Locks and Keys

Chapter 10

English went by quite quickly, I was disappointed to leave at the end of the two hours. All we were doing was laughing at Josh the whole time. He was hysterical, trying to impersonate Juliet in the most dramatic way he could. What a guy!

I was on my way to the study room, when I felt a tap on my back. I turned to see Trent standing directly behind me, smirking.

"Hey, Trent, what's up?" I asked causally, as I checked out his contrasting eyes and hair. The darkness of the brown really made the icy blue of his eyes stand out. He was wearing a green hoodie that was unzipped so I could see his grey American eagle t-shirt. His black jeans matched the black wrist band that was hanging loosely on his wrist.

"I'm good. But, are you done checking me out yet?" He asked with a raised eyebrow. I blushed a little at getting caught, but quickly brushed it off.

"Yeah, I'm done."

"You approve?"

"Eh," I replied and carried on walking down the corridor, which was starting to empty.

"Wait, hold on a minute. What does 'eh' mean?!" He said looking a little shocked, once he had caught up with me.

"It means I'm busy, what do you want?"

"You going to the study room?" He asked with his eyebrows pulled together in a frown.

"The study room, you?"

"I was going to go to the cafeteria, but I might as well keep you company," He said with a bright smile, flashing his straight teeth.

"Do you have to? I was going to study or listen to music or both. You will only disrupt that." I growled. I couldn't let his charm win me over. This guy had a bad reputation and I had no intention in getting swayed by it.

"Nope, I'm gonna join you!" He said popping the 'P' and grinning.

I huffed and continued walking, using my key card to open the door into the Sixth Form area, then continued to the study room. I dropped my bag on the floor with thud and sat down at the computer in front of me. I logged on and got my laptop out my bag, so I could continue with my coursework and search the internet at the same time. For some reason, our school didn't have internet for people who brought in their own laptops, which sucked.

"School computer and your own laptop? What are you, a computer hacker?" Trent chuckled, eyeing the technology in front of me. I only smirked and carried on typing my english essay that we had started this morning. "Well, that look just confirms my accusation." He stated and started poking my side.

I haven't been ticklish in years, so I just slapped his hand away and continued to ignore him. I felt my phone vibrate in my back pocket, so I pulled it out and saw that I had a message from an unknown number.

I unlocked my phone and read the message:

Unknown: Hey, Key, it's Ollie, your brother just gave me your number so I could ask where you were hanging right now? I have a free and your brother said you did, too. :)

Me: Hey, Ollie, I'm in the study room, if you want to join?

Ollie: I'll be there in a few. ;)

Yeah, I saw that cheeky winky face. I felt my cheeks heat up slightly and obviously Trent noticed, because he grabbed my phone away.

"Oliver's coming to join us?" He said with a slightly angry look on his face.

"Yes, he is. Don't ever take my phone again, Bub." I replied in a similar tone, snatching my phone back. I returned to looking at my laptop and began planing out the next thing I would write.