Perfect Pain

#10

"Maybe later we could...I don-no, go out? Maybe to an arcade or something." Lex Said just after or laughter died at yet another story he told. He does seem like the free kind, that's regulars less of what people think about him.

Turns out, he was Alex's brother, he had told me when I asked constantly about Alex's on our way to my house. We walked. Taking slow and steady steps in the evening.

"Depends on my Dad though. Not sure if he's okay with the whole walking from school."

"Oh he'll say yes, once he see's me," A clumsy confidence he said.

"Why do you say so?"

"I made you laugh on your first day at SA! That's a heck of an encounter." He hyped, something I noticed that he does whenever he's absolutely sure about something, and it gives me joy from an angle.

He chuckled with his arms holding on to the shoulder pads of his bag, and oh that arrogant person sweeps my head again, Alex. He hasn't left my head ever since the cafeteria, and I'm afraid Lex has noticed, because he answers all my questions about him with no hesitation, except I asked anything sensitive, and it's killing me.

I wanted to know allot about him.

"I see your point" I laughed back, turning my thought away from Alex, as he only makes me feel unhappy, and focused on Lex's conversation instead.

"I'll try to talk the old man to letting me go."

"He's American, he will don't worry." He assured richly as we stopped before my front door. Where I remember Esther and Adam constantly made arguments before they left.

He hissed and looked up at the house. "Your home's pretty." He only said. "Now I can sneak up anytime." He laughed and I giggled. "Anyways, see you in class tomorrow." He went down a step, "Oh and uh hay!" He called back just before I could make a turn on the door knob. "Alex is...sentimental, so it not his fault when he's penny wise."

"M....sentimental isn't really the word-" I laugh at his ridiculous words and shook my head, even thought sent a heavy heartbeat.

"I'm just saying, it's going to take someone like you to show him what's what." He smirks at the night before he turned away, and by doing so, he took a rubber and pulled his hair behind and the muscular side of him was only visible before he fades into the American busy evening.

***

I didn't know what outfit to put on after taking a shower, so I just went with what I had on the day of my arrival. A knee high skit and a tucked in white shoulder length top. My body still hasn't adapted to the cold, and at night, I still wasn't able to sleep as the time I usually do was not the-same back in Nigeria.

I arrived at school few minutes late to my English class. And to my surprise the class had already began, with everyone in place. I thought of what to say but the teacher only sighed and wiped the words 'surprise test' on the chalk board.

"I'm exempting you, because it your first time Miss. Anderson" he said, and the class was dismissed by the bell.

"I'd hate to be you the next time this happens." People walked past me and I only saw flashes of his view. "Leave." I turned immediately, just loosing a whole first class.

"You know, it's bad luck if you miss a first class," I just knew that was Lex, he always sneaks up behind me. Without giving his words a chance to settle in, I asked immediately;

"Why?"

"Don't ask me, it's like a Myth parent tell their kids just so they'd be early to school."