What the heart wants

Chapter 5

I finally reach and make my way into the large school hall. There are benches and chairs placed randomly around and people are in large clusters talking and laughing. I stand at the entrance which is to the right of the stage on the front wall of the room and I scan the hall. There are large sports bags, mini suitcases and big rucksacks scattered across the wooden floor. I take a seat at the back where a bunch of girls are. My friends are not here yet, so I talk to the girls while I wait. They are gossiping about something I am not interested in, so I carry on looking around and my eyes land on Humza. He is sitting with the rest of the gay group and they all look a lot cuter in their own clothes. Humza is wearing worn out jeans, a plain white t-shirt and trainers. It's simple but cute. I like it. And his messy hair makes him look even more handsome. I realise I'm smiling to myself and I look away when I notice a few people staring. After a few seconds, they return to their conversation and I resume looking around. This time, my eyes land on Owen and my eyes widen. He standing near the window so the light reflects beautifully on his caramel skin. He is wearing a grey swag jumper,black jeans with a silver chain hanging in a loop from the side, red trainers and a black&red snap back. He looks hot. I continue staring with my mouth slightly open. I can't help it. Owen takes my breath away. Rebecca pops up and blocks my view.

"Hey. Who are you staring at?" She asks.

"No one. Just looking around." I lie.

She nods and we talk about how excited we are for this trip. After a while, Zara joins us and we talk some more. Alison and Serena don't take geography so they are not here. Soon, the teachers arrive, take a register and we board the coach. I sit next to Rebecca and Zara sits behind us besides a girl named Amelia. During the journey, we sing songs, play games and make loom bands. We begin to shoot each other with loom bands and the coach becomes a war zone. A while later, we stop for a break at a coach station where we all buy food. I go to the bathroom and hover over the toilet when I here a voice coming from the stall next to mine.

"Hey! How's it going?"

I am quite surprised, but I nevertheless answer the woman in the next stall.

"I'm fine thanks for asking."

"What are you doing?" The same voice asks.

I am a bit taken aback by her question, but I calmly answer.

"I'm relieving myself."

Then I hear the lady saying..

"I'm going to have to call you back, some weirdo is answering all of my questions."

Completely embarrassed, I rush out of the bathroom but not before muttering sorry to the woman. I return to the coach and to my surprise, everyone is waiting for me. I scan the seats and my eyes land on the only free seat. Oh gosh. I frantically look around for any other seat but there is none.

"Lily! Sit down we need to go." Mr Spellboy commands.

I reluctantly walk to the seat and sit down. His eyes pierce through my skin like daggers and I shift in my seat.

"H..hi Gibby."

He continues staring at me with a blank expression. I move to the edge of the seat so I can easily jump up and run away if he tries to hurt me. The coach moves and the whole trip I am on edge. I don't even know how I drift off into a slumber. I only realise when I feel someone poking me.

"Oi!" Gibby shouts. "Wake up!"

I feel a hard punch on my shoulder. My eyes fly open and I stare wide eyed at Gibby.

"OW!" I scream in pain.

He smirks, satisfied with what he has done. I try to swing a punch but he wraps his huge chubby hands around my bony fist and pushes past me. I almost fall out of my seat. Thankfully, I manage to catch myself. I get off the coach and I am mesmerised by the place. There is a huge white house standing in front of us, with a large oak tree located precisely in the centre of the driveway. The house is in the middle of a forest with beautiful trees of different colours to the right of the house, and an empty green with a picnic table on the left. Behind the building, through a bush is a rectangular building used as a classroom for pupils that come here. I carry on taking in every detail of this amazing place when I notice people pointing my way and laughing. I look around to see whats funny, but I don't see it. More and more people begin to laugh and I realise they are laughing at me. Even Owen is laughing! At that point, Humza comes up to me.

" Um, you have something on your-"

" Christopher! Come here." Gibby interrupts.

All of a sudden he is being dragged away by Gibby and I wonder what he had to say. I frown and walk over to Zara and Rebecca. Their eyes widen when they see me and they clamp their hands over their mouths, obviously biting back a laugh.

"What? Why is everyone laughing at me?" I ask, starting to get a little irritated.

Zara says nothing but fishes through her bag and hands me a mirror. My eyes widen in horror and I turn to Gibby who is snickering behind me. He is going to pay for this. I march over to Gibby and begin to give him a piece of my mind. He interrupts me in the middle of my rant.

" I'm sorry, what was that? I can't hear you with that dick in your mouth."

Everyone erupts into a roar of laughter as I furiously try to rub off the dick drawn on the side of my mouth.

"It's not my fault your a heavy sleeper." Gibby says before walking off.

I growl. He has no idea who he just messed with. Rebecca and Zara turn up beside me and give me a comforting smile.

" Don't worry Lily...If karma doesn't get him..then we will!"