A Boxers Love

Chapter 10

"You look my age, which school do you go to?" I asked sitting in an empty chair towards the other end of the table.

"Eagle High" he responded with a smirk as he took a seat next to me.

WHY WAS HE SMIRKING?

EW.

I didn't like him... or his creepy vibe.

We finished dinner after a while, it felt like an eternity to me. I got a lot of flirty looks from the creep and a lot of glares from my mother to entertain him.

Dad and his co-worker were talking about 'something big that was coming up' and how it would make them a lot of profit.

They spoke about how they would bribe off one of the players and place bets according to the opponent.

What in Greek battle were they talking about.

I didn't pay much mind to it since I barely knew anything about my own fathers job and went on trying my best to ignore Michael.

I went up to my room as soon as they were out the door. I did not want to speak to mum or dad.

I decided to just change and go to bed after thoroughly washing away my makeup.

"HEY MUFFIN!" Leo's voice bounced across the whole hallway. All I could see was a black dot moving across the hallway before it barreled into me.

'OOF' I winced. That made the bruises hurt worse.

"Down doggy" Lorenzo's voice came from behind Leo who looked offended as he pulled away from me and went to smack Lorenzo who was just a few feet away with a sly smirk. He wore a crewneck sweatshirt along with a pair of black pants that stretched across his thighs so that the muscles underneath were very visible.

Hot Damn.

"Good Boy" Lorenzo said and I burst out giggling as I leaned on my locker.

"Don't encourage him!" Leo said with a look of disbelief on his face as he approached me.

He got me into a head lock as I tried hiding that fact that I was I pain. He rubbed my hair till it was exploding with static energy.

"Let go" I let out in a strangled voice as I pushed him away with a laugh. Lorenzo was looking at me with furrowed eyebrows and confused eyes as I just avoided eye contact.

"What's your first class?" Lorenzo asked taking books from his locker.

"English" I replied. Soon my hand was snatched by Leo as he started walking "Let's go then" the started dragging me along.

"Where?" I asked confused.

"It's our first period as well" Lorenzo explained calmly keeping up with us.

"Right" I remembered from last week.

Lorenzo looked down at my wrist and noticed the crepe bandage wrapped around it. I felt him grab my arm gently and pulled me towards him as I tuned to face him.

"What is this?" he asked slowly taking my wrist in his palm as he rubbed his thumb across it.

"Bandage duh" I replied with a nervous laugh as I tried to avoid the topic.

"I mean how did you get hurt" he asked tugging me closer.

"I fell" I replied blandly "on the staircase..." I could tell he was contemplating whether or not to believe me, but he could never come up with the random assumption that it was because of my parent so he nodded and let go. I moved back instantly as I didn't wanna blush due to him and shuffled through the class doors while my eyes on the ground.

I felt a gaze on me as soon as I entered English class.

I mean other than Lorenzo's.

I looked around and found a girl looking at me from one of the seats in near the window. She nudged two of her friends that were next to her.

They looked at me up and don't a few times as they chewed on their gum.

Oh.

These were the 'bitchy girls'.

What had I done to them? I wondered.

Ignoring it, I sat in my seat next to Lorenzo. The bitch queen and her squad changed seats and decided to sit just a seat away from us.

"We still have to do our project you know" I said leaning towards Lorenzo.

"Yeah, should we do it at my house?" he asked leaning in as well, though I don't think it was to speak in a lowered voice. Cause he was still loud.

I blushed as I backed away with a shy smile that I tried covering.

"Um... sure I guess" I managed to say without stuttering.

"Hmm" he leaned back into his chair "Let's go together after school" he suggested and I nodded.

I was not gonna miss the chance to see Lorenzo drive.

Now I literally felt someone curse me. who the hell-

"Alright everyone, good morning! Let's get started with today's topic" Mr. Walker said Walking into the class and slamming his books onto the desk.

After class was over, I was free till lunch so I decided to go to the library.

Eastwood's library was seriously underrated. It had all sort of book you could ever want. They were definitely unorganized and all over the place but they were there.

The library also had an uncannily homely feeling to it. It was cozy and surprisingly aesthetic. I could spend a lot of time here.

There were inly a few students in the library.

I took one of the romance books off the shelves and walked over to the window seating. It was basically a long block of wood that had cushions everywhere.

And this was not only to feel like a main character, the view from the winds was actually quite beautiful. You could see the forest beyond the school compound and it looked really pretty.

I sat there reading till "Darling, it's lunch, aren't you going?" the old lady who was the librarian asked. I thanked her for reminding and walked to the cafeteria quickly. I hadn't seen Emma and Mia since the morning and I missed them.

"Hold up" someone stopped right in front of me as soon as I stepped in the cafeteria, compelling me to step back.

"I need to talk to you" the bitchy looking girl from English said.

But let's not judge based on looks.