Recklessness And Refuge // L.H. [Book 2]

twelve.

Athena's POV:

"I still can't believe you dyed your hair." Vrai sighs before standing up and walking towards the trash.

"I needed a change." I respond, looking up at her.

"Speaking of change, have you seen the new kid?" She grins as she approaches the table. "He's definitely hot as fu- what's wrong?"

"Nothing, I'm just tired." I lie, leaning against my arm. After the situation on Saturday, I haven't even bothered to look at Luke and the other guys.

He tried to talk to me in the hallway and i turned around faster than I would ever think was humanly possible. I haven't told Vrai yet, simply because I know Amias will tell her anyways, and I just don't have the emotional capability that's necessary when telling her things like this.

"He has the dreamiest eyes and his favourite colour is purple." She explains this mystery guy to me while I mentally have an identity crisis. I look around and finally find Amias, causing me to stand up from the table. "Where are you going?"

"I'll be right back." I walk up to Amias who is talking to someone that I don't recognize. I don't bother asking any questions before shoving the mystery guy out of the way, allowing myself to sit down. "I need you to go get Luke's half of the project."

"Why can't you do it?" He frowns before gesturing towards the guy. "I was trying to show Nick around."

"Who the fuck is Ni-"

I spin around to see the face of the mystery guy, making my heart skip a beat. Don't get me wrong, Luke looks good, but this guy is gorgeous.

He's giving me a soft smile and it's making me lose the ability to breathe.

"This is Nick, he's an exchange student." Amias steps out from behind me. "Now, why do you want me to get half of your project?"

I continue to stand still, staring at the Nick guy as if I've never seen a male before in my life. "This is Nick?"

They both nod and I immediately feel like an idiot. This random new kid is going to think the whole school is filled with lunatics now. "I'm really sorry Nick, I didn't know that you were new."

"She's American?" He points at me, giving Amias a look of confusion. He's got a deep British accent and it's making my stomach do summersaults.

"Nick, this is Athena. She's my cousin, from America who also happens to be an exchange student." Amias introduces me and Nick holds out his hand for me to shake.

"Nice to meet you, Athena." He brings my hand up to his lips with a smile. "I hope we get to-"

As he finishes his sentence, Ashton comes up to us and rips our hands away from each other. Poor Nick probably thinks this school is abusive.