Sweetheart but you don't seem like the geek-ish type to me." I answered her as casually as possible smirking at her.
"I'm not. I just thought that we should start the touring from this place." She said softly making me doubt her. I knew that -by the way she said it and by the way she was tensing up- she was lying. But who am I to get all up in her business? It's not my place and I don't think that she'd tell me anyway. So I just shrugged it off and walked towards one of the tables that had an open book on it.
"What's this?" I asked no one in particular.
"A book. I'm sure you haven't seen one of them before. This place is called a library do you know what that is?" She asked-explained to me as if I was a 5year old. Rolling my eyes I turned to look at her.
"Ha-ha very funny Sunshine. I know what a library is, I just don't like going to it." She opened her mouth to say something but then she bit her lower lip to stop herself. I wonder what she was going to say. And why did she stop? Why am I even thinking about this? I shook my head to get rid of these weird thoughts.
"Anyway let's get going. We don't have all day." She said softly and started walking away. I ran to catch up with her and instead of stopping once I reached her I grabbed her hand and started running towards who knows where.
Gwen's :::P::O::V:::
I blushed and I mentally scowled myself for doing that. You have a boyfriend. Stop blushing. Oh I haven't mentioned that I had a boyfriend? Well I do.
He's name is Trent Phillips. He is honestly the sweetest guy I have ever met. When I'm around him I'm not me. I'm a whole different person. When I'm around him I turn into one of those girly girls and sometimes I hate it. But other times I love it. He has jet black her with gorgeous green eyes and a smile that can make your day. He's amazing and I really love him. Even though we don't have a lot in common –or anything for that matter- we still manage to make it work.
I guess the only thing that really annoys me about him is the fact that he's really controlling. He wants to know where I am, who I'm with, what I'm doing almost every minute of the day. But I bare with it 'cause I love him so much. My phone vibrated and I tried answering it while still running. Turns out it didn't go so well. So I stopped running and tugged my hand out of Duncan's hand and answered my phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey beautiful. How are you?"
"Hey Trent. I'm fine you?"
"Good, good. So I was wondering where you were."
"Oh right. I am in the library."
"How come? Do you have a free period?"
"No it's just that Chris asked me to show someone around school is all."
"I thought that was Courtney's job." He stated even though it sounded more like a question.
"So did I."
"So who are you touring?" My eyes widened and I turned to Duncan as if he would disappear if I looked at him. He gave me a bored look and raised one of his eyebrows. You see Trent also has this crazy theory that all the guys are in love with me so he tends to get jealous.
"Just this guy." I muttered hoping he wouldn't hear me. But the universe just loves to prove me wrong so of course he heard it.
"A guy?" He asked. The way he said it made it sound as if it left a bad taste in his mouth.
"Yea. Don't worry you can trust me." I stated quickly hoping that he would leave it at that.
"Hmm. I don't know… Maybe you should tell Chris that you can't tour him anymore."
"But nothing's going to happen. I barely know this guy. C'mon Trent you're supposed to trust me."
"I trust you. It's just that I don't trust him." He always said that but in the end he always made me think that he was lying by the way he was acting.
"Whatever. Look I have to go. Bye." I answered him and shut off my phone. Don't get me wrong I love Trent but I was in no mood to start an argument with him. I slipped my phone back into my pocket and Duncan thought that it was a sign that he could once again grab my hand and start running in a random direction without having the slightest clue as to where he was actually going. Trying to keep up with him I focused on him.
That's when I really looked at him. He was very attractive. With his teal eyes he can make almost any girl fall for him. He's piercings didn't make him look scary –at least not to me- instead they made him even more attractive by highlighting his features. He was muscular and I bet that he even has abs. What? Just because I have a boyfriend doesn't mean I can't find other guys attractive. Apparently I was staring too long because he turned to me and said something that made me look the other way and my face to become as red as a tomato from embarrassment.
"You should take a picture; it'll last longer." And that phrase came with his significant smirk, a raised eyebrow and of course the smug look he had plastered on his face.
As I looked the other way I blushed from embarrassment and just tried to ignore the fact that I had been caught starring.
"No need to hide your blush Sunshine."
"I-I wasn't blushing." I stuttered making it obvious that I was indeed blushing. "And will you just stop with the nicknames?" I quickly changed the topic as to not be further embarrassed. All he did was shook his head and smile. He slowed down his speed until we were walking but he didn't let go of my hand. I tugged at my hand pretending to get my phone so he would let go. Once he realized that he was still holding my hand he quickly let go and I saw a blush forming on his cheeks even though he had a blank face.
"Now who's the one blushing?" I asked him smirking and crossing my arms across my chest.
"Guys don't blush." He stated as monotone as possible but I could still see his blush turning more red.
"Sure…" I teased, poking him. Even though he had a blank face I could still see a smile tugging at his lips even though he didn't want to show it. "Aww see? Even you know that I'm right. That's why you're trying to hide your smile." I smirked at him, raising my eyebrow and crossing my arms with a smug look settled on my face. He rolled his eyes and just shrugged me off, continuing to walk as if we never even talked. I laughed a little at how childish he was acting.
I ran to catch up with him and once I did I started walking normally. A deafening silence covered us and I awkwardly looked down at my shoes. Maybe I should continue showing him around? Chris DID ask me to tutor him… But what if I just blurt out something else and he laughs at me? I can't take that chance. God I hate this awkward silence.
"Me too." Huh?
"What?" I asked him confused as to what he meant.
"I hate the awkward silence too." Oh. I said that aloud?
"Yea you did. You also said about me laughing at you. Don't worry Pasty I won't laugh at you even if it's something super funny-like you falling down the stairs. And we should probably continue the touring." I blushed from the first part but then laughed when he said about me falling down the stairs but only because it has happened before. Don't judge.
I nodded and continued heading towards the cafeteria. He's a guy. I'm sure he'd want to know where the food is. Let's hope he's not hungry 'cause the food here isn't actually edible. Yep you heard right. Chef Hatchet didn't cook tasty food?
More like he didn't cook food. I don't even know if he knows how to cook. Usually I take what looks edible or good but when nothing looks that way I just starve till I get home. Once we arrived there I explained to him that the food here wasn't edible while he just looked at me with a stunned expression.
"Really? Damn even juvie had edible food." His eyes widened and he quickly closed his mouth before saying something else. He must've realized what he said and turned the other way with a pissed off face. I don't get it though. I mean I already knew he went to juvie so what's the big deal? Maybe he wasn't proud about going there? Maybe he didn't want to relive those moments he spent there? Who knows?
I don't know what's going on in that mind of his but I don't think it was something good by the way he kept cursing and swearing under his breath. Finally I came back to my senses, grabbing his shoulder and turning him around I said something to finally make him stop cursing.
"Will you stop? I already know you went to juvie. No need to be so pissed off about actually telling me something I already knew. And if I judge by your reaction you don't want to talk about it so I'll leave it. Stop being so damn hard on yourself. Look I don't know why you went to juvie and I honestly don't care at this point. Whatever it was it's in the past. So stop doing this-whatever this is."