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Author's note: Thank you PunkRokPixie, halli-halliwell, reneexoxtyler15,
Kaida Medae, and heather 1021, for reviewing chapter four. By the way I've used, what you could call poetic licence in this chapter: I made up Missy's second name, and the name of the high school, because I didn't know what they really were. If anyone does, email me, and I'll change it!
CHAPTER FIVE
Lessons.
It was two o'clock.
Piper was in cooking class, sustained by the thought that today was almost over.
Only an hour and a half to go…- she optimised.
Double maths is in the past. Things can only get better.-
She emptied a small bowl of quartered strawberries into a glass dish, of unsolidified jelly.
"Have you seen the new boy?" Missy Brookes was saying at the next table.
She flicked her, blatantly obvious bottle blonde, hair of her overly made up eyes.
"I think his name is Leo. Oh my god he's hot!"
Joanne Herts giggled.
"What about Dave?"
"What about Dave? He is so yesterday. I dumped him already."
"So your after Leo?"
"Totally."
Piper jumped, as the smell of burning custard assaulted her nose. She'd been so busy listening in on Missy's conversation, she hadn't noticed the thickening pink gloop start to boil and burn beyond salvation.
My trifle's ruined!- She thought melodramatically, as she hurriedly snatched the pan away from its attacker: the hob.
No, no, no!-
Missy screamed as a dribble spat about a mile away from her.
"Watch it!" she overreacted hysterically.
"You almost scalded me, you stupid little bitch!"
I can only dream…-
"Sorry."
"You should be. Dork."
Piper subtly shook her head, in disbelief.
God, she hated Missy.
The girl thought she owned the place. And everyone in it.
Unfortunately, Piper was one of the only people who saw missy for what she was: A bitchy, two faced, snob.
Of course, she would never reveal that to Missy. Neither of her faces, or her fists, would hesitate to retaliate.
Piper sighed. She could see right through Missy, but the entire population of Boreanaz high couldn't. What would make Leo any different?
The poor guy. Phoebe and Missy…-
Fuming, Missy grabbed the open tin of tomatoes, she was using to make her basic spaghetti bolognaise.
She brought it back to fling at Piper.
Piper gasped.
She threw up her hands and… Froze the entire class…
Jeremy smiled.
He watched from the window. No one had seen him, of course. He was way too careful for that…
Piper was panicking. That much was obvious.
His mouth twisted into a sadistic grin, as he watched her.
If he had a soul, he'd feel sorry for her. He really would. But he didn't…
Jeremy didn't care. He didn't love her. He didn't feel a thing for her.
Seeing her, so pathetically, childishly terrified, amused him.
The hard part was done. Making her feel for him. Stealing the spell.
The next part, the fun part, was going to be easy. Killing her…
He confidently blinked away, as Piper ran out of the classroom.
He could hear her heart pounding…
He couldn't wait to put a stop to that…
Leo yawned.
He could barely keep his green eyes open.
Maths was boring. At every school. Everywhere. He didn't know why he'd expected it to be any different here…
He idly drummed his pen on the boring desk, and listened to the boring sound of his boring teacher, droning on, and on…
Aaarrgghh! This is so boring!- He thought, leaning back in his dull, plastic chair. Thank go this was the last lesson…
His mind wandered. It wasn't something he could help. It was always happening. He had a short attention span.
He couldn't help where his mind wandered to either. He didn't choose to be back on the doorstep of Halliwell manor. But the monotonous surroundings of his tedious maths lesson faded, and he was there anyway…
" Sure come in." Piper had smiled.
He remembered her smile...
Her long flowing hair...
Her beautiful eyes...
He'd acted like an idiot, of course. Drowning in those eyes. Getting tongue tied...
The butterflies in his stomach burst into a fresh flight, only to be squashed. One by one…
"She has a boyfriend." Shannon's voice echoed.
"Sorry Leo, but she has a boyfriend. His name is Jeremy."
"Leo…Leo…Leo!"
Leo jumped. Back to reality.
The whole class was staring.
His teacher glared at him…
"What?"
(It gets really interesting next chapter. Trust me – I wrote it! Please R&R!)