Skin

Chapter 4

Chapter 4

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"Well shit. It must be my lucky day," I mumble angrily and sigh. He smiles and I just go take my seat.

My first hour teacher notices my arrival which is weird because he never does. "Miss Isabella Montez," he gets interrupted before he can continue. "It's Bella. Not Isabella," someone declares. I freeze. Niall looks back at me and smiles. Oh.

Mr. Bartcher just ignores Niall considering he is new.

After that class goes on normal and I as usual don't pay attention. I can't stop thinking about Niall. Who is he anyways? What made him come up to me in the mall and what made him correct the teacher? I just wish he would become more then just a mystery to me.

The bell rings and I get up. Niall rushes out right when he sees me getting near his desk. I see him down the hall continuously looking back. "Niall! Wait!" He turns looking for me then once he does he stops. "Oh. Hey Bella."

"Hey. So why did you just rus-" I stop because I notice he's not paying attention to me at all. I turn around then get bumped into by a tall curly haired boy. "Woah sorry," he says as Niall turns around. "Harry! What did you do to her?" He gets all serious and up in his face. "Niall calm down. She just turned around and we accidentally bumped, right beautiful?" I nod and smile. I've never really gotten that type of affection.

Niall reaches his hand out for me and I take it as he pulls me up. "So where are we all going?" Another boy appears and stops when he looks at me. They all have accents. "Hello there I'm Louis. This is Eleanor, my girlfriend." Eleanor steps over by me. She looks like a model, literally. "Like Louis said yes I'm Eleanor and you are?" "I'm Bella," I state. "Pretty name. What's your next class?" I look down at my schedule and I can't seem to figure it out so Niall just rips it out of my hands. "Excuse me?" I ask him. "Too slow," he says. "Niall don't be rude," Harry begs and Niall just shrugs off his comment. "You're going to room 204." "Okay." I say as I see a new person push through apparently named Liam as everyone's calling him.

"Hey Liam we've got a new friend!" Louis exclaims and Liam follows Louis's eyes which are looking straight at me. I feel the blood rush to my cheeks. Liam smiles when he sees me. "I'm Liam," he laughs and hugs me. I'm taken aside by his friendliness. "I'm Bella," I giggle.

Niall turns around and pulls me up by him. I look back and they all shrug. "I'LL take you to your next class," he declares. "What's your next class?" Liam butts in. "Liam shut up," Niall says as i yell "204." "I'm going there too," he quietly says and Harry laughs. "Well then I guess were all walking together." Niall laughs angrily. "Okay," I say not really caring. Once at the door I look at Niall and say "Goodbye Niall," and smile. He just puts his hand on my shoulder looks up and firmly just says "Goodbye," then runs away. Okay.

Liam and I walk in and he lets me choose to sit since apparently he's planning to sit by me. I choose the back and he just shrugs but follows. We take 2 seats in the far left so it's easier to get out and if I'm late to this it's easier to sneak in. He probably doesn't understand my logic but to me it makes perfect sense. We talk until the teacher comes in. "So I know Niall sounds kind of harsh sometimes but he's just a little weird around girls. Don't take any of it personally and I kinda think he likes you. He's like "claiming you" you know?" "Liam if he liked me he wouldn't be so rude and alarming." "Well I shouldn't say more because I don't really know. And sorry I was so friendly, Louis probably was too. We get excited easily," Liam's face gets red. "Haha it's totally fine. It was nice to feel appreciated by even just an acquaintance," I say and he nods as we see the teacher come in.

"Hello class seems like we have 2 newbies!" Everyone looks around and stares and Liam and I. Liam just smiles at everyone. And I pretend to look at a poster. "Introduce yourselves!!!" The teacher exclaims, obviously a generally happy lady. "I'm Liam Payne and this is Bella Montez," he proudly announces. I look at him with question written on my face of how he knows my last name and he just taps my back. I look on my back and sure enough by name is printed on the back of sweatshirt from when I did soccer.

"Oh wait, Isabella it seems to me that your name is already registered." "It's Bella.." The teacher says, confused. I speak up,"It's Bella... Not Isabella." "Oh honey I'm sorry. I will replace it with Bella ok? But have you ready been going to school here these first 2 terms?" "Yes, just I haven't showed up a lot.." I shyly say and I know for a fact that my face is burning up. "Oh it's ok. As long as you are now!!" She smiles then asks Liam how to spell his last name. The class proceeds after that but we don't really get anything done. The kids in front of me are texting away and basically breaking all the rules of this class but the teacher doesn't seem to care.

Once the bell rings I rush through everyone to get out. I see Niall and look down. He runs to me and again puts his hands on my shoulders. "Did you have a good second hour?!" He smiles.

"Yes," I say and Liam just laughs. They both walk to a water fountain by the gym and we all wait for Harry, Louis, and Eleanor. "You have next class with Eleanor, it's gym," he says pointing at the girls locker room down the hall. "I think you forgot that I've been to school before," I laugh. "My bad," he says.

Once Eleanor arrives we rush to the locker room so we can get ready in time. We choose lockers in the back and she chooses one across from the one I chose. I already have my clothes in the locker but they need to be washed and she brought some since she's new. Hers are all nice and clean. I sigh.

I change slowly, trying to make sure my cuts are covered and because of Eleanor's figure. She's so perfectly skinny it makes me cringe. I look so big compared to her and I can't handle it. I quickly try to pull my shirt on but it gets stuck in a bobby pin. I struggle trying to get it loose but then I hear Eleanor walk towards me. "Bella," she gasps. "That isn't what I think it is right?" She says staring at my hipbones which I remember inflicting wounds on last month. She helps get my shirt loose then just hugs me and I start crying. Great.

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