Wonderland

5. Simmer down

"Hey Heather?"

I tied my hair in ponytail as I enter our room. As always, it is always white.

"What do you want Daniels?!" I nearly shouted.

"Whoah, I was just gonna ask you-"

"Out?" Stacey wriggled her eyebrows and walked in our front.

"What? No!" Ric laughed in response. "Actually, I wanted you two to be at my welcome party celebration."

I stared at him. "Really? A welcome party?" I said in monotone.

"Why do you have to be that way to Ric?" Stacey said in her ever famous tone.

I rolled my eyes and Ric pinch my nose.

"Hey!" I slap his hands. "That hurts!" I glare daggers at him while he chuckles in response.

Jerk.

His phone made a loud noise and his ringing tone was Sugar by Maroon 5.

"Oops. This is my friend, I really got to see him. We haven't seen each other for years."

"It has only been 3 years Ric."

"Yeah. Whatever." he says. "Just be there!" he then walked away.

Stacey grinned ear to ear.

"What? I hate the man." I said to her.

"Simmer down Heather. Simmer down." she chuckled.

Throughout the whole duration of my classes, Stacey kept on giving me lovey dovey eyes and somehow I really want to target her eyes with my pen, but that would mean me as a suspect.

Urgh. This day won't get any wiser than it already is.

My memory draws back again to Ric. That man is just- really annoying! He dragged me to our program head- thank God Carlisle already left when Ric the annoying asshole dragged me and made me his partner for what it seems like a project.

"Why the hell would I want to be your partner?!" I shouted at Ric in the corridor.

"Geez, your voice is just so.." Ric closed his eyes and covers his ears.

"So what?!" I sneered.

"So..high pitched." He laughed. Can this man be mature for once?! "Look, I told Mr or Ms. Craven that you could be my partner because I'm new here! And because..."

I rolled my eyes. "You're new and you already have a project?" I stared at Ric, he smiled widely.

"Okay. No. I don't have a project but I really want you to be there." he said to me with puppy eyes.

"Why me of all people?"

"Because.." Ric hugged me.

"Why are you hugging me?" I asked him, slowly pushing him away but God he's strong.

"Just stay still, will you?" he calmly said.

"You know its prohibited to hug inside the university, right?"

"Yes I do Heather, but just- stay still." he said again.

"You know, I like your new hair Grace."

"Don't call me Grace!" I hissed.

"Yeah yeah whatever Grace."

I kicked his foot.

"Ow! Jesus that hurts." he said in pain.

I smirked. "Well I told you didn't I?"

I pushed him away now. "What's with all the hugging thing Ric?"

He awkwardly laugh, "Nothing. I was just, you know.. Hugging."

"Just answer the goddamn question goddammit!" I hissed.

"My ex just kinda showed up." he says straightly.

My eyes went wide. "G-Gwen?"

"Why are you so afraid of her? No! Not Gwen." I sigh, thank God. "Veronica. Veronica Holmes."

Oh yeah. "F.ck Ric. Veronica?" I asked. "Do you know how well she is playing with fire?"

"Well she's a fire dancer back in Hawaii-"

"Yuck. I really don't want to hear that!" I slap him.

"Oh hush."

"Yeah whatever Ric. Back to the original question. Why me of people?"

Ric held his breath. "Lets just say that I just really want YOU to be there Grace."

"For the last f.cking time-"

"Guys! There you are!"

Great Stacey. Just great.

I weirdly pinch my nose in the process of writing everything our professor said in our class. Stacey found Ric and I amusing, which throughout the class she kept on throwing me her most sweet but really annoying smile.

Just our class was dismissed. I held on my shoulder bag and Stacey began talking about her Mom being mom. Seriously.

In the corner of the hallway I saw Ric talking to Leo and Clin. They are like famous and just as I grabbed and turn around to not face Ric and his venomous acts, the demon himself called us.

"Simmer down, hun. Simmer down." Stacey said.

Okay Heather. Simmer down.