Changing Him

Chapter 4 - My Life Added With Heat

I dedicate this to her because she has been the first person to put this in her reading list. Thank you! :)

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I dumped my head on the loads of homework scattered along my desk. I am so tired of trying to be the smartest one on my grade. But even if I tried and tried, I always get 2nd best. Against Melissa Reynolds – a member of the Geek clique but is still pretty and popular. I think she’s half preppy and half geek. She’s cool but sometimes gets demanding and bossy. I lifted my head once again and started researching about The Big Bang Theory on my laptop. I clicked my laptop and accidentally switched it to Facebook. I got a notification. Of course, I was excited, because I really don’t get notifications. I clicked the notification tab and saw this:

James Cooper deleted you as a friend.

Maybe when he said he won't bother me anymore, he really meant it. I had strong feelings about what he did. I just don’t know if they are positive or negative yet. I clicked the Google tab and typed in; The Universe.   There were loads of articles that caught my interest. I was in the middle on reading about a debate on how the stars are older than the universe itself, when mom knocked on my already opened bedroom door. I looked at her while she makes my way to me and taps my shoulder.

“You should really take a rest now, hon. it’s already ten in the evening and you haven’t had dinner yet.” She says as she looks at the time below my laptop. While I was looking at mom, it was as if I was looking at my own reflection. I can see myself looking like her – russet brown hair, hazel brown eyes, and a great smile. Minus the smile though, my smile looks weird because of my retainers.

“I have to do everything to beat Melissa.” I muttered as I took of my glasses and started rubbing my right eye.

She kissed me in the cheek and said. “You don’t need to, honey.”

“Yes I do.” I said as I started writing the last sentence of my home work. I slammed my notebook shut, and put it back in my neatly organized school bag. My room was still messy though. I only have time to clean them on weekends. I always wonder on why mom and dad won’t hire a nanny or a babysitter for Matthew and a maid for the house. I mean, not bragging about it but dad owns a hotel for crying out loud. But dad said he doesn’t want anyone to know that we can “afford” a maid. He says that thieves and robbers may be naturally attracted with our things. But if I try to reason, he just changes the topic.

“Well, if you say so, Steak is downstairs if you ever get hungry.” And then she closed the door shut and I closed the laptop, fixed my desk, and closed my table lamp. I dragged myself to my book shelve and started letting out J.K Rowling books. I placed them on my bed and accidentally glanced at my window. I saw James on his laptop looking at it confused. I started anticipating his every move. There is just something about him that makes me want to look at him. When I was just about to go downstairs and eat, he steadied his gaze on my window. When he saw me, he was quite shocked and he hurriedly stood up and closed the curtains. What the hell is wrong with him? Oh yeah, right… his promise.

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“Okay class, we will be discussing about Geometry!” Mister Drain, our Math teacher; announced ever so delightful. He was old. He was actually the main target for multiple pranks. Why? Well, because of his age and his lack of attention span.

“Ugh” My classmates commented sheepishly. What the heck? Geometry is awesome! Okay, I admit it, I’m addicted to Math. Sir wasn’t really surprised to their reaction so he said.

“Since you have already learnt this a long time ago…who wants to discuss it?” Everyone hid their faces inside their textbooks. I just followed so I won’t look like a nerd, but with my glasses and retainers…it doesn’t really make a difference.