Just Forget About It

Chapter 3

As I walked towards his desk, Mr. Crab looked extremely disappointed, this face kind of reminds me when Nathaniel lost to me at chess a few weeks ago, he whined the whole night. "Yes Mr. Crab?" I asked. "Charissa, that behavior you showed us is completely unacceptable."

"Yes, i-i know sir. That's why I'm ready to take on any form of punishment" I genuinely replied. "Nonsense, nothing aside from detention will be necessary," wow really just detention? "That goes for you too Mr. Remi. The only reason Ms. Leon snapped was because of your actions. I will see the both of you back here after school"

I looked over at Connor who rolled his eyes at our teacher yet still accepted the punishment. This is gonna be the worst, I thought. After homeroom, I went to all my classes which were nothing out of the ordinary. I had History, Math, Science, and English i also had "special classes" but I didn't pay attention.

After my last class of the day I went back to the homeroom in order to complete my detention. Once I got there Connor was laying against the wall talking to Peter? I think that's his name... "Sup sweetheart" Connor called out. "I told you to stop calling me that!" I replied in a rather angry tone.

"Yo it's the angry chick from this morning. I'm Peter Crawford." I looked to the side of Connor to find a brunette waving at me. He had freckles all over his face and had regular brown eyes. "Thanks so much for the compliment, and I'm Charissa Leon" I replied sarcastically.

Once the bell rang again Connor and I went into the room to find Mr. Crab waiting for us with paper and pencil. "Take a seat, both of you" he said this in a very scary tone. As I sat down I noticed Connor sat next to me, and immediately started making faces at me. Whether they were flirty, scary, or annoying all i wanted to do is yet again punch him.

"Ok listen up. You have to write an essay on why you're here today. Pretty simple if you ask me. I want them finished in an hour. Start!" Mr. Crab instructed us to begin our essays. I wrote as fast as I could since i was very tired and wanted to go home. After the hour passed and we finished our essays, we were free to go home.

I had to walk today since our chauffeur called in sick, besides i wanted to learn how to do things myself. I was halfway home when I heard a voice call out my name. "YO Charissa! Wait up sweetheart!" Oh great what does he want now? I turned around to find Connor running up to me.

"What do you want from me Connor? Just get lost."
"Sorry m'lady but im getting paid to do this so, which way's your house?"

"Wait what? The hell does that mean."

"They didn't tell you? I'm your new body-"

"No! NO! Don't tell me"

"Yep thats me the bodyguard for the princess" as he said these words i noticed a smirk on his face. I knew dad was getting me a bodyguard because "you're a lady, ladies are to be protected" but out of all people he just had to hire this bitch.

"Listen, i don't need your protection, i can walk on my own to my house. Now get lost" i turned around and started walking. I was surprised that he didn't say anything so i decided to stop and look back. Wow, he actually left. "What are we looking at princess?" someone tapped my shoulder which made me turn back with a yelp.

"Shit! Don't scare me like that" i said as i punched his arm. "Sorry princess, were you trying to find me?" I felt a slight blush coming to my face. "Of course not! I wanted to see... the sunset!" he walked closer to me and lifted my chin up. "Princess, you're very bad at lying. You know that?"

I took a step back pushing his hand off my chin. "I don't need your validation thanks." he smirked and turned around. "Listen princess, i don't care if you like it or not, but i need that money. So i'm going to follow you to your house, and drop you off, everyday of the week so i can get my paycheck. Ok?" He walked towards me and took my bag. He then waited for me to start walking home.

As we were walking home I remembered what Phoebe said about his parents. "Cut him some slack, his parents died a few years ago" i couldn't stop thinking about it so i packed up the courage to ask him and apologize. "Hey Connor?" he hummed in response as if allowing me to continue.

"What happened to your parents?" he stopped in his tracks. I couldn't see his facial expression given the fact he was looking down at the floor. I then realized it could be a very hurtful topic You idiot why the hell would you ask someone 'What happened to your parents' how much more dumb could you get. By now he probably hates you.

"Why do you wanna know?" he finally responded. "Well Phoebe said I shouldn't have treated you that way because I didn't know how much you've been through. So i wanted to apologize, but instead my dumb ass asked what happened. So I'm sorry, about saying something that could have hurt you and about asking." he walked towards me and put a hand on my shoulder.

"Listen princess, i don't get hurt anymore so don't worry about it. Also thank you for wanting to know how i feel, i can't remember the last time someone did, even if it was out of pity." He took my hand and kept walking next to me until we got home.

"Welp here we are princess, home sweet home" as we got to my house I couldn't feel anything other than guilt for what I said. Why is he not mad? Why is he still talking to me? Why does he not hate me? I kept on thinking to myself as we entered the mansion. We were welcomed by my elder sister Eri with, of course, a smile.

"Hi Chari! How was school?" she asked as she took my bag from Connor. "It was fine," I replied with a monotone voice. My excuse is... I'm tired. "Chari huh? Can i call you that princess?" Connor asked as he nudged my shoulder with a smirk on his face. "No."

"What, why?" He was now making a face with puppy dog eyes. "Because only friends and family call me that and as of now I don't consider you either." I bluntly replied. "Fine princess, but just you wait because I will make sure I become one or the other'' he said this while taking my hand and planting a kiss on it. I felt a sudden blush come to my face. "Bye princess, for now." he smirked as he excited the house.

Bye Connor, for now...