My Heart, you abandoned

Why did Jack?

"Quick Bella, we are going to be late!" screamed Jack, from the porch of my home.

"Coming, Jack!" screamed me, as I hurried down the stairs.

This scene right here, in which Jack rushes me, happens once every year, to be exact, it happens ONLY on the first day of school. Purely because he is excited to see the new students that are coming into our school, mostly the girls, yup, he is going through puberty alright and I am here to witness it. Puberty hit him HARD but I only noticed it after we came back to school from summer and A LOT of the school girls were gawking over him. He loves it.

"Well, with the time you took to come down, I thought you would look like a Cinderella after a makeover, I guess, the Fairy Godmother didn't want to waste effort on you huh?" remarked Jack.

I rolled my eyes and muttered "Jack-ass" knowing how much he hated it when I uses the name. 

"What did you say?" he asked while coming closer to me which made me walk back and hit the wall.

"Nothing, Jack....ass," I said and went under his arm to run into his car. Ah yes, his car- matte black Jeep Wrangler Hawk, all black leather interior too. Can you imagine, the attention he is getting from driving that sexy monster?

I quickly jumped into the jeep and closed my door as Jack walked slowly towards the car, smiling devilish. Oh, I know that look. He may let it pass now, but my own words will bite my ass again later.

"Okay, give it to me. Don't make me wait, I will face my consequences now!" I said as he entered the driver's seat.

"Nope, I will give it to you when the time is right," Jack said with a wink and started the engine to drive off.

Our school is a 15-minute drive from our homes, usually, we either would have our karaoke session in the car ride or we would talk about anything. Today, we decided to karaoke on our way to school as we wanted to feel hyped up on the first day.

As we reached the school, there were so many old faces and new faces. Some were nervous and excited and I could say I did observe some reluctance on some of the schoolmates' faces. For me, I am excited. I am in my second last year of school and I cannot wait to see what is there for me to explore after high school. If you are wondering whether I have any crushes, to be very honest, I don't. Not yet anyway. I have always been the girl that people overlooked because I am a basic brunette who is introverted and it did not help that I love nothing but to shove my nose into the books.

As per normal, even before Jack parked his car, his "gang" of boys would come forward to greet him as he came out of the car. At this moment, I would get out silently and go my own way into the school.

"See you later, Jingle-Bell," chimed Jack as he off the car engine.

"Make sure to get your eyes some breather from fishing the freshies, Jumpy Jack," I said back which left him with a laugh. Yeah, Jumpy-Jack is another name I gave him because he will get all jumpy when he sees something that excites him. 

I made my way to my homeroom class to see some familiar faces, except for one... Hmm, a new student. I am pretty sure there will be an introduction when all our classmates are in the classroom. While waiting for the rest, I did some catching up with the rest of my classmates to see how they were doing and what did they during the holidays.

"Good morning everyone, welcome back," greeted our form-teacher, Ms Lynda. A middle-aged beauty, I must say. If I could age like Ms Lynda, I would be glad. Everyone started to get back to their seats.

"Morning Ms Lynda..." everyone greeted.

"As I am sure of your observant skills, you lots would have noticed we have a new student joining us today," continued Ms Lynda, as everyone looked at the new girl.

"Let's welcome Ashley Connor, to the school and our class," continued Ms Lynda.

Ashley Connor slowly stood up and walked to the front of the classroom with elegance, confidence and ... arrogance? Wait wait wait, did I notice that? Hmm, that is weird. I shook my head and focused on her.

"Hello everyone, I am Ashley Connor, I have transferred from an all-girls school, Burgess Hill Girls due to my dad's work opportunities. I love fashion, picnics and shopping. If you *mutters under her breath* need some fashion tips, I will be more than happy to help you with that," Ashley introduced herself.

"Nerds? Geeks?" what was it that she muttered under her breath during the introduction? It seems like nobody heard it, but me. I looked around and everyone was clapping and welcoming her. Hmmm, it could just be me.

Ashley Connor, brunette, has a fierce look and is good in fashion. Something in her aura seemed off though, but I just could not put my fingers to it. She dressed in a red short-sleeved turtle-neck, a skirt 2 inches away from breaching the school dressing code and opened-toe heels.

As Ashley was temporarily seated at an empty seat, Ms Lynda assigned her to sit beside me... Yup, an opportunity to have first-hand fashion tips. Ashley looked at me and smiled as he walked over to her seat.

"Hi, welcome to our school," I received her.

"Thank you..." she prompted to make me introduce myself.

"Isabella Marshall, but you can call me Bella," I introduced myself.

"Ahh, a beautiful name!" she chimed. I smiled and continued to listen to Ms Lynda till our next lesson.

The school bell rang and everyone quickly packed their stuff and was getting ready to go to our next subject.

"Bella!"

"Jack?" I asked myself. Did I hear his voice calling for me or was I delusioning?

"Bella! Here!" I looked in the direction of the voice and there he was, Jack. Weird, he does not usually meet me during school hours, I mean, we used to, but not after puberty. I gave him a confused look and told Ashley the way to the next lesson. Ashley insisted on waiting for me, but I told her it may caused her to be late for her first day and it would not look good for her. I swear, I saw Ashley almost roll her eyes but managed to stop herself, she agreed and walked away with her hips swaying from left to right, hypnotizing the guys by the aisle.

While I am walking towards Jack... I kept on asking myself "Why would Jack meet me during school hours?"

To be continued..