Will was waiting outside the school building, he sat there ignoring the stares of all those girls. At first he had enjoyed all the attention, but after a few years he got used to it.

He was looking for a familiar face in the crowded parking lot , and there she was . A grey-eyed girl.

He saw her talking to another girl, who he assumed to be a friend, when suddenly Tessa turned around and walked back into the Institute. Will knew it was now or never, this was the only time he could talk to her in private. He went after her as quiet as possible and hoped that no one would follow him.

Tessa was hurrying back into the Institute, she had forgotten to get " A tale of two City's" out of her locker. She knew she had to be quick, because the bus would arrive any minute now .

She was grabbing her book when suddenly William popped-up out of nowhere. She must've been too busy worrying about the book that she hadn't noticed him. Tessa let out a gasp and dropped "A tale of two city's" on the floor , and when she picked it up she saw him grinning at her.

"What are you reading?" He asked and she wanted to put it in her back out of his reach. But he had already grabbed it out of her hands , wow he was fast!

"Aha , so you're a Charles Dickens fan?"

Tessa looked at him , was he really talking to her about books?

He continued, " I read this silly thing, it's about men going around getting their heads chopped off for love. Ridiculous. "

Tessa was indignant , it was her favorite novel of all times! Who was he to insult it ?

"What are you doing here, William?"

"I prefer to be called Will by friends "

"I'm not your friend, I need to go ." She roughly took her book back and started to walk away .

The next moment Will had taken her wrist and he was pulling her back

"What are you doing?! Let me go!" She yelled

Will could see the fear in her eyes, was she really so afraid of him?

He let her go and tried to find the right words , " I'm sorry, don't go away. I need to talk to you"

He saws her eyes widen but she stayed where she stood.

"I .. I wanted to .. " What was he doing anyway? He could just walk away, no one expected him to apologize. But something in the way the stormy-grey eyes looked at him made him stand transfixed

"What?" she said

"I wanted to apologize for what happened this morning, I'm truly sorry Tessa"

Will saw the shocked expression on her face, and he saw that her lips had started to tremble.

"Tessa, are you alright?" He felt the urge to comfort her and he was going to , when all of a sudden she started to yell at him .

"Do you think this is funny? What kind of sick joke is this!?"

"No, Tessa I'm serious" But she wasn't listening

"Did you really think I would fall for that? So you could call your friends to come and laugh with me again? You might be a jerk, but there's no reason or excuse for cruelty like this!"

Will stared at her in amazement, did she really think he was that horrible? Why did he ever come here in the first place? It wasn't like she cared if he'd apologized , she would always see him as some sort of monster .

"You're right. Well then there is nothing more for me to say, is there?" He said in a cold tone

"No, I guess not" Tessa was fighting back her tears but she couldn't . She was hurt too much to even care.

"Tessa.." He said , but she was already leaving , she had heard enough.

"Just leave me alone, I mean it. Don't you ever get near to me again. Ever" And with that she left

Will watched Tessa go away, and once again he had hurt her.

But how little did she know , that she wasn't the only one who'd gotten hurt today

Hi guys ! I'm sorry it took me so long to update , but I'm having exams so I don't have much time :(

This was a very short chapter, sorry again ! But I didn't want to make it longer , I thought it would spoil the tension

I also used quotes from Clockwork angel , if you noticed

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