Pure Perfection

Chapter 17 - Zane

I hope you guys enjoy this chapter! Also there are some bad words :P Just thought I'd let you know...

I sat back down on my chair, still feeling extremely embarrassed about the current situation. I was in another world until suddenly I heard a loud voice beside me ‘Holy crap Sylvia!’ it was Pepper. ‘You are amazing! I honestly didn’t think you were gonna’ be that good!

‘Aha, thanks…’ I almost whispered, feeling my face turn slightly redder.

‘You really were!’ I heard Allyssa say beside me. ‘You didn’t stuff up once and you didn’t even look nervous.’

‘Well I was nervous.’ I laughed.

It wasn’t long before Mr Keeton announced that Ryan was up and then Zane was after him. I was pretty sure that Ryan played bass, but I had no idea what Zane played and who he even was. You cant blame me though going to a new school and trying to learn every bodies name.  I turned to Pepper. ‘Who’s Zane?’ I asked her quietly and she looked around the class scanning every ones faces, until she finally stopped. ‘The guy over there that won’t stop staring at you…’ I looked behind me. And of course, Pepper was right. 

At the back I saw the same guy that had whistled at me. Our eyes locked together for a second. He held my stare almost for too long, I looked away. But his image was still in my head like a snapshot. His hair was a chocolaty brown, fairly long at the front and swept across his forehead. His skin was very fare and his eyes a bright green colour. And man, was he extremely good looking.

After that Ryan went up and did his bass solo, which by the way, was absolutely amazing. Seriously. If I had a band, he would be in it. And then Zane. And when he was walking up with his guitar he brushed right past me, forcing me to look up at him. And once again I received an amazing smile. But as he begun his performance he seemed to completely amaze me with his delicate string picking and complicated strumming patterns. 

I wasn’t sure if the class already knew he was this good, but I was shocked out of my brain. I’m pretty sure I showed it too because every now and then, our eyes would lock and he would hold back a laugh. There was even a time when our eyes didn’t tear away. It was extremely intense. So intense, it begun getting too personal. I felt the whole class staring at me noticing something was going on. I began to blush but continually held his stare. For some strange reason I just couldn’t take my eyes off his beautiful green ones. It was as if some invisible force was controlling me and taking over my every thought and movement. But I had to admit it was extremely weird, it almost felt I was sharing a deep connection with a guy I had only really just met. Not even that. Just noticed.  My eyes trailed back down to his guitar, watching as his hands glided across the strings creating complicated but beautiful sounds, giving me goose bumps.

It wasn’t long before his beautiful melody came to an end, and as it did, so did our intense staring session. He winked at me and smiled, forcing my cheeks to ripen once more. As the class gave their applause, he walked off stage brushing past me again. As he did my eyes followed him all the way back to his seat. And as he sat down, he looked up almost expectantly, catching me staring at him. I quickly turned away and continued to blush a great deal. Suddenly I felt a stab of pain in my side (Pepper’s elbow), transporting me back to the real world. I looked over at Pepper, one eyebrow raised as if to ask what it was for. Pepper leant towards me and began to whisper ‘What was that all about?’

‘I actually don’t know…’ I whispered back still extremely dumfounded.

‘Any normal person would swear you guys were mind-fucking or something.’ She laughed. 

‘What?!’ I whispered angrily. ‘No!’

Suddenly I heard laughter. You have got to be kidding me… I slowly turned around to see Zane chuckling to himself. He heard. I punched Pepper playfully in the arm ‘Good job, big mouth!’

‘Whatever…’ She laughed winking at me playfully. ‘You know you want to.’

‘I don’t.’ I said through my teeth trying to sound angry even though I knew I could never be angry with Pepper. 

‘Sure… I believe you.’

‘Seriously Pepper. I don’t. And can I ask why your so dirty minded?!’

Pepper’s eye’s quickly darted to the left, focussing on something or someone beside me. Shit… I turned around. And yep, Zane was literally centimetres away from me, sitting down with his arm hanging over the back of the chair, grabbing hold of mine. I flinched back in surprise, making him laugh. He must’ve moved there while Pepper and I were arguing. 

 ‘Hey…’ He said flirtaously, still in the same position while I kept my distance. ‘The name’s Zane.’

‘Sylvia…’ I smiled back, trying incredibly hard to act normal and to not be phased by his amazingly good looks. He inched closer, so close that now I could smell his deliciously minty breath. 

‘You are an amazing singer, seriously. Like probably the best I’ve ever heard’ He whispered, staring intently at my every feature. ‘And you’re incredibly beautiful…’

‘Thanks…’ I laughed extremely embarrassed, I looked over to Pepper. She wasn’t there. She was standing around talking to Ryan while Mr Keeton graded everyone. Thanks a lot! Great friend you are! 

‘So you ‘um, wanna’ mind fuck huh?’ He laughed sheepishly, now smiling with his incredible eyes.

‘Um, no!’ I said frantically. 

‘Oh, but… you know you want to…’ He said suddenly reaching up and stroking my cheek. ‘I’m up for it.’

I flinched back a little ‘Um, no thanks…’ I laughed looking to the ground. Must be the hormones or something… 

Suddenly I heard the sound of colliding chairs beside me and quickly looked over. I saw as Zane violently pushed his chair and others around us towards the back of the class, creating a space of free carpet. I looked down at Zane in shock, who was now on one knee. Suddenly the whole class went dead silent, obviously wondering what the hell was going on. I was wondering too. He looked up at me, his big green eyes shimmering in the light holding a guitar pick out to me, as if it was a wedding ring.

‘Sylvia.’ He stated loudly. ‘Will you please do Battle of the Bands with me?’ 

Wow, talk about being lovestruck! Looks like this Zane guy really does have something for Sylvia! Will she say yes and do Battle of the Bands with him? Or will she turn him down infront of the whole class? Guess you'll just have to find out...

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