Perfect Pain

#9

"Um...I'm sorry-" I tried to say before he interrupted with his scoffs and walked past me, and I hear another empty seat creek a little before his sent fully bleared my nostrils. There and then, I had every right to give the teacher back my full attention, but that feeling a familiarity swept my senses.

In him was a very brave and arrogant person, in him I saw a gentle and fragile seed, but he looks like he could break a mountain with his teeth, his face didn't hold an expression that said he cared about anyone,/or gave a damn about anything, he looked like he could control anyone, and that bothered me.

Honestly, I wanted to tell him to his face,anything that would bring down the ego I was already seeing in him, just so he knows he isn't the prince he thinks he is, even though he does seem to qualify.

"Um..lady? I wasn't going to sit next to you." I just knew when he whispered into my ears, and I'm embarrassed to explain what his growl did in my head. Chills. It sent chills down my spine and I could fell my bones get tickled just as my cheeks filled into a rose red puff.

"Did I ask?" I said back, returning the tone he spoke to me with.

"Just putting that out there." He leaned back to his sit and I could see the butterflies in his eyes before I rolled mine back to the teacher. I saw how his blush reminded me of Lexes smile whenever he said something funny. But I double crossing would be more responsible since they didn't seem anything alike.

"I see you've met the Schools 'it' boy,"

"Who?" I try not to think of the guy I met in the previous class as the 'it' boy he referred to as I only saw his bad side, and not the good side.

"Oh I mean Alex. He's....known for barging into classes like that."

"Oh that guy. Who is he anyway." I showed no expression or amusement to what he told me across the lunch table.

"Yeah, you don't seem to like him though, don't blame you."

My eyes rose. "Oh so you noticed. I'm not the only one then," i looked down at my food and punched my fork into my salad proposing the obvious.

He remains silent for a while when my thoughts were swept by the family issues I had been through the past days. It hadn't crossed my mind all through,except now, when just thinking of him who I know is now Alex comes to my head.

"Well, I was thinking...." I hummed for him to go on, as my face was still stuck into my meal. "....Since you got your Dad to trust around this place, Maybe-"

"Maybe, you could shut up and go get a job Lex," I rose my head at the voice I remember being haughty at history class.

Alex.

He sat across, right close to Lex, where he put done his lunch before taking just an apple.

"What's up with you, you never sit with me at lunch." Lex defends, folding his arms before his try and frowns at Alex. Only gives me the opportunity to realize the similarities between these two.

"I do what a want." Alex replied and bites on his apple, making a perfect cut on the edge of his fresh looking apple that didn't look like anything the cafeteria would give.

He made delicate crunches on his jaw, unaware that I was across the table, watching his every movement in annoyance, and dancing vain.

Eventually, our eyes met and he only smirks into mine eyes. Why? I had no idea.

"You're the pretty girl I met in history class. Aren't you." He says before taking grapes from his try once he finished the apple in his mouth. Giving me the chance to notice the grapes, strawberries, apple and a slice of orange that stood before his perfect folded arms.

"Unfortunately." I sighed and I could sense that Lex was surprised at my sudden attitude. It wasn't my fault that my life problem just happened to flash through my eyes the moment they start being cheerful.

"Listen, I'm trying to be the nicest here." He says. "So I'd be nice too if I were you."

"If I were me? I wouldn't even choose to exist mr." I say and pull myself out of my try and walked away, possibly to a cafeteria.

Somehow, Alex's presence made me think back at the things that bothers me, right from when mum and dad's marriage came to an end, to when he cheated, and my life ending up here. In this foreign place that I have never been to, that I know nobody.

People here don't have any right to talks trash about me, because they don't know me, where I'm from, or what kind of person I am.

My life choice wasn't ever to come here at all, I'd do anything to remain back in Nigeria with my mum and my best friends who know me, and care about me.

Not this people.

"Hay, Ciara." I heard Lex's voice behind me and I turned with sorry eyes.

He looked concerned and confused.

"Okay did any one in the Jeep do anything wrong yesterday? Or is it just you going Nija on Alex out there."

"No, no." I sighed. "Nobody did anything." I rested my shoulders to the entrance door to the cafeteria. "I'm just going through some things." I said and my eyes fell on Alex, where three girls and two guys occupied our table.

I saw his fruity face turn to a cold dead one, that wanted nothing to do with people, even if he exchanged few words with them and looked like he never wanted to see them, they still didn't mind, the y laughed, giggled, joked and girls even wrapped their arms around his broad shoulders.

And just as I stared at him, I noticed, how cold and nonchalant, collectively arrogant in speech, careful in action, he soon dominated my mind, gorgeous and irresponsible, the mob of hair that falls before his eyes, which he pulls behind with hard and vibrant fingers,I squeezed, I hummed, I frowned, there was a lot to him, allot that made him glow.

"I know. He's something." I heard Lex laugh in a sudden, and I shook out of my thoughts.

"What?"

"Oh don't pretend." He smiled and looked back away from me. "Isn't he hot? He's got allot of girls around this school wrapped around his finger for no reason." I stopped and looked back at Alex, and saw the girl with a mini skirt and top kiss his cheek. Alex flinched with disgust.

"Most girls fall head over hills for him, while others just saw an arrogant bastard and bully. Surprise how there could still be someone who seems perfect in this generation huh?"

"You have no idea." I had to admit, and he manically laughed and dropped his head, a cold, cruel laugh.

"Right. Thats what people think. Especially his friends." He held for a while, and just when I anxiously waited for him to go on; "you know what, I'll leave him to tell his stories." He said and pulled me across the cafeteria, where we got our try and returned them, before heading out, probably to next class.

What's so cold yet so attractive about Alex's life that Makes me keep feeling guilty about speaking so rudely to him. Gosh I shouldn't have done that, now I feel like I'm the bad person here. Yes, he looks like he's going through allot, not more than me, but he's not so happy, and I just the the worst possible thing of walking out just when he tries to familiarize with me,

Wow Ciara

Just WOW