freedom ; haim

2.

''Wake up!'' Jason smacked Corey around the head and then he groaned. ''Chill, dude.'' Corey replied, finally getting out of the car. Before I could see anything else happen Zara insisted on taking me to the office to get my schedule.

''Name?'' The lady at the desk asked. Her makeup really was tragic. ''Aria Brooks.'' She nodded and handed me my schedule. ''We have period 4 together , but I don't know about the rest. You might be in Charlottes classes.'' I nodded and smiled. ''See ya at lunch.''

I made my way to English and saw that Charlotte wasn't in there , but I did see Jason in the back row. As I walked towards him I spotted Corey with his head on the desk. ''Hey, Aria.'' Jason said. ''Come sit in between me and the jack ass there.'' I nodded with a slight giggle.

''Mr Haim!'' The teacher shouted. I didn't know who she was talking to until Corey lifted his head and groaned. ''Yes, what could I do for you on this fine day.'' He smiled removing his sunglasses, squinting his eyes slightly due to the brightness. ''How about you get out of my class. Don't sleep and expect for me to let you stay in here!''

Corey grabbed his bag and put on his jacket. ''You see , I would be delighted to leave. So thank you Ms Rowlins, you are an absolute angel.'' He made a kissy face towards her before exiting.

''Is he always like that?'' I asked Jason. ''Pretty much. He's a nice person , but he's also an ass.'' I nodded. ''Corey and I have been friends since kindergarten. We go way back.'' He stated. ''That's cute. I didn't think anybody stayed friends for that long.'' I said in amazement.

''Well , think again.'' He smiled.

I literally had no lessons with anybody I knew. The bell rang for lunch and I was excited to actually exchange words with somebody. ''Aria, over here!'' Zara shouted. I found her sitting with Jason and Charlotte on a bench. I walked over and sat next to Zara. ''Woah , who's this.'' Corey asked looking at me - his eyes scanning my body. ''This , is Aria. She was in our class this morning?'' Jason stated. ''Sorry , I've been a sleepy head all day. Have you got a lighter?'' He asked.

''I do , but we're on school grounds.'' He began to giggle. ''I know that silly. I do this everyday and I've never been caught - not once.'' He smirked. ''Well that's an interesting story but that doesn't mean I'm giving you my lighter.'' I smiled back sarcastically. ''Come on, pretty please?'' He persisted. ''What do I get out of it?'' I questioned. ''You'll have to wait and see.'' He winked. I rolled my eyes as I pulled out my lighter. ''Zara, tell us if anyone's coming.'' He said to which she nodded in response.

''Come with me.'' He ordered holding my hand and pulling me behind a few trees and then a wall. We both placed cigarettes between our lips and lit them. ''So, why did you move here.'' He asked inhaling from the cigarette. His eyes wondered to my chest area and I noticed my cami had fallen slightly - revealing my cleavage. ''Hey buddy. I'm up here.'' I stated rolling my eyes. ''I know you are.'' He smirked , still not moving his eyes from my chest. ''Well , to answer your question, I moved because my mom and dad think I need a 'fresh start.' So , now I'm living with my grandma.'' He began to laugh.

''What did you do to make them think that?'' I exhaled the smoke before responding. ''I stole my moms cigarettes so now I'm the devil in their eyes.'' He once again began to laugh. ''Wow, you're practically a criminal.'' He said running his hand through his hair. ''Tell me about it.''

Just as we stubbed out our cigarettes, a teacher came around the corner. ''Well , what do we have here.'' The man said. ''Nothing sir. You see , we just wanted a bit of private time. Didn't we , sweetness?'' He said , pulling me closer to him by my waist. I knew he was trying to cover up what we were doing so I just went along with it. ''Yeah. We weren't doing anything.'' I stated , biting my lip and flashing Corey a flirtatious smile.

''Yeah right. I can smell the smoke and I can see your cigarette butts on the floor. Come with me.'' He ordered. We walked slightly behind him.

I began to panic, not wanting to know the consequences of what we had just done.

''What happened to never getting caught you asshole!'' I hit his arm. ''Look I was being honest. Whenever I do this I never get caught. It must be because of you!''

''Do not try to blame this on me.'' I said angrily through gritted teeth. ''It's my first day, and this really isn't the best fucking start. It's your fault for asking me for my lighter and offering me a cigarette!''

''It's your fucking fault for taking it and letting me use your lighter! It goes both ways doll.'' I literally wanted to kill him for putting me in this mess.

''Well, it's your first day here Miss Brooks. Looks like you haven't made the best impression.'' The principal looked at me with anger. ''Look , I'm really sorry. This won't ever happen again. And plus , he dragged me into this!'' I did kind of feel bad for blaming Corey , but hey, I needed to make myself look like an angel.

''Hey she can't just blame me for this! She gave me with the lighter. If she hadn't have done that then none of this would've happened.'' He informed the principal. ''But , you gave me the cigarette? Without that there would've been no purpose for me to be there.'' I hissed , rolling my eyes.

''Stop!'' The principal ordered , stopping Corey and I's argument. ''Listen, it's both of your faults. You have detention for a week. Your parents have been informed Mr Haim. Miss Brooks, your guardian has been informed to. Now get out of my sight before your punishments become more severe.'' He ordered, rubbing his temples.

''Well done, Haim. I've only just got here and I'm probably going to be locked away and grounded for another eternity without any freedom for the rest of my fucking life.'' I punched the locker. ''Listen, it's partly my fault. But it's also yours. Thanks to you, I have to cancel my plans tonight.'' He groaned.

''Oh, I'm terribly sorry, but I don't give a shit. I had plans to which you have ruined!'' I lied about having plans , but I had to look like I had a life. ''Oh yeah? With who.'' I backed up against the locker as he placed an arm above my head. ''Zara.'' I lied. ''That's funny.'' He began leaning in closer before speaking again. ''Zara has dance practice every Monday.'' He smirked. ''Yeah , and I was going to join the dance team. But thanks you to, I can't do that now. Just fuck off, Haim.'' I hissed , storming away from him.

Asshole.