A disastrous book

Chapter 5: Sleepover

Riley's POV

Me, Riley and Alex were sitting at the lunch table.

And apparently so was every other fucking student in this school.

They were all hovering over a pretty oblivious Riley, hanging onto her every word and observing her every movement like she was a fascinating, out of this world creature.

I mean, in a way, she kinda is.

She's a main character so it's natural that everything's gonna revolve around her.

I always thought I wanted that kind of attention, but now looking at it, it's sort of creepy and annoying. It's hard to eat while people are literally drooling over your shoulder.

"Keep your saliva in your mouth, Bryan!" I disgustingly exclaim at the dude hovering over my shoulder as he closes his mouth and wipes it, muttering a small sorry.

The bell finally rings, and the guys all groan and begin to head to class.

Riley turns to me and gives me a brief hug, going to her own class.

Alex and I remain seated, absorbing what just happened at lunch.

"She's magnificent...." He dreamily sighs, resting his head on both of his hands while his eyes follow Riley's retreating back.

I roll my eyes and slap the back of his head.

"Come on fool, we're gonna be late."

........

It was minutes before the end of the last class, and I sat there patiently, bouncing my right leg unconsciously, not even hearing a word coming out of the teacher's mouth, my eyes moving back and forth between the board and the clock.

When the clock strikes 3, I don't even wait for the bell before I'm packing my shit and getting the fuck out of class, looking for the other Riley in a sea of students rushing out of school, glad that their day is over.

It may be over for them, but it's just getting started for me.

As I make my way through students, I harshly bump into a short haired redhead with a nose piercing. I apologise immediately but she just stands there, slowly eyes me up and down, smirks at me then casually walks away.

Bitch?

I ignore that weird chick and continue my search, as I finally lay eyes on her walking in my direction.

She seemed to stand out amongst the others, like a spotlight is directed only at her.

I look around. The fuck is that light coming from?

Her hair gently flows behind her as she elegantly walks as if a fucking wind machine was placed in front of her. She sends a friendly smile to Alex who continues walking while keeping his eyes on her, to eventually bump into a garbage can and fall head first into it.

She sees me and her smile widens, and I rub my eyes a little because I swear I saw a tooth twinkle.

"Hey friend!" She happily greets me as she interlocks her arm with mine and starts walking. "How was your first day? Mine was amazing! Everyone is so nice here! Even the teachers are cool! Oh my God, you will NOT believe what I saw in the lab! Did you know there was a double headed baby in a jar?!!"

Riley kept telling me about her day at this fascinating school the whole walk back, while I just smiled and nodded, her positive energy and her quirkiness making me wanna gouge my eyes out.

Why did I ever think this personality type was cute?

We arrive at the destination, and the mood suddenly shifts. We're currently standing in front of the strip club Riley works at, needing to get her stuff so she can move them to my place.