Pariahs

Part Ten- Dear God...

I hated myself for it but I couldn't go the rest of the day without thinking about Brad's idiotic actions.

Come on girl you know you liked it!

Ok I did like it but it was so wrong on so many levels. I mean it was completely out of no where and I bet he didn't even mean it. He was upset and people do things when they are upset.

I convinced myself that he felt just as weird about it and I was expecting an apology when I got to seventh period.
I had the completely wrong idea. This boy came and sat in the seat next to me. Peter who usually sat there was absent today so Brad thought he'd just take that opportunity.

He didn't say anything but he wouldn't stop staring at me. He sat so close to me that our legs touched. It was very uncomfortable.

"Ok everyone I'd like you to pair up. We are heading to the lap today and you'll be working with a partner. Please choose your partner carefully considering that this is for a grade. Yes I said it, your first grade of the year. It's very simple and most of you will remember this formula from last year. Performance and focus level will be taken into consideration along with the ability to follow instructions. Please, in single file, grab a pair of gloggles and head out the door. I expect complete silence when in the hallway"

Mr. Henry held the door open and everyone stood up and went to their desired partners. Last year I usually worked with a girl named Sierra, a fellow pariah. She was super smart and I was glad she was also in my class this year. So I stood up and headed toward the back of the room where she sat. But before I could even take another step, Brad grabbed my shoulder.

Of course

"You're working with me"

He didn't even ask. He just told me. I didn't want to make his day any worse so I just said ok and followed him toward the door.

He handed me a pair of goggles and we followed the trail of students to the lab. When we got there he walked over to a lab bench all the way in the back. I followed him as I rolled my eyes.

Could this be anymore cliché?

I was seriously annoyed and I was about to ask him why he was doing all this, but to my surprise he answered that for me.

"You're probably wondering why I'm doing all this, but to be honest, I seriously don't know"

"Ok..."

"I'm sorry I just... I don't know... I wanted to thank you but I'm not too good at those so I wasn't going to bother. But when I saw you alone in the library I thought that was my chance. I didn't really know what to say but I felt you deserved to know what was going on, well at least directly from the source. After I told you I felt bad because you felt sorry for me so I did what I do best. Be a hoe..."

I laughed a little at his last remark.

"You're not a hoe... you just have a misguided notion that every girl wants to kiss you"

"Oh really"

"Ya"

"So... you didn't like it?"

Ugh

"No I did! It was pretty nice to be honest"

"Good! I was about to be really upset cause... well... I really liked it too"

He just looked at me and I looked back. He had really pretty blue eyes. No wonder girls swooned over him.

But not me. Nope.

Girl please. Don't kid yourself.

Ok. I did have to amit that he was pretty cute. Oh what am I saying he was down right gorgeous!!!!!!

"Mr. Barns! Miss Harper! You know that we always wear our goggles in the lab. Please put them on. Now!"

Brad put on his goggles and I looked down at the table. Where did they go? I just had them! Brad must of noticed me looking for them cause he started laughing.

"What?"

He just put his hand to my cheek.

"You're cute"

He let out a light laugh then pulled my goggles from my forehead down onto my eyes.

Seriously!!

Ugh I hate myself so much. I couldn't believe what had just happened.

We didn't really talk after that. Only speaking when it was something about the experiments we had to conjure up.

Mr. Henry walked over to our station.

"Good work. I had my doubts about you two, but you're the first group done and I can see you've done excellent work. I thought I was going to have to get on your case about being focused *cough cough* Mr. Barns, but I'm glad to see you're doing just fine"

He grabbed Brad by the shoulder.

"Glad to see Miss Harper's rubbing of on you. It's only the second day of school but I have a feeling you're not going to fail my class again this year."

He smiled and gave Brad's shoulder a little pat. He then looked at me and gave me a satisfied nod and walked away.

"Well that was blunt", Brad laughed.

"Ya, but it's all good"

"Not really, I mean I'm a junior and you're a sophomore. I can't even name 10 elements and you can do this stuff in your sleep!"

"It's not as hard as it seems. You just need to stop sleeping in class"

"Well if I knew what he was talking about I'd probably pay more attention"

"If you payed more attention in the first place you'd know what he was talking about"

"Whatever. I don't need to know this stuff anyways"

"Ya but you need to pass this class so I wouldn't mess around"

"Oh I don't plan to. I'm gonna pass this year, but I can't make any promises outside of the class room"

Oh God. Please send an angel to come down and slap some sense into him!

I didn't say anything after that. I didn't know what to say, so I just started cleaning our station. Brad pitched in and once it was clean it was time to head back to the classroom.

When we sat down I couldn't wait for the bell to ring and the day to be over.
Soon I was put out of my misery to the sound of the bell.

We stood up but before I could leave Brad grabbed me and gave me a hug.

"See you tomorrow Pariah"

As he walked past me he slapped my ass and walked out the door.

What have I gotten myself into????