Author's Note:
Hi guys, I'm back again with another chapter. Still no comments? Does this mean there's no problem with my writing at all? Oh well. It's the start of a new arc! It's gonna be something different! Now sit back, and enjoy the story!
Chapter 13: The New Guy.
"Make sure you have this jotted down, it's bound to come up for your Mid-terms!" Our teacher bellowed as she goes through each point there is on the subject, using the metal pointer in her hands to reinforce her words. The constant tapping produced when the pointer snapped against the board is somewhat annoying.
After everything that has happened, everyday life still continues on. I find myself constantly scratching my head, having trouble grasping what the teacher is revising, as well as frantically writing down what I should. Basically, I'm just as I was before I took up my title.
The afternoon sun, now starting to lose it's heat due to the coming winter, is still as bright as ever. The ticking hand of the clock on the wall carries on its path, the sound magnified in this silent place, and only seems to stress me out even more.
"Grr..." I growled without thinking as I struggled with the revision. Darn it! Three weeks gone, just like that! I needed those!
As the class ended and lunch-break begins, I find myself slumped on my table due to the overwhelming revision. Sigh, why do I still come to school anyways? Moving my body only reminded me of what has happened with aches and cracks. The wounds caused by the bullets are healing, thought not quite done yet.
"Oww..." I whined softly beneath my breath as I shifted my left shoulder.
"Look, there he is!" A group of girls shrill out in excitement from the door.
"He's so dreamy..." Another girl somewhere in this classroom loudly exclaimed.
"And he's talented too!" They cry out as if I or anyone else wanted to know.
Who are they referring to, you might ask? Well, something happened when I was out in those three weeks. Apparently, a student transfered here. I don't exactly know where he came from, from what they've been saying, it seems like one of those Elites. I heard from Sergio that within just one day, the whole girl's population in Venice High was fawning over him like flies drawn to a lamp.
The only one that wasn't smitten by him was Gina, and because of that-
"Hey, you're that guy who was injured, right?" A casual tone speak out to me.
Ugh. Speak of the devil. I pull my face from the table to come face to face with the guy. He has soft-colored blond hair, short but shaggy, and a pair of light-brown eyes that seem to be glowing. He has this track suit on that gives off a sporty feel to his personality. As he stands, he had this smile on his face all the time. There was something strange though, he always seems to carry this long object behind him, wrapped in a black cloth, slung over his shoulders.
"Yeah, hi. My name is Amato Zanna." I say it out while concealing what I really feel about the guy, not really worth throwing away my manners here, actually.
"Hi, the name's Johann, Johann Jacapo." He gave out with another beam of his smile. I can see the eyes of the girls standing a distance away. They look jealous, with the new guy talking to me instead of them, and they also look like they want me out of the picture. I think I just felt a shiver down my spine.
"And I'm in love with Regina Conti!" The guy suddenly yells out, throwing his arm to the sides, as if his intention was to tell the world.
"WHAT?" I find myself yelling out without thinking, jumping up from my seat.
Now you understand why I was so annoyed by the guy. I still remember what Sergio said, yesterday back at the mansion.
"Pst, you need to work harder." Sergio pulled me away from Gina while she was chatting with Kiera and whispered into my ears.
Naturally, with such a vague statement, I got confused.
"What?" I asked out, trying to figure out what exactly does he mean.
"New events occurred when you were lying in your bed, particularly the one concerning the new transfer student." Sergio tries to give a proper explanation while giving a glance towards Gina every few seconds. Is this news that big of a deal? "The guy's declared that he's fallen for Gina and he'll stop at nothing to steal her heart!" Sergio whispered, but even from his soft voice I could hear a sense of urgency in it.
"That sounds like something out of a fairytale!" I exclaimed almost immediately, my tone of voice giving off a fairly obvious sign that I was getting worried.
"You have your work cut out for you, my friend." Sergio gives out his final words of encouragement before returning towards the other two, though they didn't seem to do much encouraging.
I turn around and see that the class, both boys and girls, were surprised to hear what he said. Now, I could hear the chatter of the students amidst the sounds of everything else, and it made me feel even more stressed than I actually was. I don't know why, but after hearing him say those words, I felt really annoyed, or was it afraid? I can feel my emotions rising higher than they ever had, my blood rushing to my head like a volcano.
"YOU STAY AWAY FROM GINA!" I suddenly yell out a second time, my left hand pointing at Johann. My face was bright red and I felt warm and dizzy, like when I was having a fever. The class only had their eyes grow bigger at what just happened.
Suddenly, the whole class went quiet. As the sun shine into the room via the windows, it felt like the whole scene froze for a good length of time.
"Um.. Um..." A voice suddenly cuts through the silence awkwardness. I turn to see Gina standing up from her seat, her face rapidly getting red from the recent event. Her hands, her fingers, are now fidgeting with each other, as if trying hard to distract herself from the present situation.
I didn't know what to do, I was still too flustered.
Gina slowly backed away from the two of us in a strangely comical way. When Johann saw her, he tried to approach her, that smile on his face never faltering.
"Regina!" He gave out, and I think that was a mistake, because as straight after the word finished, Gina turned and ran out of the room, her face beet-red.
"Regina! Wait up!" Johann called out as he followed in her direction. Seriously, it's like nothing fazes him. As he ran, his baggy track suit bounces as the last sight of the object and its black cloth.
Unlike Johann, I needed a few moments to recover from what happened, and when I realized what I did, I find myself slumped in my seat instead of going after Gina.
"Why.. Why did I do that?" I whispered to myself, confused as I was. I just felt so.. so jealous. Why? I never felt this way before when other guys approached Gina, so why did I start now? It seems a good number of students also followed Gina out of the class, so now the plain walls is accompanied by a silence similar to before.
It's just, Johann's face, that smile, his looks, the way he talks, everything about him just makes me want to hit him in the face, but I know I can't.
"Argh, this is giving me a headache!" I cried out, cluching and rubbing the sides of my head with my hands. Well, it's still a ways off till the afternoon classes start, maybe I'll go grab a drink or something.
As I made my way towards the vending machine, I heard familiar voices talking. As I got closer, I saw that the voice was Gina's and Johann's. Because of that, I made it a point to keep myself concealed as I got closer to eavesdrop on what they were saying. I know, I feel disgusted by my own actions too. Well, I did, until I heard laughter coming from them.
"Hey, I was thinking of going downtown after school today, you wanna come with?" Johann asked out casually in between his laughter and jokes. Though she hesitated for a second, Regina gave her answer with a smile. "Sure!"
That was the last straw. All that has happened are tell-tale signs of a date. After that, my desires took over my reasoning. Amidst the flooding emotions, I really wanted to jump right in right there and just interrupt the guy, but unfortunately I still retained enough logic to realize that it would have ended badly, particularly for me. As the wind blew against my body while I was hiding behind the stone pillar, I ignored the cold and watched as they walked away together before doing the same. All the while, one sentence was constantly repeated in my mind as my steps moved one after another.
I need to do everything I can to stop him!
Well, technically, the new arc hasn't started. Now, in-between arcs I may add in these 'Extra' chapters that tell a little bit of story, slice-of-life, or just for comedy and humor. I thought that after so much action and serious stuff that happened, toning down a bit with some humor and slice-of-life would be the best way to go. Please, tell me how you guys feel about it in your reviews!