Hanging Tree

Chapter 9

Violet

It was a Monday again, which means school. Great. Eliot sent me to school today and also said that he would pick me up after.

I walked into school and walked straight to my locker. The bruises are still there but not too obvious. I passed Louis and his boys and they both snickered at me because they knew that they were the causes of all these cuts and bruises.

I walked into English and sat at the front of the class. Niall was also in English so it wasn't that bad. Now he would usually sit next to me in any subjects we had together. Zayn's also in English. Which means I do get picked on but not as much now.

The class went silent as our teacher walked in. "Okay students. Today, I'm going to pair you up and the both of you have to work on an assignment of your choice." Everyone groaned when they heard this.

She called out student's names and paired them up. When it came to Niall's name, I was hoping she would call my name out too. But ofcourse, luck is never on my side. Niall got paired up with some other kid named Wilson. He turned to me and just shrugged his shoulder. No one would even try to change their partners with our teacher. She's just too strict. Everyone knows best to not even say a word. "Violet Brown?" I heard her say.

I looked up and she called my partner's name. "Emily Graham." Oh thank god. I knew her and she wasn't that bad. "Emily Graham, where are you?" she called out. I looked around the class and noticed she wasn't here. "Miss, Emily wouldn't be here for a week because of some emergencies," I heard someone from the back say. Our teacher pursed her lips and said, "Alright then. Violet, you're paired up with....Zayn Malik."

My heart almost stopped beating. What? Zayn? Why? Just why me? I turned to Niall and he only had the same reaction I did. I turned to the back and saw Zayn smirking at me. Shit. Well this is going to be hell. "Okay, now go discuss with your partners."

Everyone dispersed to go sit with their partners and I slowly got up and moved towards Zayn. We sat in silence for about 5 minutes until he finally spoke up. "You know, its not nice to be rude. I think you remember what happened the last time you were rude."

I felt my palms go sweaty and I looked up at him. He was playing with his lip ring using his tongue and smirking at me. I quickly looked away, feeling uncomfortable. "Am I making you nervous, Violet?" I didn't answer. Because I knew, if I answered, he would get the answer he wanted.

"Being rude again, eh?" Zayn asked leaning closer this time. I sighed and said, "Look Zayn. We clearly don't like each other. Can we just discuss this work and get it done with?" I asked him.

Suprisingly, he didn't say anything for that but actually cooparated with me. "Alright then. Shall our topic be about the importance of having nature or shit like that? Let's just choose some easy fucking topic so we can get it done with."

I cringed at his usage of words but agreed with him. He said we should meet at his place every friday after school which I agreed to because I didn't have the guts to say anything else. Soon, class was over and I walked over to Niall.

"So how was your discussion with Zayn?" Niall asked.

I shurgged my shoulders and said," It was okay. He wasn't as bad as I expected."

Niall nodded and we left class together.

Soon, it was already the end of the day and I was outside waiting for Eliot. I saw his car and got into it. "How was school, Violet?" He asked me.

"School was alright. Same old, ya know?"

Eliot just smiled and kept his eyes on the road. I got home and went into the kitchen to get some fruits. "Hey, Violet!" I heard Eliot call.

"Yeah?" I asked as I walked into the living room.

"Are you free tonight?" I thought for awhile and nodded.

"Alright. Want to go out or something? You can call Calum and his band mates too if you want too."

I smiled and asked, "You wouldn't mind?"

He smiled back and said, "Nope. As long as you're happy."

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