Us

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DING

Leon Now

Your Uber has arrived

Me

wow you're so funny! Not.

'Hey shorty' says Leon as I get into his flashy red Ferrari.
'Sup rich kid' I say still astonished, I was half expecting to see him in a rusty piece of junk but no way in a million years would I have ever thought that this kid, the kid who just yesterday stole my phone and unbeknownst to me had also stolen my phone number. The same kid who practically begged me to let him pick me up, no way would I have ever guessed that he would show up in a Ferrari. He is full of surprises.
'Rich kid?' He asks,
'What? You drive a Ferrari, what else am I meant to call you?'
'How about Gods gift to Earth?'
'Haha' I say  'more like Satans curse'
'Ouch' he retorts, his eyes carefully fixated on the road
'you are so mean, Arm'
'Don't call me Arm' I say as I gently punch his bicep, which is surprisingly powerful and rock hard against my fist. He takes his eyes off the road and gently smiles at me. My cheeks turn a violet shade of red and I quickly turn away to face the window. He starts laughing, it's so pure, so innocent. 'What?' I ask turning back towards him, his attention on the road once again, I catch a glimpse of his hazel eyes now a beautiful gold colour in the sunlight. 'Nothing' he says a small smirk appearing on his face.

'Leon, my man' says a voice from behind us as Liam wraps his arm around Leon's neck and rustles his hair. 'Hey' we turn around and a screech echoes through the doorway 'Arm', Laura practically pounces on me almost making me lose my balance. 'Really, you too?' I say, Laura's arms wrapped around me tightly, 'what?' She asks
'Arm?' I say
'Hate to break it to you Arm but it's here to stay' Leon adds, giving me a hard slap on the back,
'That hurt!' I yell but before I get the chance to do anything back he's already sprinting down the hallway.
'Mr Williams, the school hall is not a race track please save your running for outside'  Leon stops in his tracks,
'Sorry Sir', the teacher leaves and we all burst out into laughter as Leon stands there, his cheeks now stained a pale pink.

Ring Ring

'Dang it' says a recognisable voice behind me, it's Timmy. I felt my heart almost jump out of my chest, when did he show up? has he been here this whole time? Laura must've taken notice of my shocked face,
'he does this a lot' she whispers 'he's like a ghost'.

I have biology first again and as I walk into the classroom I notice a bunch of familiar faces, 'hmm Leon's not here yet' I think to myself. As I walk past, a bunch of girls catch my attention, they were the same girls from yesterday who appear to have an unhealthy obsession with Leon, I walk past them quietly avoiding their gaze but before I could reach my desk, a girl blocks my path. 'Hey' she says in a condescending tone 'Amara right?'
'Yeah' I reply 'Bailey?'
'That's my name'
'Anyways I see you and Leon have been getting close'
'What makes you say that'
'Well you sit together at break, he dropped you off this morning, you have already exchanged phone nu...'
'Woah' I interrupt her 'don't you think you're a little too obsessed?'
'What the fuck did you just say bitch?'
Everyone's eyes are on us now,
'You heard me' I reply amused,
She inches towards me a little bit and whispers in my ear 'keep your disgusting hands off of him you whore'
I smirk 'make me'.
Boy she did not like that and before I could blink she had her hands on me and gave me a hard shove, the shove itself wasn't enough to make me fall over but her friend standing behind me with her foot stuck out sure was. Luckily Leon had only just entered the class and caught me before I fell. 'Bailee' he says in a stern voice 'cut it out' she scoffs and goes to sit back in her seat, my fists are clenched and I'm about to punch her
'Ms Brandon' says Mr Miller entering the classroom. Shit this doesn't look good
'everyone seats now' I make my way towards my seat
'not you Amara' he says. The girls from before snicker, Mr Miller shoots them look quickly shutting it down.
'Turn to page 4 and continue your work from yesterday' he says to the class before turning to me who is now right in-front of his desk awkwardly lingering whilst silently contemplating all life decisions.
'take a seat' he gestures his hand toward the chair on my side of the table while using the other hand to pull out the wheelie chair neatly pushed into the desk.
'Care to explain what that was about?' He asks staring directly into my soul. After I'm finished attempting to recollect the events of this morning he sighs for what seems like forever, 'alright' he says his tone now a little softer
'I understand that sometimes people can be real...' '
'Assholes' I add
'No' he says a little agitated 'people can be challenging. I know that what you were about to do was in self defence however if something like this happens again please report it before things go too far.'
'Yes Sir' I say partially annoyed, what teenager in their right mind would go to a teacher. Get suspended for a few weeks or be bullied for the rest of your high school life, known as the school snitch, I choose the suspension.
'Alright, go back to your seat'. I make my way past the desks to the back where a worried looking Leon sits in wait, 'so how'd it go?' He asks
'He said he understands and next time I should go to them before things get out of hand'
'Oh' he says sounding a little surprised 'I thought he would've sent you to the principal or something'.
'Hey' I say 'thanks for sticking up for me', we both go quiet and there's an awkward tension between us,
'Don't get too cocky' he says after a while 'besides I couldn't let those girls take my job' a small smirk appears across his face,
'It kinda sad to be honest' I say trying to think of a witty retort
'What is?' he asks jerking his head a little bit to the right,
'Well annoying me is the only thing that tiny little pea brain of yours is capable of. Even then your not very good at it.'
'Wrong, I am very good at it. Arm' he says sticking his tongue out at me, I roll my eyes and look back towards the front, where once again I have a whole group of girls glaring at me.
'Whore' one of them motions with their lips, it doesn't faze me, I'm over it. 
'Turn around and do your work girls' says Mr Miller, who'd been standing there for who knows how long.

Ring Ring went the bell,
'Class dismissed' he says although there's no point, half the class is already out the door.
'Shall we go?' Leon says gesturing his left hand towards the door and using the other to swing his bag onto his left shoulder.