Believing You

Chapter 9 - I Don't belong in anywhere

Jade's Pov

"Ouch!" I didn't know what happened until I turned around to see that Tyler was holding his right hand. There was obvious pain on his face but his was trying hard not to show it. I looked at his hand, a burning red spot forming. Why is Tyler's hand burned? What happened in that few minutes? I looked at the rest of the girls hoping they would give me an answer.

I saw Katie mouthing the word 'Mia', Mabel on the other hand was glaring at Mia so fiercely. Obviously this has something to do with Mia, sure enough when I turned my head to the other side Mia was standing that with a blurred and guilty face.

I can't believe that Mia would do such an action. If Tyler didn't come to block the hot coffee for me, the hot liquid would be all over me, possibly even burn me. What is her problem? It's not that I am intentionally being close to him, I just got paired with him for a stupid music audition! She can have him for all I care, I don't want to be caught up in all this drama. Mia was already over reacting over Tyler's hand, as usual he acted like nothing happened trying his best to ignore her rambling.

I rolled my eyes and took his hand gently to check the burning spot myself, it was obvious that he wasn't going to let Mia handle it. " Are you sure? Let me have a look......"

"It's nothing." He forced a smile. "How about you? Are you hurt anywhere Jade?"

Instead of caring about himself, he asked about me. Clearly surprising me with his failed attempt to act like his fine. Gosh can he stop acting like his fine? "I'm fine thanks. Here, let me bring you for a check."

I brought him to the nurse's office, hoping that she would help him with her professional skills. Too bad there was already another injured kid inside the room that she's busy tending to. I can't let him wait in pain, so I might as well help him myself. I told him to sit on the table at the side of the room and took a chair to sit in front of him. Good thing that I learnt how to treat a burned wound in one of my summer camps last summer. I thought to myself proudly.

I tried to be gentle the whole time, glancing a few times at his reaction to make sure his not in pain. I thought he was going to be flinching in pain, or so I thought. Whenever I glance up to see his face, he was smiling; it's the kind of small smile you show when you're happy or grateful that something has happened. Shouldn't he be in pain? Why is he smiling? Forget about it Jade just finishes helping him and you can be on your way.

In no time at all I was finished "Done! Although I can't get the marks off, but I think it will fade off in about a few days. Are you feeling any better?" I asked politely, slowly grabbing my stuffs preparing for my next class. I only had about 5 minutes left before my next class started.

"Yea...... I feel great. Thanks! How did you know what to do with my wound? I thought I would need to wait for the nurse." He said as he got off the table and slung his black jacket on. Damn it, I swear he is the best masterpiece that God has ever made.

"I went to a summer camp last summer. One of the classes was to teach us on emergency patient care training. I got to go now, If it still hurts a lot, go and see a doctor okay?"

"Sure. Mind me walking you to your class? As an appreciation? " He showed me his breath taking smile. Fight it Jade......What if Mia see's it and I get drag into all these drama?

"Please?" He even pouted a bit...... Ah... screw it. I don't need to get care about whatever the bitch thinks. She's not the puppet master that controls my life, I don't need to be scared of her.

"Sure." I smiled, following him out of the room as he held the door open for me.

I can't be too close to another guy, I don't want history to repeat itself. It's normal to have a crush for girls, I'm pretty sure that every girl in this school has one; half of it on Tyler most probably. There's a reason I stop myself from being around or even think about being more than friends with a boy. He was a big part of the reason why.

"Er...... Jade?" Tyler snapped his fingers at me.

"Sorry, you were saying?"

"I was saying, don't get on Mia's and Jennifer's bad side okay? You don't want to have too much drama in your junior year. Trust me I know they can be a bitch sometime, well mostly all of the time." He emphasized on the word 'too' and 'drama'. " Here we are, your class." Tyler pulled a few strains of my messy hair and gently tucked it behind my ear for the second time today. This literally caused my heart to skip a beat.

"There......Now you look more beautiful." He left leaving a very confused me behind.

For the first time, I didn't pay attention to anything that teacher was talking about. Plus this class was very boring, besides what's making it worst is that I am in the same class as Mia. Nobody bothered to make friends with me in this class anyway, a few girls asked me why Tyler walked me to class, though I hardly will call that trying to make friends with me. After I finally slapped myself back to reality, class was already over. Great just because of a boy I was starting to lose focus in class. What's next failing all my classes? I have got to stop spending time with Tyler or any other guys. I can't risk myself another heartbreak, I don't think I can take it anymore.

Just when I was walking out of the class, I bumped into somebody with a pair of red stilettos. I'm guessing that those pair of heels would cost at least the price of a car. I could care less about who she is until she grabbed my hand pulling me behind. Who does this girl think she is? The Queen? Am I suppose to bow down to her next?

"Listen, I'm so sorry that I was a klutz just now. I hope you didn't get hurt." Mia said with concern.

Well, I could give her an award for her acting skills but I decided to hear out her side of the story. If my ambition is to be a lawyer, then I need to go with ' Everybody is innocent until proven guilty' right?

"Haha" I tried my best to let out a real laugh. "It's okay...... I was lucky that" She cut me off before I could even finish. Rude much?

"Tyler is just being Tyler. You do know that he's in my group right? So please don't think of him saving you as anything else" There it is, her perfect wicked bitchy smile. "He's just doing that to help attract the attention that I need for my homecoming queen campaign. Look at yourself, you're not even in his league. You should probably go hang out with those bunch of nerds at the library. There's also that group of wannabe's at the corner of the school that I'm sure you can join in perfectly." She said battling her eyelashes at me.

Just by listening to what Mia had said, I felt a sudden pain in my heart. Because what she said was true, who would even show an interest in me? I can't let her know that she found one of my weaknesses; if I do she'll continue to feed off it, torturing me with her words.

"Thanks for the heads up. I won't bother any members from your so called group anymore." Thank you smile for being there when I needed you, I'm so used on putting an iron door to hide my real emotions behind that handling Mia isn't a problem. Mia swayed her hip when she was walking to the so called popular group.

I spared myself another glance at her group when I was about to leave to see that almost everyone was there including Tyler who was busy talking with his group of friends. I sighed and left, maybe what Mia said was true, Tyler just saved me for the sake of attracting attention for Mia.

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Hey Guys! So what do you think about this chapter? Who's side of the story would you like to see more, Jade's or Mabel's ? I hope you guys will like this chapter! I promise to update soon if I continue to have your support! Remember your support is what motivates me to update faster! 

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