Athena Diaz never wanted to leave her home for Aurelia Heights, an elite boarding school in London filled with wealthy students who think they own the world. Forced to go as a scholarship student, she dreads facing The Big 5-a group of powerful and...
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Tuesday, 24 January 2022 06:50 am
Monday had come so quickly that it felt like the weekend was so short. I was done with my morning and wore my uniform, I styled my hair into a 90s curly updo. I sprayed on my perfume and I wore my shoes and packed my bag.
After Theo said what he said to me on Saturday, Matteo popped in and out of nowhere, and he didn't seem to question anything as he was very drunk. He dragged me onto the dance floor which gained a lot of looks from everyone but that only lasted for a few seconds until everyone went back to dancing.
My dancing with Matteo lasted shortly because I was already tired and I requested an Uber because I didn't want to bother Zach and Hana. I got to my dorm and I went to sleep.
I wondered if Theo would act like I didn't exist even though we had a conversation last night. I wouldn't be surprised, he is the leader of the Big 5 after all. I did an appearance check for the last time and I took my bag, went out, and locked the door.
The walk to the school building was about five minutes long when I walked into the building I went straight to my locker and I found Zach and Hana standing by Hana's locker.
"Good morning my lovely friends," I smiled, and Zach smiled back but I received a groan from Hana who was rubbing the temple of her head. "What's wrong with her?" I asked.
"Her aunt hosted a charity ball yesterday, and she and her cousins got drunk at the end of the night," Zach explained as he looked at Hana with pity. I packed my books into my locker and I kept the ones for Chemistry which was my first class of the day.
We started talking about how our weekends were and then people stood against the walls and the lockers as Theo and Matteo were coming through to which I rolled my eyes. When the pair passed, I held eye contact with Theo for a second, and my eyes widened in shock and I smiled a little bit. Could it be, that my presence was acknowledged? Interesting.
"What was that?" Hana spoke, snapping me out of the trance. Zach and I looked at her confused, "What was that?" I asked.
"That," she pointed to me and Theo who was long gone. "That eye lock thing you two just did right now," Hana said, Zach's eyes widened and he smirked a little his attention now on me.
"What are you talking about?" I folded my arms across my chest and scoffed. "There was no eye contact between me and him," I said.
"Girl I'm hungover, not blind," she said and Zach chuckled. "What went on between the two of you on Saturday?" she asked. "Nothing," I said, technically I wasn't lying, nothing happened we just talked.
"Thinking about it, I did hear someone say they saw you two together" Zach adds and I sigh. "So come on, spill." Hana folds her arms across her chest.
"Okay fine, but not here." I pulled their wrists and dragged them to the stairs where there was no one. "When the three of us split up, I went to the kitchen intending to go get a soda or something to drink, and then I caught him making out with a girl who wasn't Victoria. We locked eyes and I ran away and went to the balcony and he followed me there and he tried to explain and I told him I wouldn't tell anyone. But he said he didn't care although he was explaining to me that he and that girl weren't dating." I explained.
Zach and Hana looked at each other and then at me, "What?" I asked. "You can't be that slow," Hana scoffed and I looked at her confused.
"Don't you get it? He was trying to explain to you that he wasn't dating that girl, and he followed you to the balcony, and you both spoke." Zach pointed out. "Yes, and?" I said and they both sighed.
"We're saying, Theo might possibly have feelings for you," Hana whispered after checking the coast. "Look, I did think that but I don't want to get my hopes up, especially not with the leader of The Big 5," I said and they nodded in agreement.
"Well, we should get going then, our classes are about to start, see you guys later," Zach said and we all split up and went our separate ways. I arrived in class and Theo and Matteo were sitting at their spots, I sighed and made my way to my new spot.
Matteo turned around immediately when I sat down, "Good morning Bellissima," he said, and I scrunched my face in disdain, "Good morning Matteo," I sighed. The chemistry teacher was absent so we had a sub who allowed us to do whatever we wanted.
I was busy writing notes when Matteo turned with his chair and sat in front of me. "So, never got to hear what you thought of my party." he placed his elbow on my desk and his chin on the palm of his hand and smiled at me. "Hm?"
"What do you want to know?" I looked at him and he shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe if you liked it or it was to your taste, and you didn't like about it." I gave him a disinterested look. "You know, for when I throw another party," he asked.
"It's a party. How can it be hosted to someone's liking?" I looked at him, confused. "Well, you know, if I host it to your liking you can stay longer."
"I won't be coming to any of your parties anytime soon," I said, my statement not only catching Matteo's attention but also Theo's. "Why not?" Matteo frowned. "Well for starters, I don't like parties, they're not my cup of tea." I said
"Well then what do you like?" Matteo asked. "Why do you care?" I looked at him. "Y'know, maybe you and I can do something you like, just the two of us." he said and I raised a brow at his words.
"Yeah, no thanks." I rejected and I heard a soft chuckle from Theo and I looked at him but Matteo was too hurt to notice. "If you're done, I would like to get back to my notes?" I said as I carried on writing my notes.
