The Bad Boy's Nerd (ON BREAK)

3. | The Crush

Vivienne's POV:

It is Thursday.

Which means there is still two more days till it's finally the weekend.

Which means I gotta wait for two whole days till I can sleep in till 11 o'clock.

Life is hard when you're born as a human sloth who has to do human things.

Sam and I are headed to our first class, slowly making our way so Sam can update me with the daily gossip. An update I didn't ask for.

The day hasn't even started yet and she already has gossip. How is that possible?

As Sam goes on, I flip through my notes to revise what we learnt in the previous class. I find the trigonometry formulae more interesting than someone random's break up or first date story.

But I ended up walking into a wall. Except this wall had hands which helped me balance myself on my feet. Nevertheless, I still dropped all my binders and my notes.

"I'm so sorry!"

"Oh my! I'm extremely sorry for that!"

We both say at the same time. I slowly raise my gaze to realise that I had bumped into none other than...

Aaron Mendes.

The captain of the football team. The hottest guy in the whole school. Literally every girl's dream is to date him. And why wouldn't it be? He is devilishly handsome, extremely charming and the ultimate bad boy. And who doesn't like bad boys? So indefinitely, I am also one of the many many girls who has a little crush on him.

Okay maybe not a little crush but a humungous one. But I view it as more of a celebrity crush kind of thing because he is way out of my league so all I can do is admire from afar.

Now you must be wondering, why does Sam ship me with other guys when I have a crush on the most eligible bachelor of our school?

That is because I managed to keep this little crush of mine a secret. Don't ask me how I just did it.

"No you don't have to be sorry. It was all my fault, I was the one who wasn't looking", he says in his angelic voice. I couldn't help but swoon.

Internally of course.

"Oh it's alright!", I say as we both bend down in unison to pick up my stuff. Our fingers briefly brush against each other and I feel my cheeks heat up.

I most definitely look like a human tomato right now. Where is Sam when you need her? I look around to see her still walking down the corridor, her arms linked with a random girl I have never seen in my life before.

Did she really didn't notice or—

"What's your name?"

I am broken out of my thoughts by Aaron's voice.

"Oh, it's Vivienne"

"A pretty name for a pretty girl. Can I have your number?"

"Uh- I- sure"

Great. Now I have also turned into a stuttering mess.

He hands me his phone so I can save my number and I did the same. As I give it back, he smiles down at it. He then stands up and offers me his hand to help. I gladly take it and he pulls me up.

"I'll see you around, pretty face", he winks at me and walks away.

I was left dumbfounded as it finally hit me.

I just talked to my crush! And he asked for my number!! AND he winked at me!! I am not kidding I might actually faint right now. Did that really just happen?

As I was freaking out about my first conversation with Aaron, I looked around to see everyone, and I repeat, EVERYONE in the corridor staring at me like I had committed a crime. Every single girl was giving me the dirtiest glare they could muster and their boyfriends were just as pissed off. Probably because they realised their respective girlfriends cared more about Aaron than them. And I caused the event to lead to that realisation, so by default I was the one at fault. Definitely not their disloyal girlfriends who were clearly obsessed with a guy who was not their boyfriend.

I just dropped by head down, strictly keeping my eyes down at the floor and walked to my class. I didn't dare to look up due to the fear of accidentally making eye contact with someone and then them murdering me with just their eyes.

The whole period went like that, with me burying my nose as deep in my book as humanly possible and the occasional coughs and groans of the girls in my class, which were clearly directed towards me. I had never been more scared of them in my life. I am pretty sure they wouldn't spare a second to jump me after the class ends. Therefore, I start packing up my stuff and put them in my bag as quietly as possible. As soon as I hear the bell, I jump out of my seat and run out of the class. Today, it wasn't possible for me to just sit there and listen to the "the bell doesn't dismiss you, I do" speech when every girl there was planning to murder me and dispose off my body in the woods somewhere.

As I walked out of my class, every single head turned towards me. I had no idea how to handle the bulk of attention I had been receiving because this is the first and I sincerely hope last time it was happening to me. Now I know what the main character in a movie sees while walking down the corridor of their school. So again, I just drop my head low and make my way to my next class. By the looks of it, I'm pretty sure the whole school knows by now that I, a nobody, was found talking to the Aaron Mendes. Now why is it such a big deal you may ask?

History has proven that whichever girl has made a conversation with Aaron which lasted for more than 30 seconds has ended up in his bed two days later, at maximum three, and lost her virginity. He didn't end up dating any of the girls though. According to the rumours, the football captain has hooked up with 80 percent of the female population in our school and yet, has never ever in his life, had a girlfriend. Why? Because he simply doesn't do well with commitments, in his own words.

So it was pretty clear what everyone's topic of discussion is going to be for the next few days. I could even hear people placing on bets on how long will it take for me to end up in his bed, or will he break his streak because as I stated earlier, I am a nobody.

But I have no intentions whatsoever of losing my virginity to him. I do have a crush on him but that doesn't mean I'm going to do something stupid like this. I am smarter than that.

As I reached my second class, which was all the way at the end of this corridor. So I had to absorb the stares and glares from all the people walking past in between. On reaching the class, I saw no signs of any Sam there and I noticed I hadn't seen her in the previous class either. She must have decided to skip the classes in the first half and spend that time in the library making out with a random guy. She is pretty much the female version of Aaron, minus the losing-virginity part.

I got seated, tactfully choosing the empty desk at the very last so my back wouldn't burn with the stares I have been receiving till now, but that didn't stop people from turning their heads around from time to time. This is going to be one hell of a day.

Everyone was talking in hushed voices, whispering in ears like there was no tomorrow, all of which would stop as I turn towards them. But there was one who didn't pay a heed to any of that, and as his usual self, remained unaffected of his surroundings. The quiet guy who had joined our school a couple days ago.

Author's Note:

Hey! Here is another chapter. This one took a little long to publish but it's here. Please don't mind any grammatical errors that might have crept in although I tried to be extremely careful about them. 

What do you think of Aaron as a person? Good, bad or too soon to judge?

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Hope you're having a wonderful day!

- Vee