Cinderella Who

Chapter Seventeen

Ah, where was Kylie when I needed her?

An unsettling flutter was trembling my heart, just like butterflies at the pits of my stomach. My breathing pace was rapidly increasing, almost hyperventilating. My cheeks felt warm, burning like flames. I didn't feel relaxed at all, instead I was panicking like my twitching eyes and my rambling thoughts.

They were just words, Taylor. Don't panic. Why was I panicking?

I didn't have any feelings for him...right? I was all about Peter, the man in the mask. I felt comfortable in his embrace, but why did I keep going to Asher? He couldn't like me, he had a girlfriend. What kind of sick bastard did not have feelings for his own girlfriend and for another?

"Ms. Peaksons!" Someone shouted out my name loudly and firmly, pulling me back into the reality.

Everyone's eyes were on me, staring wth utter annoyance and confusion. In the lecture room, I felt embarrassed. In front, the teacher was mad. Her eyes large enough to gouge themselves out of the eye sockets and her teeth were gritted like an enraged wild beast. Even Asher was surprised by me. He was staring at me, stiffened or frozen to be exact.

"A-Ah, sorry." I muttered out loud enough for the teacher to hear. But, her annoyed face expression still remained.

"Pay attention to the class, Ms. Peaksons." She firmly commanded me, before continuing her lecture.

I sighed in disappointment, disappointed by myself. All of a sudden, a hand pressing on a yellow memo slid in front of me. It was Asher, passing me a message.

Are you alright? You've never daydreamed that ignorantly before...

I wrote back, as if you knew that I was daydreaming.

Is it because of earlier?

I paused for a moment, deciding whether to say yes or no. I had no idea and he noticed it. One of his eyebrows was raised and he pulled back the memo to him, writing something again. He passed it back to me and I read it.

There's no need for you to think that I confessed to you or something. No matter what I do, just ignore it...

I sighed in a sense of relief, but somehow a little disappointed. It might be the fact that he didn't have feelings for me, but again...it's probably not. Did he dislike me or something?

Okay. ~ Taylor

Please do address yourself as "princess" ~ knight

I covered my giggle with my hands, not wanting to show it. It was still a petty effort, but it's funny.

***

"Boo."

I yelled in response, "Ah!"

I whirled around to see Peter smiling at me with his hands on both of my shoulders. My breathing pace was fast, inhaling and exhaling air every second. My eyes were widened in response to his glimmering ocean eyes that smile, an eye smile. His lips were curved widely, radiating joy. His brown hair was luxuriously lustrous, glossy under the lights.

"Why the heck did you need to scare me?" I whined, yanking his hands away.

"Haha sorry...lil sis." He said, sputtering lil sis quite bitterly, or was it just my feeling?