Learn To Love

5. Never Have I Ever...Been Heartbroken.

Paxton's POV : 

It's been a week since Devi and I have spoken. Ever since I threw that punch onto Noah, that's all everyone's been talking about. 

Paxton Hall-Yoshida punched the new kid Noah Centineo. 

The guys have been raving the punch I threw at him, talking about Noah's face still bruised up. But I haven't felt good nor proud of what I did because what do I get now? A really mad girlfriend, Devi. 

I've been trying to speak to her everyday when I see her at school. Been literally calling and texting her that I know I was wrong. But no response, all ghost. 

As I walk through the school hallway with everyone watching me, I see Devi just conversating with her friends at the lockers. I muster up all the confidence I have to walk up to her but right when Devi and her friends noticeed me, they walk off. 

My steps halt as everyone saw what happened and I just looked down on my shoes. She's really mad. I feel a pair of arms on my shoulder and look over, it's Trent. 

"Woah, what's happening with you and Lil' D? She dumped you over the Noah thing?" Trent questions but I can sense the tease from him. 

"Shut up man." I shrug him off and just head to class. This is so embarrassing. I shouldn't have punched him. But at the same time, he was literally confessing that he likes Devi. And Devi didn't even know the whole situation!

I walk into class and I see Devi just on her phone, ignoring my appearance to the classroom. I sit down quietly and just at her to my side. "Good morning." 

Ignored. I just let out a big sigh and look at my hands on the table. "You don't even know what he was saying to me." I say quietly enough for her to hear. As I keep looking at my hands, I can sense her attention from the phone has averted to me for a quick second then back to the phone. She doesn't even care. 

Suddenly the classroom became quiet so I looked up to see that bruised up Noah has enter the class. I watch as he just walks past me but looks at Devi and exchange a greeting to each other quietly. Is this how it is now? 

She ignores me without hearing my side of the story and talks to him? I roll my eyes and begin to prepare class materials. There's no point in trying to have her listen if she doesn't put in the effort. 

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Devi's POV : 

I'm not gonna lie, it sucks ignoring Paxton. Especially when he's been trying to reach to me but I can't wrap it in my head as to why he had to punch Noah. It's not something Paxton would ever do. 

There are definitely times where I just wanna ask him what happened but Eleanor did say that I shouldn't and she has a point a bit. He was being a total jerk to me the whole night at the party and just doesn't seem to trust me. 

I let out a big sigh out and continue eating my lunch. As I look around the cafeteria, I see Aneesa walking through the room alone. Is she okay? Although I wanted to walk to her and ask if she's alright, she already walked out of the cafeteria so I just shrug it off. 

After I finished eating, I decide to head to the bathroom to freshen up. I walk through the hallways and I see Paxton messing around with the boys. Before I can even try to ignore him, he looks over to me and goes back to what he was doing. Is he mad at me now? 

Without thinking, I head to my locker instead of going to the bathroom to be in the same radius as Paxton. Fidgeting through my locker, I couldn't stop looking over to Paxton who's approximately 50 feet away from me. We would keep exchanging looks to each other but seems like none of us willing to initiate.