The Empty Desk

Chapter 8

Joshua drove to school with Lucia by his side. She was very content with yesterday's talk. It made her have confidence in herself and accept life's events. On the way she smiled stupidly at the memories of that morning.

Joshua had let her shower, after trying countless times to convince her to shower with him. She repeated more than once that it wouldn't be appropriate. The man made one or two other arguments to why they should, but in the end, no success.

it didn't end there. After she was out, she realized she had no underwear with her. Joshua smirked and took his tightest raven boxers and handed them her. She had slip them on when Joshua peeked through the door and saw what he affirmed was the sexiest thing he'd ever seen. She wore the same outfit as the previous day, surely no one would actually notice since all of them are just walking a course filled with self-centered ideas.

Lucia stared out the front glass of his car, into the large beige-colored building that stood next to the parking lot. A gush of insecurity filled her insides making her cringe slightly. She suddenly felt warmness engulf her delicate hands. She gently looked at Joshua with a hint of fear, brows pressed and raised. Next thing was one of those things you really never see in adults, nevertheless, he did it. He stuck his tongue out as though he was 7 years old mocking some other person. This highly amused Lucia, making her relax his face and laugh through her nose. It never ceased to surprise Lucia the fact that he knew exactly what she needed.

They parted ways as soon as they got to the entrance. She had left her bike at Joshua's place. She wondered how did Mona come to school today. As she paced through the hallways she heard the murmur. She barely made out words. Some "slut", "stupid" Lucia was almost sure she heard "pregnant". By then, she knew the school had known. She looked down at her stomach, examining the roundness of it. It was barely noticeable. Either way, people would find out in a couple months...

Lucia got to Mr. Johnson's class. As she crossed the door frame, the teacher called her to his desk. She walked steadily over to the wooden table. He didn't take his eyes off from his computer, which had a poor brightness. He was all about saving the energy of his computer and he arduously tried to teach his students that. Everytime he'd see a student's screen with full brightness, he would snap and yell, saying it is annoying to have such a bright screen and calling out we will all go blind some day.

"Is it true what has been going around?" Mr. Johnson said, no exact expression displayed behind the chocolate scruble of his. She rolled her eyes with a smile, along with the motion of her eyes, Lucia turned her body around and walked towards he seat.

"Wait, come back." He said, still not taking his eyes from the screen. This showed Lucia the little interest he had over actually knowing. He was honestly just in it for the gossip.

She let her bag drop besides the chair she would soon sit in, when one of the noisy boys summoned himself behind her.

"Is it big?" He asked with a smile, startling Lucia. It took her 2 seconds to know what he was talking about. But, she kept it to herself.

"What is?" She obliviously asked.

"Joshua's dick." He replied over pronouncing the last word, triggering for some others in the class to laugh, making Lucia realize they were listening from the very beginning.

"Do you really want to know?" Lucia raised a brow and smirked. Quickly dropped both eyebrows and changed her cool expression to a stern threatening one.

"If you don't want to know then don't bother showing yourself to me. You're just a baby who wants attention." The tall girl said. The other boy felt inferior for a second, but quickly pulled himself together.