"Hey Haley !" a man with brownish hair , 5'9 in height stood in front of her, holding several books which kept on slipping from his grasp.

"Oh Hey" her reply was barely audible.

Why now MARC! She thought angrily as she heard Lucas softly giggle.

"So what's up marc?" Lucas asked with his eyes fixed on Haley,trying to annoy her.

Haley could feel her cheeks burning pink. The presence of Marc was suffocating her. He was her worst nightmare. Everywhere she turned -the mall, karen's café ,library,canteen, he was there, simply waving at her with a tattoed smile on his face.

"So do you have plans later, I mean after tutoring Sam, working at Karen's café , doing grocery and hmmm.." he paused for awhile, running his hand through his gelled brown hair.

"Oh! Man, maybe I should give you Haley's planner" Lucas interrupted. He bit his lips hard to control the laughter escaping from him while Haley constantly gave him deadly stares.

"Don't you dare Lucas!" Haley murmured , she could feel sweat forming on her forehead.

This guy is a psycho ,she thought irritatingly.

"Hey did I miss out anything?" he asked enthusiastically.

"Nope I think you know my schedule better than me." She replied with a forced smile on her face. Lucas was already giving in. He's teeth were already showing. He turned his back from them to hide the uninvited smile on his face.

Poor Hales he thought with an even bigger grin

"Anyway, Gotta go! I still have to attend my club....See you later... Don't miss me too much BABY!" He winked at her with an awful Elvis Presley imitation.

In a second, Marc stormed off in front of them. Unfortunately for him, one of the school bullies spotted him. He ran as fast as he could with his mouth half open, going around trees, falling on top of few cheerleaders while the very determined bully stumbled on some rocks, hurting his knee seriously.

"Hmmmm. No one messes with Marc Travis!" he shouted loudly that almost everyone looked at him with quizzical looks on their faces.

"I guess that was Marc!" Lucas and Haley said jokingly at the same time.

'c'mon let's go to the locker" Hales said grabbing his arm.

Prisoner chains seemed attached on everyone's feet as they lazily forced themselves to walk towards their classrooms. The cold whooshing air made them feel sleepy. Monday was never an exciting day. Lectures ,Lectures ,Lectures and MORE Boring Lectures!

"Luke, C'mon hurry up!" Lucas' head was buried in the locker. Hales kept stomping her foot on the floor.

"Wait Hales, I'm looking for something really important." Lucas replied softly that his echo from the locker was the only thing heard.

"Why are you so annoyed anyway?" He asked with his head almost out of his locker.

"Let me see, I just have to do some tutoring later,

Mr.Bekesbie is pressuring me to enter this contest which I really really don't like,

And Oh I still have to deal with Marc, so to answer your question, I don't feel annoyed!" she answered sarcastically.

"Alright! Jesus!It's like the whole world is on your shoulder! Relax hales!" he caressed her back to calm her down.

"Anyway, What were you looking for?" she replied less irritated.trying to squeeze her head into the locker.

"Oh! Nothing, just wasting time" he answered with a smirk on his face.

"What the Hell ! Luke!" she screamed at the top of her voice.

"Shh.... Keep it down Haley James!" her teacher in History raised an eyebrow at her as she passed by them. Haley managed to smile sweetly.

"Look what you did!' she remarked angrily at Luke, giving him the i-don't-want-to-talk-to-you look. Luke didn't mind her reply and burst out into laughter.

"I'm going to our first class, Talk to me when you're not such a jerk!" she slapped his arm hard, causing him to curse loudly.

"k Aw! Okay I wasted your precious time ! I'm sorry...." He said, still rubbing his arm from the excruciating pain that Haley had caused him. Haley turned her back from him and headed to the classroom.

She walked as fast as she could upon seeing Luke following her.

"Hales! Wait please I'm sorry!"He grabbed her arm and again was face to face with his best friend.

"Luke, didn't you hear me awhile ago!" Haley shot an irritated look.

"Okay, Okay" He raised his hands up as if he was being rubbed.

"I came to the locker because I wanted to give you something." He said looking directly at her eyes.

Oh Boy! I hate it when he seems too serious she thought.

"Yeah... What's that?" she pretended not to care.

"I looked for my grip ball." He handed her a red small ball. Hales examined it with a puzzled expression.

"I use that when I feel so stressed out. I just squeeze it and I begin to feel relieved. I thought it might help you since you're not telling me something that seems to be eating you up." He said softly.

"Oh! Thanks Luke!" she replied. She felt so embarrassed that her eyes were glued on the floor.

"By the way Luke," she was about to say something important to Luke when she noticed he wasn't in front of her anymore.

"Where are you going?" she asked with a confused look on her face. Luke was already a meter away from her.

"I just have to do something really important." Luke winked at her and ran as fast as he could. They didn't notice they were the last people in the Hall.

"What?" she shouted but Luke was far enough not to hear her.

"See you later then Lucas "she murmured. A big grin escaped from her but she didn't bother to hide it.

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