Chapter 11

Manfred ignored me for the most part of the afternoon, and once I regained composure, I knew what I needed to do.

"Manfred?" I called in a soft tone.

Manfred was studying a file on his desk, but glanced up at the sound of my voice. "Yes?"

I approached the desk and sat on top of it; facing Manfred and opened my mouth, "Did you really mean what you said?"

"I say a lot of things, Athena, refresh my memory." He placed the file down next to me on the desk.

"That I drive you crazy? And you want to get to know me better." I asked nervous to hear his answer.

Manfred laughed, "Do you think I would let another girl miss class to cry in my office for hours?"

I smiled, "Am I the only girl that you've done that for?" His hand caught mine, he was about to open his mouth to answer when a knock on the door interrupted us.

"I hope you don't mind but I'm going to need you to hide, just until I figure out who this is." He gestured towards the door; I hopped off the desk and went into the bathroom.

The sounds coming from Manfred's office were muffled at first and grew increasingly louder; it was hard not to listen in. It sounded like Zelda messed something up and Manfred was not happy about it.

"How could you forget to cover the hole Zelda! It was your only responsibility!" Manfred screeched. A sound of something breaking occurred slightly afterward.

"I'm sorry Manfred. Maybe if you weren't so worried about that Athena girl then you would have caught the mistake. What's with her anyway? You just trying to get some pussy?" Her voice was even louder than Manfred's. The silence that occurred droned on for minutes.

I felt like I was just slapped. It was just an act, I was trying to get close to Manfred, but it hurt to have him think of me as a piece of meat. I threw away my perfectly wonderful like with Tancred for what? Nothing.

Without warning Manfred opened the door and pulled me into a tight hug, "What she said isn't true. I've never met a girl that I actually care about before you, Athena, please believe me." He breathed in my ear, we moved from the bathroom to his desk.

"What did you break?" I asked, determined to change the subject. I pulled away from him and crossed to the door. "Come on, are you gonna feed me or make me starve all day?" I asked.

With a grin, Manfred followed me to the door. "I broke a vase, by the way. But yes, I will feed you."

"Please?"

"No."

"Please?"

"No."

"Manfred!"

"Athena."

"Please."

"No."

"You can't be serious!"

"Oh, but I am."

"What can I do to change your mind?"

"Nothing."

"I hate you."

"Goodnight, Athena." Manfred said, opening my dormitory door and pushing me in. I stuck my tongue out at him and turned away to see every girl in my dormitory staring at me. Oh god, they all saw my exchange with Manfred. This would be all over school by morning. Manfred closed the door behind me. Lovely, I thought, he left me all alone with the wolves. I started to walk towards my bed but found my path blocked.

"I always knew you moved fast but I never thought Manfred would be your type." Emma snarled. I stepped around her and continued on my way, pretending she didn't exist. "Don't ignore me like I don't exist!"

"Emma. You are nothing to me, you are irrelevant and do not matter. Now unless you want life to be extremely difficult I'd advise you to back the fuck up and stay out of my life."