Love Save the Empty

Three

"Even angels have their wicked schemes,

And you take that to new extremes,

But you'll always be my hero,

Even though you've lost your mind."

Love the Way You Lie Part II - Rhianna

Bella’s mind was in a completely different world after lunch, focusing on one thing and one thing only:

Harry Styles.

Bella would be lying if she said she wasn’t attracted to the boy. It was pretty impossible not to be considering he has the face of an angel. But she promised Lou that she would stay away from Harry. She didn’t want to stick around him long enough to find out if the rumors that she has heard are true.

Luckily, all of her academic classes were over for the day and all she had left was a study hall. For her first day at a new school, she got tons of homework, so a study hall was what she needed.

But all Bella ended up doing was doodling in her notebook, unable to concentrate n matter how hard she tried.

Her thoughts were interrupted when the teacher supervising the study hall spoke up,

“Mr. Styles, you’re twenty minutes late… again. Not like that surprises me or anything.”

Bella’s head shot up to the front of the room. There Harry stood searching for a seat in the room. When his eyes landed on Bela’s he then strutted over to the occupied seat next to her in the back of the room.

“Get up,” he sternly spoke to the innocent boy sitting next to Bella. The boy immediately followed orders, leaving the seat vacant for him to sit.

Bella brought her gaze back to her doodles, desperately thinking of ways to get out of class. She tried with all her might to focus on her paper, but found it extremely difficult with a certain pair of eyes burning into her skin.

‘Just 40 more minutes,’ Bella thought to herself, ‘you can do it.’

But time couldn’t have gone any slower for her. She had already gone to the bathroom twice in attempt to escape his gaze. She felt even more uncomfortable when she got up to ask with Harry staring at her backside. No one dared to look towards the back of the room, in fear of upsetting Harry in any way. Now, there were five measly minutes left, the teacher was fast asleep, and Bella was on edge, not being able to resist his deathly gaze any longer.

She looked up from her paper to find his deep green eyes staring back at her, just as she suspected. The hood he wore cast a shadow on his beautiful face, hiding some of his perfect features. He licked his plump pink lips and pressed them together in a tight line, causing Bella to subconsciously let out a sigh.

She bit her lip, a habit of hers which she could never get rid of. But as she saw Harry remove his focus from her eyes to the lip between her teeth, she immediately stopped. He smirked, realizing how nervous and uncomfortable he made Bella.

Harry finally broke the silence with his low, husky voice.

“What’s your name?”

As nervous as Bella was, she tried to stay calm.

“Bella.”

It was a few seconds before Harry spoke again, moving his chair closer to hers in the process.

“You know, Bella,” he said as his left hand found her right thigh, high enough to cause shivers run down Bella’s spine, “my friends find you to be quite fit. Said you’d be a good fuck.”