Sticking with you (bxb)

Chapter 55

Alice's pov.

(The other day, at school)

The loud voice of our teacher was heard all over the room, making all the kids not dare to look somewhere else. All the eyes were stuck on her, while she was writing something quite important on the board. Even my eyes were following the movement of her hands but I couldn't say the same about my mind

It was stuck with the thought of Gabe sitting next to me, closer than ever. I don't know if he was seeking warmth or something else but I hadn't any complaints. I moved my chair closer, careful not to make any distressful sound, resulting in the contact of our arms. Letting a shaken breath out, I felt my body sink further into the chair. I put my hands around me, hugging myself and tried to concentrate in my teacher's not so soothing voice

But I couldn't. Not with this boy next to me

I looked with the corner of my eye at Gabe, wishing I wouldn't get his attention. Luckily, he was looking at his book on the desk, writing down some things the teacher was handing out. I smiled at the sight and then lowered my head so the last one couldn't notice me and make a remark to me

I sighed and looked at the blank page of my notebook. Different thoughts were still swirling in my head, trying to "get out" and not letting me think of anything else but the past few days where a lot had changed

First of all, no one knew what was going on with Geo and Bruce. We had left them so that they could talk but we hadn't seen any changes at their behavior or even at their faces. Both of them had this irritating sadness look that I wanted to get rid off, so bad, all the time yesterday. Even Gabe didn't know anything or better Bruce didn't let him to learn anything

I put my hands on my forehead, slowly rubbing the spot there. In the process, I closed my eyes, trying to find any quiet corner in my mind

But the second and most important thing was the new, I would say, addition to our large group

I couldn't say that I wasn't startled when Lisa was beside Arthur, walking down the hallway with the "freaks" or "nerds". The last time she did, she was called one of those names and now she passes by and they don't even dare to open their mouths. I had been left staring at her in awe as I felt the guilt creep up in my heart

I never knew if she had stayed the same or to put it better I never wanted to know if she had changed deep down. At least, she seemed to be trying to be better now and with the help of her friend or something more than friend, Jamie, something good was about to happen

Speaking of Lisa, we shared the same class today. I could already feel her still eyes, gazing up on me, as if she was trying to call me over. With a small breath, I took my hands away from my face and straightened myself up a little, opening my eyes and welcoming the voice of our teacher and the light back again. I was so lucky she hadn't noticed my "absence" from class

I tried to cover my slight laugh as I passed my chair back. I stayed where I was, close to Gabe but I wanted a bit of space in order to turn around and look at the one person whose eyes were burning holes in my soul

It was just a quick turn, just for confirmation. A glance of her shining brown hair and then I was completely sure

Lisa was sitting behind me, messing with her pen and a few pages now. The gaze I was feeling all through the class had suddenly disappeared, being now focused down to a few doodles she was drawing

In the background the teacher kept talking. She was coming constantly into my mind as a reminder that we were still in a class but it wasn't easy to focus on her high pitched voice

God, she was shouting at someone again. Her words pierced through my ears, going directly into my head. Even I if I didn't want to, my body moved on its own, turning completely in the front

At the last moment Lisa caught my gaze. We locked eyes but eventually both of us looked at the ongoing scene in front of us, afraid of not being the next ones

I didn't know if my mind was playing tricks on me or not but for a minute I thought I saw her smiling at me and then with a small movement of her head, she greeted me too. I mean it wasn't something important but for myself it was kind of an achievement

Passing by her and not having our eyes wander to each other hurt me. I had thought that maybe after our little moment in the kitchen, after finally talking and opening up about our new lives we could fix a big part of something new

And I couldn't lie if I said I was happy even for the small smile she had just offered me

Suddenly I felt a soft touch in my arm, hitting me on repeat. When I was finally back in reality, I turned slowly towards the boy next to me. We locked eyes and he immediately stopped, hesitantly reaching for something on his desk. He kept looking at me, while his hands were doing a mess between pens and crumpled pieces of paper

Then, when he eventually found what he wanted, he passed it to me with nervous hands. It was actually like the small papers I had just seen on his own side of the desk but this one was carefully folded and handed to me. The slight touch of our fingers made me feel something electric running through my whole body

I took a deep breath, pushing everything else to the back of my mind. I felt the softness of the paper in my hands and stroking it, I looked at Gabe. He had turned his head around but his eyes were trying to look at me with any way

I smiled at that and turned around, staring at the "complicated paper'' as I call it. After it's written, nothing for this paper can be simple. I stopped stroking it and with a small sigh I turned it the other way

It reminded me of our long minutes of conversation in other classes, so much. It was kind of our thing and I always found it cute

I smiled at the sight that I came into view with. In the front, a little heart was carefully drawn with a few simple colors and much love. Without a second thought I hid it under the notebook, keeping in mind to look at it later. The yelling had stopped minutes ago but our teacher wasn't in the best mood. I didn't want to ruin neither mine or Gabe's moment so I just turned to him carefully and quietly, giving him a smile

He gave me one back and then we just stayed looking at each other. Our arms were slightly touching but still the whole warmth was there, waiting for us to get closer and feel it, filling all of our bodies

I bit my lip and slowly exhaled while feeling his cold touch again. He gestured with his beautiful eyes towards the front again and then gave me a small smile, gazing at my notebook

I looked where his gaze had averted in the start and saw that the teacher was finally not looking. With my heart bursting from excitement I took the paper under where I had placed it and opened it with a light blush as I saw the heart again. When it was finally opened, as if it was something fragile, in front of me but still hidden from others gazes, carefully and slowly I started reading it, afraid not to miss any important words

"I saw you lost in your thoughts, probably overthinking something, but I have to say this…

You have the most beautiful smile<3"

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