YOOOOOOO THAT FIRST EPISODE OF THE NEW SEASON?! THAT ENDING THOUGH?! EXCUSE ME?! WHAT IS EVEN HAPPENING?!

Chapter 21: The Green Eyed Monster

Ali walked into school with her hands pushed into her pockets and her headphones on. The other students all stared at Ali like she was a ghost. Some thought that she had left. Some had heard that Reggie rejected her so she must've hid due to embarrassment. However, Ali could care less about what people were gossiping about when it came to her. She just wanted to grab her book from her locker and head to class, but when she felt a familiar tap on her shoulder then she turned around and was surprised to see Reggie standing there.

"Reggie?" Ali was shocked. She definitely thought that he would've left her alone after the way she had ignored him.

"Hey. I'm glad you're back." Reggie smiled as he rubbed the back of his neck. Ali smiled up at him.

"I'm glad to be back too. Being stuck at home for a few days was kind of hard. My parents were hovering over me the entire time." Reggie was surprised that Ali smiled up at him so easily and didn't have a sarcastic comment for him.

"Are you feeling better?" Reggie asked.

"A lot. Thank you for asking." The awkward silence wafted in front of the two teens. Reggie looked around the hallway and saw all the passer-by's staring at the two and their non-existent conversation.

"I'm sorry." Reggie's head snapped back to Ali.

"Why are you apologizing?"

"I was rude to you. I treated you like shit and I'm sorry. You were just being nice." Ali explained. Reggie's mind was blown away at that point. The girl in front of him was apologizing and he never thought that she would be capable to do such a thing.

"Well I'm sorry because…well…you know." Reggie scratched the back of his neck as he spoke to the English girl in front of him. Reggie was referring to the kiss that he gave Ali almost a week ago in the pouring rain.

"It's okay. We were both emotional, so I understand. It's not like you meant it." Ali smiled up at the man. Reggie looked at her with a confused face. He meant that kiss with every nerve in his body. He wanted to kiss the girl in front of him and if he could, he'd do it again. He'd do it right here if he could.

"Oh..ya…well about that-" The bell cut off Reggie's sentence.

"Looks like I should head to class. I haven't been here in a while, so I should go show my face." Ali waved goodbye to the tall Korean man before she turned around and walked away. Reggie watched her retreating figure until she rounded the corner and he could no longer see her.

During lunch, Ali sat down in the student lounge and pulled out her sandwich. She was scrolling through her phone as she ate, but was interrupted when someone sat down across from her. Ali looked up and met eyes with Veronica. The raven-haired girl smiled at her new friend and Ali put her phone away.

"I'm glad to see you back at school." Veronica smiled at the girl in front of her.

"I'm actually kind of happy to be back too. It gives me something to do." Ali shrugged.

"I wanted to talk to you about something." Veronica began. Ali nodded her head – showing that she was listening. "It was about last week…when we went to go see the boys."

"Oh. You want to talk about that." Ali knew that Veronica wanted to speak about the gun, but couldn't say the word out loud.

"It's not mine-" Ali raised her hand to stop Veronica from speaking.

"I honestly don't care." Veronica raised her eyebrows at the girl in front of her. "I will say that whoever's that is…shouldn't have it. It's dangerous and they clearly aren't looking after it."

"I know." Veronica looked at her hands in her lap. Ali sighed.

"Look, I don't need to know any details." Ali stood up from her spot and placed her bag on her back. "Just, be careful." Ali was about to leave the student lounge before she was stopped by the sound of her name.

"Oh Alita!" Ali and Veronica both looked towards the door to see Cheryl waltz over to them with her red hair flung over her shoulder.

"What do you want, Cheryl?" Veronica sighed as she leaned back in her seat.

"I just wanted to see Alita! She's been away for a few days and I was concerned for her." Cheryl fake smiled to Veronica as she stood beside Ali. Ali stared at the two individuals and shrugged her shoulders as a response.

"Well, as you can see, I'm just fine." Ali proved.

"I'm so very pleased to hear that." Cheryl smiled at Ali. "I was concerned when you didn't accompany us to the party with Veronica's friend, Nick." Ali recalled a text message coming in from Veronica explaining a party, but she ended up ignoring it.

"I didn't want to go." Ali shrugged.

"Well that's too bad, I think Reggie missed you, but Josie was there to keep him company." Ali's facial expression never changed, but her heart sank into her stomach. There was nothing going on between her and the Korean boy, but she felt unsettled by the news of Josie becoming close to him without her knowledge. She began to wonder why he didn't just say that he was seeing her? Why lie about it? Were they together?

"Good for them. I'm going to go to class." Ali said as she turned around and left the student lounge before any one could say anything else. While walking down the corridor, Ali felt her phone vibrate, so she quickly fished for it and looked at the screen.

Hey Ali! I just wanted to say that we all miss you at the Whyte Wyrm! Make sure to come by soon :)

Ali felt a sharp pain in her heart after reading the text from Toni. She quickly put her phone away and ignored the text. Ali knew that she couldn't go see her friends at the Whyte Wyrm out of respect for her parents, but it didn't mean that it didn't hurt any less.

The first day back at school after being away for almost a week was draining for Ali. She left her last class wanting to go home and climb into her bed. The British girl was excited to walk out of the school doors and begin her way home, but was interrupted when a familiar Korean boy ran up to her and stood in front of her – stopping Ali in her tracks.

"Reggie." Ali greeted the boy in front of her.

"Hey, Ali! Ready to go home?" Reggie asked with a smile on his face.

"Yea, that's why I'm headed there now." Ali pointed out the obvious.

"I thought that I could drive you home?" Reggie suggested.

"I'm good." Ali sidestepped her way around Reggie, but all he had to do was move to the side and he was blocking her once again.

"No no. I shall escort you home, young lady." Reggie reached out his arm – hoping that Ali would take it, but was shocked when she pushed his arm away.

"Like I said – I'm good." Ali only had the thought of Josie in her head when she looked at Reggie and she needed to get away from him as fast as she could. Ali felt jealousy and sadness boil in her stomach as she began to walk away from Reggie. The bewildered Korean boy watched the girl walk away again. He believed that the pair was in a better place again and then he would be able to drive Ali to and from school – maybe even more one day, but he wasn't so sure anymore. Reggie was confused at the recent interaction with Ali, but he was pulled out of his thoughts when someone placed their hand on his back.

"Hey, Reggie. I was hoping to run into you." Reggie was face-to-face with the chocolate skinned girl, Josie.

"Hey, Josie." Reggie faked a smile at the girl in front of him.

"I was wondering if you wanted to go the this party tomorrow? The Lodge's are having this thing for all their expensive friends and I'll be singing, so I think that you should come." Reggie looked back at the fleeting British girls figure before looking back at Josie.

"Sure."

So I'll be back with another chapter next week! I feel like Mondays I always end up posting new chapters to all my stories...

DOES ALI LIKE REGGIE?! What are with those feelings? Do you think she'll finally admit it to herself that she may have caught some feelings for Reggie?

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