Daphne
Coffee dripped from my hair onto the white marble floor.
“ I-i-i-it's It's hot! ” I yelped in pain as more of the liquid continued to pour down, making my usually blonde hair Auburn.
“ Yeah, it's everything you're not ” the queen bee said, her minions snickering behind her.
“ Good one ” One of them said.
“ P-p-please, leave me be ” I stuttered
“ Are you telling me what to do?! ”
“ No, I- ” she kicked me in the stomach and I bounced a couple feet back. A crowd had gathered now.
“ Are you guys getting a hold of this? This trash that can't even land a guy is telling me what to do ” the crowd laughs, I never had a social life and I'd always been bullied, but not by the queen bee, and certainly not in public. The bullying would only get worse now. She pulled me by the messy bun I'd done my hair in. My large round pair of glasses fell to the ground and I heard a crack.
“ N-no ” I begged before she stepped on them, condemning them. It was only half way through the day, how would I see now? In a fit of rage, I yelled.
“ A-And and you said I can't land a guy?! I-I have a boyfriend you know ” and even though I could barely see her, I could feel her shock, right before the snickering continued. “ And he's better than any guy you've ever dated ”
“ Oh really?! Then where is he? ”
“ ... ”
“ How about we make deal? You come with this boyfriend, and no one will ever mess with you again, you don't and we will make the rest of your life here miserable ”
“ That won't be necessary ” someone said stepping out from the crowd, placing his hand on my shoulder and pulling me too close for comfort. I couldn't really see his face, but his voice was all I needed to tell him apart from the others. It was Matteo Dorran.
“ Why wouldn't it be ”
“ 'Cuz her boyfriend's right here ”
“ Where? ”
“ He's standing in front of you dumb ass. I'm her boyfriend ”
“ There is NO way that the school's player actually fell for someone, especially not this piece of- ”
“ I'd watch it if I were you ” He warned in a freakishly calm voice
“ Prove it. Kiss her ”
“ OOOOOHHHH ” the crowd cheered. He held the nape of my neck and pulled me into a kiss as my eyes widened. My neck- Heck, my entire body tingled at his touch. This was a dream right? There was no way the school's bad boy was kissing me. As soon as I realized that this was in fact real I tried to wrestle my way out, but he simply increased his grip on me and pressed his large frame on my frail small one which probably blocked the fact that I was trying to pull away.
“ Play along ” He said against my lips before pulling away.
“ Fine, I'll give her the same deal, but you guys have to date openly for the rest of the school year ” he just shrugged and said
“ Let's go to the nurse babe ” and intertwined our fingers, and pulled me to the med bay, where I was given a fresh pair of glasses and my bruises were treated. The minute the school nurse left I turned to Matteo and threw a weak punch at him.
“ Aren't you all riled up? ” He said smirking. I looked up at his devilishly handsome face.
“ My boyfriend?! Have you completely lost your mind?! You?! My boyfriend?! Heck, you don't even know my first name! ”
“ No, 'course I do. It starts with a 'd', uh... Damina, nope uh... Da-Da-Daph... Daphne! Yes, your name's Daphne ”
“ That's my middle name ”
“ But everyone calls you Daphne ”
“ Yeah cuz it's way better than my first name ”
“ If I might ask... What is your first name? ”
“ Not telling you ”
“ I won't laugh, promise ”
“ ... It's Paige. Paige D. Argent ”
“ Pfffftt ” he burst into laughter “ Heck, even your first name spells out books ”
“ shut up ” I said glaring at him “ and page doesn't have an 'i'. Also you promised not to laugh ”
“ Yeah, well I lied. I think I'll stick with Daphne ”
“ Why did you defend me. You're certainly not that nice ” I question him
“ Straight to business, huh? I'm trying to make Britney Amber jealous. I tried to make her fall in love with me, but she seems to hate me ”
“ I can see why ” I said sarcastically.
“ She says I'm a complete player, not capable of falling in love. I've already broken most of the girls in our year's hearts, I needed to pick someone that I hadn't dated, I also needed someone different, cuz if I dated another miniskirt girl, they're gonna start wondering the difference between her and the other girls I've dated. I also needed someone who wouldn't get in my way, someone who would never fall in love with me, and someone I could never fall for. I also needed someone who needed this deal just as much as I did, you, my dear Paige were in the perfect position. You matched every requirement ”
“ And what if I already had a boyfriend? Hmmm?! ”
“ Please, you couldn't make a guy fall for you even if your life depends on it. Exactly the situation you're in right now ”
“ I'm not agreeing to this. My parents would freak ”
“ It's cool, just get ready to live in hell ” he turned around and started to leave. I knew what he meant. Britney would make me wish I was dead, what just happened was a tip of the iceberg. I grabbed his hand and said
“ Wait. Fine I'll agree to it ”
“ Now, there's a smart girl ” he said with a smirk. Before leaving.
I washed my hair and tried my best to salvage my clothes. I put on an Apricot wool Sweater and tried my best to scrub the coffee off my joggers. I tied my hair back into a messy bun.
Everywhere I went, people stared. I guess this is the attention the girl dating one of the most popular guys at school got, but I didn't want it. If I made a mistake, or tripped I knew what would happen. This was high school, they'd hound me. I missed my invisibility. What the heck did I get myself into?
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