Stop The World

Chapter 3

 ¨Detention on the first day huh? You must be pretty bad ass.¨ I heard Niall say as he sat down next to me. 
       

¨I wouldn't say that.¨ I said as I sat out my lunch on the desk. 
       

¨Why not?¨
He looked at me with such intensity that I couldn't take it. I looked down at my food away from him. I couldn't look into his eyes. His blue eyes seemed and looked so hypnotizing that anyone could look into them and get lost. I still felt his eyes on me carefully looking at me wondering what my next move would be. Normally I wouldn't care if people stared at me. It never bothered me one bit but this time it was different. I didn't want him to look at me. The more he looked at me the more I felt insecure and I was never insecure. 
     

  ¨I'm not bad ass, I'm just confident. I guess.¨ I said giving a small shrug. 
     

  ¨Well I think you're pretty bad ass for getting detention on the first day.¨ 
     

  ¨Thanks. Your name is Niall right?¨ 
     

  ¨Yeah and you're..Nori?¨ 
       

¨That's it. Are you new here?¨ 
     

  ¨No.¨ 
     

  ¨You're not? How come I haven't seen you before?¨ 
     

  ¨Maybe you just haven't looked hard enough.¨ 
Maybe he was right. Maybe I just hadn't noticed him before. But why hadn't I? As senior class president (I had been elsected three years in a row this year wouldn't be a change.) I took it upon myself to know everyone. I guess I had just had overlooked him for some reason. But why? How could I miss someone as..hot as Niall? I wasn't going to lie Niall was extremely good looking. His blue eyes felt like they went into your soul. His smirk was to die for. And his hair was so golden and fixed so perfectly it would make any guy jealous. But of course he wasn't my type at all. I didn't go for the bad boy look or whatever he was trying to pull off. Wasn't my thing. 
     

  ¨I guess not.¨ 
   

    ¨Don't worry, I know all about you Nori.¨ 
That kind of took me by surprise but then it didn't. Of course everyone knew about me. I was everything at this school. Class president. President of just about every club that I considered important. Caption of the cheerleading team. And not to forget peer counselor. Sure it seemed like a lot but it wasn't. Most of the time. Sometimes it did get a little stressful at times but it was nothing I couldn't handle.  
        ¨What do you know about me?¨ 
       

         ¨That you're basically the school's bitch.¨ he said giving me a proud smirk.
The school's bitch? Is that what he thought about me. I felt a sting in my heart. I didn't want him to think of me that way. And that was not even close to true. I was not a bitch. I was nice to everyone that crossed my path. Sure maybe sometimes I might come off rude but it wasn't my fault. I didn't want Niall to see me that way. I didn't want anyone to see me that way for a fact. I was going to have to go into damage control. I felt a hand rest on my knee. I tensed up. I looked down at my knee and it was Niall's hand resting comfortably. 
       

¨I was just kidding.¨ he whispered into my ear. 
My heart felt like it was going to beat out of my chest. He was so close to me. I could feel his breath on my neck and it sent shivers down my spine. I didn't know how to react. I never let anyone this close to me before. I waited but he still didn't move. I didn't know what to do. For some reason I couldn't move. It was like he had paralyzed me. 
       

¨Wanna get out of here?¨ he asked breaking the silence. 
He moved away from me and removed his hand from my knee. Suddenly I wanted him close to me again. I wanted to feel him next to me again. I looked up and noticed the teacher had left. But I didn't want to leave. Because if I left I wouldn't see him until tomorrow. I watched as he got up. 
     

  ¨Are you coming or not? Come on, I don't bite. I promise.¨ 
I got up and followed him out into the hallway. We walked for a little bit in a comfortable silence then I felt his hand in mine. I looked down at our hands. He was holding my hand. Why was he holding my hand?
       

¨Come on, we can go sit in my car.¨ Niall said leading me outside.