~Alex POV~

I made another turn, my glancing around looking for the strange but intriguing girl. I watched as Risa came up to me and I tried to avoid her.

"Hey lover boy." She tried to kiss me.

"Don't call me that" I snapped and shoved her off.

"What's wrong? You don't love me anymore?" she made a puppy dog face and I wanted to slap it off. Of course I can't do that; it would be going against what I have been taught.

"Stop following me, I thought I told you that already" I tried to walk ahead of her.

"Why do you keep avoiding me?" she stopped right in front of me and I tried to get around.

"Why do you keep following me? If you don't stop this I will make." and I walked ahead of her.

My eyes scanned the area but Cleo was nowhere to be found. I started walking to the other end of the hall and saw her at a table with Nate and his little crew. I walked their way, Cleo was talking to the some girl…I believed her name was Sabrina. Then some guy's face I couldn't see leaned in and she told him something. They two guys stiffened and not only a few seconds later a guy that was sitting with them lunged for Cleo.

~Cleo POV~

He was on top of me for a mere second and it was like a force pulled him off immediately. I got up and saw that Alex was holding his wrist behind his back and Aaron was still struggling to get to me. Alex whispered something into his ear and he immediately fell to the floor. Everyone was looking at me, then at the limp body. What the hell was that all about? Alex grabbed my wrist and forcefully pulled me away form the little group, Nate looked at me as if he were to say I'm sorry. Finally we came to a stop. I was still slightly mad at him for the things he said. I snatched my wrist from his grip.

"I could have handled that myself."

"No, you could have gotten your throat ripped out in a blink of an eye."

"Why can't you just let me be? And why are you acting like you care? Why did you even bring me here?" I really wanted to know. He couldn't feel anything towards me, not when there were girls who walked around half naked. And there is no way I'm putting my body like that on display.

"Why are you so complicated?" he answered right back.

"Why are you even talking to me? Don't you have things to do besides bother with me, with being price and all?" I don't know why I was pushing him away, I realized it was because I wanted him to want me they way I wanted him. He probably thinks I'm an annoying little girl he jus has to look after. I took a deep breath and let it out. I start walking around aimlessly and Alex was at right next to me. I stole a sideway glance at him and he was staring straight ahead, his face looked like it had been carved out of marble. We walked in silence and I remembered something Nate said about Alex sleeping around with girls. The thought angered me and I stopped walking.

Why should the thought anger me? It's not like I control what Alex does anyways.

Alex turned to look at me and I stared at the floor.

"What's wrong" he asked, walking towards me. Why does he care?

"Nothing that concerns you" a total lie.

"About…uh- the things I said to you earlier…" he said awkwardly. Someone's never said sorry before.

"Don't worry, I didn't have sex with anyone. Incase you were wondering."

"Oh…that's good" he said.

I walked over to a table that had a blank sheet of paper on it. Drawing always helped me take my mind off things. I looked around to see if there was a pencil anywhere and saw a lead one on the floor. I picked it up and started drawing a black rose. I made sure I got every detail I could think of and put thorns on it. it took me about 10 minutes to finish completely. I looked at my hand and it had gray smudges all over them. I got up to throw the paper away and just as I let go of it Alex caught it, folded it neatly and stuffed it in his pocket. I had forgotten Alex was even there still. I walked back to the table and stared off into space, giving him the silent treatment. Call me childish, I could care less. I laid my head down on the table and closed my eyes. All my muscles relaxed and I felt myself getting tired. I opened one eye and saw the Alex wasn't were he was sitting before. I also saw people staring at with wide eyes. I turned around and saw Alex right behind me, he was messaging my shoulders.

I was going to tell him something but found that I was to lazy to even talk. I heard something scrape against the ground and also found that Alex had got a chair and was sitting right behind me. People's mouths started to hang open. They act like were having sex on the table! I rolled my eyes and closed them. Alex sure knew how to use his hands. Probably had plenty of practice. My thought started to disintegrate. I didn't even know where I was at the moment. I felt like lying down on the table and my eye lids got heavy. Arms came around my waist and lifted me up onto something…a leg? I didn't care, all I wanted was to sleep, I imagined I was with Alex. I brought my face into the crease of someones neck and let it rest there.

Someone's neck?

I opened my eyes and looked up to see that I was with Alex, and I was sitting on his lap…cuddling up to him. I stood up abruptly and regretted in doing so. Alex's arms were no longer around me but then I wasn't some girl who met someone and sat on their lap. I looked at Alex and his expression was…weird. I walked away hurriedly and took the elevator up to the girls' dorms.

What was I thinking. That's right, I wasn't thinking. I would just look stupid if he did that with every girl he met, which he most likely did.

Disappointed in myself I wandered around the girls dorms and I hear whispers as I walked by. Then I saw Sabrina sitting down by herself drawing. I walked over her and looked over her shoulder to see what she was drawing. It was a tree. If someone were to tell you it would sound plain but she got every detail in and it looked beautiful.

"Nice." She jumped at the sound of my voice.

"Oh, hi Cleo. Sorry about what happened back there I don't know what got into him. I guess it has something to do with his parents. Nobody really tells me much, I gotta figure it out on my own. I don't get fit in much."

I felt bad for her because she really did seem like a nice sincere person. Probably the only reason she didn't fit in so well.

"Well if I find out anything I'll let you know."

"Thanks" she smiled.

The aura changed dramatically out of nowhere and I looked up to see the two girls walking our way-one of them being Nate's girlfriend if I could recall- and this time they were staring at Sabrina. They came up and didn't spare me a second glance. I knew this was probably some unnecessary drama.

"Girl, you stay away from Nate you hear me, he told me that I was different! You stay away or I'll kill you!" Nate's girlfriend spat. For a second it looked like Sabrina was going to cry and I felt like I just had to do something. I know I barely knew Sabrina but she seems someone worth standing up for. I stood up from where I was sitting and glared at Nate's girlfriend, she obviously didn't remember me although it had probably only been a few minutes ago. She looked at me with an eyebrow raised and recognition crossed her face. So she did remember me.

"Girls, girls can't we settle this like mature women?"

"Stay out of our way whore!" Nate's girlfriends spat. And she's callin me a whore? Ha!

"Says the girl who goes around sleeping with the first guy who feels sorry for your ugly ass"

"Wanna fight me?

"Your on."

I know I know! Its so friggen short but I haven't had time, so much schoolwork im overloading, I promise da next one will be super long to make up for this : )