I Love To Hate You

Chapter 10:"They were enacting a Cinderella porno."

As I washed my tired face in the bathroom that, one week today, I punched Alice’s face in I realised just how bad I really looked today. It’s the last period of the day and I have a free period but like last week I decided to go to the bathroom before I do anything.

Unlike last week Alice was nowhere in sight. Thankfully.

I looked into my reflection with a sigh. Everything looked so dull today. Even my comic-striped shirt looked grey. My eyes showed just how tired I was with the dark circles emerging underneath them my hair not fairing any better either as I twisted it into a bun at the back of my neck.

I dried my face off with some paper towels; the rack was stocked today, and headed out of the cold, dirty, bathroom without another glance at myself in the mirror.

When I arrived at the library I wasn’t surprised to find it empty and took my usual seat in the far corner. Even if it is a ‘study’ period no one wants to come here, they all just go to the canteen or find and empty classroom to do whatever it is they do in.

I pulled out my Biology homework and began to work through some of the general knowledge questions that I had been given losing myself in the peacefulness of the room, the only noises listened to at that time were typing of the librarian and the distant noises of teaching.

I don’t know when I had fallen asleep, or how for that matter, but I was awoken by the slamming of the library door and the fall of footsteps. I pulled myself from my awkward position of lying on my books and looked at the person who woke me up. Lilly Aven. She looked as I remembered her with her baggy jeans and bright blue vest top-uniquely boyish.

“Hey there Elyon, fancy meeting you here.” She said in a far too innocent tone as she took a seat at my empty table.

“Yeah it’s not like this is where I always hide or anything.” I said not buying her act at all. She grinned in reply and leaned her elbow onto the table’s surface.

“I got bored in the hall and thought I would pay my new friend a visit.” She said with a shrug but somehow I felt like this wasn’t exactly the whole truth but I didn’t press her any further.

“Well you found me so now what, I’m not exactly the best person to liven your mood at the minute.” I said fighting back another yawn and failing badly.

“I can see that. You have drool on your chin by the way.” She added the last bit with a wicked smirk and pointed to my chin devilishly. I rubbed the offending spit away with the back of my hand then wiped it onto my jeans.

“Ugh, sorry I haven’t been getting much sleep lately.” I supplied giving her and answer to the question she never asked.

“Then you know what to do right? Sleep.” She said with a roll of her blue eyes. I allowed a small smile to spread across my lips at her ‘genius’.

“Okay enough of talking about sleep before I actually crash out again. Do you have detention today?” I asked knowing that she probably did. It was strange how well I got on with this girl when I barely knew her, but I guess it was the fact she wasn’t one of Alice’s worshipers that I managed it so well.

“Yeah.” She grinned widely her eyes flashing in reminiscence. I laughed slightly and shook my head.

“What did you do?” I asked brushing a strand of hair; that hand felt out its place, from eyes.

“I stole Mr Riley’s wig!” She said loudly her shoulders shaking with so much laughter I thought her ribs were about to explode. My eyes widened in either fear of this girls craziness or admiration-maybe both-I don’t know, because My Riley was the Vice President!  Everyone new that dead rat lookalike on top of his head was a wig, but no one went there on that subject. He was very touchy about his hair loss problem. You would always see him looking at it in any shiny, reflective, surface.